Duncan J. Watts

96.6k citations
117 papers · 58.4k indexed · 29 hit papers · h-index 55
Topics
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (37 papers)Complex Network Analysis Techniques (33 papers)Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (24 papers)

In The Last Decade

Duncan J. Watts

112 papers receiving 54.9k citations

Hit Papers

Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks1998202620072016199820012018200020025.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k

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Duncan J. Watts
Comparison fields: 5 of 235
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 28.9k
  • Sociology and Political Science 13.4k
  • Computer Networks and Communications 9.4k
  • Artificial Intelligence 6.5k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 5.5k
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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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Quantifying the impact of misinformation and vaccine-skeptical content on Facebookbreakdown →
37
3 11
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Integrating explanation and prediction in computational social sciencebreakdown →
191
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The science of fake newsbreakdown →
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Don’t blame the election on fake news. Blame it on the media.
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Exploring Limits to Prediction in Complex Social Systems: Predicting Cascade Size on Twitter
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Computational Social Science: Exciting Progress and Future Challenges
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Everyone's an influencer
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Everything is obvious : how common sense fails
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Viral Marketing for the Real World Duncan J. Watts, Jonah Peretti, and Michael Frumin
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Is Justin Timberlake a product of cumulative advantage
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Ideas innovadoras para 2007
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The Structure and Dynamics of Networks: (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
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Marketing in an unpredictable world
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Renormalization group analysis of the small-world network modelbreakdown →
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About Duncan J. Watts

Duncan J. Watts is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Communication and General Social Sciences, having authored 117 papers that have together received 58.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (37 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (33 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (28.9k citations), Communication (4.5k citations) and Computer Networks and Communications (9.4k citations). Duncan J. Watts has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Steven H. Strogatz, M. E. J. Newman, Peter Sheridan Dodds, Winter Mason, Gueorgi Kossinets, Jake M. Hofman, Matthew Salganik, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Mark Newman and Duncan S. Callaway. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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