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Computational Social Science

20093,230 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Alex Pentland · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lada A. Adamic · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Sinan Aral · New York University

Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási · Northeastern University

Devon D. Brewer · Interdisciplinary Scientific Research

Nicholas A. Christakis

Noshir Contractor

Abstract

A field is emerging that leverages the capacity to collect and analyze data at a scale that may reveal patterns of individual and group behaviors.

Topics & Keywords

Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Complex Network Analysis Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 323, Issue 5915, pp. 721-723

DOI: 10.1126/science.1167742

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 300.03

Computational Social Science | Researchclopedia

· Northwestern University

James H. Fowler · University of California, San Diego

Myron P. Gutmann · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Tony Jebara · Columbia University

Michael W. Macy · Cornell University

Deb Roy · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Marshall Van Alstyne · Massachusetts Institute of Technology