626 citations · 791 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for
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A network-based citation indicator of scientific performance
Christian Schulz, Brian Uzzi, Dirk Helbing +1
Scientists are embedded in social and information networks that influence and are influenced by the quality of their scientific work, its impact, and the recognition they receive.…
Temporal dynamics of online petitions
Lucas Böttcher, Olivia Woolley-Meza, Dirk Brockmann
Online petitions are an important avenue for direct political action, yet the dynamics that determine when a petition will be successful are not well understood. Here we analyze th…
Connectivity disruption sparks explosive epidemic spreading
L. Böttcher, O. Woolley-Meza, E. Goles +2
We investigate the spread of an infection or other malfunction of cascading nature when a system component can recover only if it remains reachable from a functioning central compo…
Disease-induced resource constraints can trigger explosive epidemics
Lucas Böttcher, Olivia Woolley-Meza, Nuno A. M. Araújo +2
Advances in mathematical epidemiology have led to a better understanding of the risks posed by epidemic spreading and informed strategies to contain disease spread. However, a chal…
Saving Human Lives: What Complexity Science and Information Systems can Contribute
Dirk Helbing, Dirk Brockmann, Thomas Chadefaux +8
We discuss models and data of crowd disasters, crime, terrorism, war and disease spreading to show that conventional recipes, such as deterrence strategies, are often not effective…