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Online Social Integration is Associated with Reduced Mortality Risk

5 | PNAS , Online Network , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Friendship

Citation:

W.R. Hobbs, M.K. Burke, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Online Social Integration is Associated with Reduced Mortality Risk" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(46): 12980-12984 (November 2016) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605554113

Formation of Raiding Parties for Inter-Group Violence is Mediated by Social Network Structure

9 | Evolutionary Biology , LIMC , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Indigenous Social Network , Friendship , Violence

Citation:

L. Glowacki, A. Isakov, R. W. Wrangham, R. McDermott, J. H. Fowler, and N. A. Christakis, "Formation of Raiding Parties for Inter-Group Violence is Mediated by Social Network Structure" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016 Oct 25;113(43):12114-12119. 10.1073/pnas.1610961113

Social Connectedness Is Associated with Fibrinogen Level in a Human Social Network

5 | Biomarker , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Evolutionary Biology

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D.A. Kim, E. Benjamin, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Social Connectedness Is Associated with Fibrinogen Level in a Human Social Network" Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283: 20160958 (August 2016) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0958

Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation

4 | Breadboard Software , Cooperation , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, N.A. Christakis, T. Evans, A.J. O’Malley, and D. G. Rand, "Social Environment Shapes the Speed of Cooperation" Scientific Reports, 6: 29622 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep29622

Desire for Weight Loss, Weight-Related Social Contact, and Body Mass Outcomes

3 | Egocentric Network , Obesity , Social Contagion

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M.A. Andersson and N.A. Christakis, "Desire for Weight Loss, Weight-Related Social Contact, and Body Mass Outcomes" Obesity, 24(7): 1434-1437 (July 2016) doi: 10.1002/oby.21512

Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras

6 | Honduras , Social Network , Global Health , LIMC , Trellis Software , Violence

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H.B. Shakya, D. Hughes, D. Stafford, N.A. Christakis, J. Fowler, J. Silverman, "Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: an observational social network study in rural Honduras" BMC Public Health, 2016, 16:233 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2893-4

Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India

8 | India , Vaccination , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Social Contagion , LIMC , Geographic Effects , Global Health

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J.P. Onnela, B.E. Landon, A.L. Kahn, D. Ahmed, H. Verma, A.J. O'Malley, S. Bahl, R.W. Sutter, N.A. Christakis, "Polio vaccine hesitancy in the networks and neighborhoods of Malegaon, India" Social Science & Medicine, 153: 99-106 (February 2016) doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.024

Modeling the Role of Networks and Individual Differences in Inter-Group Violence

2 | Antagonistic Networks , Violence

Citation:

A. Isakov, A. Holcomb, L. Glowacki, and N.A. Christakis, "Modeling the Role of Networks and Individual Differences in Inter-Group Violence" PLoS One, 11(2): e0148314 (February 2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148314

Self Comparisons as Motivators for Healthy Behavior

1 | Obesity

Citation:

H.B. Shakya, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Self Comparisons as Motivators for Healthy Behavior" Obesity, 23: 2477–2484 (December 2015). doi:10.1002/oby.21201

Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks

7 | Breadboard Software , Economics , Experiment , Inequality , Connection Intervention , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

A. Nishi, H. Shirado, and N.A. Christakis, "Intermediate Levels of Social Fluidity Amplify Economic Growth and Mitigate Economic Inequality in Experimental Social Networks" Sociological Science, 2: 544-557 (Nov 30, 2015) doi: 10.15195/v2.a26