Dashun Wang

9.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
70 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Dashun Wang is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dashun Wang has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 21 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Dashun Wang's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (23 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (20 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (13 papers). Dashun Wang is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (23 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (20 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (13 papers). Dashun Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and China. Dashun Wang's co-authors include Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Chaoming Song, James A. Evans, Roberta Sinatra, Lingfei Wu, Yian Yin, Pierre Deville, Santo Fortunato, Dino Pedreschi and Fosca Giannotti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dashun Wang

68 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Science of science

2018 781 citations Santo Fortunato, James A. Evans et al. profile →
Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact

2013 545 citations Dashun Wang, Chaoming Song et al. profile →
Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology

2019 542 citations Lingfei Wu, Dashun Wang et al. Nature profile →
Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists

2020 463 citations Kyle Myers, Wei Yang Tham et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →
Human mobility, social ties, and link prediction

2011 455 citations Dashun Wang, Chaoming Song et al. profile →
Quantifying the evolution of individual scientific impact

2016 359 citations Roberta Sinatra, Dashun Wang et al. profile →
Toward understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on labor

2019 349 citations Dashun Wang et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Dashun Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dashun Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dashun Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dashun Wang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dashun Wang. Dashun Wang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	SciSciGPT: advancing human–AI collaboration in the science of science 2025 ·Nature Computational Science ·(unknown), Yifang Wang, (unknown), Zhenyu Pan, Han Liu, Dashun Wang	1
2	The pivot penalty in research 2025 ·Nature ·Ryan Hill, Yian Yin, (unknown), (unknown), Dashun Wang, Benjamin F. Jones	7
3	Collective dynamics behind success 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Manuel Sebastian Mariani, Federico Battiston, Emőke-Ágnes Horvát, Giacomo Livan, Federico Musciotto, Dashun Wang	1
4	Quantifying the use and potential benefits of artificial intelligence in scientific research 2024 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Jian Gao, Dashun Wang	15
5	How I’m using AI tools to help universities maximize research impacts 2024 ·Nature ·Dashun Wang	2
6	The promise and pitfalls of the metaverse for science 2023 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·(unknown), P. Schiffer, Dashun Wang	20
7	Data, measurement and empirical methods in the science of science 2023 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·(unknown), Benjamin F. Jones, Brian Uzzi, Dashun Wang	41
8	Public use and public funding of science 2022 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Yian Yin, Yuxiao Dong, Kuansan Wang, Dashun Wang, Benjamin F. Jones	42
9	Understanding the onset of hot streaks across artistic, cultural, and scientific careers 2021 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), C. Lee Giles, Dashun Wang	45
10	Potentially long-lasting effects of the pandemic on scientists 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Jian Gao, Yian Yin, Kyle Myers, Karim R. Lakhani, Dashun Wang	112
11	Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists breakdown → 2020 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Kyle Myers, Wei Yang Tham, Yian Yin, (unknown), Jerry G. Thursby, Marie Thursby, P. Schiffer, Joseph T. Walsh, Karim R. Lakhani, Dashun Wang	463
12	A dataset of publication records for Nobel laureates 2019 ·Scientific Data ·Jichao Li, Yian Yin, Santo Fortunato, Dashun Wang	54
13	Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology breakdown → 2019 ·Nature ·Lingfei Wu, Dashun Wang, James A. Evans	542
14	Scientific impact: the story of your big hit 2014 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Roberta Sinatra, Dashun Wang, Pierre Deville, (unknown), Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási	1
15	Quantifying Information Flow During Emergencies 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·Liang Gao, Chaoming Song, Ziyou Gao, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, James P. Bagrow, Dashun Wang	49
16	Why Amazon's Ratings Might Mislead You: The Story of Herding Effects 2014 ·Big Data ·Ting Wang, Dashun Wang	15
17	Career on the Move: Geography, Stratification and Scientific Impact 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·Pierre Deville, Dashun Wang, Roberta Sinatra, Chaoming Song, Vincent D. Blondel, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási	121
18	Joint Scaling Theory of Human Dynamics and Network Science 2012 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), Dashun Wang, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási	1
19	Information Spreading in Context 2012 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Dashun Wang, Zhen Wen, Hanghang Tong, Ching‐Yung Lin, Chaoming Song, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási	4
20	Response of human populations to large-scale emergencies 2010 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·James P. Bagrow, Dashun Wang, (unknown)	3

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