Christakis, Nicholas A.

The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years

Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2007) · New England Journal of Medicine

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietObesity and Health Practices

Cited by 5,007

Computational social science

Lazer, D., Pentland, A., Adamic, L., Aral, S., Barabási, A.-L., Brewer, D., Christakis, N., Contractor, N., Fowler, J., Gutmann, M., et al. (2009) · Science

Computational and Text Analysis MethodsMulti-Agent Systems and Negotiation

Cited by 3,365

The collective dynamics of smoking in a large social network

Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2008) · New England Journal of Medicine

Smoking Behavior and CessationSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Cited by 2,390

Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals

Asch, D. A., Jedrziewski, M. K., & Christakis, N. A. (1997) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Survey Methodology and NonresponseSurvey Sampling and Estimation Techniques

Cited by 2,110

Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study

Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2008) · BMJ

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionMental Health Research Topics

Cited by 1,990

Social Networks and Health

Smith, K. P., & Christakis, N. A. (2008) · Annual Review of Sociology

Health disparities and outcomesSocial Capital and Networks

Cited by 1,638

Machine behaviour

Rahwan, I., Cebrian, M., Obradovich, N., Bongard, J., Bonnefon, J.-F., Breazeal, C., Crandall, J. W., Christakis, N. A., Couzin, I. D., Jackson, M. O., et al. (2019) · Nature

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIArtificial Intelligence Applications

Cited by 1,364

Social contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human behavior

Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2013) · Statistics in Medicine

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 1,303

Tastes, ties, and time: a new social network dataset using Facebook.com

Lewis, K., Kaufman, J., Gonzalez, M., Wimmer, A., & Christakis, N. (2008) · Social Networks

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesSocial Media and Politics

Cited by 1,024

Population flow drives spatio-temporal distribution of COVID-19 in China

Jia, J. S., Lu, X., Yuan, Y., Xu, G., Jia, J., & Christakis, N. A. (2020) · Nature

COVID-19 epidemiological studiesData-Driven Disease Surveillance

Cited by 835

Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks

Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 767

Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers.

Apicella, C. L., Marlowe, F. W., Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2012) · Nature

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 698

Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans

Rand, D. G., Arbesman, S., & Christakis, N. A. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 653

Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks

Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2010) · PLoS ONE

Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceComplex Network Analysis Techniques

Cited by 535

Mortality after the Hospitalization of a Spouse

Christakis, N. A., & Allison, P. D. (2006) · New England Journal of Medicine

Nursing care and researchPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Cited by 501

Attitude and Self-reported Practice Regarding Prognostication in a National Sample of Internists

Christakis, N. A., & Iwashyna, T. J. (1998) · Archives of Internal Medicine

Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPalliative and Oncologic Care

Cited by 434

Association of Facebook Use With Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study

Shakya, H. B., & Christakis, N. A. (2017) · American Journal of Epidemiology

Impact of Technology on AdolescentsDigital Media and Philosophy

Cited by 378

AI and the transformation of social science research

Grossmann, I., Feinberg, M., Parker, D. C., Christakis, N. A., Tetlock, P. E., & Cunningham, W. A. (2023) · Science

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIComputational and Text Analysis Methods

Cited by 377

Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Kim, D. A., Hwong, A. R., Stafford, D., Hughes, D. A., O'Malley, A. J., Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2015) · The Lancet

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesHealth Policy Implementation Science

Cited by 350

Locally noisy autonomous agents improve global human coordination in network experiments

Shirado, H., & Christakis, N. A. (2017) · Nature

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesGame Theory and Applications

Cited by 288

The effect of widowhood on mortality by the causes of death of both spouses

Elwert, F., & Christakis, N. A. (2008) · American Journal of Public Health

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthHealth disparities and outcomes

Cited by 282

Model of genetic variation in human social networks

Fowler, J. H., Dawes, C. T., & Christakis, N. A. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Complex Network Analysis TechniquesLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 245

Correlated genotypes in friendship networks

Fowler, J. H., Settle, J. E., & Christakis, N. A. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic diversity and population structure

Cited by 188

Genes, economics, and happiness.

De Neve, J.-E., Christakis, N. A., Fowler, J. H., & Frey, B. S. (2012) · Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 148