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This paper has been supported by the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigacion grant PID2020-115270GB-I00. Cristina Luisovna Perez has been supported by an FPU21 grant (Formacion de Profesorado Universitario 2021) from the Ministerio de Universidades. We want to give our most profound appreciation for the comments and suggestions raised by the two anonymous reviewers who have improved the final version of the paper.

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Andreu-Vilarroig, CarlosAuthorCortes, Juan-CarlosAuthorPerez, Cristina-LuisovnaCorresponding AuthorVillanueva, Rafael-JacintoAuthor

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October 15, 2024
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A random spatio-temporal model for the dynamics of Candida Auris in Intensive Care Units with regular cleaning

Publicated to:Physica A-Statistical Mechanics And Its Applications. 630 129254- - 2023-11-13 630(), DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2023.129254

Authors: Andreu-Vilarroig, Carlos; Cortes, Juan-Carlos; Perez, Cristina-Luisovna; Villanueva, Rafael-Jacinto

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Matemat Multidisciplinar, Valencia, Spain - Author

Abstract

Candida Auris is a pathogen that can express multiple virulence factors and is considered a significant menace to the Intensive Care Unit environment. In this work, we propose to model its growth with a computationally randomized Fisher Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piskunov partial differential equation. We calibrate the model using in vitro growth data and provide statistical features. We also evaluate the efficacy of a regular and uniform cleaning strategy with vaporized hydrogen peroxide to control Candida Auris' population in ICUs.

Keywords

Antimicrobial resistanceCandida aurisDecontaminatioKolmogorov-petrovsky-piskunov pdeModel calibration with noisOutbreakRandomized fisherSpatio-temporal biological growth model

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Physica A-Statistical Mechanics And Its Applications due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 32/112, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Physics, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Condensed Matter Physics.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.1, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 7.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 30 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Andreu Vilarroig, Carlos) and Last Author (Villanueva Micó, Rafael Jacinto).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Perez Diukina, Cristina.