Andre S. Sunahara

Currently a Ph.D. candidate in Physics at ComplexLab, State University of Maringá, Brazil

Interests

  • Science of science
  • Complex systems
  • Statistical analysis
  • Data visualization

Education

  • MSc in Physics, 2020

    State University of Maringá

  • BSc in Physics, 2018

    State University of Maringá

  • Exchange student in Physics, 2014

    Nagoya University

Recent Publications

Association between productivity and journal impact across disciplines and career age

The association between productivity and impact of scientific production is a long-standing debate in science that remains …
Andre S. Sunahara, Matjaz Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro
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Association between productivity and journal impact across disciplines and career age

City size and the spreading of COVID-19 in Brazil

The current outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an unprecedented example of how fast an infectious disease can …
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Andre S. Sunahara, Jack Sutton, Matjaz Perc, Quentin S. Hanley
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City size and the spreading of COVID-19 in Brazil

Projects

Maringá COVID-19 Observatory

Keeping track of COVID-19 evolution in the city of Maringá, Brazil

News

Engrenagens do conhecimento (pt)

Ao analisar a produção científica ao longo da carreira de mais de 6 mil pesquisadores brasileiros de 14 disciplinas, a equipe do físico Haroldo Ribeiro, da Universidade Estadual de Maringá, no Paraná, identificou padrões distintos de comportamento em relação à publicação de artigos.
Oct 1, 2021
Engrenagens do conhecimento (pt)

A pandemia em dados: a Covid-19 decifrada para a sociedade (pt)

Três físicos da UEM fundaram o Observatório COVID-19 Maringá, um site que surgiu da necessidade de registrar e analisar dados sobre a pandemia da Covid-19 na cidade.
Jul 8, 2021
A pandemia em dados: a Covid-19 decifrada para a sociedade (pt)

Blog

Data visualization with d3.js

In this post, I present some visualizations I plotted using the d3.js package. According to d3.js, “D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS.
Jun 5, 2021 2 min read

PEP8 - Best practices in styling for Python programming

Recently, I had to go back to some code from my master’s degree. I realized the code was bad written and hard to read. In order to solve this problem, I decided to study what are considered the best styling practices when coding in Python.
Last updated on Jul 24, 2020 5 min read

Popular Topics

Cities Complex Systems COVID-19 d3.js Fapesp Journal impact Maringá PEP8 Productivity Python Science of science Visualization

Updates

[07/2022] Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.

[08/2021] New paper studying the association between productivity and journal impact published in Physical Review Research.

[09/2020] New paper studying the city size and the spreading of COVID-19 in Brazil published in PLoS ONE.

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