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Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems
Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems
The Evolution of Citation Graphs in Artificial Intelligence Research
The Evolution of Citation Graphs in Artificial Intelligence Research
Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology
Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology
Toward a More Scientific Science
Toward a More Scientific Science
A Century of Physics
A Century of Physics
Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact
Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact
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  • Artificial Intelligence 4
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  • Human Dynamic 9
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  • Policy 1
  • Science of Science 27
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November 18, 2024

Tenure and Research Trajectories→

November 18, 2024/ ScienceSites

Giorgio Tripodi, Xiang Zheng, Yifan Qian, Dakota Murray, Benjamin F. Jones, Chaoqun Ni, and Dashun Wang (2024) [Preprint].

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June 09, 2023

Data, Measurement and Empirical Methods in the Science of Science→

June 09, 2023/ ScienceSites

Lu Liu, Benjamin F. Jones, Brian Uzzi, and Dashun Wang (2023). Nature Human Behaviour.

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2023, publications
Science of Science, All
June 09, 2023

SciSciNet: A Large-Scale Open Data Lake for the Science of Science Research→

June 09, 2023/ ScienceSites

Zihang Lin, Yian Yin, Lu Liu, and Dashun Wang (2023). Scientific Data, 10, 315.

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2023, publications
Science of Science, All
June 09, 2023

The Promise and Pitfalls of the Metaverse for Science→

June 09, 2023/ ScienceSites

Diego Gómez-Zará, Peter Schiffer, and Dashun Wang (2023). Nature Human Behaviour .

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2023
Science of Science, Metaverse, All
June 07, 2023

Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Scientific Impact→

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Minsu Park, Suman Kalyan Maity, Stefan Wuchty, and Dashun Wang (2023). arXiv.

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2023, publications
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June 07, 2023

Correlated Impact Dynamics in Science→

June 07, 2023/ ScienceSites

Jiazhen Liu, Tamang Kunal, Dashun Wang, and Chaoming Song (2023). arXiv.

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2023, publications
All, Science of Science
January 08, 2021

Coevolution of Policy and Science During the Pandemic→

January 08, 2021/ ScienceSites

Yian Yin, Jian Gao, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2021). Science, 371(6525), 128-130.

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Science of Science, Policy, All
October 31, 2019

Quantifying Dynamics of Failure Across Science, Startups, and Security (PDF)→

October 31, 2019/ ScienceSites

Yian Yin, Yang Wang, James A. Evans, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature.
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2019, under-review
Big Data, Science of Science, All
October 01, 2019

Early-Career Setback and Future Career Impact (PDF)→

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Yang Wang, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature Communications.
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• One of the 50 most read Nature Communications articles from across the life and biological sciences in 2019

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2019
Big Data, Science of Science, All
May 22, 2019

Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems (PDF)→

May 22, 2019/ ScienceSites

Ching Jin, Chaoming Song, Johannes Bjelland, Geoffrey Canright, and Dashun Wang (in press). Nature Human Behaviour.
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Science of Science, All
February 14, 2019

Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology (PDF)→

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Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology (PDF)

Lingfei Wu, Dashun Wang, and James A. Evans (2019). Nature.
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• Ranked by Altmetrics as one of the 100 most-discussed papers in 2019

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Science of Science, All
February 12, 2019

The Evolution of Citation Graphs in Artificial Intelligence Research→

February 12, 2019/ ScienceSites

Morgan R. Frank, Dashun Wang, Manuel Cebrian, and Iyad Rahwan (2019). Nature Machine Intelligence, 1, 79-85.
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2019, publications
Science of Science, Artificial Intelligence, All
February 12, 2019

Taking Census of Physics→

February 12, 2019/ ScienceSites

Federico Battiston, Federico Musciotto, Dashun Wang, Albert-László Barabási, Michael Szell, and Roberta Sinatra (2019). Nature Reviews Physics, 1, 89-97.

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September 25, 2018

Toward a More Scientific Science→

September 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Pierre Azoulay, Joshua Graff-Zivin, Brian Uzzi, Dashun Wang, Heidi Williams, James A. Evans, Ginger Zhe Jin, Susan Feng Lu, Benjamin F. Jones, Katy Börner, Karim R. Lakhani, Kevin J. Boudreau, Eva C. Guinan (2018). Science, 361(6408), 1194-1197.

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February 16, 2018

Hot Streaks in Artistic, Cultural, and Scientific Careers→

February 16, 2018/ ScienceSites
Hot Streaks in Artistic, Cultural, and Scientific Careers

Lu Liu, Yang Wang, Roberta Sinatra, C. Lee Giles, Chaoming Song, and Dashun Wang (2018). Nature.
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January 31, 2018

Modeling Citation Dynamics of “Atypical” Papers (PDF)→

January 31, 2018/ ScienceSites

Zhongyang He, Zhen Lei, and Dashun Wang (2018). Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 69(9): 1148-1160

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January 30, 2018

Science of Science (PDF)→

January 30, 2018/ ScienceSites

Santo Fortunato, Carl T. Bergstrom, Katy Boerner, James A. Evans, Dirk Helbing, Stasa Milojevic, Alexander M. Petersen, Filippo Radicchi, Roberta Sinatra, Brian Uzzi, Alessandro Vespignani, Ludo Waltman, Dashun Wang, and A.-L. Barabási (2018). Science, 359, 1007.

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2018, publications
Science of Science, All
July 18, 2017

The Time Dimension of Science: Connecting the Past to the Future (PDF)→

July 18, 2017/ ScienceSites

Yian Yin and Dashun Wang (2017). Journal of Informetrics, 11: 608–621.

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2017, publications
All, Science of Science
April 12, 2017

Quantifying Patterns of Research-Interest Evolution (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites

Tao Jia, Dashun Wang, and Boleslaw K. Szymanski (2017). Nature Human Behaviour.

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Science of Science, Human Dynamic, All
April 12, 2017

Quantifying the Evolution of Individual Scientific Impact (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites
Quantifying the Evolution of Individual Scientific Impact (PDF)

Roberta Sinatra, Dashun Wang, Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2016). Science.
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2016, publications
Science of Science, All
April 12, 2017

Inspiration or Preparation? Explaining Creativity in Scientific Enterprise (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites

Xinyang Zhang, Dashun Wang, and Ting Wang. Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM-2016).
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2016, publications
Science of Science, Big Data, All
April 12, 2017

A Century of Physics (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites

Roberta Sinatra, Pierre Deville, Michael Szell, Dashun Wang, and Albert-László Barabási (2015). Nature Physics.
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2015, publications
Science of Science, All
April 12, 2017

Modeling and Predicting Popularity Dynamics via Reinforced Poisson Processes (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites

Hua-Wei Shen, Dashun Wang, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2014). The Twenty-Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2014).
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2014, publications
Human Dynamic, Science of Science, Big Data, All
April 12, 2017

Career on the Move: Geography, Stratification, and Scientific Impact (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites

Pierre Deville, Dashun Wang, Roberta Sinatra, Chaoming Song, Vincent Blondel, and Albert-László Barabási (2014). Scientific Reports, 4: 4770.
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2014, publications
Science of Science, Human Mobility, All
April 12, 2017

Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites
Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact (PDF)

Dashun Wang, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2013). Science, 342, 6154: 127-132.
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2013, publications
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April 12, 2017

Statistical Physics in the Era of Big Data (PDF)→

April 12, 2017/ ScienceSites

Dashun Wang (2013). Committee: Albert-László Barabási (Chair), Alain Karma, David Lazer, Alessandro Vespignani. Ph.D. Thesis.
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April 12, 2017

Handful of Papers Dominates Citation (PDF)→

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Albert-László Barabási, Chaoming Song, and Dashun Wang (2012). Nature, 491.7422: 40-40.
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Academic Articles
Coevolution of Policy and Science During the Pandemic

Yian Yin, Jian Gao, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2021). Science, 371(6525), 128-130.

Quantifying Dynamics of Failure Across Science, Startups, and Security (PDF)

Yian Yin, Yang Wang, James A. Evans, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature.
• Supplementary Information
See related press →

Early-Career Setback and Future Career Impact (PDF)

Yang Wang, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature Communications.
See related press →
• One of the 50 most read Nature Communications articles from across the life and biological sciences in 2019

Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems (PDF)

Ching Jin, Chaoming Song, Johannes Bjelland, Geoffrey Canright, and Dashun Wang (in press). Nature Human Behaviour.
• arXiv preprint
• Supplementary Information
• Cover

Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology (PDF)

Lingfei Wu, Dashun Wang, and James A. Evans (2019). Nature.
• arXiv preprint
• Ranked by Altmetrics as one of the 100 most-discussed papers in 2019

Hot Streaks in Artistic, Cultural, and Scientific Careers

Lu Liu, Yang Wang, Roberta Sinatra, C. Lee Giles, Chaoming Song, and Dashun Wang (2018). Nature.
• Data and Code
• arXiv preprint
See related press →

Quantifying Patterns of Research-Interest Evolution (PDF)

Tao Jia, Dashun Wang, and Boleslaw K. Szymanski (2017). Nature Human Behaviour.

Quantifying the Evolution of Individual Scientific Impact (PDF)

Roberta Sinatra, Dashun Wang, Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2016). Science.
• .bib
See related press →

Scaling Identity Connects Human Mobility and Social Interactions (PDF)

Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song, Nathan Eagle, Vincent Blondel, Albert-László Barabási, and Dashun Wang (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
• Supplementary Information
• .bib

Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact (PDF)

Dashun Wang, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2013). Science, 342, 6154: 127-132.
• arXiv
• Supplementary Materials
• .bib
See related press →

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