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Professor Contractor has been at the forefront of three emerging interdisciplines: network science, computational social science and web science. He is investigating how social and knowledge networks form – and perform - in contexts including business, scientific communities, healthcare and space travel.
Education/Academic qualification
Communication, PhD, University of Southern California
… → 1987
Communication, MA, University of Southern California
… → 1986
Electrical Engineering, BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
… → 1983
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Network Canvas 2.0: Enhancing network data capture for drug use and HIV research
Birkett, M. A., Birkett, M. A., Janulis, P., Janulis, P., Contractor, N., Contractor, N., Phillips II, G. & Phillips II, G.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
4/1/23 → 1/31/28
Project: Research project
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Composing Teams with TEAMSTaR: Tool for Evaluating And Mitigating Space Team Risk
Contractor, N. & Contractor, N.
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
4/15/21 → 4/14/24
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: A Hierarchical Multidimensional Network-based Approach for Multi-Competitor Product Design
6/1/20 → 5/31/24
Project: Research project
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A network-based discrete choice model for decision-based design
Sha, Z., Cui, Y., Xiao, Y., Stathopoulos, A., Contractor, N., Fu, Y. & Chen, W., Mar 24 2023, In: Design Science. 9, e7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diversity, networks, and innovation: A text analytic approach to measuring expertise diversity
Lungeanu, A., Whalen, R., Wu, Y. J., Dechurch, L. A. & Contractor, N. S., Mar 15 2023, In: Network Science. 11, 1, p. 36-64 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Groups, governance, and greed: the ACCESS world model
Rager, S., Leung, A., Pinegar, S., Mangels, J., Poole, M. S. & Contractor, N., Mar 2023, In: Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. 29, 1, p. 52-83 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Information sharing in a hybrid workplace: understanding the role of ease-of-use perceptions of communication technologies in advice-seeking relationship maintenance
Wu, Y. J., Antone, B., DeChurch, L. & Contractor, N., Jul 1 2023, In: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 28, 4, zmad025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction to the special issue on scientific networks
Zaytsev, D. G. & Contractor, N. S., Mar 14 2023, In: Network Science. 11, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Conditioning team cognition: A meta-analysis
Niler, A. A. (Creator), Mesmer-Magnus, J. R. (Creator), Larson, L. E. (Creator), Plummer, G. (Creator), DeChurch, L. A. (Creator), Contractor, N. (Contributor) & Noshir S., C. (Contributor), SAGE Journals, 2020
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5229326.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Conditioning_team_cognition_A_meta-analysis/5229326/1
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US Patent Similarity Data
Whalen, R. (Contributor), Lungeanu, A. (Contributor), DeChurch, L. A. (Contributor) & Contractor, N. (Contributor), ZENODO, Nov 25 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7735726, https://zenodo.org/record/7735726
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US Patent Similarity Data
Whalen, R. (Contributor), Lungeanu, A. (Contributor), DeChurch, L. A. (Contributor) & Contractor, N. (Contributor), ZENODO, 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3552078, https://zenodo.org/record/3552078
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