Rainer Hegselmann
Impact in
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 0.2%
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Communication top 2%
- Social Media and Politics
Papers in
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- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence 20
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques 8
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- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation 12
- Misinformation and Its Impacts 5
- German Social Sciences and History 4
- Co-authors
- Ulrich Krause (6 shared papers)Andreas Flache (7 shared papers)Rosaria Conte (2 shared papers)Pietro Terna (2 shared papers)Klaus G. Troitzsch (1 shared paper)Ulrich Otto Mueller (1 shared paper)Andrzej K. Nowak (1 shared paper)Igor Douven (2 shared papers)
In The Last Decade
Rainer Hegselmann
54 papers receiving 3.0k citations
Rainer Hegselmann's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 128
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2.1k
- Communication 287
- Management Science and Operations Research 448
- Sociology and Political Science 1.3k
- History and Philosophy of Science 136
Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Hegselmann
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opinion Dynamics and Bounded Confidence Models, Analysis and Simulation Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 1806 |
| 2 | 1997 | 360 | |
| 3 | 1996 | 141 | |
| 4 | Understanding Complex Social Dynamics: a Plea for Cellular Automata Based Modelling | 1998 | 124 |
| 5 | 2005 | 119 | |
| 6 | Do irregular grids make a difference? Relaxing the spatial regularity assumption, in cellular models of social dynamics | 2001 | 101 |
| 7 | 2015 | 93 | |
| 8 | Truth and Cognitive Division of Labour: First Steps Towards a Computer Aided Social Epistemology | 2006 | 88 |
| 9 | 2017 | 50 | |
| 10 | Computer modeling of social processes | 1998 | 41 |
| 11 | 2020 | 33 | |
| 12 | Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung, Sozialismus und logischer Empirismus | 1979 | 29 |
| 13 | 1996 | 27 | |
| 14 | 1996 | 23 | |
| 15 | 1999 | 23 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 19 | |
| 17 | 2020 | 18 | |
| 18 | 1996 | 18 | |
| 19 | 2021 | 18 | |
| 20 | 1997 | 14 |
About Rainer Hegselmann
Rainer Hegselmann is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science, Cultural Studies and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 63 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (20 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (8 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (5 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (4 papers), Cellular Automata and Applications (4 papers) and German Social Sciences and History (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (2.1k citations), Communication (287 citations), Management Science and Operations Research (448 citations), Sociology and Political Science (1.3k citations) and History and Philosophy of Science (136 citations). Rainer Hegselmann has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, France and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Ulrich Krause, Andreas Flache, Rosaria Conte, Pietro Terna, Klaus G. Troitzsch, Ulrich Otto Mueller, Andrzej K. Nowak, Igor Douven, Otto Neurath and David Stadelmann. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Erkenntnis, Analyse & Kritik, Grazer Philosophische Studien and Artificial Intelligence.
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