--- _id: '8597' abstract: - lang: eng text: Error analysis and data visualization of positive COVID-19 cases in 27 countries have been performed up to August 8, 2020. This survey generally observes a progression from early exponential growth transitioning to an intermediate power-law growth phase, as recently suggested by Ziff and Ziff. The occurrence of logistic growth after the power-law phase with lockdowns or social distancing may be described as an effect of avoidance. A visualization of the power-law growth exponent over short time windows is qualitatively similar to the Bhatia visualization for pandemic progression. Visualizations like these can indicate the onset of second waves and may influence social policy. acknowledgement: I would especially like to thank Michael Sixt for encouraging me to think about these problems while working at home due to restrictions in place. I want to thank Nick Barton, Katka Bodova, Matthew Robinson, Simon Rella, Federico Sau, Ivan Prieto, and Pradeep Kumar for useful discussions. article_number: '065005' article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Jack full_name: Merrin, Jack id: 4515C308-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Merrin orcid: 0000-0001-5145-4609 citation: ama: Merrin J. Differences in power law growth over time and indicators of COVID-19 pandemic progression worldwide. Physical Biology. 2020;17(6). doi:10.1088/1478-3975/abb2db apa: Merrin, J. (2020). Differences in power law growth over time and indicators of COVID-19 pandemic progression worldwide. Physical Biology. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/abb2db chicago: Merrin, Jack. “Differences in Power Law Growth over Time and Indicators of COVID-19 Pandemic Progression Worldwide.” Physical Biology. IOP Publishing, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/abb2db. ieee: J. Merrin, “Differences in power law growth over time and indicators of COVID-19 pandemic progression worldwide,” Physical Biology, vol. 17, no. 6. IOP Publishing, 2020. ista: Merrin J. 2020. Differences in power law growth over time and indicators of COVID-19 pandemic progression worldwide. Physical Biology. 17(6), 065005. mla: Merrin, Jack. “Differences in Power Law Growth over Time and Indicators of COVID-19 Pandemic Progression Worldwide.” Physical Biology, vol. 17, no. 6, 065005, IOP Publishing, 2020, doi:10.1088/1478-3975/abb2db. short: J. Merrin, Physical Biology 17 (2020). date_created: 2020-10-04T22:01:35Z date_published: 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-22T09:53:29Z day: '23' ddc: - '510' - '570' department: - _id: NanoFab doi: 10.1088/1478-3975/abb2db external_id: isi: - '000575539700001' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: fec9bdd355ed349f09990faab20838a7 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-10-05T13:53:59Z date_updated: 2020-10-05T13:53:59Z file_id: '8609' file_name: 2020_PhysBio_Merrin.pdf file_size: 1667111 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-10-05T13:53:59Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 17' isi: 1 issue: '6' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Physical Biology publication_identifier: eissn: - '14783975' publication_status: published publisher: IOP Publishing quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Differences in power law growth over time and indicators of COVID-19 pandemic progression worldwide tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 17 year: '2020' ...