Currently accepted at: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Nov 30, 2025
Open Peer Review Period: Dec 9, 2025 - Feb 3, 2026
Date Accepted: Mar 6, 2026
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This paper has been accepted and is currently in production.
It will appear shortly on 10.2196/88696
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Predicting Prefectural Subjective Well-Being in Japan Using Google Trends and Socioeconomic Data: An Infodemiology-Informed Stacked-Ensemble Study
ABSTRACT
Using 2022-2025 data for Japan’s 47 prefectures, we test whether Google Trends indicators improves stacked-ensemble predictions of prefectural subjective well-being.
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