Publications

Papers and preprints, grouped by theme

Journal articles are taken from my normalised CV and carry a DOI. Preprints come from INSPIRE-HEP and arXiv. Each entry links to the publisher record and, where one exists, to the arXiv version. Other indexes: ORCID, INSPIRE, arXiv, Google Scholar.

Particle physics, quantisation and geometry

  1. New sum rules of the Koide type. A. Rivero. Physics Letters B 877, 140510 (2026)
    doiarXiv:2606.10060
  2. An interpretation of scalars in SO(32). A. Rivero. European Physical Journal C 84, 1058 (2024)
    doiarXiv:2407.05397
  3. Connes' tangent groupoid and strict quantization. J. F. Cariñena, J. Clemente-Gallardo, E. Follana, J. M. Gracia-Bondía, A. Rivero, J. C. Várilly. Journal of Geometry and Physics 32, 79–96 (1999)
    doiarXiv:math/9802102
  4. Quantum kinks: self-creating fractionization of the fermion number. J. Casahorrán, J. C. Ciria, A. Rivero. Modern Physics Letters A 9, 3095–3104 (1994)
    doi
  5. Supersymmetry and geometric motion. L. J. Boya, R. F. Wehrhahn, A. Rivero. Journal of Physics A 26, 5825 (1993)
    doi
  6. Instanton-like contributions to the dynamics of Yang–Mills fields on the twisted torus. Physics Letters B 305 (1993)
    doiarXiv:hep-lat/9302007
  7. The U(1)-Higgs model: critical behaviour in the confining-Higgs region. J. L. Alonso, V. Azcoiti, I. Campos, J. C. Ciria, A. Cruz, D. Iñiguez, F. Lesmes, C. Piedrafita, A. Rivero, A. Tarancón, D. Badoni, L. A. Fernández, A. Muñoz Sudupe, J. J. Ruiz-Lorenzo, A. González-Arroyo, P. Martínez, J. Pech, P. Téllez. Nuclear Physics B 405, 574–592 (1993)
    doiarXiv:hep-lat/9210014
  8. The U(1)-Higgs model: study of the confining-Higgs transition. Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplements 30 (1993)
    doi
  9. The confining-Higgs phase transition in U(1)-Higgs lattice gauge theory. Physics Letters B 296 (1992)
    doi

Collective intelligence and opinion dynamics

  1. Generating consensus and dissent on massive discussion platforms with a semantic-vector model. A. Ferrer, D. Muñoz-Jordán, A. Rivero, A. Tarancón, C. Tarancón, D. Yllanes. Physical Review E 114, 014311 (2026)
    doiarXiv:2601.13932
  2. Geometrical distribution of agents based on a generalised Potts model. A. Rivero, A. Tarancón, C. Tarancón. European Physical Journal B 98, 182 (2025)
    doi
  3. The physics of collective human intelligence and opinion propagation on the lattice. T. García-Egea, A. Rivero, A. Tarancón, C. Tarancón. Physics Letters A 522, 129767 (2024)
    doi
  4. Collective intelligence to find solutions to the challenges posed by the Sustainable Development Goals. A. Gonzalo, F. Sanz-García, M. Pelacho, A. Tarancón, A. Rivero, O. Varela, A. Moreno. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 8(1), 47 (2023)
    doi
  5. Evolutionary emergence of collective intelligence in large groups of students. S. Orejudo, J. Cano-Escoriaza, A. B. Cebollero-Salinas, P. Bautista, J. Clemente-Gallardo, A. Rivero, P. Rivero, A. Tarancón. Frontiers in Psychology 13, 848048 (2022); corrigendum 2023
    doicorrigendum
  6. Inteligencia colectiva: emergencia de una mente social. A. Tarancón, D. Iñiguez, A. Rivero, J. Clemente, F. Serrano, C. Ullod, M. Clemente, J. Cano de Escoriaza. Economía Aragonesa 48, 65–78 (2012)

Online social networks and collective action

  1. Assessing the bias in samples of large online networks. S. González-Bailón, N. Wang, A. Rivero, J. Borge-Holthoefer, Y. Moreno. Social Networks 38, 16–27 (2014)
    doiSSRN preprint
  2. The “Indignados” movement: time dynamics, geographical distribution, and recruitment mechanisms. J. Borge-Holthoefer, S. González-Bailón, A. Rivero, Y. Moreno. In Online Collective Action: Dynamics of the Crowd in Social Media, Springer (2013), book chapter
  3. Locating privileged spreaders on an online social network. J. Borge-Holthoefer, A. Rivero, Y. Moreno. Physical Review E 85, 066123 (2012)
    doiarXiv:1111.4181
  4. The dynamics of protest recruitment through an online network. S. González-Bailón, J. Borge-Holthoefer, A. Rivero, Y. Moreno. Scientific Reports 1, 197 (2011)
    doiarXiv:1111.5595
  5. Structural and dynamical patterns on online social networks: the Spanish May 15th movement as a case study. J. Borge-Holthoefer, A. Rivero, I. García, E. Cauhé, A. Ferrer, D. Ferrer, D. Francos, D. Iñiguez, M. P. Pérez, G. Ruiz, F. Sanz, F. Serrano, C. Viñas, A. Tarancón, Y. Moreno. PLOS ONE 6(8), e23883 (2011)
    doi

Scientometrics and research analytics

  1. 3SA: an entity-linking algorithm for the institution name disambiguation problem in affiliations using edit distance. D. Muñoz-Jordán, G. Ruiz, P. Cabriada, J. L. Durán, D. Iñiguez, A. Rivero. Scientometrics 130, 4073–4091 (2025)
    doi
  2. Do researchers collaborate in a similar way to publish and to develop projects? J. Clemente-Gallardo, A. Ferrer, D. Íñiguez, A. Rivero, G. Ruiz, A. Tarancón. Journal of Informetrics 13, 64–77 (2019)
    doi
  3. Network analysis to measure academic performance in economics. J. A. Molina, A. Ferrer, D. Iñiguez, A. Rivero, G. Ruiz, A. Tarancón. Empirical Economics 58, 995–1018 (2018)
    doi
  4. Analysis of academic productivity based on complex networks. R. Álvarez, E. Cahué, J. Clemente-Gallardo, A. Ferrer, D. Íñiguez, X. Mellado, A. Rivero, G. Ruiz, F. Sanz, E. Serrano, A. Tarancón, Y. Vergara. Scientometrics 104, 651–672 (2015)
    doi

History and philosophy of science

  1. Rhythmos, Diathige, Trope. A. Rivero. Llull 23(48), 735–753 (2000). On the atomist vocabulary of shape, order and position.
  2. On Planck areal speed. A. Rivero. Qeios preprint (2024)
    doi

Preprints on arXiv

Notes and conjectures on lepton and quark mass relations, supersymmetry with composite bosons, noncommutative geometry and discrete spaces, most of them never sent to a journal. Listed newest first.

  1. A possible origin of the q=4/3 diquark (2011)
    arXiv:1111.7230
  2. A new Koide tuple: strange–charm–bottom (2011)
    arXiv:1111.7232
  3. Unbroken supersymmetry without new particles (2009)
    arXiv:0910.4793
  4. Third spectroscopy with a hint of superstrings (2007)
    arXiv:0710.1526
  5. Mass terms to break SUSY-like degeneration (2006)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0606171
  6. Regularities in electromagnetic decay widths (2006)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0603145
  7. Some bounds extracted from a quantum of area (2006)
    arXiv:gr-qc/0603123
  8. Supersymmetry with composite bosons (2005)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0512065
  9. GUT angle minimises Z0 decay (2005)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0511165
  10. Anomaly-driven decay of massive vector bosons (2005)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0507144
  11. The strange formula of Dr. Koide (2005)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0505220
  12. Evidence for radiative generation of lepton masses (2005)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0503104
  13. Critical dimension of spectral triples (2004)
    arXiv:physics/0409022
  14. Distance to the drip lines (2004)
    arXiv:nucl-th/0407118
  15. The 115 GeV signal from nuclear physics (2004)
    arXiv:hep-ph/0405076
  16. Some minor examples on discrete geometry (2004)
    arXiv:gr-qc/0404086
  17. Standard model masses and models of nuclei (2003)
    arXiv:nucl-th/0312003
  18. Tunneling in asymmetric double well: instanton calculus (2002)
    arXiv:quant-ph/0209072
  19. A short lecture on divergences (2002)
    arXiv:hep-th/0208180
  20. Around Poincaré duality in discrete spaces (2002)
    arXiv:hep-th/0204238
  21. Lessons from numerical analysis (2001)
    arXiv:hep-th/0108136
  22. It is the ambiguity: but only three generations (2000)
    arXiv:physics/0007027
  23. On generations (1999)
    arXiv:hep-th/9905021
  24. Some conjectures looking for a NCG theory (1998)
    arXiv:hep-th/9804169
  25. A short derivation of Feynman formula (1998)
    arXiv:quant-ph/9803035
  26. On variants of the C + M2(C) + M3(C) NCG model of elementary particles (1996)
    arXiv:hep-th/9605006
  27. Renormalization in 1-D quantum mechanics: contact interactions (1994)
    arXiv:hep-th/9411081