Michael Macy

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 643 citations indexed

About

Michael Macy is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Macy has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 643 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 3 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Michael Macy's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (5 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (5 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (3 papers). Michael Macy is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (5 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (5 papers) and Social Capital and Networks (3 papers). Michael Macy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Qatar and South Korea. Michael Macy's co-authors include Rob Claxton, Nathan Eagle, Milena Tsvetkova, Bogdan State, Ingmar Weber, Minsu Park, Jaram Park, Yongren Shi, Young Min Baek and Dong Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Social Science Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Macy

9 papers receiving 608 citations

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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.

Network Diversity and Economic Development

2010 491 citations Nathan Eagle, Michael Macy et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Macy United States	7	233	181	172	90	84	9	643
Kalev Leetaru United States	10	194 0.8×	105 0.6×	95 0.6×	77 0.9×	155 1.8×	26	644
Monica Stephens United States	10	212 0.9×	73 0.4×	319 1.9×	38 0.4×	121 1.4×	12	794
Richard Medina United States	18	362 1.6×	116 0.6×	61 0.4×	26 0.3×	350 4.2×	58	1.0k
Stefano Balietti United States	13	138 0.6×	96 0.5×	29 0.2×	78 0.9×	40 0.5×	22	455
Peter J. Carrington Canada	5	231 1.0×	143 0.8×	18 0.1×	49 0.5×	72 0.9×	7	680
Kaiping Chen United States	15	373 1.6×	32 0.2×	37 0.2×	46 0.5×	246 2.9×	52	730
Jeffrey Morgan United Kingdom	9	407 1.7×	146 0.8×	155 0.9×	15 0.2×	242 2.9×	13	903
Lorenzo Gabrielli Italy	14	217 0.9×	29 0.2×	269 1.6×	76 0.8×	7 0.1×	44	682
Brian F. Tivnan United States	10	173 0.7×	116 0.6×	18 0.1×	156 1.7×	29 0.3×	30	739
Asim Ghosh India	18	138 0.6×	165 0.9×	64 0.4×	713 7.9×	12 0.1×	43	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Macy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Macy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Macy

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

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Wu, Shaomei, Chenhao Tan, Jon Kleinberg, & Michael Macy. (2021). Does Bad News Go Away Faster?. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. 5(1). 646–649. 6 indexed citations

2.

Macy, Michael, et al.. (2018). Peer effects on adolescent smoking: Are popular teens more influential?. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0189360–e0189360. 39 indexed citations

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Park, Minsu, Jaram Park, Young Min Baek, & Michael Macy. (2017). Cultural values and cross-cultural video consumption on YouTube. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177865–e0177865. 27 indexed citations

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Shi, Yongren & Michael Macy. (2016). Measuring structural similarity in large online networks. Social Science Research. 59. 97–106. 13 indexed citations

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Wei, Dong, Kate Ehrlich, Michael Macy, & Michael Müller. (2016). Embracing Cultural Diversity. 274–287. 8 indexed citations

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State, Bogdan, et al.. (2015). The Mesh of Civilizations in the Global Network of Digital Communication. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0122543–e0122543. 30 indexed citations

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Tsvetkova, Milena & Michael Macy. (2015). The Social Contagion of Antisocial Behavior. Sociological Science. 2. 36–49. 28 indexed citations

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State, Bogdan, et al.. (2013). The Mesh of Civilizations and International Email Flows No material in this paper may be cited or published in whole or in part without prior written permission of the authors.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Eagle, Nathan, Michael Macy, & Rob Claxton. (2010). Network Diversity and Economic Development. Science. 328(5981). 1029–1031. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

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