Nicholas A. Christakis

52.3k citations
270 papers · 34.7k indexed · 20 hit papers · h-index 82
Topics
Health disparities and outcomes (38 papers)Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (32 papers)Complex Network Analysis Techniques (27 papers)

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...19962026200620162007200919972008200810002.0k3.0k

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Nicholas A. Christakis
Comparison fields: 5 of 224
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8.8k
  • Sociology and Political Science 8.6k
  • General Health Professions 7.3k
  • Clinical Psychology 4.2k
  • Health 4.0k
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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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3 13
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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
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Social Network Visualization in Epidemiology
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Las dinámicas de la influencia personal
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Inter-Spousal Mortality Effects: Caregiver Burden Across the Spectrum of Disabling Disease
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Social Networks and Health
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The Human Phenotypic Disease Network
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The similarity and frequency of proposals to reform US medical education. Constant concerns.
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About Nicholas A. Christakis

Nicholas A. Christakis is a scholar working on Health, Modeling and Simulation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 270 papers that have together received 34.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Health disparities and outcomes (38 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (32 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (4.0k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (3.9k citations) and Applied Psychology (1.6k citations). Nicholas A. Christakis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

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