Most-cited Mathematics papers of 2020, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Mathematics research papers published in 2020, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China
   Zunyou Wu, Jennifer M. McGoogan · 2020 · 17,102 citations
2. Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia
   Qun Li, Xuhua Guan et al. · 2020 · 16,725 citations
3. An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time
   Ensheng Dong, Hongru Du et al. · 2020 · 10,197 citations
4. The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application
   Stephen A. Lauer, Kyra H. Grantz et al. · 2020 · 6,037 citations
5. Two-Way Fixed Effects Estimators with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
   Clément de Chaisemartin, Xavier D’Haultfœuille · 2020 · 5,112 citations · Free PDF
6. Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19
   Yan Bai, Lingsheng Yao et al. · 2020 · 4,542 citations
7. WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard
   2020 · 3,851 citations
8. The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
   Matteo Chinazzi, Jessica T. Davis et al. · 2020 · 3,757 citations
9. Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
   Robert Verity, Lucy Okell et al. · 2020 · 3,722 citations · Free PDF
10. Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
    Ruiyun Li, Sen Pei et al. · 2020 · 3,681 citations
11. The reproductive number of COVID-19 is higher compared to SARS coronavirus
    Ying Liu, Alberto Alexander Gayle et al. · 2020 · 3,232 citations
12. The Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) — China, 2020
    China CDC Weekly, The Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Emergency Response Epidemiology Team · 2020 · 2,907 citations
13. The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China
    Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Chia-Hung Yang et al. · 2020 · 2,890 citations
14. Calculating the sample size required for developing a clinical prediction model
    Richard D Riley, Joie Ensor et al. · 2020 · 2,785 citations
15. Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak
    Annelies Wilder‐Smith, David O. Freedman · 2020 · 2,743 citations
16. Early dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study
    Adam J. Kucharski, Timothy Russell et al. · 2020 · 2,711 citations
17. Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period
    Stephen M. Kissler, Christine Tedijanto et al. · 2020 · 2,644 citations
18. Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts
    Joel Hellewell, Sam Abbott et al. · 2020 · 2,586 citations
19. Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How
    Paul S. Goldsmith-Pinkham, Isaac Sorkin et al. · 2020 · 2,519 citations
20. Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study
    Long Hoang Nguyen, David A. Drew et al. · 2020 · 2,414 citations
21. Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020
    Kenji Mizumoto, Katsushi Kagaya et al. · 2020 · 2,298 citations · Free PDF
22. dynesty: a dynamic nested sampling package for estimating Bayesian posteriors and evidences
    Joshua S Speagle · 2020 · 2,233 citations · Free PDF
23. The effect of control strategies to reduce social mixing on outcomes of the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China: a modelling study
    Kiesha Prem, Yang Liu et al. · 2020 · 2,139 citations
24. Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
    Carlos Augusto Gomes · 2020 · 2,104 citations
25. An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China
    Huaiyu Tian, Yonghong Liu et al. · 2020 · 2,031 citations

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