Nicholas A. Christakis - Selected Writings

Selected Writings

Social Networks

• Christakis, NA; Fowler, JH (26 July 2007). "The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years" (PDF). New England Journal of Medicine 357 (4): 370–379. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa066082. PMID 17652652.

• Christakis, NA; Fowler, JH (22 May 2008). "Quitting in Droves: Collective Dynamics of Smoking Behavior in a Large Social Network" (PDF). New England Journal of Medicine 358 (21): 2249–2258. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa0706154. PMC 2822344. PMID 18499567.

• Fowler, J. H; Christakis, N. A (3 January 2009). "The Dynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network" (PDF). British Medical Journal 337 (768): a2338. doi:10.1136/bmj.a2338. PMC 2600606. PMID 19056788.

• Fowler, JH; Dawes, CT; Christakis, NA (10 February 2009). "Model of genetic variation in human social networks" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (6): 1720–1724. doi:10.1073/pnas.0806746106. PMC 2644104. PMID 19171900.

• Fowler, JH; Christakis, NA (March 2010). "Cooperative Behavior Cascades in Human Social Networks" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (12): 5334–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.0913149107. PMC 2851803. PMID 20212120.

• Christakis, NA; Fowler, JH (September 2010). "Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks" (PDF). PLoS ONE 5 (9): e12948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012948. PMC 2939797. PMID 20856792.

• Fowler, JH; Settle, JE; Christakis, NA (January 2011). "Correlated Genotypes in Friendship Networks" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (5): 1993–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.1011687108. PMC 3033315. PMID 21245293.

• Rand, D; Arbesman, S; Christakis, NA (November 2011). "Dynamic Social Networks Promote Cooperation in Experiments with Humans" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (48): 19193–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.1108243108. PMC 3228461. PMID 22084103.

• Apicella, CL; Marlowe, FW; Fowler, JH; Christakis, NA (January 2012). "Social Networks and Cooperation in Hunter-Gatherers" (PDF). Nature 481 (7382): 497–501. doi:10.1038/nature10736. PMID 22281519.

Bereavement, Caregiver Burden, Marriage, and Health

• Christakis, NA; Allison, PD (February 2006). "Mortality After the Hospitalization of a Spouse" (PDF). New England Journal of Medicine 354 (7): 719–730. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa050196. PMID 16481639.

• Elwert, F; Christakis, NA (February 2006). "Widowhood and Race" (PDF). ASR: American Sociological Review 71 (1): 16–41.

• Elwert, F; Christakis, NA (November 2008). "The Effect of Widowhood on Mortality by the Causes of Death of Both Spouses" (PDF). American Journal of Public Health 98 (11): 2092–2098. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.114348. PMC 2636447. PMID 18511733.

Prognosis

• Christakis, NA (1999). "Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care". University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-10471-3.

• Alexander, M; Christakis, N (July 2008). "Bias and Asymmetric Loss in Expert Forecasts: A Study of Physician Prognostic Behavior with Respect to Patient Survival" (PDF). Journal of Health Economics 27 (4): 1095–1108. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.02.011. PMID 18539349.

Biological Networks

• Lee, DS; Park, J; Kay, KA; Christakis, NA; Oltvai, ZN; Barabási, AL (July 2008). "The implications of human metabolic network topology for disease comorbidity" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (29): 9880–9885. doi:10.1073/pnas.0802208105. PMC 2481357. PMID 18599447.

• Hidalgo, CA; Blumm, N; Barabasi, AL; Christakis, NA (April 2009). "A Dynamic Network Approach for the Study of Human Phenotypes" (PDF). In Meyers, Lauren Ancel. PLoS Computational Biology 5 (4): e1000353. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000353. PMC 2661364. PMID 19360091.