Table 2.

Summary of the epidemic models in the sample. The first column describes the main categories, the second the sub-categories, the last the country/countries focus of each study and the references.

Category	Subcategory	Country/countries of study and reference
Compartmental	SIR-like	Brazil, China [48]; China [49], [50], [51]; China, Italy [52]; China, France, Iran, Italy, South Korea, USA [53]; France, Iran, Italy [54]; Germany [55]; India [56]; Italy [57]; USA [58]; 187 countries [45]; several European countries [44], [59]
	SIR-like age structured	China [60], Italy [61], 143 countries [47]
	SEIR-like	Argentina, Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Spain, USA [62]; Canada [63], [64]; Canada, Germany, Italy [65]; China [66], [67], [68], [69]; China, Italy [70]; China, UK [71]; Germany [72]; India [73], [74]; Indonesia [75]; Ireland [76]; Mexico [77]; Pakistan [78]; South Korea [79], [80]; Switzerland [81]; USA [82], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87], [88], [89], [90]; Theoretical [91], [92]
	SEIR-like age structure	China [23]; UK [93], [94], [95]; France [96], [97]; Germany [98]; Madagascar [99]; Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria [100]; South Korea [101]; UK, USA [102]; USA [103]; Theoretical [104]
	SEIRS-like	USA [105]
Metapopulation	Age unstructured	Canada [106]; China [107], [108], [109], [110]; France, Poland, Spain [111], [112]; Jordan [113]; Italy [114], [115]; USA [116], [117]; Europe [118]
	Age structured	Chile [119]; Hungary [120]; Spain [121]; Sweden [122]; USA [123], 200+ countries [22]
Statistical	NA	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK [124]; Brazil [125] China [126], [127]; China, Iran, Italy, South Korea [128]; Hong Kong [129]; India [130]; Oman [131]; Slovenia [132]; USA [133]; 190 [46]; 11 European countries [24]; 41 countries [134]
Agent-based	NA	China [66]; China, Italy, USA [135]; Canada [63]; Italy [136]; USA [137], [138]; Theoretical [139], [140]