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First-mover advantage explains gender disparities in physics citations
Hyunsik Kong, Samuel Martin-Gutierrez, Fariba Karimi
Mounting evidence suggests that publications and citations of scholars in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) suffer from gender biases. In this pape…
Inequality and Inequity in Network-based Ranking and Recommendation Algorithms
Lisette Espín-Noboa, Claudia Wagner, Markus Strohmaier +1
Though algorithms promise many benefits including efficiency, objectivity and accuracy, they may also introduce or amplify biases. Here we study two well-known algorithms, namely P…
Group mixing drives inequality in face-to-face gatherings
Marcos Oliveira, Fariba Karimi, Maria Zens +3
Uncovering how inequality emerges from human interaction is imperative for just societies. Here we show that the way social groups interact in face-to-face situations can enable th…
A temporal network version of Watts's cascade model
Fariba Karimi, Petter Holme
Threshold models of cascades in the social sciences and economics explain the spread of opinion and innovation due to social influence. In threshold cascade models, fads or innovat…