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D-Index
51
Citations
20121
World Ranking
3747
National Ranking
99

Antonio Scala publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonio Scala sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 159 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Antonio Scala D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonio Scala sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Antonio Scala is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields and topics, focusing notably on the dynamics of social and epidemiological phenomena.

Their recent publications include:

  • Economic and social consequences of human mobility restrictions under COVID-19, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Human mobility in response to COVID-19 in France, Italy and UK, 2021, IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome)
  • Infodemics: A new challenge for public health, 2021, Cell
  • Selective exposure shapes the Facebook news diet, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Persistent interaction patterns across social media platforms and over time, 2024, Nature

They have frequently collaborated with the following co-authors:

  • Matteo Cinelli
  • Walter Quattrociocchi
  • Ana Lucía Schmidt
  • Fabio Pammolli
  • Fabiana Zollo

Antonio Scala has published multiple works in venues such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Their research is situated within the following subfields of study:

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Social Psychology

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Best Publications

  • Classes of small-world networks

    L. A. N. Amaral;A. Scala;M. Barthélémy;H. E. Stanley

  • The spreading of misinformation online

    Michela Del Vicario;Alessandro Bessi;Fabiana Zollo;Fabio Petroni

  • Science vs conspiracy: collective narratives in the age of misinformation.

    Alessandro Bessi;Mauro Coletto;George Alexandru Davidescu;Antonio Scala

  • Configurational entropy and diffusivity of supercooled water

    Antonio Scala;Francis W. Starr;Francis W. Starr;Emilia La Nave;Francesco Sciortino

  • Polarization and Fake News: Early Warning of Potential Misinformation Targets

    Michela Del Vicario;Walter Quattrociocchi;Antonio Scala;Fabiana Zollo

  • Networks of Networks: The Last Frontier of Complexity

    Gregorio D'Agostino;Antonio Scala

  • Emotional Dynamics in the Age of Misinformation

    Fabiana Zollo;Petra Kralj Novak;Michela Del Vicario;Alessandro Bessi

  • Saddles in the energy landscape probed by supercooled liquids.

    L. Angelani;R. Di Leonardo;G. Ruocco;A. Scala

  • Mapping social dynamics on Facebook: The Brexit debate

    Michela Del Vicario;Fabiana Zollo;Fabiana Zollo;Guido Caldarelli;Antonio Scala

  • Opinion dynamics on interacting networks: media competition and social influence

    Walter Quattrociocchi;Guido Caldarelli;Antonio Scala

  • Liquid-State Anomalies and the Stell-Hemmer Core-Softened Potential

    M. Reza Sadr-Lahijany;Antonio Scala;Sergey V. Buldyrev;H. Eugene Stanley

  • A Network Analysis of Countries’ Export Flows: Firm Grounds for the Building Blocks of the Economy

    Guido Caldarelli;Matthieu Cristelli;Andrea Gabrielli;Luciano Pietronero

  • Assortativity decreases the robustness of interdependent networks.

    Di Zhou;H. Eugene Stanley;Gregorio D’Agostino;Antonio Scala

  • Abruptness of Cascade Failures in Power Grids

    Sakshi Pahwa;Caterina M. Scoglio;Antonio Scala

  • Viral Misinformation: The Role of Homophily and Polarization

    Alessandro Bessi;Fabio Petroni;Michela Del Vicario;Fabiana Zollo

  • Trend of Narratives in the Age of Misinformation.

    Alessandro Bessi;Fabiana Zollo;Michela Del Vicario;Antonio Scala

  • Models for a liquid-liquid phase transition

    S.V. Buldyrev;G. Franzese;N. Giovambattista;G. Malescio

  • Homophily and polarization in the age of misinformation

    Alessandro Bessi;Fabio Petroni;Michela Del Vicario;Fabiana Zollo

  • Small-world networks and the conformation space of a short lattice polymer chain

    A. Scala;L. A. Nunes Amaral;M. Barthélémy

  • The puzzling behavior of water at very low temperature. Invited Lecture

    H. E. Stanley;S. V. Buldyrev;M. Canpolat;O. Mishima

  • Opinion dynamics on interacting networks: media competition and social

    Guido Caldarelli;Antonio Scala

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Caldarelli
Guido Caldarelli Ca Foscari University of Venice
Francesco Sciortino
Francesco Sciortino Sapienza University of Rome
Francis W. Starr
Francis W. Starr Wesleyan University
H. Eugene Stanley
H. Eugene Stanley Boston University
Sergey V. Buldyrev
Sergey V. Buldyrev Yeshiva University
H. E. Stanley
H. E. Stanley Boston University
Giancarlo Ruocco
Giancarlo Ruocco Italian Institute of Technology
Shlomo Havlin
Shlomo Havlin Bar-Ilan University
Fabio Pammolli
Fabio Pammolli Polytechnic University of Milan
Nicolas Giovambattista
Nicolas Giovambattista City University of New York

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