Restoring the forecasting power of Google Trends with statistical preprocessing

Candice Djorno et al.

International Journal of Forecasting2026https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2026.03.001article
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  title        = {{Restoring the forecasting power of Google Trends with statistical preprocessing}},
  author       = {Candice Djorno et al.},
  journal      = {International Journal of Forecasting},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2026.03.001},
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0.37

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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