David Lazer
Impact in
- Communication top 0.05%
- Social Media and Politics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 0.2%
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Papers in
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- Misinformation and Its Impacts 32
- Media Influence and Politics 22
- Social Capital and Networks 16
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- Social Media and Politics 50
- Co-authors
- Briony Swire‐Thompson (8 shared papers)Alex Pentland (9 shared papers)Ryan Kennedy (11 shared papers)Nathan Eagle (2 shared papers)Alessandro Vespignani (5 shared papers)Gary King (3 shared papers)Kenneth Joseph (9 shared papers)Lisa Friedland (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- JAMA Network Open (13 papers)Science (11 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Political Communication (3 papers)Nature (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesMexicoNetherlands
In The Last Decade
David Lazer
172 papers receiving 12.9k citations
David Lazer's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 203
- Communication 3.2k
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2.0k
- Sociology and Political Science 6.6k
- Transportation 860
- Health 570
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The science of fake news Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 2391 |
| 2 | The Parable of Google Flu: Traps in Big Data Analysis Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1553 |
| 3 | Inferring friendship network structure by using mobile phone data Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1253 |
| 4 | Fake news on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential election Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 1082 |
| 5 | Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges and Recommendations Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 619 |
| 6 | The Network Structure of Exploration and Exploitation Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 447 |
| 7 | Exploration versus exploitation in space, mind, and society Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 350 |
| 8 | 2010 | 285 | |
| 9 | Measuring personalization of web search Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 256 |
| 10 | 2003 | 249 | |
| 11 | Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 243 |
| 12 | 2004 | 242 | |
| 13 | Prevalence and Correlates of Long COVID Symptoms Among US Adults Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 242 |
| 14 | 2014 | 179 | |
| 15 | 2020 | 170 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 154 | |
| 17 | 2017 | 153 | |
| 18 | 2020 | 153 | |
| 19 | 2010 | 148 | |
| 20 | 2004 | 143 |
About David Lazer
David Lazer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Political Science and International Relations and Artificial Intelligence, having authored 187 papers that have together received 13.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Media and Politics (50 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (36 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (32 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (24 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (24 papers), Media Influence and Politics (22 papers), Social Capital and Networks (16 papers) and E-Government and Public Services (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (3.2k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (2.0k citations), Sociology and Political Science (6.6k citations), Transportation (860 citations) and Health (570 citations). David Lazer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Briony Swire‐Thompson, Alex Pentland, Ryan Kennedy, Nathan Eagle, Alessandro Vespignani, Gary King, Kenneth Joseph, Lisa Friedland, Kevin Esterling and Nir Grinberg. Their work appears in journals such as JAMA Network Open, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Political Communication and Nature.
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