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Causal Direction

Causal Direction is a theoretical construct in causal inference that specifies the temporal and structural precedence of one variable over another in a causal relationship, distinguishing it from mere statistical association or symmetrical dependence.

706

Publications

70.4K

Citations

1.8K

Authors

753

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

198

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Publications

706

Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies

Ann Swidler · American Sociological Review · 1986 · 8.5K citations

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Building Better Causal Theories: A Fuzzy Set Approach to Typologies in Organization Research

Peer C. Fiss · Academy of Management Journal · 2011 · 5.4K citations

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Orienting the causal relationship between imprecisely measured traits using GWAS summary data

Gibran Hemani, Kate Tilling, George Davey Smith · PLoS Genetics · 2017 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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What Have We Learned About the Causes of Corruption from Ten Years of Cross-National Empirical Research?

Daniel Treisman · Annual Review of Political Science · 2007 · 1.5K citations

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Polarization and Partisan Selective Exposure

Natalie Jomini Stroud · Journal of Communication · 2010 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

1.8K

  1. BS
    Bernhard Schölkopf

    Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany

    10 publications · 578 citations

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  2. KZ
    Kun Zhang

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    10 publications · 498 citations

    10

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  3. DJ
    Dominik Janzing

    Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany

    10 publications · 726 citations

    10

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  4. DK
    Derviş Kırıkkaleli

    European University of Lefke, Türkiye

    7 publications · 290 citations

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  5. JV
    Jilles Vreeken

    Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany

    6 publications · 181 citations

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Institutions

753

  1. Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

    Stuttgart, Germany

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1K citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    9 h-index

    32 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    905 citations

  8. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    898 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 521 citations

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  2. Child Development

    10 publications · 586 citations

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  3. Memory & Cognition

    9 publications · 587 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    9 publications · 469 citations

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  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

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