Per Block

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Per Block is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Block has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Per Block's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (8 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers). Per Block is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (8 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers). Per Block collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Per Block's co-authors include Christoph Stadtfeld, Valentina Rotondi, Xuejie Ding, Melinda Mills, David M. Brazel, Liliana Andriano, Jennifer B. Dowd, Thomas Grund, Barbara König and Patrícia C. Lopes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Child Development and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Per Block

22 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19

2020 589 citations Jennifer B. Dowd, Liliana Andriano et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Per Block Switzerland	13	399	351	273	235	175	24	1.4k
Alessandro Galeazzi Italy	11	992 2.5×	396 1.1×	319 1.2×	282 1.2×	71 0.4×	24	2.1k
Ana Lucía Schmidt Italy	10	572 1.4×	391 1.1×	152 0.6×	260 1.1×	93 0.5×	17	1.4k
Brennan Klein United States	12	234 0.6×	1.3k 3.8×	129 0.5×	679 2.9×	289 1.7×	29	2.3k
William J. Brady United States	23	1.5k 3.7×	95 0.3×	247 0.9×	117 0.5×	53 0.3×	51	2.7k
Alexander Bor Denmark	14	754 1.9×	147 0.4×	48 0.2×	136 0.6×	133 0.8×	30	1.3k
Anne Marthe van der Bles Netherlands	9	1.5k 3.8×	344 1.0×	51 0.2×	422 1.8×	192 1.1×	11	2.7k
Yunhao Zhang United States	5	1.0k 2.6×	138 0.4×	80 0.3×	99 0.4×	40 0.2×	7	1.3k
Krista J. Gile United States	17	903 2.3×	43 0.1×	296 1.1×	132 0.6×	768 4.4×	37	2.5k
Katherine Stovel United States	17	853 2.1×	32 0.1×	294 1.1×	165 0.7×	134 0.8×	24	2.0k
Jay Joseph Van Bavel United States	20	1.3k 3.3×	108 0.3×	189 0.7×	132 0.6×	18 0.1×	47	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Per Block

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Fields of papers citing papers by Per Block

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Per Block

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Block, Per & Jan Ö. Jönsson. (2025). The socio-organisational embeddedness of work-life mobility. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 97. 101032–101032.

Raabe, Isabel J. & Per Block. (2024). The gendered maths confidence gap, social influence and social integration. European Societies. 26(5). 1596–1631. 2 indexed citations

Block, Per. (2022). Understanding the self-organization of occupational sex segregation with mobility networks. Social Networks. 73. 42–50. 7 indexed citations

Block, Per, James Hollway, Christoph Stadtfeld, Johan Koskinen, & Tom A. B. Snijders. (2022). Circular specifications and “predicting” with information from the future: Errors in the empirical SAOM–TERGM comparison of Leifeld & Cranmer. Network Science. 10(1). 3–14. 6 indexed citations

Block, Per, Christoph Stadtfeld, & Garry Robins. (2021). A statistical model for the analysis of mobility tables as weighted networks with an application to faculty hiring networks. Social Networks. 68. 264–278. 5 indexed citations

Block, Per & Stephanie Burnett Heyes. (2020). Sharing the load: Contagion and tolerance of mood in social networks.. Emotion. 22(6). 1193–1207. 10 indexed citations

Dowd, Jennifer B., Liliana Andriano, David M. Brazel, et al.. (2020). Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(18). 9696–9698. 589 indexed citations breakdown →

Vörös, András, Per Block, & Zsófia Boda. (2019). Limits to inferring status from friendship relations. Social Networks. 59. 77–97. 12 indexed citations

Block, Per. (2018). Network Evolution and Social Situations. Sociological Science. 5. 402–431. 22 indexed citations

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Liew, A.C., et al.. (2018). Load-path optimisation of funicular networks. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

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Block, Per, Johan Koskinen, James Hollway, Christian Steglich, & Christoph Stadtfeld. (2018). Change we can believe in. 1 indexed citations

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Stadtfeld, Christoph & Per Block. (2017). Interactions, Actors, and Time: Dynamic Network Actor Models for Relational Events. Sociological Science. 4. 318–352. 59 indexed citations

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Block, Per, Lauren C. Heathcote, & Stephanie Burnett Heyes. (2017). Social interaction and pain: An arctic expedition. Social Science & Medicine. 196. 47–55. 16 indexed citations

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Block, Per, Johan Koskinen, James Hollway, Christian Steglich, & Christoph Stadtfeld. (2017). Change we can believe in: Comparing longitudinal network models on consistency, interpretability and predictive power. Social Networks. 52. 180–191. 70 indexed citations

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Stadtfeld, Christoph, James Hollway, & Per Block. (2017). Rejoinder: DyNAMs and the Grounds for Actor-oriented Network Event Models. Sociological Methodology. 47(1). 56–67. 7 indexed citations

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Lopes, Patrícia C., Per Block, & Barbara König. (2016). Infection-induced behavioural changes reduce connectivity and the potential for disease spread in wild mice contact networks. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31790–31790. 134 indexed citations

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Block, Per, Christoph Stadtfeld, & Tom A. B. Snijders. (2016). Forms of Dependence: Comparing SAOMs and ERGMs From Basic Principles. Sociological Methods & Research. 48(1). 202–239. 74 indexed citations

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Heyes, Stephanie Burnett, et al.. (2015). Relationship Reciprocation Modulates Resource Allocation in Adolescent Social Networks: Developmental Effects. Child Development. 86(5). 1489–1506. 43 indexed citations

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Block, Per & Thomas Grund. (2014). Multidimensional homophily in friendship networks. Network Science. 2(2). 189–212. 122 indexed citations

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Block, Per. (2014). Reciprocity, transitivity, and the mysterious three-cycle. Social Networks. 40. 163–173. 164 indexed citations

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