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Digital epidemiology

What is it, and where is it going

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ID8248643
AuthorsMarcel Salathé (0000-0002-5079-7797, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume14
Issue1
Pages1-1
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLife Sciences Society and Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2195-7819 • E-ISSN: 2195-7819
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s40504-017-0065-7
PMID29302758
OpenAlexW2782447121
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited9

Digital Epidemiology is a new field that has been growing rapidly in the past few years, fueled by the increasing availability of data and computing power, as well as by breakthroughs in data analytics methods. In this short piece, I provide an outlook of where I see the field heading, and offer a broad and a narrow definition of the term

Analytics · Big data · Data mining · Data science · Computer Science · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Engineering · Mathematics

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Unique citing works17
Citations per year2,13
Citation span2018 - 2025 (8)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 17
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