Sandro Claudio Lera

Abstract Early-warning indicators in ecosystems, neural activity, financial markets, and climate systems are often interpreted as evidence that a system is approaching a tipping point, typically understood as a bifurcation at which a previously stable state loses stability or disappears. Such indicators include increased variance, autocorrelation, and dimensional reduction. Here we identify a different mechanism that generates the same statistical signatures without any loss of stability.

Abstract Selecting capable counsel can shape the outcome of litigation, yet evaluating law firm performance remains challenging. Widely used rankings prioritize prestige, size and revenue over empirical litigation outcomes, offering little practical guidance. Here, to address this gap, we build on the Bradley–Terry model and introduce a new ranking framework that treats each lawsuit as a competitive game between plaintiff and defendant law firms.

[Submitted on 26 Jan 2025 ( v1 ), last revised 28 Jan 2025 (this version, v2)] Title:Community-centric modeling of citation dynamics explains collective citation patterns in science, law, and patents View a PDF of the paper titled Community-centric modeling of citation dynamics explains collective citation patterns in science, law, and patents, by Sadamori Kojaku and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Many human knowledge systems, such as science, law, and invention, are...