David Lazer Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
David Lazer's h-index is 80 (192 i10-index, 51,818+ total citations across 505+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. David Lazer is affiliated with University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University; & Visiting Scholar, Harvard University.
David Lazer is a researcher affiliated with University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University; & Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, specializing in Computational social science, political networks, political communication. Their work has been cited 51,818 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
David Lazer's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 505 indexed publications. Of these, 16 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 80
- i10-Index
- 192
- Total Citations
- 51,818
- Citing Countries
- 70
As of October 2026.
David Lazer has an h-index of 80 and 51,818 total citations across 505 publications, with research cited by institutions in 70 countries.
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The science of fake news
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The researcher advanced computational social science as a distinct field, evidenced by a seminal 2009 paper with over 5,400 citations and near-universal independent adoption.
The researcher pioneered the inference of social network structures from mobile phone data, establishing a foundational methodology for digital sociology.
The researcher established a foundational framework for analyzing the science of fake news, a seminal contribution that has garnered over 7,000 citations and widespread independent scholarly adoption.
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About David Lazer's research
David Lazer is a researcher in Computational social science, political networks and political communication at University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University; & Visiting Scholar, Harvard University. Their work has been cited 51,818 times across 505 publications (h-index 80), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “The science of fake news” (2018), has accumulated 7,419 citations. Other influential works include “The science of fake news” (2018) with 7,346 citations and “Computational social science” (2009) with 5,701 citations.
Citations of David Lazer's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
