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Researcher · Cornell University · United States

Michael Walton Macy

Michael Walton Macy publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Safety Research, on topics such as Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation and Complex Network Analysis Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0003-0024-5027 OpenAlex
World rank
#21,209
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,760
of 1,627,098
Works
190
Citations
20k
Citations per work
105.1
h-index
47
i10-index 85Top 0.5% in Sociology and Political Science
Michael Walton Macy

What does Michael Walton Macy research?

Michael Walton Macy's work is mostly in Social Sciences (37%), Physics and Astronomy (20%), Computer Science (5%).

Social Sciences: 79 works · 41.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 71 works · 37.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 50 works · 26.1% of their workSafety Research: 12 works · 6.5% of their workCommunication: 9 works · 4.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 works · 4.6% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 works · 4.6% of their workEverything else: 64 works · 33.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 47 works · 24.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 38 works · 20.0% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 38 works · 20.0% of their workComputer Science: 9 works · 4.6% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 9 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael WaltonMacy190works
Physical Sciences25%Social Sciences42%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7137.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance94.6%
  2. Everything else6433.6%
    1. Physics and Astronomy3820.0%
    2. Computer Science94.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science26% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics20% of their works
  3. 3Safety Research6% of their works
  4. 4Communication5% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence5% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Walton Macy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Altruism, Cooperation, Polarization, Social Networks, Bounded Confidence and Opinion Dynamics.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Network Dynamics982 topics
  2. Social Influence982 topics
  3. Altruism762 topics
  4. Cooperation762 topics
  5. Polarization682 topics
  6. Social Networks612 topics
  7. Bounded Confidence591 topic
  8. Opinion Dynamics591 topic
  9. Evolutionary Games491 topic
  10. Indirect Reciprocity491 topic
  11. Trust442 topics
  12. Community Structure391 topic
  13. Scale-Free Networks391 topic
  14. Civic Engagement362 topics
  15. Social Media282 topics
  16. Economic Experiments271 topic
  17. Social Preferences271 topic
  18. Digital Divide191 topic
  19. Political Participation191 topic
  20. Community171 topic
  21. Social Capital171 topic
  22. Game Theory121 topic
  23. Network Formation121 topic
  24. Fake News91 topic
  25. Misinformation91 topic

Where does Michael Walton Macy work?

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

How many publications and citations does Michael Walton Macy have?

OpenAlex counts 190 works and 19,970 citations for Michael Walton Macy, an h-index of 47, ranking #21,209 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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