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All The (Fake) News That’s Fit to Share? News Values in Perceived Misinformation across Twenty-Four Countries

S Nenno, Cornelius Puschmann

The International Journal of Press (April 2025)

Wearable data reveals distinct characteristics of individuals with persistent symptoms after a SARS-CoV-2 infection

Katharina Ledebur, M Wiedermann, Christian Puta, Stefan Thurner, Peter Klimek, D Brockmann

npj Digit. Med (March 2025)

Wearable data reveals distinct characteristics of individuals with persistent symptoms after a SARS-CoV-2 infection

Inferring country-specific import risk of diseases from the world air transportation network

Pascal P Klamser, Adrian Zachariae, Benjamin F Maier, Olga Baranov, Clara Jongen, Frank Schlosser, Dirk Brockmann

PLOS Computational Biology (November 2024)

Inferring country-specific import risk of diseases from the world air transportation network

Towards an understanding of physical activity-induced post-exertional malaise: Insights into microvascular alterations and immunometabolic interactions in post-COVID condition and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Simon Haunhorst, Diana Dudziak, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Martina Seifert, Franziska Sotzny, Carsten Finke, Uta Behrends, Konrad Aden, Stefan Schreiber, D Brockmann, Paul Burggraf, Wilhelm Bloch, Claudia Ellert, Anuradha Ramoji, Juergen Popp, Philipp Reuken, Martin Walter, Andreas Stallmach, Christian Puta

Infection (September 2024)

Towards an understanding of physical activity-induced post-exertional malaise: Insights into microvascular alterations and immunometabolic interactions in post-COVID condition and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Using smartphones to study vaccination decisions in the wild

N A Girardini, A Stopczynski, O Baranov, C Betsch, D Brockmann, S Lehmann, R Böhm

PLOS Digital Health (August 2024)

Using smartphones to study vaccination decisions in the wild

Real-time assessment of motives for sharing and creating content among highly active Twitter users

P Lorenz-Spreen, R C Arslan, A Kozyreva, B Swire-Thompson, M Geers, S M Herzog, R Hertwig

OSF (July 2024)

Real-time assessment of motives for sharing and creating content among highly active Twitter users

Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation

A Kozyreva, P Lorenz-Spreen, S M. Herzog, U K. H. Ecker, S Lewandowsky, R Hertwig, A Ali, J Bak-Coleman, S Barzilai, M Basol, A J. Berinsky, C Betsch, J Cook, L K. Fazio, M Geers, A M. Guess, H Huang,, H Larreguy, R Maertens, F Panizza, G Pennycook, D G. Rand,, S Rathje, J Reifler, P Schmid, M Smith, B Swire-Thompson, P Szewach, S van der Linden, S Wineburg

Nature Human Behaviour (May 2024)

Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation

The Evolution of Online News Headlines

P Nickl, M Moussaid, P Lorenz-Spreen

OSF (May 2024)

Susceptibility to Online Misinformation: A Systematic Meta-Analysis of Demographic and Psychological Factors

M Sultan, A N Tump, N Ehmann, P Lorenz-Spreen, R Hertwig, A Gollwitzer, R Kurvers

OSF (May 2024)

Susceptibility to Online Misinformation: A Systematic Meta-Analysis of Demographic and Psychological Factors

Citizen data sovereignty is key to wearables and wellness data reuse for the common good

Stephen Gilbert, Katie Baca-Motes, Giorgio Quer, M Wiedermann, D Brockmann

npj Digital Medicine (February 2024)

Rhythm of relationships in a social fish over the course of a full year in the wild

Ulf Aslak, Christopher T. Monk, D Brockmann, Robert Arlinghaus

Movement Ecology (August 2023)

Rhythm of relationships in a social fish over the course of a full year in the wild

Evidence for positive long- and short-term effects of vaccinations against COVID-19 in wearable sensor metrics

M Wiedermann, A H Rose, B F Maier, Kolb, Jakob J., D Hinrichs, D Brockmann

PNAS Nexus (July 2023)

Evidence for positive long- and short-term effects of vaccinations against COVID-19 in wearable sensor metrics

Enhancing global preparedness during an ongoing pandemic from partial and noisy data

P Klamser, Valeria d’Andrea, Francesco Di Lauro, A Zachariae, Sebastiano Bontorin, Antonello Di Nardo, Matthew Hall, B F Maier, Luca Ferretti, D Brockmann, Manlio De Domenico

PNAS Nexus (June 2023)

Enhancing global preparedness during an ongoing pandemic from partial and noisy data

Modeling the impact of the Omicron infection wave in Germany

B F Maier, A Burdinski, M Wiedermann, A H Rose, F Schlosser, Matthias an der Heiden, Ole Wichmann, Thomas Harder, D Brockmann

Biology Methods and Protocols (March 2023)

Modeling the impact of the Omicron infection wave in Germany

Reconstructing and predicting the spatial evolution of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreaks

A. Myall, M Wiedermann, P. Vasikasin, P Klamser, Y. Wan, A. Zachariae, R. Peach, I. Dorigatti, L. Kreitmann, J. Rodgus, M. Getino-Redondo, S. Mookerje, E. Jauneikaite, F. Davies, A. Weiße, J. Price, A. Holmes, M. Barahona, D Brockmann

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (January 2023)

Estimating the share of SARS-CoV-2- immunologically naïve individuals in Germany up to June 2022

B F Maier, A H Rose, A Burdinski, P Klamser, Hannelore Neuhauser, Ole Wichmann, Lars Schaade, Lothar H. Wieler, D Brockmann

Epidemiology & Infection (January 2023)

Estimating the share of SARS-CoV-2- immunologically naïve individuals in Germany up to June 2022

Directing smartphone use through the self-nudge app one sec

D J. Grüning, F Riedel, P Lorenz-Spreen

PNAS (January 2023)

Directing smartphone use through the self-nudge app one sec

From delta to omicron: The role of individual factors and social context in self-reported compliance with pandemic regulations and recommendations

Philipp Sprengholz, Robert Bruckmann, M Wiedermann, D Brockmann, Cornelia Betsch

Social Science & Medicine (December 2022)

From delta to omicron: The role of individual factors and social context in self-reported compliance with pandemic regulations and recommendations

Understanding the impact of digital contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Burdinski, D Brockmann, B F Maier

PLOS Digit Health (December 2022)

Understanding the impact of digital contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic

A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

P Lorenz-Spreen, L Oswald, S Lewandowsky, R Hertwig

Nature Human Behaviour (November 2022)

A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

Germany’s fourth COVID-19 wave was mainly driven by the unvaccinated

B F Maier, M Wiedermann, A Burdinski, P Klamser, M Jenny, C Betsch, D Brockmann

Nature Commun. Med (September 2022)

Germany’s fourth COVID-19 wave was mainly driven by the unvaccinated

Abschätzung der Infektionswelle durch die SARS-CoV-2 VOC Omikron

B F Maier, A Burdinski, M Wiedermann, Matthias an der Heiden, Thomas Harder, F Schlosser, D Brockmann

Bericht (February 2022)

Abschätzung der Infektionswelle durch die SARS-CoV-2 VOC Omikron

Biases in human mobility data impact epidemic modeling

F Schlosser, Vedran Sekara, D Brockmann, Manuel Garcia-Herranz

arXiv (December 2021)

Biases in human mobility data impact epidemic modeling

Die Pandemie wird durch fehlenden Impfschutz getrieben: Was ist zu tun?

B F Maier, M Wiedermann, A Burdinski, P Klamser, M Jenny, C Betsch, D Brockmann

Bericht (November 2021)

Finding disease outbreak locations from human mobility data

F Schlosser, D Brockmann

EPJ Data Science (October 2021)

Finding disease outbreak locations from human mobility data

Boosting people’s ability to detect microtargeted advertising

P Lorenz-Spreen, M Geers, T Pachur, R Hertwig, S Lewandowsky, S M. Herzog

Scientific Reports (July 2021)

Boosting people’s ability to detect microtargeted advertising

Potential benefits of delaying the second mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose

B F Maier, A Burdinski, A H Rose, F Schlosser, D Hinrichs, C Betsch, L Korn, P Sprengholz, M Meyer-Hermann, T Mitra, K Lauterbach, D Brockmann

arXiv (March 2021)

Potential benefits of delaying the second mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose

Social networks predict the life and death of honey bees

B Wild, D M Dormagen, A Zachariae, M L Smith, K S Traynor, D Brockmann, I D Couzin, T Landgraf

Nature Communications (February 2021)

Social networks predict the life and death of honey bees

COVID-19 lockdown induces disease-mitigating structural changes in mobility networks

F Schlosser, B F Maier, O Jack, D Hinrichs, A Zachariae, D Brockmann

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (July 2020)

COVID-19 lockdown induces disease-mitigating structural changes in mobility networks

How behavioural sciences can promote truth, autonomy and democratic discourse online

P Lorenz-Spreen, S Lewandowsky, C R. Sunstein, R Hertwig

Nature Human Behaviour (June 2020)

How behavioural sciences can promote truth, autonomy and democratic discourse online

German COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)-Welle 11 (12.05.2020)

C Betsch, L Korn, L Felgendreff, S Eitze, P Schmid, P Sprengholz, L Wieler, P Schmich, V Stollorz, M Ramharter, M Bosnjak, S B Omer, H Thaiss, F De Bock, U von Rüden, M Crockett, C Krauth, D Brockmann, F Schlosser

PsychArchives (May 2020)

German COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)-Welle 11 (12.05.2020)

Coronavirus-Pandemie--Die Krise nachhaltig überwinden

D Brockmann, H Dreier, L Feld, K Fiedler, B Friedrich, C Fuest, P Gumbsch, M Hasselhorn, G H Haug, J Kocka, O Köller, T Krieg, H Kroemer, T Lengauer, J Margraf, C Markschies, W Marquardt, K U Mayer, R Merkel, T Mettenleiter, A Nassehi, M Prenzel, J Renn, F Rösler, R Schlögl, C Wiesemann

Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina (April 2020)

Coronavirus-Pandemie--Die Krise nachhaltig überwinden

German COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)-Welle 9 (28.04.2020)

C Betsch, L Korn, L Felgendreff, S Eitze, P Schmid, P Sprengholz, L Wieler, P Schmich, V Stollorz, M Ramharter, M Bosnjak, S B Omer, H Thaiss, F De Bock, U von Rüden, M Crockett, C Krauth, D Brockmann, F Schlosser

PsychArchives (April 2020)

German COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)-Welle 9 (28.04.2020)

Effective containment explains subexponential growth in recent confirmed COVID-19 cases in China

B F Maier, D Brockmann

Science (February 2020)

Effective containment explains subexponential growth in recent confirmed COVID-19 cases in China

Modeling echo chambers and polarization dynamics in social networks

F Baumann, P Lorenz-Spreen, I M. Sokolov, M Starnini

Physical Review Letters (January 2020)

Modeling echo chambers and polarization dynamics in social networks

Massive parallelization boosts big Bayesian multidimensional scaling

A J Holbrook, P Lemey, G Baele, S Dellicour, D Brockmann, A Rambaut, M A Suchard

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, DOI: (January 2020)

Experiencing the risk of overutilising opioids among patients with chronic non-cancer pain in ambulatory care (ERONA): the protocol of an exploratory, randomised controlled trial

O Wegwarth, C Spies, E Schulte, J J Meerpohl, C Schmucker, E Nury, D Brockmann, N Donner-Banzhoff, S Wind, E Goebel, W-D Ludwig, R Hertwig

BMJ Open, (January 2020)

Digitale Epidemiologie

D Brockmann

Bundesgesundheitsbl (January 2020)

Comprehensive integrated NGS-based surveillance and contact-network modeling unravels transmission dynamics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a high-risk population within a tertiary care hospital

B Neumann, J K Bender, B F Maier, A Wittig, S Fuchs, D Brockmann, T Semmler, H Einsele, S Kraus, L H Wieler, U Vogel, G Werner

PLoS ONE (January 2020)

Comprehensive integrated NGS-based surveillance and contact-network modeling unravels transmission dynamics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a high-risk population within a tertiary care hospital

Accelerating dynamics of collective attention

P Lorenz-Spreen, B Mørch Mønsted, P Hövel, S Lehmann

Nature Communications (March 2019)

Accelerating dynamics of collective attention

Modular hierarchical and power-law small-world networks bear structural optima for minimal first passage times and cover time

B F Maier, C Huepe, D Brockmann

Journal of Complex Networks (January 2019)

Modular hierarchical and power-law small-world networks bear structural optima for minimal first passage times and cover time

Human mobility, networks and disease dynamics on a global scale

D Brockmann

Bunde A., Caro J., Kärger J., Vogl G. (January 2018)

Hosts mobility and spatial spread of Rickettsia rickettsii

G Polo, C Mera Acosta, M B Labruna, F Ferreira, D Brockmann

PLoS Comput Biol (January 2018)

Hosts mobility and spatial spread of Rickettsia rickettsii

Cover time for random walks on arbitrary complex networks

B F Maier, D Brockmann

Physical Review E (October 2017)

Cover time for random walks on arbitrary complex networks

Temporal dynamics of online petitions

L Böttcher, O Woolley-Meza, D Brockmann

PLoS ONE (January 2017)

Public health: This message must be herd

D Brockmann

Nature Human Behaviour (January 2017)

Public health: This message must be herd

Molecular surveillance of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region: new challenges in the elimination phase

S Santibanez, J M Hübschen, M C Ben Mamou, M Muscat, K E Brown, R Myers, O Donoso Mantke, H Zeichhardt, D Brockmann, S V Shulga, C.P.Muller, P M O'Connor, M N Mulders, A Mankertz

Clinical Microbiology and Infection (January 2017)

Fundamental properties of cooperative contagion processes

Li Chen, Fakhteh Ghanbarnejad, D Brockmann

New J. Phys. (January 2017)

Fundamental properties of cooperative contagion processes

Effective distances for epidemics spreading on complex networks

F Iannelli, A Koher, D Brockmann, P Hövel, I M Sokolov

Phys. Rev. E (January 2017)

A complex network perspective for characterizing urban travel demand patterns: graph theoretical analysis of large-scale origin--destination demand networks

M Saberi, H S Mahmassani, D Brockmann, A Hosseini

Transportation (January 2017)

Connectivity of diagnostic technologies: improving surveillance and accelerating tuberculosis elimination

E Andre, C Isaacs, D Affolabi, R Alagna, D Brockmann, B C de Jong, E Cambau, G Churchyard, T Cohen, M Delmée, J-C Delvenne, M Farhat, A Habib, P Holme, S Keshavjee, A Khan, P Lightfoot, D Moore, Y Moreno, Y Mundade, M Pai, S Patel, A U Nyaruhirira, L E Rocha, J Takle, A Trébucq, J Creswell, C Boehme

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, (January 2016)

Spatial and functional heterogeneities shape collective behavior of tumor-immune networks

D K Wells, Y Chuang, L M Knapp, D Brockmann, W L Kath, J N Leonard

PLoS Comput Biol (January 2015)

Saving human lives: What complexity science and information systems can contribute