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BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation

As of 15 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 45 of 45 outbound references and 1 inbound Pith citation observation for arXiv:2412.13420.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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measured 45 of 45 reference resolution

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measured 46 of 46 standing notices

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Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-15T06:32:42.880941+00:00

measured 1 of 1 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

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Source: arxiv_reference, observed 2026-06-29T13:03:26.521340Z

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Outbound references

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Reference 1

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Observation 1ec3fc42-aac5-4aee-b1ef-fa979206832c · outbound

This paper cites write newline.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation write newline

Reference 2

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Observation cae9c203-bd2c-447d-8e84-94a779b7ed06 · outbound

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Reference 3

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Observation ccb798e0-be88-419e-aada-90bfa64bb2ac · outbound

This paper cites M.; and Carley, K.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation M.; and Carley, K

Reference 4

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Observation 6be9f5e3-98f9-4736-95d1-7d598f83699a · outbound

This paper cites E.; Guyon, I.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation E.; Guyon, I

Reference 5

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Reference 6

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Observation a8f3bd7b-0021-4d85-9149-be89f8e86d3a · outbound

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Reference 7

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Observation 34f6f168-ea31-4566-8e30-b6f8ae8ddd75 · outbound

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BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation Unresolved cited work

Reference 8

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Observation d0664354-7c64-41ff-a382-cbd8b3755d7d · outbound

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Reference 9

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Reference 11

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Observation 8e2a5b9b-3d9e-49e3-aa8f-379caa1e1d96 · outbound

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Reference 12

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Observation 8adc7f14-0d8e-4406-a5d9-cd63c9e5f210 · outbound

This paper cites What Does the Bot Say? Opportunities and Risks of Large Language Models in Social Media Bot Detection.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation What Does the Bot Say? Opportunities and Risks of Large Language Models in Social Media Bot Detection

Reference 13

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Reference 14

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Observation 6826a1fd-52be-4624-864d-0fb03ba33ab3 · outbound

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Reference 15

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Observation 1a58e3a2-30ac-4b4d-8b21-c5bc34cbabf4 · outbound

This paper cites S$^3$: Social-network Simulation System with Large Language Model-Empowered Agents.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation S$^3$: Social-network Simulation System with Large Language Model-Empowered Agents

Reference 16

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Observation a9125d9c-dcbd-4755-9952-f882201e5fd6 · outbound

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Reference 17

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Observation eeb083a8-0ad3-479c-80f1-0cbf92f3ee33 · outbound

This paper cites ChatGLM: A Family of Large Language Models from GLM-130B to GLM-4 All Tools.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation ChatGLM: A Family of Large Language Models from GLM-130B to GLM-4 All Tools

Reference 18

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Observation f4e745b9-b110-4f03-992f-d6083eb5eb70 · outbound

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BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation Unresolved cited work

Reference 19

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Observation a901289d-6286-42ec-9896-f5c63a694b7a · outbound

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Reference 20

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Observation 56ce96c0-24e1-4245-9a59-8b2ce362a8b0 · outbound

This paper cites A.; Epstein, D.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation A.; Epstein, D

Reference 21

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Observation 2e959dd9-75a9-4ea8-b889-6d5fe846636f · outbound

This paper cites Semi-Supervised Classification with Graph Convolutional Networks.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation Semi-Supervised Classification with Graph Convolutional Networks

Reference 22

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Observation 76fb270e-c5f5-4874-82c3-4ac79c1f54f2 · outbound

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Reference 24

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Observation b2b7254f-d3e4-4964-977f-6967a771a539 · outbound

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Reference 25

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Observation 8b7492a1-a26e-40a0-9577-7c1c608cdf1f · outbound

This paper cites Are you in a Masquerade? Exploring the Behavior and Impact of Large Language Model Driven Social Bots in Online Social Networks.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation Are you in a Masquerade? Exploring the Behavior and Impact of Large Language Model Driven Social Bots in Online Social Networks

Reference 26

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Observation 54b91ee8-c314-4481-b822-bc8a0ab5c712 · outbound

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Reference 27

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Observation 30c38633-21cb-4210-bea0-eb523080ce1d · outbound

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Reference 28

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This paper cites H.; and Abbaspour, M.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation H.; and Abbaspour, M

Reference 29

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This paper cites Unveiling the Truth and Facilitating Change: Towards Agent-based Large-scale Social Movement Simulation.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation Unveiling the Truth and Facilitating Change: Towards Agent-based Large-scale Social Movement Simulation

Reference 30

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Observation bec66f03-a392-4c15-97f3-fc86698ad5b1 · outbound

This paper cites S.; Popowski, L.; Cai, C.; Morris, M.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation S.; Popowski, L.; Cai, C.; Morris, M

Reference 32

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Observation f6ba7cca-5399-42bb-8eb6-5579c2a27dc9 · outbound

This paper cites MGTAB: A Multi-Relational Graph-Based Twitter Account Detection Benchmark.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation MGTAB: A Multi-Relational Graph-Based Twitter Account Detection Benchmark

Reference 36

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Observation 5e940f2a-b5f2-4a4b-9979-4d03b635eb35 · outbound

This paper cites Exploring the Deceptive Power of LLM-Generated Fake News: A Study of Real-World Detection Challenges.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation Exploring the Deceptive Power of LLM-Generated Fake News: A Study of Real-World Detection Challenges

Reference 37

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Observation a2567c5a-0864-4bd2-9158-49316232aff1 · outbound

This paper cites Graph Attention Networks.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation Graph Attention Networks

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Observation 46ea7db2-fdfe-41f8-9b83-4e47f30c55e6 · outbound

This paper cites V.; Zhou, D.; et al.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation V.; Zhou, D.; et al

Reference 40

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Observation 89e51b76-0dac-4ffd-9121-ac8a7bf4e178 · outbound

This paper cites A.; Ferrara, E.; Flammini, A.; and Menczer, F.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation A.; Ferrara, E.; Flammini, A.; and Menczer, F

Reference 42

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Observation 4e8ad2a7-980d-4da6-afa3-1615b9b7f2e8 · outbound

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Observation 83145d4a-e866-4445-8674-47c83576841c · outbound

This paper cites SOTOPIA: Interactive Evaluation for Social Intelligence in Language Agents.

BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation SOTOPIA: Interactive Evaluation for Social Intelligence in Language Agents

Reference 45

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Pith citing papers

Observation be3d2921-efb1-4219-9a53-6405f430a678 · inbound

Evaluating the Realism of LLM-powered Social Agents: A Case Study of Reactions to Spanish Online News cites this paper.

Evaluating the Realism of LLM-powered Social Agents: A Case Study of Reactions to Spanish Online News BotSim: LLM-Powered Malicious Social Botnet Simulation

Reference 18

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