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Nicholas A. Christakis

The Nature Conservancy ORCID

406

Works

52,325

Citations

97

h-index

244

i10-index

Research Topics

Health disparities and outcomes Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Affiliations

Boston University2009–2009

The Nature Conservancy2026–2026

Brigham and Women's Hospital2012–2012

Boston Children's Hospital1992–1992

Mount Auburn Hospital2007–2009

Top Works

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

Nicholas A. Christakis,James H. Fowler

20075,014 citations

Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Computational Social Science

David Lazer,Alex Pentland,et al.

20093,230 citations

The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network

Nicholas A. Christakis,James H. Fowler

20082,379 citations

Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals

David A. Asch,M.Kathryn Jedrziewski,et al.

19972,118 citations

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

James H. Fowler,Nicholas A. Christakis

20081,963 citations

Social Networks and Health

Kirsten P. Smith,Nicholas A. Christakis

20081,635 citations

Extent and determinants of error in doctors' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study Commentary: Why do doctors overestimate? Commentary: Prognoses should be based on proved indices not intuition

Nicholas A. Christakis

20001,412 citations

Social contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human behavior

Nicholas A. Christakis,James H. Fowler

20121,269 citations

In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers

Karen E. Steinhauser,Elizabeth C. Clipp,et al.

20001,129 citations