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Brian Uzzi is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on decision sciences, with a significant number of publications in this field. Uzzi's work spans various subfields including statistics, probability and uncertainty, artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as information systems and management.

The scientist's research themes cover an array of topics such as scientometrics and bibliometrics research, health and medical research impacts, financial markets and investment strategies, meta-analysis and systematic reviews, scientific computing and data management, advanced graph neural networks, and stock market forecasting methods.

Brian Uzzi has contributed articles to several academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Some of Uzzi's recent scientific papers include:

  • "Gender-diverse teams produce more novel and higher-impact scientific ideas" (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Mentorship and protégé success in STEM fields" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Estimating the deep replicability of scientific findings using human and artificial intelligence" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A discipline-wide investigation of the replicability of Psychology papers over the past two decades" (2023) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Data, measurement and empirical methods in the science of science" (2023) published in Nature Human Behaviour

Uzzi has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Yifang Ma
  • Ching Jin
  • Yang Yang
  • Dashun Wang
  • Sourav Medya

Best Publications

  • Social Structure and Competition in Interfirm Networks: The Paradox of Embeddedness

    Brian Uzzi

  • The Sources and Consequences of Embeddedness for the Economic Performance of Organizations: The Network Effect

    Brian Uzzi

  • The Increasing Dominance of Teams in Production of Knowledge

    Stefan Wuchty;Benjamin F. Jones;Brian Uzzi

  • Embeddedness in the making of financial capital : How social relations and networks benefit firms seeking financing

    Brian Uzzi

  • Collaboration and Creativity: The Small World Problem 1

    Brian Uzzi;Jarrett Spiro

  • Relational Embeddedness and Learning: The Case of Bank Loan Managers and Their Clients

    Brian Uzzi;Ryon Lancaster

  • Atypical combinations and scientific impact.

    Brian Uzzi;Satyam Mukherjee;Michael Stringer;Ben Jones;Ben Jones

  • Team assembly mechanisms determine collaboration network structure and team performance.

    Roger Guimerà;Brian Uzzi;Brian Uzzi;Jarrett Spiro;Jarrett Spiro;Luís A. Nunes Amaral;Luís A. Nunes Amaral

  • Science of science

    Santo Fortunato;Carl T. Bergstrom;Katy Börner;James A. Evans

  • Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology

    Henry Etzkowitz;Carol Kemelgor;Brian Uzzi

  • Dynamics of Dyads in Social Networks: Assortative, Relational, and Proximity Mechanisms

    Mark T. Rivera;Sara B. Soderstrom;Brian Uzzi

  • Multi-University Research Teams: Shifting Impact, Geography, and Stratification in Science

    Benjamin F. Jones;Stefan Wuchty;Stefan Wuchty;Brian Uzzi

  • Determinants Of Employment Externalization - A Study Of Temporary Workers And Independent Contractors

    Alison Davis-Blake;Brian Uzzi

  • Knowledge spillover in corporate financing networks: embeddedness and the firm's debt performance

    Brian Uzzi;James J. Gillespie

  • The paradox of critical mass for women in science

    Henry Etzkowitz;Carol Kemelgor;Michael Neuschatz;Brian Uzzi

  • Structure and dynamics of core/periphery networks

    Peter Csermely;András London;Ling-Yun Wu;Brian Uzzi

  • Embeddedness and Price Formation in the Corporate Law Market

    Brian Uzzi;Ryon Lancaster

  • A Multi-Level Systems Perspective for the Science of Team Science

    Katy Börner;Noshir Contractor;Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski;Stephen M. Fiore

  • Strong contributors to network persistence are the most vulnerable to extinction

    Serguei Saavedra;Daniel B. Stouffer;Daniel B. Stouffer;Brian Uzzi;Jordi Bascompte

  • Small-world networks and management science research: a review

    Brian Uzzi;Luis A N Amaral;Felix Reed-Tsochas

  • Relational Embeddedness and Learning: The Case of Bank Loan Managers and Their Clients.: The Case of Bank Loan Managers and Their Clients.

    Brian Uzzi;Ryon Lancaster

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry Etzkowitz
Henry Etzkowitz International triple helix institute
Noshir Contractor
Noshir Contractor Northwestern University
Dirk Helbing
Dirk Helbing ETH Zurich
Teresa K. Woodruff
Teresa K. Woodruff Northwestern University
Bonnie Spring
Bonnie Spring Northwestern University
Stephen M. Fiore
Stephen M. Fiore University of Central Florida
Péter Csermely
Péter Csermely Semmelweis University
Adam D. Galinsky
Adam D. Galinsky Columbia University
James H. Fowler
James H. Fowler University of California, San Diego
Daniel Stokols
Daniel Stokols University of California, Irvine

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