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D-Index
37
Citations
9500
World Ranking
6114
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2924

John Skvoretz publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Skvoretz sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 136 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

John Skvoretz D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Skvoretz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John Skvoretz is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the social sciences, where they have contributed significantly across several interconnected subfields including education, statistical and nonlinear physics, sociology and political science, safety research, and social psychology.

Their work encompasses a range of main topics such as higher education research studies, complex network analysis techniques, career development and diversity, opinion dynamics and social influence, evaluation of teaching practices, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, and mentoring and academic development.

Skvoretz has published extensively in various academic venues, with a notable presence in the following journals:

  • International Journal of STEM Education
  • Frontiers in Education
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Skvoretz include:

  • How stereotypes and relationships influence women and underrepresented minority students' fit in engineering (2021, Journal of Research in Science Teaching)
  • The influence of expressive and instrumental social capital from parents on women and underrepresented minority students' declaration and persistence in engineering majors (2021, International Journal of STEM Education)
  • Innovative teaching knowledge stays with users (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Social Capital From Professional Engineering Organizations and the Persistence of Women and Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates (2021, Frontiers in Sociology)
  • Sexual and gender minority undergraduates' relationships and strategies for managing fit in STEM (2022, PLoS ONE)

Frequent collaborators include Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, Chrystal A. S. Smith, Ellen Puccia, Hesborn Wao, and Mariano Kanamori, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

John Skvoretz's contributions have been recognized through professional honors such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Node centrality in weighted networks: Generalizing degree and shortest paths.

    Tore Opsahl;Filip Agneessens;John Skvoretz

  • The evolution of trust and cooperation between strangers: A computational model.

    Michael W. Macy;John Skvoretz

  • Exclusion and Power: a Test of Four Theories of Power in Exchange Networks

    John Skvoretz;David Willer

  • The Seeds of Weak Power: an Extension of Network Exchange Theory

    Barry Markovsky;John Skvoretz;David Willer;Michael Lovaglia

  • Comparing Networks Across Space and Time, Size and Species

    Katherine Faust;John Skvoretz

  • Status and Participation in Task Groups: A Dynamic Network Model

    John Skvoretz;Thomas J. Fararo

  • Measuring Patterns of Acquaintanceship [and Comments and Reply]

    Peter D. Killworth;H. Russell Bernard;Christopher McCarty;Patrick Doreian

  • Artificial Social Intelligence

    William Simms Bainbridge;Edward E. Brent;Kathleen M. Carley;David R. Heise

  • Logit Models for Affiliation Networks

    John Skvoretz;Katherine Faust

  • Institutions as production systems

    Thomas J. Fararo;John Skvoretz

  • Status and Participation in Six-Person Groups: A Test of Skvoretz's Comparative Status Model

    Lynn Smith-Lovin;John V. Skvoretz;Charlotte G. Hudson

  • Salience, Heterogeneity and Consolidation of Parameters: Civilizing Blau's Primitive Theory

    John Skvoretz

  • E-State Structuralism: A Theoretical Method

    Thomas J. Fararo;John Skvoretz

  • Unification Research Programs: Integrating Two Structural Theories

    Thomas J. Fararo;John Skvoretz

  • Advances in biased net theory: definitions, derivations, and estimations

    John Skvoretz;Thomas J. Fararo;Filip Agneessens

  • Negotiated Exchanges in Social Networks

    Michael J. Lovaglia;John Skvoretz;David Willer;Barry N Markovsky

  • Models of participation in status-differentiated groups.

    John Skvoretz

  • Action and Institution, Network and Function: The Cybernetic Concept of Social Structure

    Thomas J. Fararo;John Skvoretz

  • Cheating in Online Games: A Social Network Perspective

    Jeremy Blackburn;Nicolas Kourtellis;John Skvoretz;Matei Ripeanu

  • Power in exchange networks : setting and structural variations

    John Skvoretz;David Willer

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana Iamnitchi
Adriana Iamnitchi Maastricht University
Jeremy Blackburn
Jeremy Blackburn Binghamton University
Nicolas Kourtellis
Nicolas Kourtellis Telefónica (Spain)
Matei Ripeanu
Matei Ripeanu University of British Columbia
Michael W. Macy
Michael W. Macy Cornell University
Edward J. Lawler
Edward J. Lawler Cornell University
Kathleen M. Carley
Kathleen M. Carley Carnegie Mellon University
David Krackhardt
David Krackhardt Carnegie Mellon University
Peter D. Killworth
Peter D. Killworth University of Cambridge
Cecilia L. Ridgeway
Cecilia L. Ridgeway Stanford University

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