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Correlated Genotypes in Friendship Networks

7 | Behavior Genetics , Evolutionary Biology , Friendship , Social Network , Genetics , NAC Favorite , PNAS

Citation:

J.H. Fowler, J.E. Settle, and N.A. Christakis, "Correlated Genotypes in Friendship Networks" PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(5): 1993-1997 (February 2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011687108

Emotions as Infectious Diseases in a Large Social Network: The SISa Model

4 | Methodology , Emotion , Social Contagion , Social Network

Citation:

A.L. Hill, D.G. Rand, M.A. Nowak, and N.A. Christakis, "Emotions as Infectious Diseases in a Large Social Network: The SISa Model" Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277(1701): 3827-3835 (December 2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1217

Infectious Disease Modeling of Social Contagion in Networks

6 | Epidemic Disease , Infectious Disease , Methodology , Social Contagion , Social Network , Obesity

Citation:

A.L. Hill, D.G. Rand, M.A. Nowak, and N.A. Christakis, "Infectious Disease Modeling of Social Contagion in Networks" PLoS Computational Biology, 6(11): e1000968 (November 2010); doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000968

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

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)

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)

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)

Social Network Visualizations in Epidemiology

3 | Methodology , Social Network , Online Network

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "Social Network Visualizations in Epidemiology" Norwegian Journal of Epidemiology, 19(1): 5-16 (March 2009)

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