Standout Papers

Diffusion of innovations 1996 2026 2006 2016 2003 2012 1996 2010 2010 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Diffusion of innovations
    2003 9.6k citations Thomas W. Valente Genetics in Medicine profile →
  2. Network Interventions
    2012 908 citations Thomas W. Valente Science profile →
  3. Network models of the diffusion of innovations
    1996 886 citations Thomas W. Valente Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory profile →
  4. Opinion Leadership and Social Contagion in New Product Diffusion
    2010 666 citations Raghuram Iyengar, Christophe Van den Bulte et al. Marketing Science profile →
  5. Social Networks and Health
    2010 666 citations Thomas W. Valente profile →
  6. Social network thresholds in the diffusion of innovations
    1996 637 citations Thomas W. Valente Social Networks profile →
  7. The stability of centrality measures when networks are sampled
    2003 573 citations Elizabeth Costenbader, Thomas W. Valente Social Networks profile →
  8. Identifying Opinion Leaders to Promote Behavior Change
    2007 543 citations Thomas W. Valente et al. Health Education & Behavior profile →
  9. Social Networks and Health: Models, Methods, and Applications
    2010 490 citations Thomas W. Valente Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  10. Peer Influences: The Impact of Online and Offline Friendship Networks on Adolescent Smoking and Alcohol Use
    2013 285 citations Grace C. Huang, Jennifer B. Unger et al. Journal of Adolescent Health profile →
  11. Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2019 209 citations Ruth F. Hunter, Kayla de la Haye et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Immediate Impact

3 by Nobel laureates 37 from Science/Nature 104 hit
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Citing Papers

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Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention
2021 Hit

Works of Thomas W. Valente being referenced

Algorithms and Health Misinformation: A Case Study of Vaccine Books on Amazon
2020
Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2019 Hit

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas W. Valente 6.4k 6.1k 2.1k 2.1k 2.0k 230 24.9k
Gary King 12.7k 2.0× 2.9k 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 1.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 259 39.4k
James H. Fowler 8.8k 1.4× 2.6k 0.4× 2.5k 1.2× 4.3k 2.0× 1.0k 0.5× 195 23.2k
Nicholas A. Christakis 8.6k 1.3× 7.2k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 3.9k 1.9× 2.3k 1.1× 269 34.5k
Everett M. Rogers 7.3k 1.1× 2.8k 0.5× 4.0k 1.9× 992 0.5× 497 0.2× 242 27.8k
Stanley Wasserman 10.5k 1.6× 2.4k 0.4× 3.9k 1.8× 9.9k 4.8× 1.0k 0.5× 102 43.6k
Tom A. B. Snijders 7.2k 1.1× 2.3k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 4.9k 2.3× 835 0.4× 212 22.3k
Léon Festinger 16.7k 2.6× 2.4k 0.4× 2.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 517 0.3× 69 40.7k
James G. Scott 4.8k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 730 36.5k
Donald T. Campbell 13.8k 2.2× 6.1k 1.0× 1.7k 0.8× 317 0.2× 1.4k 0.7× 175 57.8k
Norbert Schwarz 20.0k 3.1× 3.5k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 511 0.2× 777 0.4× 463 56.8k

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