Matthew E. Brashears

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Matthew E. Brashears is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew E. Brashears has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 4 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Matthew E. Brashears's work include Social Capital and Networks (11 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (10 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (8 papers). Matthew E. Brashears is often cited by papers focused on Social Capital and Networks (11 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (10 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (8 papers). Matthew E. Brashears collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Colombia. Matthew E. Brashears's co-authors include Lynn Smith‐Lovin, Miller McPherson, Eric Quintane, Adam M. Kleinbaum, Edward B. Smith, Raina A. Brands, Jesper Rözer, Michael Genkin, Yongren Shi and Bas Hofstra and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matthew E. Brashears

35 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades

2006 1.1k citations Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith‐Lovin et al. American Sociological Review profile →
Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications

2014 497 citations Matthew E. Brashears Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

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David R. Schaefer United States

Omar Ližardo United States

Rafael Wittek Netherlands

José Luís Molina Spain

Hana Shepherd United States

Scot Wortley Canada

Stephen Vaisey United States

Robert Faris United States

Zachary P. Neal United States

J. Miller McPherson United States

David R. Schaefer United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew E. Brashears

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Edward B., Raina A. Brands, Matthew E. Brashears, & Adam M. Kleinbaum. (2020). Social Networks and Cognition. Annual Review of Sociology. 46(1). 159–174. 66 indexed citations

Brashears, Matthew E., et al.. (2020). The Nearness between Us, and the Space within Ourselves. Social Psychology Quarterly. 83(4). 315–318. 1 indexed citations

Brashears, Matthew E., et al.. (2020). Predicting organizational recruitment using a hybrid cellular model: new directions in Blau space analysis. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. 26(3). 320–349.

Rözer, Jesper & Matthew E. Brashears. (2018). Partner selection and social capital in the status attainment process. Social Science Research. 73. 63–79. 15 indexed citations

Brashears, Matthew E. & Eric Quintane. (2018). The weakness of tie strength. Social Networks. 55. 104–115. 47 indexed citations

Genkin, Michael, Cheng Wang, George Berry, & Matthew E. Brashears. (2018). Blaunet: An R-based graphical user interface package to analyze Blau space. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0204990–e0204990. 3 indexed citations

Omodei, Elisa, Matthew E. Brashears, & Àlex Arenas. (2017). A Mechanistic Model of Human Recall of Social Network Structure and Relationship Affect. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17133–17133. 10 indexed citations

Brashears, Matthew E., et al.. (2017). In the Organization’s Shadow: How Individual Behavior Is Shaped by Organizational Leakage. American Journal of Sociology. 123(3). 787–849. 15 indexed citations

Brashears, Matthew E., et al.. (2016). Gangs, clubs, and alcohol: The effect of organizational membership on adolescent drinking behavior. Social Science Research. 58. 279–291. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Chen, et al.. (2016). Blaunet 2.0.1: Calculate and analyze Blau status for measuring social distance. Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University). 1 indexed citations

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2015). A Longitudinal Analysis of Gendered Association Patterns: Homophily and Social Distance in the General Social Survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(1). 1–26. 6 indexed citations

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Brashears, Matthew E. & Eric Quintane. (2014). The microstructures of network recall: How social networks are encoded and represented in human memory. Social Networks. 41. 113–126. 69 indexed citations

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2014). Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 43(4). 552–553. 497 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2014). “Trivial” Topics and Rich Ties: The Relationship Between Discussion Topic, Alter Role, and Resource Availability Using the “Important Matters” Name Generator. Sociological Science. 1. 493–511. 28 indexed citations

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2013). Humans use Compression Heuristics to Improve the Recall of Social Networks. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1513–1513. 68 indexed citations

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2013). Social Influence Network Theory: A Sociological Examination of Group Dynamicsby N. E. Friedkin & E. C. Johnsen. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 37(3). 192–193.

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2011). Small networks and high isolation? A reexamination of American discussion networks. Social Networks. 33(4). 331–341. 68 indexed citations

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2010). Anomia and the sacred canopy: Testing a network theory. Social Networks. 32(3). 187–196. 32 indexed citations

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Brashears, Matthew E.. (2007). Gender and homophily: Differences in male and female association in Blau space. Social Science Research. 37(2). 400–415. 67 indexed citations

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McPherson, Miller, Lynn Smith‐Lovin, & Matthew E. Brashears. (2006). Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades. American Sociological Review. 71(3). 353–375. 1145 indexed citations breakdown →

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