Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence is a research topic within Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 22.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the statistical physics of opinion dynamics, focusing on social influence, bounded confidence, agent-based modeling, polarization, network dynamics, consensus formation, majority rule, homophily, and sociophysics.
- Opinion Dynamics
- Social Influence
- Bounded Confidence
- Agent-Based Modeling
- Polarization
- Network Dynamics
- Consensus Formation
- Majority Rule
- Homophily
- Sociophysics
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +3% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.8k and 959 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.8k works
- 2 United States 959 works
- 3 India 301 works
- 4 Italy 258 works
- 5 United Kingdom 254 works
- 6 Germany 229 works
- 7 Japan 205 works
- 8 France 188 works
- 9 Russia 176 works
- 10 Netherlands 115 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Wuhan University publishes the most Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence research, followed by National University of Defense Technology and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Wuhan UniversityChina 31 works
- 2 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 30 works
- 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 28 works
- 4 University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina 26 works
- 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 26 works
- 6 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 24 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 23 works
- 8 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 22 works
- 9 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 22 works
- 10 Lanzhou University of TechnologyChina 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence include H. Vincent Poor, Philip S. Yu and Alex Pentland.
- 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
- 2 Philip S. Yu United States 6.6k citations
- 3 Alex Pentland United States 6k citations
- 4 Daron Acemoğlu United States 5.7k citations
- 5 H. Eugene Stanley United States 5.5k citations
- 6 Guanrong Chen Hong Kong 5.4k citations
- 7 Witold Pedrycz Canada 5.4k citations
- 8 Ronald S. Burt United States 5.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence research done?
The largest centres of Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China).
Where is the best place to study Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence?
Among universities, judged by research, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology and Lanzhou University of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 70.0 | 39.4% | 9.9× | 17 | +81.4% |
| 2 | University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina | 64.4 | 29.3% | 10.3× | 26 | -15.4% |
| 3 | Lanzhou University of TechnologyChina | 62.8 | 17.3% | 11.3× | 22 | +152.1% |
| 4 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 61.5 | 35.2% | 4.9× | 21 | +139.0% |
| 5 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States | 59.7 | 30.8% | 8.5× | 20 | -5.3% |
| 6 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 59.1 | 35.0% | 4.3× | 28 | +64.0% |
| 7 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 58.3 | 32.9% | 6.7× | 15 | +64.4% |
| 8 | Communication University of ChinaChina | 55.3 | 7.6% | 32.2× | 20 | +150.7% |
| 9 | Hangzhou Normal UniversityChina | 53.1 | 37.0% | 7.0× | 8 | +120.0% |
| 10 | St Petersburg UniversityRussia | 52.7 | 14.9% | 6.5× | 18 | +287.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.