A. F. Pacheco

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

A. F. Pacheco is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. F. Pacheco has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 32 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 31 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in A. F. Pacheco's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (18 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (15 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). A. F. Pacheco is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (18 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (15 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). A. F. Pacheco collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Italy. A. F. Pacheco's co-authors include Yamir Moreno, Maziar Nekovee, Javier B. Gómez, J. Sañudo, Jérôme Estève, J. Abad, D. Strottman, M. Pló, M. Asorey and Joachim Peinke and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

A. F. Pacheco

109 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamics of rumor spreadi... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Dynamics of rumor spreading in complex networks
    2004 646 citations Yamir Moreno, A. F. Pacheco et al. Physical Review E profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. F. Pacheco Spain 19 1.2k 428 306 291 263 114 2.2k
Lorenzo Pareschi Italy 35 912 0.8× 228 0.5× 201 0.7× 199 0.7× 133 0.5× 147 4.4k
G. Quispel Australia 33 2.5k 2.1× 138 0.3× 168 0.5× 548 1.9× 218 0.8× 211 4.8k
Timothy Poston Singapore 18 432 0.4× 183 0.4× 82 0.3× 338 1.2× 51 0.2× 43 2.2k
Marshall Slemrod United States 33 951 0.8× 644 1.5× 59 0.2× 297 1.0× 36 0.1× 118 5.0k
Norman Levinson United States 21 975 0.8× 362 0.8× 104 0.3× 321 1.1× 46 0.2× 74 5.7k
Jingli Ren China 33 1.0k 0.9× 178 0.4× 124 0.4× 306 1.1× 29 0.1× 205 3.9k
Earl A. Coddington United States 17 918 0.8× 344 0.8× 97 0.3× 297 1.0× 50 0.2× 37 5.4k
C. O. Dorso Argentina 25 432 0.4× 42 0.1× 640 2.1× 412 1.4× 97 0.4× 114 2.1k
Giuseppe Toscani Italy 42 2.0k 1.7× 399 0.9× 42 0.1× 202 0.7× 233 0.9× 201 5.8k
E. Ben‐Naim United States 32 1.1k 1.0× 133 0.3× 26 0.1× 303 1.0× 301 1.1× 103 3.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. F. Pacheco

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pacheco, A. F., et al.. (2018). Class of easily implementable fixed‐length to variable‐length balanced binary line codes. Electronics Letters. 55(5). 266–268. 1 indexed citations
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Tejedor, Alejandro, Javier B. Gómez, & A. F. Pacheco. (2010). Hierarchical model for distributed seismicity. Physical Review E. 82(1). 16118–16118. 4 indexed citations
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Manshour, Pouya, Takeshi Matsumoto, Javier B. Gómez, et al.. (2010). Anomalous fluctuations of vertical velocity of Earth and their possible implications for earthquakes. Physical Review E. 82(3). 36105–36105. 10 indexed citations
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Tejedor, Alejandro, Javier B. Gómez, & A. F. Pacheco. (2009). Prediction of stasis and crisis in the Bak–Sneppen model. Physics Letters A. 373(44). 4077–4081. 1 indexed citations
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Sañudo, J. & A. F. Pacheco. (2006). Electrons in a box: Thomas–Fermi solution. Canadian Journal of Physics. 84(9). 833–844. 7 indexed citations
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Gómez, Javier B. & A. F. Pacheco. (2006). Monte Carlo results in time-dependent hierarchical fiber-bundle models of fracture. Physical Review E. 73(4). 47104–47104. 3 indexed citations
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Pacheco, A. F. & J. Sañudo. (2005). A maximum entropy profile for the mesosphere. 28(1). 29. 1 indexed citations
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Pacheco, A. F., et al.. (2005). Differential cross-sections with hard targets. European Journal of Physics. 26(5). 747–755.
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González, Álvaro, et al.. (2004). Using synchronization to improve the forecasting of large relaxations in a cellular-automaton model. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 68(5). 611–617. 2 indexed citations
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Moreno, Yamir, Javier B. Gómez, & A. F. Pacheco. (2003). Epidemic incidence in correlated complex networks. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(3). 35103–35103. 164 indexed citations
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López‐Ruiz, Ricardo & A. F. Pacheco. (2002). Movimiento de una partícula sobre la superficie de un cono invertido. 127–143. 1 indexed citations
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Ituarte, Leandro del Moral, Yamir Moreno, Javier B. Gómez, & A. F. Pacheco. (2001). Time dependence of breakdown in a global fiber-bundle model with continuous damage. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(6). 66106–66106. 21 indexed citations
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Moreno, Yamir, et al.. (1999). Self-Organized Criticality in a Fibre-Bundle type model. 14 indexed citations
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Gómez, Javier B., et al.. (1999). Time to failure of hierarchical load-transfer models of fracture. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(3). 2581–2594. 18 indexed citations
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Epele, L.N., H. Fanchiotti, C. A. Garcı́a Canal, & A. F. Pacheco. (1991). Lower bound for the ground energy of spin systems. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 173(3). 500–506. 3 indexed citations
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Pacheco, A. F. & D. Strottman. (1989). Nuclear-structure corrections to estimates of the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleus cross section. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 40(6). 2131–2133. 39 indexed citations
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Pacheco, A. F. & J. Sañudo. (1988). Verification of the virial theorem in the Thomas-Fermi model. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 151(1). 113–123. 3 indexed citations
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Pacheco, A. F. & J. Sañudo. (1988). Thomas-Fermi method for exponential forces. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 21(5). 1213–1220. 3 indexed citations
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Pacheco, A. F., et al.. (1985). Thomas-Fermi description of the atomic physics of nuclearites. Physics Letters B. 154(2-3). 217–220. 9 indexed citations
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Abad, J. & A. F. Pacheco. (1982). Study of some nuclear contributions to the lifetime of the proton. Physics Letters B. 109(4). 279–282. 3 indexed citations

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