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, Dino Pedreschi, Fosca Giannotti and Santo Fortunato 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

Science of science 2011 2026 2016 2021 2018 2013 2019 2020 2011 250 500 750

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dashun Wang 1.7k 1.4k 912 744 741 70 5.6k
James A. Evans 1.4k 0.8× 588 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 551 0.7× 649 0.9× 146 5.6k
Roberta Sinatra 1.1k 0.6× 729 0.5× 532 0.6× 396 0.5× 315 0.4× 49 3.7k
Katy Börner 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 572 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 166 7.8k
Filippo Radicchi 1.3k 0.8× 5.6k 4.0× 737 0.8× 656 0.9× 1.7k 2.3× 100 9.3k
Johan Bollen 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 1.8k 2.0× 978 1.3× 2.3k 3.0× 85 7.6k
Nigel Gilbert 551 0.3× 841 0.6× 2.8k 3.0× 1.2k 1.6× 984 1.3× 236 10.8k
Henry Small 2.6k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 682 0.9× 1.6k 2.2× 67 9.0k
Ronald Rousseau 4.0k 2.3× 1.6k 1.2× 827 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 1.5× 333 9.7k
Kevin W. Boyack 2.5k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 885 1.0× 658 0.9× 1.2k 1.6× 92 7.8k
Vladimir Batagelj 402 0.2× 2.1k 1.5× 931 1.0× 461 0.6× 915 1.2× 101 6.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dashun Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yifang, et al.. (2025). SciSciGPT: advancing human–AI collaboration in the science of science. Nature Computational Science. 6(3). 301–315. 1 indexed citations
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Hill, Ryan, et al.. (2025). The pivot penalty in research. Nature. 642(8069). 999–1006. 7 indexed citations
3.
Mariani, Manuel Sebastian, Federico Battiston, Emőke-Ágnes Horvát, et al.. (2024). Collective dynamics behind success. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10701–10701. 1 indexed citations
4.
Wang, Dashun. (2024). How I’m using AI tools to help universities maximize research impacts. Nature. 630(8018). 794–794. 2 indexed citations
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Qian, Chen, et al.. (2024). The Philosopher’s Stone for Science – The Catalyst Change of AI for Scientific Creativity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Jian & Dashun Wang. (2024). Quantifying the use and potential benefits of artificial intelligence in scientific research. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(12). 2281–2292. 15 indexed citations
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Schiffer, P., et al.. (2023). The promise and pitfalls of the metaverse for science. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(8). 1237–1240. 20 indexed citations
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Yin, Yian, Yuxiao Dong, Kuansan Wang, Dashun Wang, & Benjamin F. Jones. (2022). Public use and public funding of science. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(10). 1344–1350. 42 indexed citations
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Giles, C. Lee, et al.. (2021). Understanding the onset of hot streaks across artistic, cultural, and scientific careers. arXiv (Cornell University). 45 indexed citations
10.
Sun, Jiachen, Ling Feng, Jiarong Xie, et al.. (2020). Revealing the predictability of intrinsic structure in complex networks. Nature Communications. 11(1). 574–574. 29 indexed citations
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Wu, Lingfei, Dashun Wang, & James A. Evans. (2019). Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology. Nature. 566(7744). 378–382. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Battiston, Federico, Federico Musciotto, Dashun Wang, et al.. (2018). Taking census of physics. Nature Reviews Physics. 1(1). 89–97. 42 indexed citations
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Sinatra, Roberta, et al.. (2014). Scientific impact: the story of your big hit. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations
14.
Wang, Ting & Dashun Wang. (2014). Why Amazon's Ratings Might Mislead You: The Story of Herding Effects. Big Data. 2(4). 196–204. 15 indexed citations
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Gao, Liang, Chaoming Song, Ziyou Gao, et al.. (2014). Quantifying Information Flow During Emergencies. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 3997–3997. 49 indexed citations
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Deville, Pierre, Dashun Wang, Roberta Sinatra, et al.. (2014). Career on the Move: Geography, Stratification and Scientific Impact. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4770–4770. 121 indexed citations
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Wang, Dashun, et al.. (2012). Joint Scaling Theory of Human Dynamics and Network Science. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Dashun, Zhen Wen, Hanghang Tong, et al.. (2012). Information Spreading in Context. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 4 indexed citations
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Bagrow, James P., Dashun Wang, & Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási. (2011). Collective Response of Human Populations to Large-Scale Emergencies. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17680–e17680. 225 indexed citations
20.
Bagrow, James P., et al.. (2010). Response of human populations to large-scale emergencies. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 3 indexed citations

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