Nicola Perra

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Nicola Perra is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Modeling and Simulation and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Perra has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 31 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Nicola Perra's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (33 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (31 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (25 papers). Nicola Perra is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (33 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (31 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (25 papers). Nicola Perra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Nicola Perra's co-authors include Alessandro Vespignani, Bruno Gonçalves, Andrea Baronchelli, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Márton Karsai, Nicolò Gozzi, Duygu Balcan, Michele Tizzoni, Delia Mocanu and Yamir Moreno and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Perra

68 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Activity driven modeling of time varying networks

2012 420 citations Nicola Perra, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Modeling Users' Activity on Twitter Networks: Validation of Dunbar's Number

2011 375 citations Bruno Gonçalves, Nicola Perra et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Social inequalities in vaccine coverage and their effects on epidemic spreading 2025 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·(unknown), Márton Karsai, Nicola Perra	1
2	Generalized contact matrices allow integrating socioeconomic variables into epidemic models 2024 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), Michele Tizzoni, Márton Karsai, Nicola Perra	7
3	Bridging the digital divide: mapping Internet connectivity evolution, inequalities, and resilience in six Brazilian cities 2024 ·EPJ Data Science ·Nicolò Gozzi, (unknown), Nicola Perra	0
4	The structure of segregation in co-authorship networks and its impact on scientific production 2023 ·EPJ Data Science ·(unknown), Hywel T. P. Williams, Nicola Perra, Ronaldo Menezes	1
5	Estimating the impact of COVID-19 vaccine inequities: a modeling study 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Nicolò Gozzi, Matteo Chinazzi, Natalie E. Dean, Ira M. Longini, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Nicola Perra, Alessandro Vespignani	51
6	The concept of decentralization through time and disciplines: a quantitative exploration 2023 ·EPJ Data Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Nicola Perra, Vito Latora, Andrea Baronchelli	1
7	Infodemics: A new challenge for public health 2021 ·Cell ·Sylvie Briand, Matteo Cinelli, Tim Nguyen, Rosamund Lewis, Dimitri Prybylski, Carlo Michele Valensise, Vittoria Colizza, Alberto Eugenio Tozzi, Nicola Perra, Andrea Baronchelli, Michele Tizzoni, Fabiana Zollo, Antonio Scala, Tina D Purnat, Christine Czerniak, Adam J. Kucharski, Akhona Tshangela, Lei Zhou, Walter Quattrociocchi	74
8	Estimating the effect of social inequalities on the mitigation of COVID-19 across communities in Santiago de Chile 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Nicolò Gozzi, Michele Tizzoni, Matteo Chinazzi, Leo Ferres, Alessandro Vespignani, Nicola Perra	103
9	Towards a data-driven characterization of behavioral changes induced by the seasonal flu 2020 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Nicolò Gozzi, Daniela Perrotta, Daniela Paolotti, Nicola Perra	24
10	Modelling opinion dynamics in the age of algorithmic personalisation 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Nicola Perra, Luis E. C. Rocha	62
11	Spreading of computer viruses on time-varying networks 2019 ·Physical review. E ·(unknown), George Loukas, Yamir Moreno, Nicola Perra	4
12	Combining Participatory Influenza Surveillance with Modeling and Forecasting: Three Alternative Approaches 2017 ·JMIR Public Health and Surveillance ·John S. Brownstein, (unknown), Achla Marathe, Madhav Marathe, André T. Nguyen, Daniela Paolotti, Nicola Perra, Daniela Perrotta, Mauricio Santillana, Samarth Swarup, Michele Tizzoni, Alessandro Vespignani, Anil Vullikanti, Mandy Wilson, (unknown)	32
13	Controlling Contagion Processes in Activity Driven Networks 2014 ·Physical Review Letters ·Suyu Liu, Nicola Perra, Márton Karsai, Alessandro Vespignani	124
14	Characterizing production and consumption in Physics 2013 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Qian Zhang, Fabio Ciulla, Bruno Gonçalves, Nicola Perra, Alessandro Vespignani	1
15	Real-time numerical forecast of global epidemic spreading: case study of 2009 A/H1N1pdm 2012 ·BMC Medicine ·Michele Tizzoni, Paolo Bajardi, Chiara Poletto, José J. Ramasco, Duygu Balcan, Bruno Gonçalves, Nicola Perra, Vittoria Colizza, Alessandro Vespignani	183
16	Time scales and dynamical processes in activity driven networks 2012 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Nicola Perra, Bruno Gonçalves, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani	2
17	Walking and searching in time-varying networks 2012 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Nicola Perra, Andrea Baronchelli, Delia Mocanu, Bruno Gonçalves, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani	1
18	Random Walks and Search in Time-Varying Networks 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·Nicola Perra, Andrea Baronchelli, Delia Mocanu, Bruno Gonçalves, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani	128
19	Towards a Characterization of Behavior-Disease Models 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Nicola Perra, Duygu Balcan, Bruno Gonçalves, Alessandro Vespignani	172
20	Estimate of Novel Influenza A/H1N1 cases in Mexico at the early stage of the pandemic with a spatially structured epidemic model 2009 ·PLoS Currents ·Vittoria Colizza, Alessandro Vespignani, Nicola Perra, Chiara Poletto, Bruno Gonçalves, Hao Hu, Duygu Balcan, Daniela Paolotti, Wouter Van den Broeck, Michele Tizzoni, Paolo Bajardi, José J. Ramasco	18

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