Papers

Friendships Moderate an Association Between a Dopamine Gene Variant and Political Ideology

4 | Behavior Genetics , Evolutionary Biology , Friendship , Political Science

Citation:

J.E. Settle, C.T. Dawes, Peter K. Hatemi, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Friendships Moderate an Association Between a Dopamine Gene Variant and Political Ideology" Journal of Politics, 72(4): 1189-1198 (October 2010)

Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks

7 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Epidemic Disease , Sensor Network , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Infectious Disease

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks" PLoS One, 5(9): e12948 (September 2010); doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012948

Preliminary Evidence Regarding the Hypothesis that the Sex Ratio at Sexual Maturity May Affect Longevity in Men

9 | China , Evolutionary Biology , NAC Favorite , LIMC , Inequality , India , Global Health , Geographic Effects , Marriage

Citation:

L. Jin, F. Elwert, J. Freese, and N.A. Christakis, "Preliminary Evidence Regarding the Hypothesis that the Sex Ratio at Sexual Maturity May Affect Longevity in Men" Demography, 47(3): 579- 586 (August 2010)

Leadership Insularity: A New Measure of Connectivity Between Central Nodes in Networks

2 | Methodology , Social Network

Citation:

S. Arbesman and N.A. Christakis, "Leadership Insularity: A New Measure of Connectivity Between Central Nodes in Networks" Connections, 30(1): 4-10 (Summer 2010)

Time to CARE: A Collaborative Engine for Practical Disease Prediction

2 | Methodology , Prognostication

Citation:

D.A. Davis, N.V. Chawla, N.A. Christakis, and A.L. Barabasi, "Time to CARE: A Collaborative Engine for Practical Disease Prediction" Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 20(3): 388- 415 (May 2010)

The Spread of Alcohol Consumption Behavior in a Large Social Network

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Substance Use

Citation:

J.N. Rosenquist, J. Murabito, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "The Spread of Alcohol Consumption Behavior in a Large Social Network" Annals of Internal Medicine, 152(7): 426-433 (April 2010)

The Spread of Sleep Behavior Influences Drug Use in Adolescent Social Networks

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Substance Use

Citation:

S.C. Mednick, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "The Spread of Sleep Behavior Influences Drug Use in Adolescent Social Networks" PLoS One, 5(3): e9775 (March 2010)

Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks (PNAS, 2010)

8 | Cooperation , Experiment , Contagion Intervention , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Marriage

Citation:

James H. Fowler and Nicholas A. Christakis, "Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(12): 5334-5338 (March 2010)

Association of Environmental Factors with Elderly Health and Mortality in China

3 | China , Global Health , Social Determinants

Citation:

Y. Zeng, D. Gu, J. Purser, H. Hoenig, and N.A. Christakis, "Association of Environmental Factors with Elderly Health and Mortality in China" American Journal of Public Health, 100(2): 298- 305 (February 2010)

Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network

5 | Emotion , Mental Health , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network

Citation:

97(6): 977-991 (December 2009), "Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(6): 977-991 (December 2009)