Table 1.

Number of authors, total number of citations, median number of citations, and top three papers for citation for each of the categories. Citations and authors names have been extracted via Semantic Scholar on December 19th, 2020.

Category	Authors	Total Citations	Median citations	Top three articles for citations
Epidemic models	774	4859	5	1st [22], 2nd [23], 3rd [24]
Surveys	751	775	1	1st [25], 2nd [26], 3rd [27]
Comments and/or
perspectives	420	1049	4	1st [28], 2nd [29], 3rd [30]
Quantifying the effects of NPIs	405	2126	2	1st [31], 2nd [32], 3rd [33]
Reviews	131	192	3.5	1st [34], 2nd [35], 3rd [36]
Measuring NPIs with proxy data	88	159	2	1st [37], 2nd [38], 3rd [39]
Datasets	105	37	1.5	1st [40], 2nd [41], 3rd [42]