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Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Unai Alvarez-Rodriguez
Universidad de Deusto
2
Roja Bandari
University of California, Los Angeles
3
Piotr Sierant
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
4
Tiantian Gai
Shanghai Maritime University
5
Guilherme Ferraz de Arruda
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
6
Pedro Guerra
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
7
Jess Hohenstein
Cornell University
8
Junfeng Fan
Tianjin University of Technology
9
Katja Klobas
University of Birmingham
10
Jiaxing Chen
Tianjin University of Science and Technology

Rising Stars Papers

1
The SIQRS Propagation Model With Quarantine on Simplicial Complexes
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems|2024
63 cit.
2
Pauli spectrum and nonstabilizerness of typical quantum many-body states
Physical review. B./Physical review. B|2025
54 cit.
3
Magic spreading in random quantum circuits
Nature Communications|2025
54 cit.
4
A quality function deployment model by social network and group decision making: Application to product design of e-commerce platforms
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence|2024
45 cit.
5
Translation symmetry restoration under random unitary dynamics
Physical review. B./Physical review. B|2025
31 cit.
6
A Transformation Method of Noncooperative to Cooperative Behavior by Trust Propagation in Social Network Group Decision Making
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems|2025
29 cit.
7
Error-Resilience Phase Transitions in Encoding-Decoding Quantum Circuits
Physical Review Letters|2024
27 cit.
8
Exact Quench Dynamics of the Floquet Quantum East Model at the Deterministic Point
Physical Review Letters|2024
23 cit.
9
Non-equilibrium dynamics of symmetry-resolved entanglement and entanglement asymmetry: exact asymptotics in Rule 54<sup>*</sup>
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical|2024
22 cit.
10
Dynamic Compromise Behavior Driven Bidirectional Feedback Mechanism for Group Consensus With Overlapping Communities in Social Network
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems|2024
18 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Michele Starnini
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2
Oliver McClellan
Columbia University
3
Zi Yang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
4
Giovanni Petri
Eastern University
5
K. Alfaro-Bittner
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
6
B. S. Panda
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
7
Yiyi Zhao
Xianyang Normal University
8
Zaid J. Towfic
University of California, Los Angeles
9
Ru‐Xi Ding
Beijing Institute of Technology
10
Liang’an Huo
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Influence maximization in social networks using graph embedding and graph neural network
Information Sciences|2022
212 cit.
2
Output synchronization of wide-area heterogeneous multi-agent systems over intermittent clustered networks
Information Sciences|2022
111 cit.
3
Influence maximization in social networks using transfer learning via graph-based LSTM
Expert Systems with Applications|2022
96 cit.
4
Link prediction in complex networks using node centrality and light gradient boosting machine
World Wide Web|2022
57 cit.
5
The influence of individual emotions on the coupled model of unconfirmed information propagation and epidemic spreading in multilayer networks
Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications|2022
46 cit.
6
Identifying Influential Nodes for Smart Enterprises Using Community Structure With Integrated Feature Ranking
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics|2022
37 cit.
7
Percolation and Topological Properties of Temporal Higher-Order Networks
Physical Review Letters|2024
35 cit.
8
Conflict management-based consensus reaching process considering conflict relationship clustering in large-scale group decision-making problems
Expert Systems with Applications|2023
31 cit.
9
A Confidence and Conflict-Based Consensus Reaching Process for Large-Scale Group Decision-Making Problems With Intuitionistic Fuzzy Representations
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems|2024
31 cit.
10
The impact of the self-recognition ability and physical quality on coupled negative information-behavior-epidemic dynamics in multiplex networks
Chaos Solitons & Fractals|2023
30 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2
Réka Albert
Pennsylvania State University
3
Alessandro Vespignani
Northeastern University
4
M. E. J. Newman
Analytical Engineering (United States)
5
Duncan J. Watts
University of Pennsylvania
6
Shlomo Havlin
Bar-Ilan University
7
Àlex Arenas
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
8
Jon Kleinberg
Cornell University
9
J. F. F. Mendes
University of Aveiro
10
Richard M. Murray
California Institute of Technology

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks
Nature|1998
43.2k cit.
2
Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks
Science|1999
36.4k cit.
3
Statistical mechanics of complex networks
Reviews of Modern Physics|2002
20.6k cit.
4
Consensus Problems in Networks of Agents With Switching Topology and Time-Delays
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control|2004
12.7k cit.
5
Modularity and community structure in networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2006
12.3k cit.
6
Consensus and Cooperation in Networked Multi-Agent Systems
Proceedings of the IEEE|2007
10.3k cit.
7
Authoritative sources in a hyperlinked environment
Journal of the ACM|1999
9.1k cit.
8
Power-law distributions in empirical data
Figshare|2018
6.8k cit.
9
Understanding individual human mobility patterns
Nature|2008
6.1k cit.
10
Epidemic Spreading in Scale-Free Networks
Physical Review Letters|2001
5.8k cit.

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