Charles J. Gomez

Check out my latest OA paper in Research Policy with the amazing @MakinenPhD & Dahlia Lieberman (former @qcsociology student)! We model & derive insights from global science as ecological networks, with unis as species & subfields as inhabited sites. doi.org/10.1016/j.resp…

This is the best paper written so far about the impact of AI on scientific discovery

Chinese science gets cited a lot but those citations are disproportionately local (even after accounting for country size) nber.org/papers/w32468

After Musk took over Twitter, big academic accounts started posting less, but didn't stop engaging in other ways cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Who Cares? is now published @PSRMJournal tinyurl.com/2sdawws9 (1/)

My new PNAS paper with @DanielMRomero ! 😎 With open data everywhere, how can we creatively unlock its potential for impactful innovation? We show that unusual combinations of datasets lead to more impactful discoveries, yet even simple combos remain rare. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Sharing a paper just published in the Journal of Big Data! Studies have shown strong associations with writing and demography, so here we ask "who do LLMs write like?" Answer: higher social status people (with some caveats) BUT with very little variance link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Here's the updated link to our position. We seek applicants whose research focuses on the subfields of criminology, health/medical sociology, gender, or stratification & inequality, using advanced quantitative or CSS methods. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

Come work with me in an incredible place! (Link updated and corrected.) We're particularly looking for applicants with an advanced quantitative and/or computational social science (CSS) background. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have! 😀

Sharing a new paper that examines how often Spanish words/phrases were used in 275,000+ college admission essays. The short answer: quite a bit! Using some form of Spanish was actually a more common occurrence than references to parental divorce sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 The other part of my reserach on enforcers and the logic of fighting in ice hockey is out in Deviant Behavior: A Deviant Pathway To Respectability: The Enforcer Career Path In Professional Ice Hockey From 1997–2012 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… (DM me for access)

My article "Black Lives Matter and the Changing Sociological Canon" was just published. In the article, I show that BLM is responsible for an exponential increase in the assignment of Black authors in sociology courses. doi.org/10.1177/009205…

PNAS: A mechanistic model of gossip, reputations, and cooperation pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

What if citation counts were mainly driven by the nature of human memory? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

Our paper in @NatureHumBehav was mentioned in @TheEconomist! Fascinating article on how China has become a scientific superpower. economist.com/science-and-te…

Oxford University mathematician reveals how to avoid spilling your coffee ☕️ [📹 Oxford Sparks]

Researchers with minority ethnic names are written out of stories about their work. direct.mit.edu/qss/article/do…

@kateweisshaar (co-lead), @TaniaHutt, and I are excited that our research is finally out @ASR_Journal! In this paper, we attempt to better understand patterns of gender and racial hiring discrimination in today’s context of strong pressures to diversify. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…