2026 Christopher L. Barrett: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	34	12232	11875	4961	4737	129	4542

Christopher L. Barrett publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher L. Barrett sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 129 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Christopher L. Barrett D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher L. Barrett sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher L. Barrett is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Modeling and Simulation, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Influenza Virus Research Studies

Christopher L. Barrett has authored multiple papers in notable journals and conferences. Selected recent publications include:

Commentary on Ferguson, et al., "Impact of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) to Reduce COVID-19 Mortality and Healthcare Demand," 2020, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Forecasting influenza activity using machine-learned mobility map, 2021, Nature Communications
Prioritizing allocation of COVID-19 vaccines based on social contacts increases vaccination effectiveness, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Heterogeneous adaptive behavioral responses may increase epidemic burden, 2022, Scientific Reports
Networked experiments and modeling for producing collective identity in a group of human subjects using an iterative abduction framework, 2020, Social Network Analysis and Mining

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, and the Proceedings of the 28th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining.

Christopher L. Barrett's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

Madhav Marathe
Bryan Lewis
Srinivasan Venkatramanan
Jiangzhuo Chen
Anil Vullikanti

Best Publications

EpiSimdemics: an efficient algorithm for simulating the spread of infectious disease over large realistic social networks

Christopher L. Barrett;Keith R. Bisset;Stephen G. Eubank;Xizhou Feng

356
Citations
Formal-Language-Constrained Path Problems

Chris Barrett;Riko Jacob;Madhav Marathe

264
Citations
Characterizing the interaction between routing and MAC protocols in ad-hoc networks

Chris Barrett;Achla Marathe;Madhav V. Marathe;Martin Drozda

212
Citations
The distance-2 matching problem and its relationship to the MAC-Layer capacity of ad hoc wireless networks

H. Balakrishnan;C.L. Barrett;V.S.A. Kumar;M.V. Marathe

212
Citations
Generation and analysis of large synthetic social contact networks

Christopher L. Barrett;Richard J. Beckman;Maleq Khan;V. S. Anil Kumar

204
Citations
Elements of a theory of simulation II: sequential dynamical systems

C. L. Barrett;H. S. Mortveit;C. M. Reidys

179
Citations
Parametric probabilistic sensor network routing

Christopher L. Barrett;Stephan J. Eidenbenz;Lukas Kroc;Madhav Marathe

165
Citations
Elements of a theory of computer simulation I: Sequential CA over random graphs

C. L. Barrett;C. M. Reidys

162
Citations
Using Microsimulation Feedback For Trip Adaptation For Realistic Traffic In Dallas

Kai Nagel;Kai Nagel;Christopher L Barrett;Christopher L Barrett

124
Citations
Elements of a Theory of Simulation

Steen Rasmussen;Steen Rasmussen;Christopher L. Barrett;Christopher L. Barrett

122
Citations
Elements of a theory of simulation III: equivalence of SDS

C. L. Barrett;H. S. Mortveit;C. M. Reidys

117
Citations
Complexity of reachability problems for finite discrete dynamical systems

Christopher L. Barrett;Harry B. Hunt;Madhav V. Marathe;S. S. Ravi

111
Citations
Strong edge coloring for channel assignment in wireless radio networks

C.L. Barrett;G. Istrate;V.S.A. Kumar;M.V. Marathe

108
Citations
Modeling and simulation of large biological, information and socio-technical systems: an interaction based approach

Chris Barrett;Stephen Eubank;Madhav Marathe

103
Citations
TRANSIMS traffic flow characteristics

Kai Nagel;Paula Stretz;Martin Pieck;Shannon Leckey

100
Citations
Population mobility generator and simulator

Christopher Barrett;Richard Beckman;Stephen Eubank;Madhav Marathe

97
Citations
Gardens of Eden and Fixed Points in Sequential Dynamical Systems

Christopher Barrett;Marry Hunt;Madhav Marathe;S. Ravi

94
Citations
Engineering Label-Constrained Shortest-Path Algorithms

Chris Barrett;Keith Bisset;Martin Holzer;Goran Konjevod

94
Citations
Economic and social impact of influenza mitigation strategies by demographic class.

Christopher L. Barrett;Keith Bisset;Jonathan Leidig;Achla Marathe

86
Citations
Reachability problems for sequential dynamical systems with threshold functions

Chris Barrett;Harry B. Hunt;Madhav V. Marathe;S. S. Ravi

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Madhav V. Marathe University of Virginia

S. S. Ravi University of Virginia

Kai Nagel Technical University of Berlin

Richard Edwin Stearns University at Albany, State University of New York

Daniel J. Rosenkrantz University of Virginia

Aravind Srinivasan University of Maryland, College Park

Anand Sivasubramaniam Pennsylvania State University

Naren Ramakrishnan Virginia Tech

Michael W. Macy Cornell University

Noshir Contractor Northwestern University

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