Sinan Aral

22.3k citations
84 papers · 13.9k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 33

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Sinan Aral

82 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

A causal test of the strength of weak ties 2022 · 105 citations
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Sinan Aral
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  • Communication 3.0k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 7.7k
  • Information Systems and Management 871
  • Management Information Systems 972
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 202311
2 202331
3 202230
4 202219
5 202236
6 20222
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A causal test of the strength of weak ties
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2022105
8 202111
9 2020121
10 202029
11 202041
12
Digital Paywall Design: Implications for Content Demand & Subscriptions
20202
13 201869
14
Social Structure and Trust in Massive Digital Markets
20172
15 201462
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Identifying Influential and Susceptible Members of Social Networks
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2012715
17
Identifying Social Influence: A Comment on Opinion Leadership and Social Contagion in New Product Diffusion
201040
18
Testing Three-Way Complementarities: Performance Pay, Monitoring and Information Technology
20099
19
I.T. Assets, Organizational Capabilities and Firm Performance: Do Resource Allocations and Organizational Differences Explain Performance Variation?
200713
20
Which Came First, IT or Productivity? The Virtuous Cycle of Investment and Use in Enterprise Systems
200679

About Sinan Aral

Sinan Aral is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Communication, Strategy and Management, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems, having authored 84 papers that have together received 13.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (27 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (26 papers), Digital Marketing and Social Media (14 papers), Social Capital and Networks (11 papers), Digital Platforms and Economics (10 papers), Social Media and Politics (9 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (8 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (3.0k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (3.5k citations), Sociology and Political Science (7.7k citations), Information Systems and Management (871 citations) and Management Information Systems (972 citations). Sinan Aral has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Deb Roy, Soroush Vosoughi, D. Walker, Lev Muchnik, Marshall Van Alstyne, Peter Weill, Arun Sundararajan, Erik Brynjolfsson, Sean J. Taylor and Chrysanthos Dellarocas. Their work appears in journals such as Management Science, Science, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Research and Nature Human Behaviour.

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