Publications

Articles:

Herrera-Guzmán, Y., Gates, A.J., Candia, C., & Barabási, A.-L. (2023). Quantifying hierarchy and prestige in US ballet academies as social predictors of career success. Sci Rep 13, 18594. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44563-z at Barabasi Lab.

Herrera-Guzmán, Y., Lee, E., & Kim, H. (2023). Structural gender imbalances in ballet collaboration networks. EPJ Data Sci. 12, 53 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00428-z

Larraín-Valenzuela, J., Herrera-Guzmán, Y., Mardones, F., Freire, Y., Kausel, L., & Aboitiz, F. (2022). Aportes históricos de la neurociencia cognitiva y su emergencia en Chile. Revista médica de Chile, 150(3), 368-380. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872022000300368

Herrera-Guzmán Y., Graells-Garrido, E., & Caro, D. (2020). Beyond Performing Arts: Network Composition and Collaboration Patterns. Communities, 9(20), 18. Accepted paper for the Wiki Workshop held virtually at The Web Conference 2020. 

Germain, D.P., Herrera-Guzmán, Y. (2004). Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Ann. Genet, Jan-Mar; 47(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anngen.2003.07.002. PMID: 15127738.

2025 Certifications

Supportive collaborations:

Bettina Neuhaus and Eva Karczag. ‘Along the Lines’. Last accessed: August 14, 2024. https://www.alongthelines.net/

Davit, J., Soto-Icaza, P. (Principal Investigator), Herrera-Guzmán, Y., Briganti, G., et al. (2022–ongoing). Clinical characterization in girls, boys, and adolescents with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a sample from Santiago de Chile [Ongoing Ph.D. research project, Universidad del Desarrollo].

Förster, Francisco, et al. DELIGHT: Deep Learning Identification of Galaxy Hosts of Transients using Multiresolution Images. The Astronomical Journal, 164.5 (2022), 195. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac912a

David-Barrett, Tamas. World-wide Evidence for Gender Difference in Sociality. arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.02964 (2022). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2203.02964

Contractor, Noshir. How can computational social science motivate the development of theories, data, and methods to advance our understanding of communication and organizational dynamics?. The Oxford Handbook of Networked Communication (2019). DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190460518.013.7

Veliu, Liridona. # Balkanization: A Critical Study of Otherness Through Twitter. Springer (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23824-7

Science communication and outreach:

Science Gallery International (July 2025). Yessica Herrera: building an academic career across science, art, and communication.

Wikimedia Diff (June 2025). Translating Wikipedia to Empower Women in Dance in Spanish-Speaking Communities.

Media coverage:

University of Virginia. New Research Uncovers How Hidden Networks Can Predict Success in Ballet.

Talks:

Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society. “Networks and the Social Complexity of Art”. (2025).

Complexity Science Hub. “Social inequalities in ballet: implications for career success”. Lecture Series on Network Inequality (2024).

Selected conferences:

Data Art Symposium — Women in Dance Leadership Conference — Conference on Cultural Analytics — Conference on Complex Systems — IC2S2 — NetSci — The Web Conference — Mexican National Meeting of Psychology — Mexican National Meeting of Contemporary Dance Students

Institutional collaborations: