2026 Tom A. B. Snijders: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	82	326	277	14	13	293	37099

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands Leader Award
2007 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Tom A. B. Snijders is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on the social sciences and physics and astronomy. Within these areas, their work delves particularly into statistical and nonlinear physics, sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, safety research, and education.

Their research topics include:

Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Mental Health Research Topics
Social Capital and Networks
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Biomedical and Engineering Education

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Snijders include Rafael Wittek, Marij Veldman, Simone Doolaard, Roel Bosker, and Per Block.

Snijders has published in various academic venues, among which the most prominent are:

Social Networks
Network Science
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Learning and Instruction

Selected recent papers include:

Young children working together. Cooperative learning effects on group work of children in Grade 1 of primary education, 2020, Learning and Instruction
Missing data in cross-sectional networks - An extensive comparison of missing data treatment methods, 2020, Social Networks
Relational event models in network science, 2023, Network Science
Dynamics and disruption: Structural and individual changes in two Dutch Jihadi networks after police interventions, 2022, Social Networks
The Dynamics of Interethnic Friendships and Negative Ties in Secondary School: The Role of Peer-Perceived Ethnicity, 2020, Social Psychology Quarterly

In addition to journal publications, Snijders has contributed to book literature, including a publication by Stanford University Press eBooks titled The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research in 2020.

Throughout their career, Snijders has been recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

Introduction to stochastic actor-based models for network dynamics

Tom A. B. Snijders;Gerhard G. van de Bunt;Christian E. G. Steglich

2628
Citations
Multilevel analysis. An introduction to basic and advanced multilevel modeling, 2nd edition (1st edition 1999).

T.A.B. Snijders;R.J. Bosker

2169
Citations
NEW SPECIFICATIONS FOR EXPONENTIAL RANDOM GRAPH MODELS

Tom A. B. Snijders;Philippa E. Pattison;Garry L. Robins;Mark S. Handcock

1827
Citations
The statistical evaluation of social network dynamics

Tom A. B. Snijders

1653
Citations
DYNAMIC NETWORKS AND BEHAVIOR: SEPARATING SELECTION FROM INFLUENCE

Christian Steglich;Tom A. B. Snijders;Tom A. B. Snijders;Michael Pearson

1283
Citations
Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation of exponential random graph models

Tom A. B. Snijders

1057
Citations
Recent developments in exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks

Garry Robins;Tom A. B. Snijders;Peng Wang;Mark Handcock

1056
Citations
Modeled Variance in Two-Level Models

Tom A. B. Snijders;Roel J. Bosker

1017
Citations
Sensitivity of MRQAP Tests to Collinearity and Autocorrelation Conditions

David Dekker;David Krackhardt;Tom A. B. Snijders

877
Citations
Models for longitudinal network datain

Tom A. B. Snijders

864
Citations
Power and Sample Size in Multilevel Linear Models

Tom A. B. Snijders

853
Citations
Estimation and Prediction for Stochastic Blockmodels for Graphs with Latent Block Structure

Tom A. B. Snijders;Krzysztof Nowicki

837
Citations
The Resource Generator: social capital quantification with concrete items

Martin Van Der Gaag;Tom A. B. Snijders

782
Citations
Standard Errors and Sample Sizes for Two-Level Research:

Tom A. B. Snijders;Roel J. Bosker

691
Citations
Modeling the Co-Evolution of Networks and Behavior.

Thomas Snijders;Christian Steglich;Michael Schweinberger

624
Citations
Stochastic actor-oriented models for network change

Tom A.B. Snijders

559
Citations
Statistical Models for Social Networks

Tom A.B. Snijders

551
Citations
The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis

Thomas Snijders

473
Citations
A Multilevel Network Study of the Effects of Delinquent Behavior on Friendship Evolution

Thomas Snijders;Chris Baerveldt

415
Citations
Beyond dyadic interdependence: Actor-oriented models for co-evolving social networks and individual behaviors:

William J. Burk;Christian E. G. Steglich;Tom A. B. Snijders

403
Citations
Proposals for the measurement of individual social capital

T.A.B. Snijders

383
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Steglich University of Groningen

Roel Bosker University of Groningen

René Veenstra University of Groningen

Jan Kornelis Dijkstra University of Groningen

Garry Robins University of Melbourne

David Krackhardt Carnegie Mellon University

Philippa Pattison University of Sydney

Patrick Doreian University of Pittsburgh

Nardi Steverink University Medical Center Groningen

Johannes H. Smit Leiden University Medical Center

External Links

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