Damon Centola

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Damon Centola is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Damon Centola has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 9 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Damon Centola's work include Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (18 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (13 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers). Damon Centola is often cited by papers focused on Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (18 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (13 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers). Damon Centola collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Damon Centola's co-authors include Michael W. Macy, Joshua Becker, Devon Brackbill, Andrea Baronchelli, Vı́ctor M. Eguı́luz, Jingwen Zhang, Douglas Guilbeault, Robb Willer, Juan Carlos González-Avella and M. San Miguel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Damon Centola

41 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Spread of Behavior in an Online Social Network Experiment

2010 1.7k citations Damon Centola Science profile →
Complex Contagions and the Weakness of Long Ties

2007 1.1k citations Damon Centola et al. profile →
Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention

2018 344 citations Damon Centola, Joshua Becker et al. Science profile →
Scaling Up Change: A Critical Review and Practical Guide to Harnessing Social Norms for Climate Action

2022 134 citations Damon Centola et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Damon Centola United States	26	3.0k	2.8k	839	499	474	42	6.1k
Carter T. Butts United States	39	2.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	991 1.2×	324 0.6×	495 1.0×	173	7.7k
Noah E. Friedkin United States	36	2.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	882 1.1×	650 1.3×	275 0.6×	72	6.5k
Garry Robins Australia	52	3.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	795 0.9×	620 1.2×	896 1.9×	128	10.7k
Martin G. Everett United Kingdom	32	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	739 0.9×	458 0.9×	541 1.1×	80	8.1k
James Moody United States	38	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	445 0.5×	216 0.4×	1.2k 2.5×	121	7.6k
Giuseppe Labianca United States	32	2.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	340 0.7×	393 0.8×	62	7.3k
Matthew Salganik United States	21	2.2k 0.7×	881 0.3×	373 0.4×	282 0.6×	604 1.3×	30	5.1k
Noshir Contractor United States	39	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 2.4×	599 1.2×	443 0.9×	205	8.8k
David Lazer United States	46	6.6k 2.2×	2.0k 0.7×	3.2k 3.8×	456 0.9×	578 1.2×	185	13.3k
Vincent Larivière Canada	56	1.8k 0.6×	774 0.3×	762 0.9×	292 0.6×	763 1.6×	273	12.6k

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Goh, Ethan, Bryan Bunning, Elaine C. Khoong, et al.. (2025). Physician clinical decision modification and bias assessment in a randomized controlled trial of AI assistance. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 59–59. 5 indexed citations

Centola, Damon, Joshua Becker, Jingwen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Experimental evidence for structured information–sharing networks reducing medical errors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(31). e2108290120–e2108290120. 6 indexed citations

Centola, Damon. (2022). The network science of collective intelligence. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 26(11). 923–941. 28 indexed citations

Centola, Damon, Douglas Guilbeault, Urmimala Sarkar, Elaine C. Khoong, & Jingwen Zhang. (2021). The reduction of race and gender bias in clinical treatment recommendations using clinician peer networks in an experimental setting. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6585–6585. 30 indexed citations

Guilbeault, Douglas & Damon Centola. (2021). Topological measures for identifying and predicting the spread of complex contagions. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4430–4430. 58 indexed citations

Guilbeault, Douglas, Andrea Baronchelli, & Damon Centola. (2021). Experimental evidence for scale-induced category convergence across populations. Nature Communications. 12(1). 327–327. 25 indexed citations

Brackbill, Devon & Damon Centola. (2020). Impact of network structure on collective learning: An experimental study in a data science competition. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0237978–e0237978. 8 indexed citations

Dehlendorf, Christine, Edith Fox, Anjana E. Sharma, et al.. (2020). Birth Control Connect: A randomized trial of an online group to disseminate contraceptive information. Contraception. 101(6). 376–383. 15 indexed citations

Guilbeault, Douglas & Damon Centola. (2020). Networked collective intelligence improves dissemination of scientific information regarding smoking risks. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0227813–e0227813. 11 indexed citations

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Le, Gem M., Courtney R. Lyles, Byron Wallace, et al.. (2019). Perceptions of cervical cancer prevention on Twitter uncovered by different sampling strategies. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0211931–e0211931. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingwen, Gem M. Le, David Larochelle, et al.. (2019). Facts or stories? How to use social media for cervical cancer prevention: A multi-method study of the effects of sender type and content type on increased message sharing. Preventive Medicine. 126. 105751–105751. 23 indexed citations

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Centola, Damon, Joshua Becker, Devon Brackbill, & Andrea Baronchelli. (2018). Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention. Science. 360(6393). 1116–1119. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

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Centola, Damon. (2018). How Behavior Spreads. Princeton University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingwen, Devon Brackbill, Sijia Yang, et al.. (2016). Support or competition? How online social networks increase physical activity: A randomized controlled trial. Preventive Medicine Reports. 4. 453–458. 110 indexed citations

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Brackbill, Devon, et al.. (2015). Identifying the effects of social media on health behavior: Data from a large-scale online experiment. Data in Brief. 5. 453–457. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingwen, Devon Brackbill, Sijia Yang, & Damon Centola. (2015). Efficacy and causal mechanism of an online social media intervention to increase physical activity: Results of a randomized controlled trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 651–657. 86 indexed citations

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Centola, Damon & Arnout van de Rijt. (2014). Choosing your network: Social preferences in an online health community. Social Science & Medicine. 125. 19–31. 88 indexed citations

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Centola, Damon, Theresa Jackson, Julie T. Kinn, et al.. (2014). Key Enablers to Facilitate Healthy Behavior Change: Workshop Summary. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 44(5). 378–387. 5 indexed citations

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Centola, Damon. (2013). Homophily, networks, and critical mass: Solving the start-up problem in large group collective action. Rationality and Society. 25(1). 3–40. 99 indexed citations

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Centola, Damon. (2011). An Experimental Study of Homophily in the Adoption of Health Behavior. Science. 334(6060). 1269–1272. 438 indexed citations

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