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James H. Fowler

University of California San Diego ORCID

354

Works

42,361

Citations

81

h-index

162

i10-index

Research Topics

Electoral Systems and Political Participation Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Affiliations

James Madison University1999–1999

Center for Strategic and International Studies2014–2014

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation1987–1987

Executive Office of the President2011–2011

National Bureau of Economic Research2010–2010

Top Works

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

Nicholas A. Christakis,James H. Fowler

20075,014 citations

Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Social Media and Politics

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response

Jay Joseph Van Bavel,Katherine Baicker,et al.

20204,998 citations

Computational Social Science

David Lazer,Alex Pentland,et al.

20093,230 citations

A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization

Robert M. Bond,Christopher J. Fariss,et al.

20122,562 citations

The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network

Nicholas A. Christakis,James H. Fowler

20082,379 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 contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human behavior

Nicholas A. Christakis,James H. Fowler

20121,269 citations

Alone in the crowd: The structure and spread of loneliness in a large social network.

John T. Cacioppo,James H. Fowler,et al.

2009825 citations

Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks

James H. Fowler,Nicholas A. Christakis

2010769 citations