Michele Starnini

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Michele Starnini is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele Starnini has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Michele Starnini's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (24 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (23 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers). Michele Starnini is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (24 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (23 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers). Michele Starnini collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and United States. Michele Starnini's co-authors include Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Matteo Cinelli, Walter Quattrociocchi, Alessandro Galeazzi, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Igor M. Sokolov, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Fabian Baumann, Andrea Baronchelli and Daniela Paolotti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michele Starnini

39 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The echo chamber effect on social media

2021 891 citations Matteo Cinelli, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Modeling Echo Chambers and Polarization Dynamics in Social Networks

2020 229 citations Fabian Baumann, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michele Starnini Spain	19	1.0k	1.0k	565	320	137	43	2.1k
Robert M. Bond United States	13	1.3k 1.3×	632 0.6×	950 1.7×	311 1.0×	69 0.5×	45	2.5k
Dean Eckles United States	23	1.4k 1.4×	371 0.4×	561 1.0×	502 1.6×	139 1.0×	47	2.4k
Jason Kaufman United States	20	1.4k 1.4×	401 0.4×	495 0.9×	138 0.4×	77 0.6×	55	2.4k
Matteo Cinelli Italy	16	1.0k 1.0×	427 0.4×	518 0.9×	351 1.1×	416 3.0×	60	2.3k
Gueorgi Kossinets United States	9	978 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	413 0.7×	440 1.4×	29 0.2×	12	2.9k
Jaime E. Settle United States	17	1.5k 1.5×	659 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	307 1.0×	30 0.2×	32	2.7k
D. Walker United States	11	957 0.9×	820 0.8×	338 0.6×	215 0.7×	26 0.2×	31	2.0k
Michela Del Vicario Italy	13	2.2k 2.1×	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 2.1×	657 2.1×	31 0.2×	15	3.0k
Jürgen Lerner Germany	17	369 0.4×	431 0.4×	196 0.3×	216 0.7×	74 0.5×	42	1.1k
Alessandro Galeazzi Italy	11	992 1.0×	319 0.3×	530 0.9×	287 0.9×	396 2.9×	24	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michele Starnini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michele Starnini

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All Works

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Bisin, Alberto, et al.. (2025). Modeling adaptive forward-looking behavior in epidemics on networks. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 232. 106914–106914. 1 indexed citations

Galeazzi, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Ideological fragmentation of the social media ecosystem: From echo chambers to echo platforms. PNAS Nexus.

Starnini, Michele, et al.. (2025). Social network heterogeneity promotes depolarization of multidimensional correlated opinions. Physical Review Research. 7(1).

Starnini, Michele, et al.. (2024). Charting mobility patterns in the scientific knowledge landscape. EPJ Data Science. 13(1). 4 indexed citations

Morales, Gianmarco De Francisci, et al.. (2024). Navigating Multidimensional Ideologies with Reddit's Political Compass: Economic Conflict and Social Affinity. 2582–2593.

Perotti, Alan, et al.. (2023). Machine Learning Model as a Useful Tool for Prediction of Thyroid Nodules Histology, Aggressiveness and Treatment-Related Complications. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 13(11). 1615–1615. 1 indexed citations

Monti, Corrado, et al.. (2023). Evidence of Demographic rather than Ideological Segregation in News Discussion on Reddit. arXiv (Cornell University). 2777–2786. 10 indexed citations

Monti, Corrado, Matteo Cinelli, Carlo Michele Valensise, Walter Quattrociocchi, & Michele Starnini. (2023). Online conspiracy communities are more resilient to deplatforming. PNAS Nexus. 2(10). pgad324–pgad324. 9 indexed citations

Mejova, Yelena, Kyriaki Kalimeri, André Panisson, et al.. (2023). Global Misinformation Spillovers in the Vaccination Debate Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multilingual Twitter Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. e44714–e44714. 11 indexed citations

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Morales, Gianmarco De Francisci, Laëtitia Gauvin, Kyriaki Kalimeri, et al.. (2021). Detecting adherence to the recommended childhood vaccination schedule from user-generated content in a US parenting forum. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(4). e1008919–e1008919. 6 indexed citations

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Starnini, Michele, Alberto Aleta, Michele Tizzoni, & Yamir Moreno. (2021). Impact of data accuracy on the evaluation of COVID-19 mitigation policies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 13 indexed citations

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Cinelli, Matteo, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Alessandro Galeazzi, Walter Quattrociocchi, & Michele Starnini. (2021). The echo chamber effect on social media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(9). 891 indexed citations breakdown →

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Starnini, Michele, et al.. (2021). Modeling partial lockdowns in multiplex networks using partition strategies. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 9 indexed citations

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Baumann, Fabian, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Igor M. Sokolov, & Michele Starnini. (2020). Modeling Echo Chambers and Polarization Dynamics in Social Networks. Physical Review Letters. 124(4). 48301–48301. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gozzi, Nicolò, Michele Tizzani, Michele Starnini, et al.. (2020). Collective Response to Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Reddit and Wikipedia: Mixed-Methods Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(10). e21597–e21597. 94 indexed citations

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Starnini, Michele, et al.. (2017). Navigability of temporal networks in hyperbolic space. Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). 15 indexed citations

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Starnini, Michele, James P. Gleeson, & Marián Boguñá. (2017). Equivalence between Non-Markovian and Markovian Dynamics in Epidemic Spreading Processes. Physical Review Letters. 118(12). 128301–128301. 42 indexed citations

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Starnini, Michele, Mattia Frasca, & Andrea Baronchelli. (2016). Emergence of metapopulations and echo chambers in mobile agents. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31834–31834. 37 indexed citations

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Starnini, Michele, et al.. (2016). Aging and percolation dynamics in a Non-Poissonian temporal network model. Physical review. E. 94(2). 22316–22316. 6 indexed citations

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Starnini, Michele & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2013). Topological properties of a time-integrated activity-driven network. Physical Review E. 87(6). 62807–62807. 48 indexed citations

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