Awesome Scientific Figure

A curated list of scientific figures in research papers.

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Geographic map

Figure	Citation (APA)	Link	Tag	Color
	Xu, Y., Li, J., Belyi, A., & Park, S. (2021). Characterizing destination networks through mobility traces of international tourists—A case study using a nationwide mobile positioning dataset. Tourism Management, 82, 104195.	[paper]	flow	#2A4291 #F8CA13 #C00005 #64C9EA #58AF63 #E98A02 #DE24CE
	Xu, Y., Li, J., Xue, J., Park, S., & Li, Q. (2021). Tourism geography through the lens of time use: A computational framework using fine-grained mobile phone data. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 111(5), 1420-1444.	[paper]	notation	#FDEDBD #FCDA9B #FDBD39 #E83D39 #F7F7EF
	Jiang, S., Yang, Y., Gupta, S., Veneziano, D., Athavale, S., & González, M. C. (2016). The TimeGeo modeling framework for urban mobility without travel surveys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(37), E5370-E5378.	[paper]	prob	#EFE541 #296AB2 #E40519 #75B728
	Xu, Y., Chen, D., Zhang, X., Tu, W., Chen, Y., Shen, Y., & Ratti, C. (2019). Unravel the landscape and pulses of cycling activities from a dockless bike-sharing system. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 75, 184-203.	[paper]	3D	#0098BD #4BE3CE #FEEDB0 #FEAC54 #D1374F

Combination Fig

Figure	Citation (APA)	Link	Tag	Color
	Gibbs, H., Liu, Y., Pearson, C. A., Jarvis, C. I., Grundy, C., Quilty, B. J., ... & Eggo, R. M. (2020). Changing travel patterns in China during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-9.	[paper]	cluster	#1E78B5 #A6CEE3 #B4DF8A #32A02D
	Yabe, T., Jones, N. K., Rao, P. S. C., Gonzalez, M. C., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2022). Mobile phone location data for disasters: A review from natural hazards and epidemics. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 94, 101777.	[paper]	cross	#FE0505 #0B0CFE #FF9D03 #007701 #03FFFE
	Tegally, H., San, J. E., Cotten, M., Tegomoh, B., Mboowa, G., Martin, D. P., ... & Omunakwe, H. E. (2022). The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance. Science, 378(6615), eabq5358.	[paper]	period	#FDAE61 #FFFFBF #ACDDA5 #2E84BC #EE6AA6 #BEBEBE #189E78 #DA5F00 #7570B3 #E7288A #66A51E #E5AA05 #A6751D #666666
	Yin, Y., Wang, Y., Evans, J. A., & Wang, D. (2019). Quantifying the dynamics of failure across science, startups and security. Nature, 575(7781), 190-194.	[paper]	font	#EA9493 #95CF95 #3081AF #F18125
	Alessandretti, L., Aslak, U., & Lehmann, S. (2020). The scales of human mobility. Nature, 587(7834), 402-407.	[paper]	echo	#2177B5 #FF800E #2BA02B #D72927
	Ren, M., Park, S., Xu, Y., Huang, X., Zou, L., Wong, M. S., & Koh, S. Y. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior: A case study of domestic inbound travelers in Jeju, Korea. Tourism Management, 92, 104533.	[paper]	event

Scatter

Figure	Citation (APA)	Link	Tag	Color
	Song, C., Koren, T., Wang, P., & Barabási, A. L. (2010). Modelling the scaling properties of human mobility. Nature Physics, 6(10), 818-823.	[paper]	fit
	Wang, P., González, M. C., Hidalgo, C. A., & Barabási, A. L. (2009). Understanding the spreading patterns of mobile phone viruses. Science, 324(5930), 1071-1076.	[paper]	fit	#375294 #D93431 #1F7E46

Boxplot

Figure	Citation (APA)	Link	Tag	Color
	Xu, Y., Zou, D., Park, S., Li, Q., Zhou, S., & Li, X. (2022). Understanding the movement predictability of international travelers using a nationwide mobile phone dataset collected in South Korea. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 92, 101753.	[paper]	comparison	#E95C49 #5AC0D7
	Jin, L., Tang, R., Wu, S., Guo, X., Huang, H., Hou, L., ... & Zhu, F. (2022). Antibody persistence and safety after heterologous boosting with orally aerosolised Ad5-nCoV in individuals primed with two-dose CoronaVac previously: twelve-month analyses of a randomized controlled trial. Emerging Microbes & Infections, (just-accepted), 1-20.	[paper]	comparison confidence	#FEE0BE #A8DCA5 #FFE1E0

Other publications

Figure	Citation	Link	Tag
	> Raval, A., Spero, J., & Campbell, C. (2019). Pollution: the race to clean up the shipping industry. Financial Times, 9-10.	[article in newspaper]	flow

Classical

｜Figure	Citation	Link	Tag	Color
	Fang, Z., Shaw, S. L., Tu, W., Li, Q., & Li, Y. (2012). Spatiotemporal analysis of critical transportation links based on time geographic concepts: a case study of critical bridges in Wuhan, China. Journal of Transport Geography, 23, 44-59.	[paper]	flow
	Alexander, L., Jiang, S., Murga, M., & González, M. C. (2015). Origin–destination trips by purpose and time of day inferred from mobile phone data. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 58, 240-250.	[paper]	flow
	Xu, Y., & González, M. C. (2017). Collective benefits in traffic during mega events via the use of information technologies. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 14(129), 20161041.	[paper]	flow	#359C7D #D15F2E #6E72A6