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20202026
most citedA machine learning methodology for real-time forecasting of the 2019-2020 COVID-19 outbreak using Internet searches, news alerts, and estimates from mechanistic models

102 citations · 137 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cs.AI2026

Driving Epidemic Models with AI Agents: the Epydemix Agent Framework

Nicolò Gozzi, Ciro Cattuto, Alessandro Vespignani

Artificial Intelligence agents based on large language models provide convenient natural language interfaces to scientific software, but reliability is not automatic. Here we intro…

physics.soc-ph2026

The Retraction Epidemic in Science Across Publishers, Fields, and Countries

Sara Venturini, Alessandra Urbinati, Paola Gallo +2

Retractions serve as an indicator of failures in research integrity, yet most analyses focus on absolute counts rather than risk per paper. We use one of the largest open bibliogra…

physics.soc-ph2026

Block-Fitness Modeling of the Global Air Mobility Network

Giulia Fischetti, Anna Mancini, Giulio Cimini +4

Accurate representations of the World Air Transportation Network (WAN) are fundamental inputs to models of global mobility, epidemic risk, and infrastructure planning. However, hig…

q-bio.PE2025

VIBES: A Multi-Scale Modeling Approach Integrating Within-Host and Between-Hosts Dynamics in Epidemics

Paulo Cesar Ventura, Yong Dam Jeong, Maria Litvinova +7

Infectious disease spread is a multi-scale process composed of within-host (biological) and between-host (social) drivers and disentangling them from each other is a central challe…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 1 cited

Spatial scales of COVID-19 transmission in Mexico

Brennan Klein, Harrison Hartle, Munik Shrestha +13

During outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases, internationally connected cities often experience large and early outbreaks, while rural regions follow after some delay. This hie…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 4 cited

Characterizing collective physical distancing in the U.S. during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Brennan Klein, Timothy LaRock, Stefan McCabe +13

The COVID-19 pandemic offers an unprecedented natural experiment providing insights into the emergence of collective behavioral changes of both exogenous (government mandated) and…