| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences and Humanities | 42 | 4537 | 4193 | 2152 | 1953 | 102 | 30020 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Sinan Aral between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sinan Aral published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2025. 16 of the 119 publications appeared in the last two years.
119 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 14 |
| Total | 119 |
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 Sinan Aral sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 102 publications — 14th percentile
14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
| Publications | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 44–53 | 28 | |
| 54–63 | 61 | |
| 64–73 | 161 | |
| 74–83 | 225 | |
| 84–93 | 301 | |
| 94–103 | 390 | 102 |
| 104–113 | 406 | |
| 114–123 | 474 | |
| 124–133 | 453 | |
| 134–143 | 434 | |
| 144–153 | 407 | |
| 154–163 | 411 | |
| 164–173 | 391 | |
| 174–183 | 313 | |
| 184–193 | 319 | |
| 194–203 | 304 | |
| 204–213 | 285 | |
| 214–223 | 246 | |
| 224–233 | 213 | |
| 234–243 | 170 | |
| 244–253 | 167 | |
| 254–263 | 162 | |
| 264–273 | 138 | |
| 274–283 | 138 | |
| 284–293 | 113 | |
| 294–303 | 106 | |
| 304–313 | 95 | |
| 314–323 | 101 | |
| 324–333 | 81 | |
| 334–343 | 69 | |
| 344–353 | 56 | |
| 354–363 | 36 | |
| 364–373 | 42 | |
| 374–383 | 41 | |
| 384–393 | 44 | |
| 394–403 | 27 | |
| 404–413 | 30 | |
| 414–423 | 20 | |
| 424–433 | 29 | |
| 434–443 | 29 | |
| 444–453 | 25 | |
| 454–463 | 19 | |
| 464–473 | 21 | |
| 474–483 | 11 | |
| 484–493 | 17 | |
| 494–503 | 7 | |
| 504–513 | 6 | |
| 514–523 | 12 | |
| 524–533 | 10 | |
| 534–543 | 7 | |
| 544–553 | 6 | |
| 554–563 | 12 | |
| 564–569 | 8 | |
| 570+ | 100 |
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 Sinan Aral sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile
42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
| D-Index | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 177 | |
| 31 | 210 | |
| 32 | 222 | |
| 33 | 188 | |
| 34 | 181 | |
| 35 | 243 | |
| 36 | 261 | |
| 37 | 272 | |
| 38 | 278 | |
| 39 | 300 | |
| 40 | 297 | |
| 41 | 308 | |
| 42 | 313 | 42 |
| 43 | 300 | |
| 44 | 269 | |
| 45 | 260 | |
| 46 | 228 | |
| 47 | 251 | |
| 48 | 203 | |
| 49 | 186 | |
| 50 | 187 | |
| 51 | 166 | |
| 52 | 138 | |
| 53 | 141 | |
| 54 | 131 | |
| 55 | 137 | |
| 56 | 109 | |
| 57 | 129 | |
| 58 | 95 | |
| 59 | 105 | |
| 60 | 106 | |
| 61 | 86 | |
| 62 | 94 | |
| 63 | 77 | |
| 64 | 79 | |
| 65 | 59 | |
| 66 | 68 | |
| 67 | 51 | |
| 68 | 49 | |
| 69 | 40 | |
| 70 | 43 | |
| 71 | 40 | |
| 72 | 50 | |
| 73 | 46 | |
| 74 | 43 | |
| 75 | 45 | |
| 76 | 45 | |
| 77 | 30 | |
| 78 | 25 | |
| 79 | 31 | |
| 80 | 29 | |
| 81 | 18 | |
| 82 | 21 | |
| 83 | 26 | |
| 84 | 15 | |
| 85 | 15 | |
| 86 | 19 | |
| 87 | 19 | |
| 88 | 12 | |
| 89 | 7 | |
| 90 | 19 | |
| 91 | 20 | |
| 92 | 13 | |
| 93 | 9 | |
| 94 | 13 | |
| 95 | 8 | |
| 96 | 7 | |
| 97 | 6 | |
| 98 | 6 | |
| 99 | 6 | |
| 100+ | 97 |
Sinan Aral is affiliated with MIT in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work covers several subfields, including sociology and political science, marketing, statistical and nonlinear physics, statistics and probability, and information systems.
The main topics that Aral investigates include consumer market behavior and pricing, digital marketing and social media, media influence and politics, complex network analysis techniques, misinformation and its impacts, advanced causal inference techniques, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.
Notable recent papers authored by or coauthored with Sinan Aral are:
Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Aral include:
The venues where Aral's research appears most frequently include:
Soroush Vosoughi;Deb Roy;Sinan Aral
David M. Lazer;Alex Pentland;Lada Adamic;Sinan Aral;Sinan Aral
Sinan Aral;Lev Muchnik;Arun Sundararajan
Sinan Aral;Dylan Walker
Sinan Aral;Peter Weill
Sinan Aral;Dylan Walker
Sinan Aral;Chrysanthos Dellarocas;David Godes
Lev Muchnik;Sinan Aral;Sean J. Taylor
Sinan Aral;Marshall Van Alstyne
David M. J. Lazer;David M. J. Lazer;Alex Pentland;Duncan J. Watts;Sinan Aral
Lynn Wu;Benjamin N. Waber;Sinan Aral;Erik Brynjolfsson
Sinan Aral;Dylan Walker
Sinan Aral;Christos Nicolaides
Sinan Aral;Erik Brynjolfsson;Lynn Wu
Sinan Aral;Erik Brynjolfsson;Marshall Van Alstyne
Sinan Aral
Sinan Aral;Erik Brynjolfsson;D. J. Wu
Sinan Aral;Erik Brynjolfsson;Marshall Van Alstyne
Peter Weill;Sinan Aral
Sinan Aral;Dean Eckles
D. Lazer;A. Pentland;A. Adamic;S. Aral
Dylan Walker;Sinan Kayhan Aral
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