output
20132025
most citedBusiness disruptions from social distancing

279 citations

Showing physics.soc-phShow all

10 papers · 1 filter

physics.soc-ph2025

Evolution and determinants of firm-level systemic risk in local production networks

Anna Mancini, Balázs Lengyel, Riccardo Di Clemente +1

Recent crises like the Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions have exposed vulnerabilities and caused disruptions of supply chains, leading to product shortages, increased cos…

physics.soc-ph2024★ 5 cited

The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams

Lorenzo Betti, Luca Gallo, Johannes Wachs +1

From science to industry, teamwork plays a crucial role in knowledge production and innovation. Most studies consider teams as static groups of individuals, thereby failing to capt…

physics.soc-ph2024★ 24 cited

Urban highways are barriers to social ties

Luca Maria Aiello, Anastassia Vybornova, Sándor Juhász +2

Urban highways are common, especially in the US, making cities more car-centric. They promise the annihilation of distance but obstruct pedestrian mobility, thus playing a key role…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 4 cited

Quantifying Barriers of Urban Mobility

Gergő Pintér, Balázs Lengyel

Barriers in cities, such as administrative boundaries, natural obstacles, railways or major roads are thought to induce segregation. However, the empirical knowledge about this phe…

physics.soc-ph2019★ 145 cited

Inequality is rising where social network segregation interacts with urban topology

Gergő Tóth, Johannes Wachs, Riccardo Di Clemente +4

Social networks amplify inequalities due to fundamental mechanisms of social tie formation such as homophily and triadic closure. These forces sharpen social segregation reflected…

physics.soc-ph2019★ 51 cited

Ride-share matching algorithms generate income inequality

Eszter Bokányi, Anikó Hannák

Despite the potential of online sharing economy platforms such as Uber, Lyft, or Foodora to democratize the labor market, these services are often accused of fostering unfair worki…

physics.soc-ph2019★ 59 cited

Taking census of physics

Federico Battiston, Federico Musciotto, Dashun Wang +3

Over the past decades, the diversity of areas explored by physicists has exploded, encompassing new topics from biophysics and chemical physics to network science. However, it is u…

physics.soc-ph2018★ 68 cited

Interdisciplinarity: A Nobel Opportunity

Michael Szell, Yifang Ma, Roberta Sinatra

Interdisciplinary collaborations now sweep most fields of the natural and life sciences, necessary to tackle the world's most challenging problems. Yet, the scientific enterprise c…

physics.soc-ph2018★ 54 cited

The role of geography in the complex diffusion of innovations

Balázs Lengyel, Eszter Bokányi, Riccardo Di Clemente +2

The urban-rural divide is increasing in modern societies calling for geographical extensions of social influence modelling. Improved understanding of innovation diffusion across lo…

physics.soc-ph2015★ 105 cited

Geographies of an online social network

Balázs Lengyel, Attila Varga, Bence Ságvári +2

How is online social media activity structured in the geographical space? Recent studies have shown that in spite of earlier visions about the "death of distance", physical proximi…