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PAPERS IN SUBMISSION AND IN PREPARATION:

  1. Reporting delays: a widely neglected impact factor in COVID-19 forecasts
    L. Ma, P. Van Mieghem, and M. Kitsak
    (under review) (2023).
    [Paper: ArXiv, Data: FigShare]
  1. Random Hyperbolic Graphs in d+1 Dimensions
    M. Kitsak, R. Aldecoa, K. Zuev, and D. Krioukov (2023).
    [Paper: ArXiv, Code: Bitbucket]
  1. Latent Geometry for Complementarity-Driven Networks
    G. Budel and M. Kitsak
    Physical Review Letters, (under review) (2023).
    [Paper: ArXiv]

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS:

  1. Are civilizations destined to collapse? Lessons from the Mediterranean Bronze Age
    I.Linkov, S.E. Galaitsi, B. D. Trump, E. Pinigina, K. Rand, E. H. Cline, and M. Kitsak
    Global Environmental Change, (accepted) (2023).
    [Paper: Coming soon.]
  1. Topological properties and organizing principles of semantic networks
    G. Budel, Y. Jin, P. Van Mieghem, and M. Kitsak
    Nature Scientific Reports, 13, 11728 (2023).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, Data: ConceptNet]
  1. Finding shortest and nearly shortest path nodes in large substantially incomplete networks by hyperbolic mapping
    M. Kitsak, A. Ganin, A. Elmokashfi, H. Cui, D. A. Eisenberg, D. L. Alderson, D. Korkin, and I. Linkov
    Nature Communications, 14, 186 (2023).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, Code: Hyperlink Embedder, Data: Supplementary Data]
  1. Assessment of the COVID-19 Infection Risk at a Workplace Through Stochastic Microexposure Modeling
    S. Vecherin, D. Chang, E.M. Wells, B.D. Trump, J. Desmond, K. Dunn, A. Meyer, M. Kitsak, and I. Linkov
    Journal Of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology, 32, 712 - 719 (2022).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI]
  1. Two-population SIR Model and Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Pandemics.
    L. Ma, M. Kitsak, and P. Van Mieghem
    Complex Networks and Their Applications X, 2, 265-276 (2022).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI]
  1. Relationship among state reopening policies, health outcomes and economic recovery through first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
    A.K. Ligo, E. Mahoney, J. Cegan, B. Trump, A. S. Jin, M. Kitsak, and I. Linkov
    PLOS ONE, 16 11 e0260015 (2021).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, Data: Economic Tracker]
  1. Comparing the Accuracy of Several Network-Based COVID-19 Prediction Algorithms
    M. A. Achterberg, B. Prasse, L. Ma, S. Trajanovski, M. Kitsak, and P. Van Mieghem
    The International Journal of Forecasting (2020).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI]
  1. Weighted Hypersoft Configuration Model
    I. Voitalov, P. van der Hoorn, M. Kitsak, F. Papadopoulos, and D. Krioukov
    Physical Review Research, 2 043157 (2020).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, ArXiv]
  1. Link Prediction with Hyperbolic Geometry
    M. Kitsak, I. Voitalov, and D. Krioukov
    Physical Review Research, 2 043113 (2020).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, ArXiv, Code: Hyperlink Embedder]
  1. Lack of Resilience in Transportation Networks: Economic Implications
    M. Kurth, W. Kozlowski, A. Ganin, A. Mersky, B. Leung, J. Dykes, M. Kitsak, and I. Linkov
    Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 86 102419 (2020).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Resilience in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
    A. Ganin, A. Mersky, M. Kitsak, A. Jin, M. Kitsak, J. Keisler, and I. Linkov
    Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 100 318-329 (2019).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Network Foundation for Command and Control (C2) Systems: Literature Review
    D. Eisenberg, M. Kitsak, A. Ganin, I. Linkov and D. Alderson
    IEEE Access, 6 68782-68794 (2018).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI]
  1. Stability of a Giant Connected Component in a Complex Network
    M. Kitsak, A. Ganin, D. Eisenberg, P.L. Krapivsky, D. Kriukouv, D. L. Alderson, and I. Linkov
    Phys. Rev. E, 97 012309 (2018).
    [Paper: DOI, ArXiv]
  1. Integration of Molecular Interactome and Targeted Interaction Analysis to Identify a COPD Disease Network Module
    A. Sharma, M. Kitsak, M. H. Cho, A. Ameli, X. Zhou, Z. Jiang, J. D. Crapo, T. H. Beaty, J. Menche, P. S. Bakke, M. Santolini and E. K. Silverman
    Nature Scientific Reports, 8 14439 (2018).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, Data: Supplementary Data]
  1. Resilience and Efficiency in Transportation Networks
    A. Ganin, M. Kitsak, D. Marchese, J. M. Keisler, T. Seager, and I. Linkov
    Science Advances, 3 e1701079 (2017).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI]
    PRESS: News@Northeastern, National Public Radio,
  1. Latent Geometry of Bipartite Networks
    M. Kitsak, F. Papadopolous, and D. Krioukov
    Phys. Rev. E, 95 032309 (2017).
    [Paper: DOI, ArXiv]
  1. Tissue Specicity of Human Disease Module
    M. Kitsak, A. Sharma, J. Menche, E. Guney, S. Ghiassian, J. Loscalzo, and A.-L. Barabási
    Nature Scientific Reports, 6 35241 (2016).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Long-Range Correlations and Memory in the Dynamics of Internet Interdomain Routing
    M. Kitsak, A. Elmokashfi, S. Havlin, and D. Krioukov
    PLOS ONE, 10 (11) e0141481 (2015).
    [Paper: DOI, ArXiv]
  1. A Disease Module in the Interactome Explains Disease Heterogeneity, Drug Response and Captures Novel Pathways and Genes for Asthma
    A. Sharma, J. Menche, C. Huang, T. Ort, S. Ghiassian, N. Gulbahce, F. Baribaud, J. Tocker, R. Dobrin, E. Barnathan, X. Zhou, M. Kitsak, N. Sahni, M. Mathiesen, R. A. Panettieri J, B. A. Raby, E. K. Silverman, M. Vidal, S. T. Weiss, and A.-L. Barabási
    Human Molecular Genetics , (doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv001) (2015).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, Code: Github]
  1. Uncovering Disease-Disease Relationships Through the Human Interactome
    J. Menche, A. Sharma, M. Kitsak, S. Ghiassian, M. Vidal, J. Loscalzo, and A.-L. Barabási
    Science, 347 6224 (2015).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Cosmological Networks
    M. Boguñá, M. Kitsak, and D. Krioukov
    New Journal of Physics, 16 093031 (2014).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, Arxiv]
  1. Network Cosmology
    D. Krioukov, M. Kitsak, R.S. Sinkovits, D. Rideout, D. Meyer, and M. Boguñá
    Nature Scientific Reports, 2 793 (2012).
    [Paper: Open Access DOI, Arxiv, Data: see Supplementary Information]
    PRESS: UCSD, SDSC, Space, Time, The Register, CBS, Huffington Post, Huffington Post UK , Popular Science , LiveScience, Slashdot, RobotsNet, PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, TGDaily, DigitalJournal...
  1. Popularity Versus Similarity in Growing Networks
    F. Papadopolous, M. Kitsak, M. Serrano, M. Boguñá, and D. Krioukov
    Nature, 489 537 (2012).
    [Paper: DOI, Arxiv, Data: see Supplementary Information]
    PRESS: UCSD, Nature, Nature Physics, PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, AMS, Le Scienze...
  1. Hidden Variables in Bipartite Networks
    M. Kitsak, and D. Krioukov
    Phys. Rev. E., 84 026114 (2011).
    [Paper: DOI, Arxiv]
  1. Hyperbolic Geometry of Complex Networks
    D. Krioukov, F. Papadopolous, M. Kitsak, A. Vahdat, and M. Boguñá
    Phys. Rev. E., 82 036106 (2010).
    [Paper: DOI, Arxiv]
  1. Identification of Influential Spreaders in Complex Networks
    M. Kitsak, L. K. Gallos, S. Havlin, F. Liljeros, L. Muchnik, H. E. Stanley, and H. A. Makse
    Nature Physics, 6 888 (2010).
    [Paper: DOI, Arxiv]
    PRESS: Technology Review, ScienceDaily, FastCompany, Wemedia, NSF...
  1. Structure of Business Firm Networks and Scale-Free Models
    M. Kitsak, M. Riccaboni, S. Havlin, F. Pammolli and H. E. Stanley
    Phys. Rev. E., 81 036117 (2010).
    [Paper: DOI, Arxiv]
  1. Fractal Boundaries of Complex Networks
    J. Shao, S. V. Buldyrev, R. Cohen, M. Kitsak, S. Havlin, and H. E. Stanley
    Europhys. Lett., 84 48004 (2008).
    [Paper: DOI, Arxiv]
  1. Spatial Coherence of the Stokes Component of Stimulated Raman Scattering Excited in a Long Multimode Fibre
    M. A. Kitsak and A. I. Kitsak
    Quantum Electronics, 38(7) 681 (2008).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Cross Modulation Method of Transformation of the Spatial Coherence of Pulsed Laser Radiation in a Nonlinear Medium
    M. A. Kitsak and A. I. Kitsak
    Quantum Electronics, 38(4) 365 (2008).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Betweenness Centrality of Fractal and Non-Fractal Scale-Free Model Networks and Tests on Real Networks
    M. Kitsak, S. Havlin, G. Paul, M. Riccaboni, F. Pammolli, and H. E. Stanley
    Phys. Rev. E., 75 056115 (2007).
    [Paper: DOI, Arxiv]
  1. Efficiency of Nonstationary Transformation of the Spatial Coherence of Pulsed Laser Radiation in a Multimode Optical Fibre upon Self-Phase Modulation
    M. A. Kitsak and A. I. Kitsak
    Quantum Electronics, 37(8) 770 (2007).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Transformation of the Spatial Coherence of Pulsed Laser Radiation Transmitted in the Nonlinear Regime through a Multimode Graded-index Fibre
    M. A. Kitsak and A. I. Kitsak
    Quantum Electronics, 36(1) 27 (2006).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Multiwave Mixing in Complex Molecular Media and Dynamic Modes of Light-Wave Transformation
    O. Ormachea, M.A. Kitsak and A.L. Tolstik
    Nonlinear Phenom. Complex Syst., 6(3) 762 (2003).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Nonstationary Four Wave Mixing in Resonant Media Under Conditions of Effective Parametrical Energy Transfer
    M.A. Kitsak
    Journal of Optical Technology, 69 7 (2002).
    [Paper: DOI]

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  1. Towards a Generic Resilience Management, Quantification and Development Process: General Definitions, Requirements, Methods, Techniques and Measures, and Case Studies.
    I. Häring, G. Sansavini, E. Bellini, N. Martyn, T. Kovalenko, M. Kitsak, G. Vogelbacher, K. Ross, U. Bergerhausen, K. Barker, and I. Linkov
    Resilience and Risk , 21-80, Springer, Dordrecht (2017).
    [Paper: DOI]

PATENTS:

  1. The method of the spatial coherency reduction of the pulse laser radiation and the method of realization
    A.I. Kitsak, M.A. Kitsak, N.V.Karelin, and V.M. Suchek
    Belarus Patent Number 12107, Issued: 12/30/08, Priority: 04/20/07.
  1. The Method of the Spatial Coherency Tranformation of the Pulse Laser Radiation and its Realization
    A.S. Rubanov, A.I. Kitsak, N.V. Karelin, M.A. Kitsak, and V. M. Suchek
    Belarus Patent Number 8325, Issued: 8/30/06, Priority: 11/21/02.

PROCEEDINGS:

  1. Studies of the Angular Frequency Spectrum of Raman Scattering Stokes Component Radiation Excited in an Extensive Multimode Waveguide
    M.A. Kitsak and A.I. Kitsak
    Proc. SPIE, 7008 70081O (2008).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. The Efficiency of the Non-Stationary Process of Transformation of Spatial Coherence of Pulse Laser Radiation in a multimode Waveguide at the Phase Self-Modulation
    M.A. Kitsak and A.I. Kitsak
    Proc. SPIE, 7008 70081N (2008).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. The Efficiency of Spatial Coherency Nonlinear Transformation of Pulse Laser Radiation in a Multimode Waveguide at Different Statistical Models of Incoming Radiation
    M.A. Kitsak and A.I. Kitsak
    Proc. SPIE, 6729 67291Z (2007).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. The Analysis of Spatial Modes of the Raman Scattering Stokes Component Radiation Excited in an Extensive Multimode Waveguide
    M.A. Kitsak and A.I. Kitsak
    Proc. SPIE, 6729 67291Y (2007).
    [Paper: DOI]
  1. Transformation of Coherent and Angular Characteristics of Pulse Radiation at Self-Modulation in Non-Homogeneous Multimode Waveguides
    M.A. Kitsak and A.I. Kitsak
    Proc. SPIE, 6254 625418 (2006).
    [Paper: DOI]