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51
Citations
23888
World Ranking
2492
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1214

Michael W. Macy 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 Michael W. Macy sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

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

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

Michael W. Macy 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 Michael W. Macy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael W. Macy is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and physics and astronomy.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these broader fields, Michael W. Macy has further specialized in subfields such as:

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Economics and Econometrics

Michael W. Macy's research addresses various interconnected topics, including:

  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Sociological Science
  • Academy of Management Proceedings

Some of the recent papers associated with Michael W. Macy include:

  • Political polarization of news media and influencers on Twitter in the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections (2023, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • Polarization and tipping points (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Investigating the Observability of Complex Contagion in Empirical Social Networks (2021, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media)
  • Assessing Gender Bias in Particle Physics and Social Science Recommendations for Academic Jobs (2022, Social Sciences)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Bolesław K. Szymański
  • Christopher J. Cameron
  • Sterling Williams-Ceci
  • Victor Nee
  • James Flamino

Best Publications

  • Computational Social Science

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

  • Automated Hate Speech Detection and the Problem of Offensive Language

    Thomas Davidson;Dana Warmsley;Michael W. Macy;Ingmar Weber

  • FROM FACTORS TO ACTORS: Computational Sociology and Agent-Based Modeling

    Michael W. Macy;Robert Willer

  • Complex Contagions and the Weakness of Long Ties

    Damon Centola;Michael Macy

  • Diurnal and Seasonal Mood Vary with Work, Sleep, and Daylength Across Diverse Cultures

    Scott A. Golder;Michael W. Macy

  • Network Diversity and Economic Development

    Nathan Eagle;Nathan Eagle;Michael Macy;Michael Macy;Rob Claxton;Rob Claxton

  • In Search of Excellence: Fads, Success Stories, and Adaptive Emulation1

    David Strang;Michael W. Macy

  • Learning dynamics in social dilemmas.

    Michael W. Macy;Andreas Flache

  • Chains of Cooperation: Threshold Effects in Collective Action

    Michael W. Macy

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

    Michael W. Macy;John Skvoretz

  • Digital Footprints: Opportunities and Challenges for Online Social Research

    Scott A. Golder;Michael W. Macy

  • The Emperor's dilemma : A computational model of self-enforcing norms

    Damon Centola;Robb Willer;Michael Macy

  • Cascade dynamics of complex propagation

    Damon Centola;Damon Centola;Víctor M. Eguíluz;Michael W. Macy

  • Why do liberals drink lattes

    Daniel DellaPosta;Yongren Shi;Michael Macy

  • Learning Theory and the Logic of Critical Mass

    Michael W. Macy

  • The false enforcement of unpopular norms.

    Robb Willer;Ko Kuwabara;Michael W. Macy

  • Learning to Cooperate: Stochastic and Tacit Collusion in Social Exchange

    Michael W. Macy

  • Small Worlds and Cultural Polarization

    Andreas Flache;Michael W. Macy

  • The weakness of strong ties: Collective action failure in a highly cohesive group*

    Andreas Flache;Michael W. Macy

  • The social contagion of generosity.

    Milena Tsvetkova;Michael W. Macy

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Flache
Andreas Flache University of Groningen
Noshir Contractor
Noshir Contractor Northwestern University
Robb Willer
Robb Willer Stanford University
David Lazer
David Lazer Northeastern University
Toshio Yamagishi
Toshio Yamagishi Hitotsubashi University
Gary King
Gary King Harvard University
Marshall Van Alstyne
Marshall Van Alstyne Boston University
Nicholas A. Christakis
Nicholas A. Christakis Yale University
James H. Fowler
James H. Fowler University of California, San Diego

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