Publications

On this page, you’ll find a list of my publications, along with links to associated materials such as PDFs, source files, source code, and visualization repositories when available. A BibTeX entry for citation is provided at the end of the page.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

1. Lenormand M, Féret JB, Papuga G, Alleaume S & Luque S (2025) Coupling in situ and remote sensing data to assess α- and β-diversity over biogeographic gradients. Ecography (early view).
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

2. Denelle P, Leroy B & Lenormand M (2025) Bioregionalization analyses with the bioregion R package. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 16, 496-506.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [package]

3. Vallée J & Lenormand M (2024) Intersectionality approach of everyday geography. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 51, 347-365.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

4. Lenormand M (2023) TDLM: An R package for a systematic comparison of trip distribution laws and models. Journal of Open Source Software 8, 5434.
   Open science: [PDF] [package]

5. Lenormand M & Samaniego H (2023) Uncovering the socioeconomic structure of spatial and social interactions in cities. Urban Science 7, 15.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

6. Dubos N, Préau C, Lenormand M, Papuga G, Montsarrat S, Denelle P, Le Louarn M, Heremans S, Roel M, Roche P & Luque S (2022) Assessing the effect of sample bias correction in species distribution models. Ecological Indicators 145, 109487.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

7. Dubos N, Lenormand M, Castello L, Oberdorff T, Guisan A & Luque S (2022) Protection gaps in Amazon floodplains will increase with climate change: Insight from the world’s largest scaled freshwater fish. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32, 1830-1841.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

8. Préau C, Tournebize J, Lenormand M, Alleaume S, Gouy Boussada V & Luque S (2022) Habitat connectivity in agricultural landscapes improving multi-functionality of constructed wetlands as nature-based solutions. Ecological Engineering 182, 106725.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

9. Préau C, Dubos N, Lenormand M, Denelle P, Le Louarn M, Alleaume S & Luque S (2022) Dispersal-based species pools as sources of connectivity area mismatches. Landscape Ecology 37, 729-743.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

10. Lee-Cruz L, Lenormand M, Cappelle J, Caron A, De Nys H, Peeters M, Bourgarel M, Roger F & Tran A (2021) Mapping of Ebola virus spillover: suitability and seasonal variability at the landscape scale. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15, e0009683.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

11. Lenormand M, Pella H & Capra H (2021) Animal daily mobility patterns analysis using resting event networks. Applied Network Science 6, 7.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

12. Lenormand M, Arias JM, San Miguel M & Ramasco JJ (2020) On the importance of trip destination for modeling individual human mobility patterns. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17, 20200673.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

13. Chiffoleau Y, Brit A-C, Monnier M, Akermann G, Lenormand M & Saucède M (2020) Coexistence of supply chains in a city’s food supply: a factor for resilience? Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies 101, 391-414.
    Open science: [PDF]

14. Billaud O, Soubeyrand M, Luque L & Lenormand M (2020) Comprehensive decision-strategy space exploration for efficient territorial planning strategies. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 83, 101516.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

15. Jahel C, Lenormand M, Seck I, Apolloni A, Toure I, Faye C, Sall B, Lo M, Squarzoni Diaw C, Lancelot R & Coste C (2020) Mapping livestock movements in Sahelian Africa. Scientific Reports 10, 8339.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

16. Lenormand M, Samaniego H, Chaves JC, da Fonseca Vieira V, da Silva MAHB & Evsukoff AG (2020) Entropy as a Measure of Attractiveness and Socioeconomic Complexity in Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. Entropy 22, 368.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

17. Bassolas A, Gallotti R, Lamanna F, Lenormand M & Ramasco JJ (2020) Scaling in the recovery of urban transportation systems from massive events. Scientific Reports 10, 2746.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

18. Mazzoli M, Molas A, Bassolas A, Lenormand M, Colet P & Ramasco JJ (2019) Field Theory for recurrent mobility. Nature Communications 10, 3895.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: Nature Physics

19. Lenormand M, Papuga G, Argagnon O, Soubeyrand M, De Barros G, Alleaume S & Luque S (2019) Biogeographical network analysis of plant species distribution in the Mediterranean region. Ecology & Evolution 9, 237-250.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

20. Lenormand M, Luque S, Langemeyer J, Tenerelli P, Zulian G, Aalders I, Chivulescu S, Clemente P, Dick J, van Dijk J, van Eupen M, Giuca R, Kopperoinen L, Lellei-Kovács E, Leone M, Lieskovský J, Schirpke U, Smith A, Tappeiner U & Woods H (2018) Multiscale socio-ecological networks in the age of information. PLOS ONE 13, e0206672.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

21. Lamanna F, Lenormand M, Salas-Olmedo MH, Romanillos G, Gonçalves B & Ramasco JJ (2018) Immigrant community integration in world cities. PLOS ONE 13, e0191612.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: National Geographic

22. Barbosa-Filho H, Barthelemy M, Ghoshal G, James C R, Lenormand M, Louail T, Menezes R, Ramasco JJ, Simini F & Tomasini M (2018) Human Mobility: Models and Applications. Physics Reports 734, 1-74.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

23. Lenormand M (2018) Generating OWA weights using truncated distributions. International Journal of Intelligent Systems 33, 791-801.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

24. Louail T, Lenormand M, Arias JM & Ramasco JJ (2017) Crowdsourcing the Robin Hood effect in cities. Applied Network Science 2, 11.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: Le Monde

25. Lenormand M & Ramasco JJ (2016) Towards a Better Understanding of Cities Using Mobility Data. Built Environment 42, 356-364.
    Open science: [PDF]

26. Bassolas A, Lenormand M, Tugores A, Gonçalves B & Ramasco JJ (2016) Touristic site attractiveness seen through Twitter. EPJ Data Science 5, 12.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

27. Lenormand M, Bassolas A & Ramasco JJ (2016) Systematic comparison of trip distribution laws and models. Journal of Transport Geography 51, 158-169.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

28. Lenormand M, Picornell M, Cantú-Ros OG, Louail T, Herranz R, Barthelemy M, Frias-Martinez E, San Miguel M & Ramasco JJ (2015) Comparing and modeling land use organization in cities. Royal Society Open Science 2, 150459.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

29. Lenormand M, Gonçalves B, Tugores A & Ramasco JJ (2015) Human diffusion and city influence. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12, 20150473.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [viz]

30. Lenormand M, Louail T, Cantú-Ros OG, Picornell M, Herranz R, Arias JM, Barthelemy M, San Miguel M & Ramasco JJ (2015) Influence of sociodemographic characteristics on human mobility. Scientific Reports 5, 10075.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

31. Picornell M, Ruiz T, Lenormand M, Ramasco JJ, Dubernet T & Frias-Martinez E (2015) Exploring the potential of phone call data to characterize the relationship between social network and travel behavior. Transportation 42, 647-668.
    Open science: [PDF]

32. Louail T, Lenormand M, Picornell M, Cantú-Ros OG, Herranz R, Frias-Martinez E, Ramasco JJ & Barthelemy M (2015) Uncovering the spatial structure of mobility networks. Nature Communications 6, 6007.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

33. Campanelli B, Lenormand M, Fleurquin P, Ramasco JJ & Eguíluz VM (2014) Movilidad y transporte: un viaje a traves del espacio, de la ciudad al mundo. Revista Española de Física 28, 37-41.
    Open science: [PDF]

34. Lenormand M, Tugores A, Colet P & Ramasco JJ (2014) Tweets on the road. PLOS ONE 9, e105407.
    Open science: [arXiv] [PDF]

35. Lenormand M, Picornell M, Cantú-Ros OG, Tugores A, Louail T, Herranz R, Barthelemy M, Frias-Martinez E & Ramasco JJ (2014) Cross-checking different sources of mobility information. PLOS ONE 9, e105184.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

36. Louail T, Lenormand M, Cantú-Ros OG, Picornell M, Herranz R, Frias-Martinez E, Ramasco JJ & Barthelemy M (2014) From mobile phone data to the spatial structure of cities. Scientific Reports 4, 5276.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: MIT Tech Review

37. Lenormand M, Huet S & Gargiulo F (2014) Generating French virtual commuting network at municipality level. Journal of Transport and Land Use 7, 43-55.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

38. Lenormand M & Deffuant G (2013) Generating a synthetic population of individuals in households: Sample-free vs sample-based methods. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 16, 12.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

39. Lenormand M, Jabot F & Deffuant G (2013) Adaptive approximate Bayesian computation for complex models. Computational Statistics 28, 2777-2796.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

40. Lenormand M, Huet S, Gargiulo F & Deffuant G (2012) A universal model of commuting networks. PLOS ONE 7, e45985.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

41. Lenormand M, Huet S & Deffuant G (2012) Deriving the number of jobs in proximity services from the number of inhabitants in French rural municipalities. PLOS ONE 7, e40001.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

42. Gargiulo F, Lenormand M, Huet S & Baqueiro Espinosa O (2012) Commuting network model: Getting the essentials. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 15, 6.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

Submitted papers

• Souza Oliveira M, Lenormand M, Luque S, Zamora NA, Alleaume S, Aguilar Porras AC, Castillo MU, Chacón-Madrigal E, Delgado D, Hernández Sánchez LG, Ngo Bieng M-A, Quesada RM, Solano GS, Zúñiga PM (2025) Unlocking tropical forest complexity: How tree assemblages in secondary forests boost biodiversity conservation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.02523.
  Open science: [arXiv]

• Soret M, Moulherat S, Lenormand M & Luque S (2024) Implication of modelling choices on connectivity estimation: A comparative analysis. arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.09564.
  Open science: [arXiv]

Conference papers

• Lenormand M (2023) Mapping mobile service usage diversity in cities. NetMob 2023, Madrid, Spain.
  Open science: [PDF] [arXiv extended version] [repo]

• Lenormand M, Louail T, Barthelemy M & Ramasco JJ (2016) Is spatial information in ICT data reliable? Spatial Accuracy 2016, Montpellier, France.
  Open science: [PDF] [arXiv extended version] [repo]

• Louf R, Carra G, Commenges H, Dembele J-M, Gallotti R, Lenormand M, Louail T & Barthelemy M (2015) Spatial structure and efficiency of commuting in Senegalese cities. NetMob 2015, Boston, United States.
  Open science: [PDF]

Book chapters

• Huet S, Lenormand M, Deffuant G & Gargiulo F (2014) Parametrisation of individual working dynamics. Chapter 8 in Empirical Agent-Based Modelling - Challenges and Solutions - Volume 1: The Characterisation and Parameterisation of Empirical Agent-Based Models, Smajgl A & Barreteau O (Eds.), Springer New York, 133-169.
  Open science: [PDF]

Theses

• Lenormand M (2012) Initialize and calibrate a dynamic stochastic microsimulation model: Application to the SimVillages model. PhD thesis, Blaise Pascal university, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  Open science: [PDF] [LaTeX]

• Lenormand M (2009) Analyse de données relatives à l’évolution des communes d’Auvergne pour la sélection de communes prototypiques. MSc thesis, Blaise Pascal university, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  Open science: [PDF] [LaTeX]