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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
97
Citations
58962
World Ranking
113
National Ranking
55

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

James H. Fowler is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research broadly covers the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Epidemiology and Modeling and Simulation. Subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Surgery are also part of their academic scope.

The scientist's research topics primarily include COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, microbial infections and disease research, COVID-19 and mental health, cultural differences and values, data-driven disease surveillance, and mental health research.

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Stay-at-home orders associate with subsequent decreases in COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the United States, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Slowing COVID-19 transmission as a social dilemma: Lessons for government officials from interdisciplinary research on cooperation, 2020, Journal of Behavioral Public Administration
  • Amplification of Positivity Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: A Randomized Experimental Therapeutics Trial Targeting Social Reward Sensitivity to Enhance Social Connectedness, 2023, Biological Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with James H. Fowler include Nick Obradovich, Seth J. Hill, Remy Levin, Carmel Witte, and Laura L. Hungerford.

The scientist has contributed regularly to publication venues such as PLoS ONE, UNC Libraries, SSRN Electronic Journal, Hand, and arXiv (Cornell University).

In 2010, James H. Fowler received the fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, recognizing their academic contributions.

Best Publications

  • The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years

    Nicholas A. Christakis;James H. Fowler

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

  • Computational Social Science

    David M. Lazer;Alex Pentland;Lada Adamic;Sinan Aral;Sinan Aral

  • A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization

    Robert M. Bond;Christopher J. Fariss;Jason J. Jones;Adam D. I. Kramer

  • The collective dynamics of smoking in a large social network.

    Nicholas A. Christakis;James H. Fowler

  • Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study

    James H Fowler;Nicholas A Christakis

  • Social contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human behavior

    Nicholas A. Christakis;James H. Fowler

  • Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network : longitudinal analysis of the Framingham Heart Study social network. Commentary

    James H. Fowler;Nicholas A. Christakis;Peter Sainsbury

  • Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network

    John T. Cacioppo;James H. Fowler;Nicholas Alexander Christakis

  • Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks

    James H. Fowler;Nicholas A. Christakis

  • The evolution of overconfidence

    Dominic D. P. Johnson;James H. Fowler

  • Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers

    Coren L. Apicella;Frank W. Marlowe;James H. Fowler;Nicholas A. Christakis

  • Connecting the Congress: A Study of Cosponsorship Networks

    James H. Fowler

  • The spread of alcohol consumption behavior in a large social network.

    J. Niels Rosenquist;Joanne Murabito;James H. Fowler;Nicholas A. Christakis

  • Egalitarian motives in humans

    Christopher T. Dawes;James H. Fowler;Tim Johnson;Richard McElreath

  • Beyond the Self: Social Identity, Altruism, and Political Participation

    James H. Fowler;Cindy D. Kam

  • Social network determinants of depression

    JN Rosenquist;JH Fowler;NA Christakis

  • Rapid assessment of disaster damage using social media activity.

    Yury Kryvasheyeu;Yury Kryvasheyeu;Haohui Chen;Haohui Chen;Nick Obradovich;Nick Obradovich;Esteban Moro

  • Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks

    Nicholas Alexander Christakis;James Fowler

  • Genetic Variation in Political Participation

    James H. Fowler;Laura A. Baker;Christopher T. Dawes

  • Life in the network: The coming age of computational social science: Science

    D. Lazer;A. Pentland;A. Adamic;S. Aral

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas A. Christakis
Nicholas A. Christakis Yale University
Richard McElreath
Richard McElreath Max Planck Society
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)
David Cesarini
David Cesarini New York University
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Alan N. Simmons
Alan N. Simmons University of California, San Diego
David G. Rand
David G. Rand Cornell University
Coren L. Apicella
Coren L. Apicella University of Pennsylvania
Laura A. Baker
Laura A. Baker University of Southern California
David G. Victor
David G. Victor University of California, San Diego

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