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Michael W. Macy

Michael W. Macy publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Communication, on topics such as Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, Social Media and Politics and Misinformation and Its Impacts.

World rank
#14,749
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,054
of 358,040
Works
47
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
24.9

What does Michael W. Macy research?

Sociology and Political Science: 25.6%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20.5%Communication: 9.0%Economics and Econometrics: 6.4%other fields: 38.5%26%top field
Sociology and Political Science25.6%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics20.5%Communication9.0%Economics and Econometrics6.4%other fields38.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science26% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics20% of their works
  3. 3Communication9% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies5% of their works
  6. 6Safety Research4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael W. Macy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Polarization, Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Bounded Confidence, Opinion Dynamics, Social Media, Cultural Evolution and Digital Divide.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Polarization182 topics
  2. Network Dynamics162 topics
  3. Social Influence162 topics
  4. Bounded Confidence121 topic
  5. Opinion Dynamics121 topic
  6. Social Media122 topics
  7. Cultural Evolution72 topics
  8. Digital Divide61 topic
  9. Fake News61 topic
  10. Misinformation61 topic
  11. Political Participation61 topic
  12. Altruism41 topic
  13. Community Structure41 topic
  14. Cooperation41 topic
  15. Scale-Free Networks41 topic
  16. Cultural Capital31 topic
  17. Language31 topic
  18. Social Class31 topic
  19. Social Learning31 topic
  20. Business Networks21 topic
  21. Coopetition21 topic

Where does Michael W. Macy work?

Michael W. Macy's main affiliation in the publication record is Cornell University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Michael W. Macy have?

Science Explorer counts 47 works and 1,170 citations for Michael W. Macy, ranking #14,749 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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