Duncan J. Watts

93 papers and 48.2k indexed citations i.

About

Duncan J. Watts is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Duncan J. Watts has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 48.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 33 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 14 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Duncan J. Watts’s work include Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (26 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (23 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (17 papers). Duncan J. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (26 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (23 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (17 papers). Duncan J. Watts collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Duncan J. Watts's co-authors include Steven H. Strogatz, M. E. J. Newman, Peter Sheridan Dodds, Gueorgi Kossinets, Matthew Salganik, Mark Newman, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Duncan S. Callaway, Winter Mason and Jake M. Hofman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Duncan J. Watts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Duncan J. Watts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Duncan J. Watts 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 Duncan J. Watts. Duncan J. Watts is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Duncan J. Watts

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Duncan J. Watts. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Duncan J. Watts. The network helps show where Duncan J. Watts may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Duncan J. Watts

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