Iacopo Iacopini

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 900 citations indexed

About

Iacopo Iacopini is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Iacopo Iacopini has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 900 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Iacopo Iacopini's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (12 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (10 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers). Iacopo Iacopini is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (12 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (10 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers). Iacopo Iacopini collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Italy. Iacopo Iacopini's co-authors include Vito Latora, Alain Barrat, Giovanni Petri, Federico Battiston, Sonia Kéfi, Francesco Vaccarino, Enrico Amico, Micah M. Murray, Benedetta Franceschiello and Ginestra Bianconi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Iacopo Iacopini

21 papers receiving 883 citations

Hit Papers

The physics of higher-order interactions in complex systems 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The physics of higher-order interactions in complex systems
    2021 520 citations Federico Battiston, Enrico Amico et al. Nature Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Iacopo Iacopini United Kingdom 11 484 136 126 122 118 21 900
Shi‐Min Cai China 18 822 1.7× 154 1.1× 102 0.8× 165 1.4× 165 1.4× 113 1.3k
Giulio Cimini Italy 17 589 1.2× 180 1.3× 61 0.5× 79 0.6× 302 2.6× 47 1.2k
Ingo Scholtes Germany 14 569 1.2× 146 1.1× 56 0.4× 274 2.2× 77 0.7× 72 1.2k
Zhesi Shen China 15 553 1.1× 107 0.8× 85 0.7× 110 0.9× 96 0.8× 41 981
Raúl J. Mondragón United Kingdom 14 795 1.6× 104 0.8× 113 0.9× 272 2.2× 92 0.8× 43 1.5k
Flaviano Morone United States 14 947 2.0× 221 1.6× 109 0.9× 243 2.0× 59 0.5× 29 1.4k
K. Alfaro-Bittner Spain 13 454 0.9× 114 0.8× 129 1.0× 309 2.5× 33 0.3× 33 773
Guilherme Ferraz de Arruda Brazil 16 865 1.8× 313 2.3× 174 1.4× 225 1.8× 75 0.6× 28 1.4k
Duncan J. Watts United States 8 568 1.2× 359 2.6× 62 0.5× 274 2.2× 131 1.1× 25 1.4k
Hang-Hyun Jo South Korea 19 550 1.1× 201 1.5× 69 0.5× 113 0.9× 116 1.0× 67 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iacopo Iacopini

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Iacopini, Iacopo, et al.. (2025). The dynamics of higher-order novelties. Nature Communications. 16(1). 393–393. 2 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, et al.. (2025). Disentangling the Role of Heterogeneity and Hyperedge Overlap in Explosive Contagion on Higher-Order Networks. Physical Review Letters. 135(20). 207401–207401. 2 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, et al.. (2025). Distinguishing mechanisms of social contagion from local network view. PubMed. 2(1). 8–8. 1 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, Márton Karsai, & Alain Barrat. (2024). The temporal dynamics of group interactions in higher-order social networks. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7391–7391. 26 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, Jennifer R. Foote, Nina H. Fefferman, Elizabeth P. Derryberry, & Matthew J. Silk. (2024). Not your private tête-à-tête: leveraging the power of higher-order networks to study animal communication. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1905). 20230190–20230190. 8 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maxime, et al.. (2023). XGI: A Python package for higher-order interaction networks. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(85). 5162–5162. 30 indexed citations
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Lucas, Maxime, et al.. (2023). Simplicially driven simple contagion. Physical Review Research. 5(1). 18 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, et al.. (2023). Quantifying human performance in chess. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2113–2113. 4 indexed citations
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St-Onge, Guillaume, Iacopo Iacopini, Vito Latora, et al.. (2022). Influential groups for seeding and sustaining nonlinear contagion in heterogeneous hypergraphs. Communications Physics. 5(1). 65 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, Giovanni Petri, Andrea Baronchelli, & Alain Barrat. (2022). Group interactions modulate critical mass dynamics in social convention. Communications Physics. 5(1). 38 indexed citations
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Steinegger, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Non-selective distribution of infectious disease prevention may outperform risk-based targeting. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3028–3028. 2 indexed citations
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Battiston, Federico, Enrico Amico, Alain Barrat, et al.. (2021). The physics of higher-order interactions in complex systems. Nature Physics. 17(10). 1093–1098. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iacopini, Iacopo & Vito Latora. (2021). On the Dual Nature of Adoption Processes in Complex Networks. Frontiers in Physics. 9. 2 indexed citations
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Sigler, Thomas, Kirsten Martinus, Iacopo Iacopini, Ben Derudder, & Julia Loginova. (2021). The structural architecture of international industry networks in the global economy. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0255450–e0255450. 10 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, et al.. (2020). Interacting Discovery Processes on Complex Networks. Physical Review Letters. 125(24). 248301–248301. 19 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, et al.. (2019). CREATIVE CONNECTIVITY PROJECT – A NETWORK BASED APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND CORRELATIONS BETWEEN INTERDISCIPLINARY GROUP DYNAMICS AND CREATIVE PERFORMANCE. Archive of research processes and output produced by RCA (Royal College of Art). 3 indexed citations
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Sigler, Thomas, Kirsten Martinus, Iacopo Iacopini, & Ben Derudder. (2019). The role of tax havens and offshore financial centres in shaping corporate geographies: an industry sector perspective. Regional Studies. 54(5). 621–633. 33 indexed citations
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Martinus, Kirsten, Thomas Sigler, Iacopo Iacopini, & Ben Derudder. (2019). The brokerage role of small states and territories in global corporate networks. Growth and Change. 52(1). 12–28. 25 indexed citations
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Iacopini, Iacopo, Staša Milojević, & Vito Latora. (2018). Network Dynamics of Innovation Processes. Physical Review Letters. 120(4). 48301–48301. 78 indexed citations
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Martinus, Kirsten, Thomas Sigler, Iacopo Iacopini, & Ben Derudder. (2018). The role of tax havens and offshore financial centers in Asia-Pacific networks: evidence from firm-subsidiary connections. Asian Business & Management. 18(5). 389–411. 8 indexed citations

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