Papers

3 | Evolutionary Biology , Violence , Public Goods

Citation:

F. Fu, C.E. Tarnita, N.A. Christakis, L. Wang, D.G. Rand, and M.A. Nowak, "Evolution of In-Group Favoritism" Nature Scientific Reports, 2: 460 (June 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00460

Egocentric Social Network Structure, Health, and Pro-Social Behaviors in a National Panel Study of Americans

3 | Cooperation , Egocentric Network , Friendship

Citation:

A.J. O’Malley, S. Arbesman, D.M. Steiger, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Egocentric Social Network Structure, Health, and Pro-Social Behaviors in a National Panel Study of Americans" PLoS ONE, 7(5): e36250 (May 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036250

Reasons for Choice of Referral Physician Among Primary Care and Specialist Physicians

1 | Health Services Research

Citation:

M. Barnett, N.L. Keating, N.A. Christakis, A.J. O’Malley, and B. Landon, "Reasons for Choice of Referral Physician Among Primary Care and Specialist Physicians" Journal of General Internal Medicine, 27(5): 506-512 (May 2012)

Aspirin Use and Cardiovascular Events in Social Networks

4 | Cardiovascular Disease , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

K. Strully, J.H. Fowler, J. Murabito, E.J. Benjamin, D. Levy, and N.A. Christakis, "Aspirin Use and Cardiovascular Events in Social Networks" Social Science and Medicine, 74(7): 1125- 1129 (April 2012)

Spreading Paths in Partially Observed Social Networks

4 | Methodology , Phone Network , Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

J.P. Onnela and N.A. Christakis, "Spreading Paths in Partially Observed Social Networks" Physical Review E, 85(3): 036106

Physician Patient-Sharing Networks and the Cost and Intensity of Care in US Hospitals

4 | Health Services Research , Institutional Network , Social Network , Physician Network

Citation:

M. Barnett, N.A. Christakis, A.J. O’Malley, J.P. Onnela, N.L. Keating, and B. Landon, "Physician Patient-Sharing Networks and the Cost and Intensity of Care in US Hospitals" Medical Care, 50(2): 152-160 (February 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822dcef7

Social Networks and Cooperation in Hunter-Gatherers (Nature, 2012)

11 | LIMC , Cooperation , Tanzania , Social Network , Evolutionary Biology , NAC Favorite , Nature , Homophily , Indigenous Social Network , Friendship , Public Goods

Citation:

C.L. Apicella, F.W. Marlowe, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Social Networks and Cooperation in Hunter-Gatherers" Nature, 481(7382): 497-501 (January 2012)

Dynamic Social Networks Promote Cooperation in Experiments with Humans (PNAS, 2011)

7 | Experiment , NAC Favorite , Social Network , PNAS , Breadboard Software , Connection Intervention , Public Goods

Citation:

D. Rand, S. Arbesman, and N.A. Christakis, "Dynamic Social Networks Promote Cooperation in Experiments with Humans" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (48): 19193-19198 (November 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1108243108

Proximity to Food Establishments and Body Mass Index in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort over 30 Years

2 | Geographic Effects , Obesity

Citation:

J. Block, N.A. Christakis, A.J. O’Malley, and S. Subramanian, "Proximity to Food Establishments and Body Mass Index in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort over 30 Years" American Journal of Epidemiology, 174(10): 1108-1114 (November 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwr244

Social Network Concordance in Food Choice Among Spouses, Friends, and Siblings

4 | Homophily , Social Network , Social Contagion , Obesity

Citation:

M. Pachucki, P.F. Jacques, and N.A. Christakis, "Social Network Concordance in Food Choice Among Spouses, Friends, and Siblings" American Journal of Public Health, 101(11): 2170- 2177 (November 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300282