258 citations · 1.1k across the 40 of their papers we have counts for
41 papers
Peer influence breaks ergodicity in an opinion dynamics model with external information
Federica De Domenico, Fabio Caccioli, Giacomo Livan
We present a stochastic imitation-based model of opinion dynamics in which agents balance social conformity with responsiveness to an external signal. The model captures how popula…
Who should fight the spread of fake news?
Diana Riazi, Giacomo Livan
This study investigates who should bear the responsibility of combating the spread of misinformation in social networks. Should that be the online platforms or their users? Should…
Mitigating Disinformation in Social Networks through Noise
Diana Riazi, Giacomo Livan
An abundance of literature has shown that the injection of noise into complex socio-economic systems can improve their resilience. This study aims to understand whether the same ap…
Imitation vs serendipity in ranking dynamics
Federica De Domenico, Fabio Caccioli, Giacomo Livan +2
Participants in socio-economic systems are often ranked based on their performance. Rankings conveniently reduce the complexity of such systems to ordered lists. Yet, it has been s…
The academic Great Gatsby Curve
Ye Sun, Fabio Caccioli, Xiancheng Li +1
The Great Gatsby Curve measures the relationship between income inequality and intergenerational income persistence. By utilizing genealogical data of over 245,000 mentor-mentee pa…
Breaking down the relationship between academic impact and scientific disruption
Mingtang Li, Giacomo Livan, Simone Righi
We examine the tension between academic impact - the volume of citations received by publications - and scientific disruption. Intuitively, one would expect disruptive scientific w…