1998 · Nature
Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks
43,637 citationsRead
Most cited
281 papers in total2001 · Nature
Exploring complex networks
8,396 citationsRead
1994 · Computers in Physics
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
4,729 citationsRead
1998
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
4,496 citationsRead
2001 · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
Random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions and their applications
3,731 citationsRead
2000 · Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
From Kuramoto to Crawford: exploring the onset of synchronization in populations of coupled oscillators
3,121 citationsRead
Newest first
281 papers in total2026
- Expander graphs are globally synchronizingAdvances in Mathematics · 3 citations
2024
- Phase Plane1 citations
2023
- Surprises in a Classic Boundary-Layer ProblemSIAM Review · 4 citations
2022
- Fifty years of ‘More is different’Nature Reviews Physics · 44 citations
- A global synchronization theorem for oscillators on a random graphChaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science · 24 citations
- Coupled metronomes on a moving platform with Coulomb frictionChaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science · 14 citations
- Asymptotic Absorption-Time Distributions in Extinction-Prone Markov ProcessesPhysical Review Letters · 11 citations
- Modeling the Interplay Between Seasonal Flu Outcomes and Individual Vaccination DecisionsBulletin of Mathematical Biology · 6 citations
- Exploring the electric field around a loop of static charge: Rectangles, stadiums, ellipses, and knotsPhysical Review Research · 4 citations
2021
- Basins with TentaclesPhysical Review Letters · 34 citations
- Synchronization of clocks and metronomes: A perturbation analysis based on multiple timescalesChaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science · 26 citations
- How a minority can win: Unrepresentative outcomes in a simple model of voter turnoutPhysical review. E · 2 citations
- The Kuramoto model on a sphere: Explaining its low-dimensional dynamics with group theory and hyperbolic geometryChaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science · 1 citations
2020
- Dense networks that do not synchronize and sparse ones that doChaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science · 51 citations
- Antiphase Versus In-Phase Synchronization of Coupled Pendulum Clocks and MetronomesarXiv (Cornell University) · 2 citations
2019
- Quantifying the sensing power of vehicle fleetsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 100 citations
- Fitness dependence of the fixation-time distribution for evolutionary dynamics on graphsPhysical review. E · 33 citations
- Circulant networks of identical Kuramoto oscillators: Seeking dense networks that do not globally synchronize and sparse ones that doarXiv (Cornell University) · 3 citations
- On Higher Dimensional Generalized Kuramoto Oscillator SystemsarXiv (Cornell University) · 3 citations
- Outsmarting a Virus with MathScientific American · 1 citations
- Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe1 citations
2018
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with Student Solutions Manual662 citations
- Addressing the minimum fleet problem in on-demand urban mobilityNature · 397 citations
- Volcano Transition in a Solvable Model of Frustrated OscillatorsPhysical Review Letters · 35 citations
2017
- Oscillators that sync and swarmNature Communications · 372 citations
- Evolutionary dynamics of incubation periodseLife · 28 citations
- Takeover times for a simple model of network infectionPhysical review. E · 23 citations
- Spontaneous Droplet Motion on a Periodically Compliant SubstrateLangmuir · 17 citations
- Scaling Law of Urban Ride SharingScientific Reports · 1 citations
- Einstein’s First ProofPrinceton University Press eBooks · 1 citations
Research in numbers
From OpenAlex- article163
- book9
- book chapter9
- preprint8
- conference paper3
- Physical Review Letters23
- Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena14
- Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science12
- Nature12
- Physical Review E9
- Renato E. Mirollo22
- Shinya Watanabe10
- Herre S. J. van der Zant9
- Daniel M. Abrams8
- Duncan J. Watts7
Experience and education
Universities
1983 to 2009Harvard University
2007University of Akron
2007Philipps University of Marburg
2004California Institute of Technology
1991 to 1998Georgia Institute of Technology
1991 to 1992Boston College
1987 to 1989Boston University
Industry and labs
2002Santa Fe Institute
1994Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
1987Brigham and Women's Hospital