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Using Administrative Data to Identify Naturally Occurring Networks of Physicians

2 | Health Services Research , Physician Network

Citation:

B.E. Landon, J.P. Onnela, N.L. Keating, M.L. Barnett, S. Paul, A.J. O’Malley, T. Keegan, and N.A. Christakis, "Using Administrative Data to Identify Naturally Occurring Networks of Physicians" Medical Care, 51 (8):715-21 (August, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182977991

Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks

6 | Breadboard Software , Connection Intervention , Cooperation , Experiment , Social Network , Public Goods

Citation:

J.J. Jordan, D.G. Rand, S. Arbesman, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks" PLoS One, 8(6): e66199 (June, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066199

Population Trends and Variation in Body Mass Index From 1971 to 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort

1 | Obesity

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J.P. Block, S.V. Subramanian, N.A. Christakis, and A.J. O’Malley, "Population Trends and Variation in Body Mass Index From 1971 to 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort" PLoS One, 8(5): e63217 (May, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063217

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else Is Doing It Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample

4 | Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Marriage

Citation:

R. McDermott, J.H. Fowler, and N.A. Christakis, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else Is Doing It Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample" Social Forces, 92(2): 491-519 (February, 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sf/sot096

Born to Lead? A Twin Design and Genetic Association Study of Leadership Role Occupancy

2 | Behavior Genetics , Twin Study

Citation:

J.E. DeNeve, S. Mikhaylov, C.T. Dawes, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Born to Lead? A Twin Design and Genetic Association Study of Leadership Role Occupancy" Leadership Quarterly, 24(1): 45-60 (February 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.08.001

Social Contagion Theory: Examining Dynamic Social Networks and Human Behavior

3 | Methodology , Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "Social Contagion Theory: Examining Dynamic Social Networks and Human Behavior" Statistics in Medicine, 32(4): 556-577 (February 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.5408

Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks

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

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H.B. Shakya, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks" Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 166(12): 1132-1139 (December 2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1372

Genes, Economics, and Happiness

4 | Behavior Genetics , Genetics , Economics , Happiness

Citation:

J.E. DeNeve, N.A. Christakis, J.H. Fowler, and B.S. Frey, "Genes, Economics, and Happiness" Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 5(4): 193-211 (November 2012)

The Evolution of Homophily

5 | Methodology , Evolutionary Biology , Homophily , NAC Favorite , Public Goods

Citation:

F. Fu, M. Nowak, N.A. Christakis, and J.H. Fowler, "The Evolution of Homophily" Nature Scientific Reports, 2: 845 (November 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00845

Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives

3 | Methodology , Behavior Genetics , Evolutionary Biology

Citation:

C.F. Chabris, B.M. Hebert, D.J. Benjamin, J. Beauchamp, D. Cesarini, M. van der Loos, M. Johannesson, P.K. E. Magnusson, P. Lichtenstein, C.S. Atwood, J. Freese, T.S. Hauser, R.M. Hauser, N.A. Christakis, D. Laibson, "Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives" Psychological Science, 23(11): 1314-1323 (November 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797611435528