2026 Carter T. Butts: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	48	6059	5886	2732	2634	193	13172

Carter T. Butts publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carter T. Butts sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 193 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Carter T. Butts D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carter T. Butts sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Carter T. Butts is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans a range of interdisciplinary fields focused primarily within the social sciences. The main field of study for Butts centers on Social Sciences, with subfields including Molecular Biology, Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Communication, and Artificial Intelligence.

Butts's scholarly output demonstrates a strong emphasis on topics such as Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, Enzyme Structure and Function, Public Relations and Crisis Communication, Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, as well as Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Frequent publication venues for Butts include:

Biophysical Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Social Networks
Journal of Mathematical Sociology
Harvard Dataverse

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Butts are:

Spatial heterogeneity can lead to substantial local variations in COVID-19 timing and severity, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
COVID-19: Retransmission of official communications in an emerging pandemic, 2020, PLoS ONE
Sequence Characterization and Molecular Modeling of Clinically Relevant Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease, 2020, Biochemistry
A cyclic peptide inhibitor of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, 2021, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
The First 60 Days: American Public Health Agencies' Social Media Strategies in the Emerging COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Health Security

Frequent collaborators of Butts include Rachel W. Martin, Elizabeth M. Diessner, John R. Hipp, Gemma R. Takahashi, and Peng Huang. Their repeated partnerships reflect ongoing research activities in their shared areas of interest.

Butts has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2018.

Best Publications

ergm: A Package to Fit, Simulate and Diagnose Exponential-Family Models for Networks.

David R. Hunter;Mark S. Handcock;Carter T. Butts;Steven M. Goodreau

1294
Citations
Walking in Facebook: A Case Study of Unbiased Sampling of OSNs

Minas Gjoka;Maciej Kurant;Carter T. Butts;Athina Markopoulou

915
Citations
statnet: Software Tools for the Representation, Visualization, Analysis and Simulation of Network Data.

Mark S. Handcock;David R. Hunter;Carter T. Butts;Steven M. Goodreau

876
Citations
Social network analysis: A methodological introduction

Carter T. Butts

754
Citations
Social Network Analysis with sna

Carter T. Butts

726
Citations
Revisiting the Foundations of Network Analysis

Carter T. Butts

697
Citations
4. A Relational Event Framework for Social Action

Carter T. Butts

560
Citations
A statnet Tutorial

Steven M. Goodreau;Mark S. Handcock;David R. Hunter;Carter T. Butts

498
Citations
network: A Package for Managing Relational Data in R

Carter T. Butts

489
Citations
Tools for Social Network Analysis

Carter T. Butts

356
Citations
Practical Recommendations on Crawling Online Social Networks

M. Gjoka;M. Kurant;C. T. Butts;A. Markopoulou

326
Citations
Network inference, error, and informant (in)accuracy: a Bayesian approach

Carter T. Butts

301
Citations
Warning tweets: serial transmission of messages during the warning phase of a disaster event

Jeannette Sutton;Emma S. Spiro;Britta Johnson;Sean Fitzhugh

301
Citations
The interaction of size and density with graph-level indices

Brigham S. Anderson;Carter T. Butts;Kathleen M. Carley

266
Citations
Extended structures of mediation: Re-examining brokerage in dynamic networks

Emma S. Spiro;Ryan M. Acton;Carter T. Butts

161
Citations
Walking on a graph with a magnifying glass: stratified sampling via weighted random walks

Maciej Kurant;Minas Gjoka;Carter T. Butts;Athina Markopoulou

155
Citations
Multigraph Sampling of Online Social Networks

M. Gjoka;C. T. Butts;M. Kurant;A. Markopoulou

146
Citations
Exponential-Family Models of Random Graphs: Inference in Finite, Super and Infinite Population Scenarios

Michael Schweinberger;Pavel N. Krivitsky;Carter T. Butts;Jonathan R. Stewart

132
Citations
A Walk in Facebook: Uniform Sampling of Users in Online Social Networks

Minas Gjoka;Maciej Kurant;Carter T. Butts;Athina Markopoulou

131
Citations
Project Rescue: Challenges in Responding to the Unexpected

Sharad Mehrotra;C. T. Butts;D. Kalashnikov;Nalini Venkatasubramanian

128
Citations
Communication and cooperation

John H. Miller;Carter T. Butts;David Rode

117
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Athina Markopoulou University of California, Irvine

John R. Hipp University of California, Irvine

Jeannette Sutton University at Albany, State University of New York

Martina Morris University of Washington

Mark S. Handcock University of California, Los Angeles

Padhraic Smyth University of California, Irvine

Kathleen M. Carley Carnegie Mellon University

Sharad Mehrotra University of California, Irvine

Nalini Venkatasubramanian University of California, Irvine

David Krackhardt Carnegie Mellon University

External Links

Personal website of Carter T. Butts Google Scholar page

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