Nicholas A. Christakis

52.3k total citations · 20 hit papers
270 papers, 34.7k citations indexed

About

Nicholas A. Christakis is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas A. Christakis has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 34.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 64 papers in General Health Professions and 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Nicholas A. Christakis's work include Health disparities and outcomes (38 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (32 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (27 papers). Nicholas A. Christakis is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (38 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (32 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (27 papers). Nicholas A. Christakis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Nicholas A. Christakis's co-authors include James H. Fowler, David A. Asch, Kirsten P. Smith, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, David G. Rand, Elizabeth B. Lamont, Paul D. Allison, A. James O’Malley and Karen E. Steinhauser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas A. Christakis

265 papers receiving 32.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2007 2009 1997 2008 2008 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years
    2007 3.3k citations Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler profile →
  2. Computational Social Science
    2009 2.1k citations Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  3. Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals
    1997 1.9k citations David A. Asch, Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  4. The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network
    2008 1.6k citations Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler profile →
  5. Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study
    2008 1.2k citations James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis profile →
  6. Social Networks and Health
    2008 1.1k citations Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  7. Extent and determinants of error in doctors' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study Commentary: Why do doctors overestimate? Commentary: Prognoses should be based on proved indices not intuition
    2000 1.0k citations Nicholas A. Christakis profile →
  8. In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers
    2000 851 citations Karen E. Steinhauser, Elizabeth C. Clipp et al. profile →
  9. Social contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human behavior
    2012 791 citations Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler profile →
  10. Population flow drives spatio-temporal distribution of COVID-19 in China
    2020 606 citations Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  11. Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com
    2008 571 citations Nicholas A. Christakis et al. Social Networks profile →
  12. Alone in the crowd: The structure and spread of loneliness in a large social network.
    2009 540 citations James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  13. Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks
    2010 531 citations James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. Prognostic Factors in Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations—A Study by the Steering Committee of the European Association for Palliative Care
    2005 515 citations Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  15. Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers
    2012 465 citations James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  16. Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans
    2011 463 citations Nicholas A. Christakis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. Survival of Medicare Patients after Enrollment in Hospice Programs
    1996 453 citations Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →
  18. Detecting Emotional Contagion in Massive Social Networks
    2014 328 citations Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler et al. profile →
  19. Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study
    2016 249 citations Holly B. Shakya, Nicholas A. Christakis profile →
  20. AI and the transformation of social science research
    2023 133 citations Nicholas A. Christakis et al. profile →

Peers

Nicholas A. Christakis
James G. Scott United States
Thomas W. Valente United States
James H. Fowler United States
J. Richard Landis United States
Roderick J. A. Little United States
Burton H. Singer United States
George Loewenstein United States
GM Leung Hong Kong
Mark Conner United Kingdom
Paul Slovic United States
James G. Scott United States
Nicholas A. Christakis
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ghasemian, Amir & Nicholas A. Christakis. (2024). The structure and function of antagonistic ties in village social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(26). e2401257121–e2401257121. 3 indexed citations
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Takada, Sae, Paul J. Krezanoski, Viola N. Nyakato, et al.. (2022). Social network correlates of free and purchased insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Uganda. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 350–350. 1 indexed citations
3.
Lungeanu, Alina, et al.. (2021). Using Trellis software to enhance high-quality large-scale network data collection in the field. Social Networks. 66. 171–184. 13 indexed citations
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Kumar, Navin, Laura Forastiere, Tiange Zhang, et al.. (2020). Lack of sexual behavior disclosure may distort STI testing outcomes. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 616–616. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, Weiming Tang, Marcus Alexander, et al.. (2019). Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 8(1). 76–76. 7 indexed citations
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Soulos, Pamela R., Jeph Herrin, Craig Evan Pollack, et al.. (2018). Surgeon peer network characteristics and adoption of new imaging techniques in breast cancer: A study of perioperative MRI. Cancer Medicine. 7(12). 5901–5909. 9 indexed citations
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Shakya, Holly B., Dominic Hughes, Derek Stafford, et al.. (2016). Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 233–233. 27 indexed citations
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Purser, Jama L., et al.. (2014). 社会、经济与环境因素对老年健康和死亡的影响——基于中国22省份的抽样调查. 7(6). 53–62. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Feng, Martin A. Nowak, Nicholas A. Christakis, & James H. Fowler. (2012). The Evolution of Homophily. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 845–845. 108 indexed citations
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Christakis, Nicholas A. & James H. Fowler. (2011). Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives - How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do. Mathematics and computer education. 48(2). 201. 84 indexed citations
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Beauchamp, Jonathan, David Cesarini, Magnus Johannesson, et al.. (2011). Molecular Genetics and Economics. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 25(4). 57–82. 88 indexed citations
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Christakis, Nicholas A. & James H. Fowler. (2009). Social Network Visualization in Epidemiology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16 indexed citations
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Hidalgo, César A., Nicholas Blumm, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, & Nicholas A. Christakis. (2009). A Dynamic Network Approach for the Study of Human Phenotypes. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(4). e1000353–e1000353. 476 indexed citations
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Christakis, Nicholas A.. (2009). Las dinámicas de la influencia personal. Harvard business review. 87(2). 24. 1 indexed citations
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Christakis, Nicholas A. & Paul D. Allison. (2009). Inter-Spousal Mortality Effects: Caregiver Burden Across the Spectrum of Disabling Disease. NBER Chapters. 455–477. 8 indexed citations
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Christakis, Nicholas A.. (2008). Social Networks and Health. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Hidalgo, César A., Nicholas Blumm, Albert-László Barabási, & Nicholas A. Christakis. (2008). The Human Phenotypic Disease Network. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Steinhauser, Karen E., Nicholas A. Christakis, Elizabeth C. Clipp, et al.. (2001). Preparing for the End of Life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 22(3). 727–737. 387 indexed citations
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Christakis, Nicholas A.. (1995). The similarity and frequency of proposals to reform US medical education. Constant concerns.. PubMed. 274(9). 706–11. 103 indexed citations
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Christakis, Nicholas A., et al.. (1993). Biases in how physicians choose to withdraw life support. The Lancet. 342(8872). 642–646. 141 indexed citations

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