Publications
Here's my Google Scholar profile. Certainly more up to date and comprehensive.
Below you can find my publications roughly categorised as
Social Networks: Polarisation, Mobilisation, Contact Networks, etc.
Blockchain Ecosystems: Polarisation, Mobilisation, Contact Networks, etc.
Coordination, Norms & Categories: Naming Game, Category Game, etc.
Human Mobility,
Cognitive Science, and
Fundamental Network Science: Random walks, ordering dynamics, temporal networks, etc.
Many paper could fall into more than one box, and especially the Network one could contain most of them. But hey, categorisation is always hard*.
*See corresponding category to find out why.
Social Networks
Polarization, Online Mobilization, Contact Networks, etc.
Persistent interaction patterns across social media platforms and over time
M. Avalle, N. Di Marco, G. Etta, E. Sangiorgio, S. Alipour, A. Bonetti, L. Alvisi, A. Scala, A. Baronchelli, M. Cinelli and W. Quattrociocchi
Nature 628 (8008), 582-589 (2024)
The systemic impact of deplatforming on social media
A. Mekacher, M. Falkenberg and A. Baronchelli
PNAS nexus 2 (11), pgad346 (2023)
Analyzing the changing landscape of the Covid-19 vaccine debate on Twitter
A. Santoro, A. Galeazzi, T. Scantamburlo, A. Baronchelli, W. Quattrociocchi and F. Zollo
Social Network Analysis and Mining 13 (1), 115 (2023)
Growing polarisation around climate change on social media
M. Falkenberg, A. Galeazzi, M. Torricelli, N. Di Marco, F. Larosa, M. Sas, A. Mekacher, W. Pearce, F. Zollo, W. Quattrociocchi and A. Baronchelli
Nature Climate Change, 12:1114 (2022)
From Reddit to Wall Street: the role of committed minorities in financial collective action
L. Lucchini, L. M. Aiello, L. Alessandretti, G. De Francisci Morales, M. Starnini and A. Baronchelli
Royal Society Open Science 9 (4), 211488 (2022)
Infodemics: A new challenge for public health
S. C. Briand, M. Cinelli, T. Nguyen, R. Lewis, D. Prybylski, C. M. Valensise, V. Colizza, A.E. Tozzi, N. Perra, A. Baronchelli, M. Tizzoni, F. Zollo, A. Scala, T. Purnat, C. Czerniak, A. J. Kucharski, A. Tshangela, L. Zhou, W. Quattrociocchi
Cell 184 (25), 6010-6014 (2021)
Wikipedia and digital currencies: Interplay between collective attention and market performance
A. ElBahrawy, L. Alessandretti, and A. Baronchelli
Frontiers in Blockchain 2:12 (2019)
The geographic embedding of online echo chambers: Evidence from the Brexit campaign
M. Bastos, D. Mercea and A. Baronchelli
PLoS ONE 13(11): e0206841 (2018)
Robust modeling of human contact networks across different scales and proximity-sensing techniques
M. Starnini, B, Lepri, A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat, Ciro Cattuto and R. Pastor-Satorras
International Conference on Social Informatics. SocInfo 2017, 536-551 (2017)
Effects of temporal correlations in social multiplex networks
M. Starnini, A. Baronchelli and R. Pastor-Satorras
Scientific Reports 7: 8597 (2017)
Emergence of metapopulations and echo chambers in mobile agents
M. Starnini, M. Frasca and A. Baronchelli
Scientific Reports 6, 31834 (2016)
Model reproduces individual, group and collective dynamics of human contact networks
M. Starnini, A. Baronchelli and R. Pastor-Satorras
Social Networks 47, 130 (2016)
Modeling human dynamics of face-to-face interaction networks
M. Starnini, A. Baronchelli and R. Pastor-Satorras
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 168701 (2013)
Connect and win: The role of social networks in political elections
A. Halu, K. Zhao, A. Baronchelli and G. Bianconi
Europhys. Lett. 102, 16002 (2013)
#Bigbirds never die: Understanding social dynamics of emergent hashtag
Y.-R. Lin, D. Margolin, B. Keegan, A. Baronchelli and D. Lazer
Proceedings of the 7th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM 2013). Preprint version here arXiv:1303.7144.
The Twitter of Babel: mapping world languages through microblogging platforms
D. Mocanu, A. Baronchelli, N. Perra, B. Goncalves and A. Vespignani
Beating the news using Social Media: the case study of American Idol
F. Ciulla, D. Mocanu, A. Baronchelli, B. Goncalves, N. Perra and A. Vespignani
EPJ Data Science 2012, 1:8 (2012)
Blockchain Ecosystems
Cryptocurrencies, Dark Markets, NFTs, etc.
Identifying key players in dark web marketplaces through Bitcoin transaction networks
E. F. Dos Reis, A. Teytelboym, A. ElBahrawy, I. De Loizaga and A. Baronchelli
Vaccines and more: the response of Dark Web marketplaces to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
A. Bracci, M. Nadini, M. Aliapoulios, D. McCoy, I. Gray, A. Teytelboym, A. Gallo and A. Baronchelli
PLoS ONE 17 (11), e0275288 (2022)
Central bank digital currencies risk becoming a digital Leviathan
H. Halaburda, A. Teytelboym and A. Baronchelli
Nature Human Behaviour 6 (7), 907-909 (2022)
Macroscopic properties of buyer-seller networks in online marketplaces
A. Bracci, J. Bohenke, A. ElBahrawy, N. Perra, A. Teytelboym and A. Baronchelli
PNAS Nexus 1(4), pgac201 (2022)
Heterogeneous rarity patterns drive price dynamics in NFT collections
A. Mekacher, A. Bracci, M. Nadini, M. Martino, L. Alessandretti, L.M. Aiello and A. Baronchelli
Emergence and structure of decentralised trade networks around dark web marketplaces
M. Nadini, A. Bracci, A. ElBahrawy, P. Gradwell, A. Teytelboym and A. Baronchelli
Mapping the NFT revolution: market trends, trade networks, and visual features
M. Nadini, L. Alessandretti, F. Di Giacinto, M. Martino, L. Aiello and A. Baronchelli
Scientific Report 11:20902 (2021)
Dark Web Marketplaces and COVID-19: before the vaccine
A. Bracci, M. Nadini, M. Aliapoulios, D. McCoy, I. Gray, A. Teytelboym, A. Gallo and A. Baronchelli
EPJ Data Science 10 (1), 6 (2021)
PRINCIPIA: a Decentralized Peer-Review Ecosystem
A. Mambrini, A. Baronchelli, M. Starnini, D. Marinazzo and M. De Domenico
arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.09011 (2020)
From code to market: Network of developers and correlated returns of cryptocurrencies
L. Lucchini, L. Alessandretti, B. Lepri, A. Gallo and A. Baronchelli
Science Advances 6,51 eabd2204 (2020)
Collective Dynamics of Dark Web Marketplaces
A. ElBahrawy, L. Alessandretti, L. Rusnac, D. Goldsmith, A. Teytelboym and A. Baronchelli
Scientific reports 10 (1), 1-8 (2020)
Wikipedia and digital currencies: Interplay between collective attention and market performance
A. ElBahrawy, L. Alessandretti, and A. Baronchelli
Frontiers in Blockchain 2:12 (2019)
The fragility of decentralised trustless socio-technical systems
M. De Domenico and A. Baronchelli
Anticipating Cryptocurrency Prices Using Machine Learning
L. Alessandretti, A. ElBahrawy, L. M. Aiello and A. Baronchelli
Evolutionary dynamics of the cryptocurrency market
A. ElBahrawy, L. Alessandretti, A. Kandler, R. Pastor-Satorras, and A. Baronchelli
Royal Society Open Science 4, 170623 (2017)
Coordination, Norms & Categories
Naming Game, Category Game, etc.
Shaping new norms for AI
A. Baronchelli
Phil. Trans. of the Royal Soc. B 379 (1897), 20230028 (2024)
The Role of Interface Design on Prompt-mediated Creativity in Generative AI
M. Torricelli, M. Martino, A. Baronchelli and L. M. Aiello
WEBSCI '24: Proceedings of the 16th ACM Web Science Conference, 235-240 (2024)
Group interactions modulate critical mass dynamics in social convention
I. Iacopini, G. Petri, A. Baronchelli and A. Barrat
Communications Physics 5 (1), 1-10 (2022)
Ethnic markers and the emergence of group-specific norms: an experiment
J. Ozaita, A. Baronchelli and A. Sánchez
Experimental evidence for scale-induced category convergence across populations
D. Guilbeault, A. Baronchelli and D. Centola
Nature Communications 12, 327 (2021)
Ethnic markers and the emergence of group-specific norms
J. Ozaita, A. Baronchelli and A. Sánchez
Scientific Reports 10 (1), 1-1 (2020)
The dynamics of norm change in the cultural evolution of language
R. Amato, L. Lacasa, A. Díaz-Guilera and A. Baronchelli
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115, 8260 (2018)
Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention
D. Centola, J. Becker, D. Brackbill and A. Baronchelli
The emergence of consensus: A primer
A. Baronchelli
Royal Society Open Science 4, 172189 (2018)
A gentle introduction to the minimal Naming Game
A. Baronchelli
Belgian Journal of Linguistics 30, 171 (2016)
Emergence of Consensus in a Multi-Robot Network: from Abstract Models to Empirical Validation
V. Trianni, D. De Simone, A. Reina and A. Baronchelli.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 1: 348 (2016)
Committed activists and the reshaping of status-quo social consensus
D. Mistry, Q.Zhang, N. Perra and A. Baronchelli
Phys. Rev. E. 92, 042805 (2015)
The spontaneous emergence of conventions: An experimental study of cultural evolution
D. Centola and A. Baronchelli
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 1989 (2015)
Individual Biases, Cultural Evolution, and the Statistical Nature of Language Universals: The Case of Colour Naming Systems
A. Baronchelli, V. Loreto and A. Puglisi
PLoS ONE 10(5): e0125019 (2015)
Modeling is a tool, and data are crucial
A. Baronchelli
Physics of Life Review 11, 317 (2014)
Cultural evolution of language
D. Dediu, M. Cysouw, S.C. Levinson, A. Baronchelli, M.H. Christiansen, W. Croft, N. Evans, S. Garrod, R. Gray, A. Kandler and E. Lieven
The biological origin of linguistic diversity
A. Baronchelli, N. Chater, R. Pastor-Satorras and M.H. Christiansen
PLoS ONE, 7(10): e48029 (2012)
Consensus in networks of mobile communicating agents
A. Baronchelli and Albert Díaz-Guilera
Phys. Rev. E 85, 016113 (2012)
Language Dynamics
A. Baronchelli, V. Loreto and F. Tria
Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 15, 1203002 (2012)
Exploring the roles of complex networks in linguistic categorization
T. Gong, A. Baronchelli, A. Puglisi and V. Loreto
Artificial Life 18(1): 107 (2012)
Edited volume: Advances in Complex Systems - Language Dynamics
A. Baronchelli, V. Loreto and F. Tria
Advances in Complex Systems Volume: 15, Number: 03n04 (May 2012)
The minimal Naming Game: a complex systems approach
A. Baronchelli
book chapter, ed. Luc Steels. (due out, 2012). preprint pdf here. 2011
The maturity of modeling
A. Baronchelli
Physics of Life Reviews 8, 377 (2011)
A fast no-rejection algorithm for the Category Game
F. Tria, A. Mukherjee, A. Baronchelli, A. Puglisi and V. Loreto
Journal of Computational Science 2, 316 (2011)
Role of feedback and broadcasting in the naming game
A. Baronchelli
Phys. Rev. E 83, 046103 (2011)
Statistical physics of language dynamics
V. Loreto, A. Baronchelli, A. Mukherjee, A. Puglisi, F. Tria
Aging in language dynamics
A. Mukherjee, F. Tria, A. Baronchelli, A. Puglisi and V. Loreto
Modeling the emergence of universality in color naming patterns
A. Baronchelli, T. Gong, A. Puglisi and V. Loreto
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 2403 (2010) Supporting Information
*Featured in Physics Today (and its blog) and Spektrumdirect (in German)
On the origin of universal categorization patterns: an in-silica experiment
A. Baronchelli, T. Gong, A. Puglisi and V. Loreto
extended abstract in "The Evolution of Language" (proceedings of the 8th International Conference - EVOLANG 8), eds. A. D M Smith, M. Shouwstra, B. de Boer and K. Smith, World Scientific Publishing Company (2010).
Consensus and ordering in language dynamics
X. Castelló, A. Baronchelli and V. Loreto
Eur. Phys. J. B 71, 557 (2009)
What can mathematical, computational and robotic models tell us about the origins of syntax?
H. Jäger, L. Steels, A. Baronchelli, E. Briscoe, M. H. Christiansen, T. Griffiths, G. Jäger, S. Kirby, N. Komarova, P. J. Richerson and J. Triesch.
book chapter in "Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax", eds. D. Bickerton and E. Szathmáry. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 3. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009, pp. 385--410.pdf here.
Mathematical modeling of language games
V. Loreto, A. Baronchelli and A. Puglisi
book chapter in: "Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents", eds. S. Nolfi and M. Mirolli. Springer, 2009, pp. 263--283.
Complex systems approach to the emergence of language
A. Baronchelli, C. Cattuto, V. Loreto and A. Puglisi
book chapter in: "Language, Evolution, and the Brain", eds. J. W. Minett amd E. S-Y. Wang. Hong Kong : City University of Hong Kong Press. 2009, pp. 141--178.
Cultural route to the emergence of linguistic categories
A. Puglisi, A. Baronchelli and V. Loreto
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 7936 (2008) Supporting Information
In-depth analysis of the Naming Game dynamics: the homogeneous mixing case
A. Baronchelli, V. Loreto and L. Steels
Int. J. of Mod. Phys. C 19, 785 (2008)
Complex systems approach to natural categorization
A. Baronchelli, A. Puglisi and V. Loreto
extended abstract in "The Evolution of Language" (proceedings of the 7th International Conference - EVOLANG 8), eds. A. D M Smith, K. Smith, and R. Ferrer i Cancho World Scientific Publishing Company (2010)
Non-equilibrium phase transition in negotiation dynamics
A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat and V. Loreto
Phys. Rev. E 76, 051102 (2007)
*Selected by the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.
Agreement dynamics on interaction networks with diverse topologies
A. Barrat, A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta and V. Loreto
The role of topology on the dynamics of the Naming Game
A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat and V. Loreto
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 143, 233 (2007)
Statistical mechanics approach to language games
A. Baronchelli
PhD Thesis (defended January 2007)
Non-equilibrium dynamics of language games on complex networks
L. Dall'Asta, A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat and V. Loreto
Phys. Rev. E 74, 036105 (2006)
Microscopic activity patterns in the Naming Game
L. Dall'Asta and A.Baronchelli
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39, 14851-14867 (2006)
Agreement dynamics on small-world networks
L. Dall'Asta, A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat and V. Loreto
Europhys. Lett. 73, 969 (2006)
Topology induced coarsening in language games language
A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat and V. Loreto
Phys. Rev. E 73, 015102(R) (2006)
Sharp transition towards shared vocabularies in multi-agent systems
A. Baronchelli, M. Felici, V. Loreto, E. Caglioti and L. Steels
*Featured on New Scientist 16 Oct 2005 - "How new words become part of a language".
Strategies for fast convergence in semiotic dynamic
A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat and V. Loreto
in Artificial Life X, edited by L. M. Rocha et al., pages 480--485, MIT press (2006) preprint
Bootstrapping communication in language games
A. Baronchelli, L. Dall'Asta, A. Barrat and V. Loreto
Complex systems approach to language games
A. Baronchelli, E. Caglioti, V. Loreto and L. Steels
Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Complex Systems ECCS'06, Oxford (UK), (2006)
Measuring complexity with zippers
A. Baronchelli, E. Caglioti and V. Loreto
Eur. J. Phys. 26, S69-S77 (2005)
Artificial sequences and complexity measures
A. Baronchelli, E. Caglioti and V. Loreto
Self-organizing communication in language games
A. Baronchelli, M. Felici, E. Caglioti, V. Loreto and L. Steels
Dictionary based methods for information extraction
A. Baronchelli, E. Caglioti, V. Loreto and E. Pizzi
Physica A 342, 294-300 (2004)
Complessita' e informazione in sequenze di simboli. Alcune applicazioni in linguistica e genomica.
A. Baronchelli
Graduation thesis (in Italian) html
Human Mobility
On the Relation Between Transversal and Longitudinal Scaling in Cities
F.L. Ribeiro, J. Meirelles, V.M. Netto, C.R. Neto and A.Baronchelli
PloS one 15 (5), e0233003 (2020)
Understanding the interplay between social and spatial behaviour
L. Alessandretti, S. Lehmann and A. Baronchelli
Evidence for a conserved quantity in human mobility
L. Alessandretti, P. Sapiezynski, V. Sekara, S. Lehmann and A. Baronchelli
Nature Human Behaviour 2, 485 (2018).
Multi-scale spatio-temporal analysis of human mobility
L. Alessandretti, P. Sapiezynski, S. Lehmann and A. Baronchelli
PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171686 (2016)
Cognitive Science
New Perspectives on the Aging Lexicon
D.U. Wulff, S. De Deyne, M.N. Jones, R. Mata et al.
Trends Cog. Sci. 23:8, 686 (2019)
Networks in Cognitive Science
A. Baronchelli, R. Ferrer-i-Cancho, R. Pastor-Satorras, N. Chater, and M.H. Christiansen
Trends in Cognitive Science 17(7), 348-360 (2013)
Lévy flights in human behavior and cognition
A. Baronchelli and F. Radicchi
Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 56, 101 (2013)
Evolution of optimal Lévy-flight strategies in human mental searches
F. Radicchi and A. Baronchelli
Phys. Rev. E 85, 061121 (2012)
Rationality, irrationality and escalating behavior in online auctions
F. Radicchi, A. Baronchelli and L.A.N. Amaral
Fundamental Network Science
Random walks, ordering dynamics, temporal networks, etc.
(For Naming Games on networks, see section on Norms; For contact nets, see section on social networks)
Self-initiated behavioural change and disease resurgence on activity-driven networks
N. Gozzi, M. Scudeler, D. Paolotti, A. Baronchelli and N. Perra
Phys. Rev. E 104 (1), 014307 (2021)
Random walks on activity-driven networks with attractiveness
L. Alessandretti, K. Sun, A. Baronchelli and N. Perra
Phys. Rev. E. 95, 052318 (2017)
Scale-free networks emerging from multifractal time series
M. A. Budroni, A. Baronchelli and R. Pastor-Satorras
Phys. Rev. E. 95 052311 (2017)
Epidemic spreading in non-Markovian time-varying networks
K. Sun, A. Baronchelli and N. Perra
Eur. Phys. J. B 88: 326 (2015)
Damage detection via shortest path network sampling
F. Ciulla, N. Perra, A. Baronchelli and A. Vespignani
Phys. Rev. E 89, 052816 (2014)
Quantifying the effect of temporal resolution on time-varying networks
B. Ribeiro N. Perra and A. Baronchelli
Scientific Reports 3: 3006 (2013)
Contagion dynamics in time-varying metapopulation networks
S.Liu, A. Baronchelli and N.Perra
Phys. Rev. E 87, 032805 (2013)
Evolution in a changing environment
A. Baronchelli, N. Chater, M.H. Christiansen and R. Pastor-Satorras
Ordering dynamics of the multi-state voter model
M. Starnini, A. Baronchelli, and R. Pastor-Satorras
Random Walks and Search in Time-Varying Networks
N. Perra, A. Baronchelli, D. Mocanu, B. Goncalves, R. Pastor-Satorras and A. Vespignani
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 238701 (2012)
Random walks on temporal networks
M. Starnini, A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat and R. Pastor-Satorras
Phys. Rev. E 85, 056115 (2012)
Unified mean-field approach to voter-like models on networks
P. Moretti, S Liu, A. Baronchelli and R. Pastor-Satorras
Generalized voter-like models on heterogeneous networks
P. Moretti, A. Baronchelli, M. Starnini and R. Pastor-Satorras
book chapter for "Dynamics on and of Complex Networks: Time-Varying Dynamical Networks", eds. N. Ganguly et al. Birkhauser, Springer, Boston (due out 2012) Preprint arXiv:1206.3037
Voter models on weighted networks
A. Baronchelli, C. Castellano and R. Pastor-Satorras
Phys. Rev. E. 83, 066117 (2011)
Complex networks and glassy dynamics: walks in the energy landscape
P. Moretti, A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat and R. Pastor-Satorras
Mean-field diffusive dynamics on weighted networks
A. Baronchelli and R. Pastor-Satorras
Glass transition and random walks on complex energy landscapes
A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat and R. Pastor-Satorras
Phys. Rev. E 80, 020102(R) (2009)
Effects of mobility on ordering dynamics
A. Baronchelli and R. Pastor-Satorras
Bosonic reaction-diffusion processes on complex networks
A. Baronchelli, M. Catanzaro and R. Pastor-Satorras
Phys. Rev. E 78, 016111 (2008)
Random walks on complex trees
A. Baronchelli, M. Catanzaro and R. Pastor-Satorras
Phys. Rev. E 78, 011114 (2008)
Ring structures and mean first passage time in networks
A. Baronchelli and V. Loreto
Phys. Rev. E. 73, 026103 (2006)
Machine Learning meets Number Theory: The Data Science of Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer
L. Alessandretti, A. Baronchelli and Y.-H. Hui
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