Adilson E. Motter

11.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
122 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Adilson E. Motter is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computer Networks and Communications and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adilson E. Motter has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 52 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 33 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Adilson E. Motter's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (44 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (31 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (27 papers). Adilson E. Motter is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (44 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (31 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (27 papers). Adilson E. Motter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. Adilson E. Motter's co-authors include Ying‐Cheng Lai, Takashi Nishikawa, Jürgen Kurths, Changsong Zhou, Zachary G. Nicolaou, Frank C. Hoppensteadt, Marian Anghel, Seth A. Myers, Eduardo G. Altmann and William L. Kath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Adilson E. Motter

114 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Cascade-based attacks on complex networks

2002 1.4k citations Adilson E. Motter, Ying‐Cheng Lai Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
Heterogeneity in Oscillator Networks: Are Smaller Worlds Easier to Synchronize?

2003 631 citations Takashi Nishikawa, Adilson E. Motter et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Cascade Control and Defense in Complex Networks

2004 525 citations Adilson E. Motter Physical Review Letters profile →
Spontaneous synchrony in power-grid networks

2013 515 citations Adilson E. Motter, Takashi Nishikawa et al. profile →
Network synchronization, diffusion, and the paradox of heterogeneity

2005 402 citations Adilson E. Motter, Jürgen Kurths et al. Physical Review E profile →
Mechanical metamaterials with negative compressibility transitions

2012 394 citations Adilson E. Motter et al. profile →
Small vulnerable sets determine large network cascades in power grids

2017 248 citations Takashi Nishikawa, Adilson E. Motter et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adilson E. Motter United States	39	4.7k	3.8k	1.1k	830	718	122	8.4k
Ian Stewart United Kingdom	36	3.4k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	306 0.4×	285	9.5k
Ying‐Cheng Lai United States	60	9.4k 2.0×	5.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	1.7k 2.0×	1.0k 1.5×	495	16.3k
Piet Van Mieghem Netherlands	48	5.1k 1.1×	3.0k 0.8×	653 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.5k 2.1×	271	10.6k
Mario di Bernardo Italy	53	4.0k 0.9×	4.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.7×	487 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	362	12.2k
Dong‐Uk Hwang South Korea	16	5.0k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	258 0.4×	37	8.7k
Reuven Cohen Israel	34	5.6k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	753 0.7×	242 0.3×	565 0.8×	145	8.4k
Massimo Marchiori Italy	18	3.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	602 0.6×	2.2k 2.7×	468 0.7×	61	8.4k
James P. Crutchfield United States	45	4.7k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.9×	457 0.6×	195	11.4k
Alexander S. Mikhailov Germany	49	3.1k 0.7×	4.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	748 0.9×	292 0.4×	197	8.0k
A. John Mallinckrodt United States	23	1.6k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	518 0.6×	685 1.0×	71	10.0k

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Duan, Chao, et al.. (2025). On the Popov–Belevitch–Hautus tests for functional observability and output controllability. Automatica. 174. 112122–112122. 2 indexed citations

Bick, Christian, et al.. (2025). Frequency synchronization induced by frequency detuning. Science Advances. 11(24). eadu4114–eadu4114. 1 indexed citations

Reynolds, Kimberly A., et al.. (2024). Irreversibility in bacterial regulatory networks. Science Advances. 10(35). eado3232–eado3232. 2 indexed citations

Motter, Adilson E.. (2024). Adilson E. Motter [People in Control]. IEEE Control Systems. 44(2). 23–25.

Bianconi, Ginestra, Àlex Arenas, Jacob Biamonte, et al.. (2023). Complex systems in the spotlight: next steps after the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics. Journal of Physics Complexity. 4(1). 10201–10201. 48 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuanzhao, et al.. (2021). Random heterogeneity outperforms design in network synchronization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(21). 33 indexed citations

Molnár, Ferenc, Takashi Nishikawa, & Adilson E. Motter. (2021). Asymmetry underlies stability in power grids. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1457–1457. 36 indexed citations

Hart, Joseph D., Yuanzhao Zhang, Rajarshi Roy, & Adilson E. Motter. (2019). Topological Control of Synchronization Patterns: Trading Symmetry for Stability. Physical Review Letters. 122(5). 58301–58301. 41 indexed citations

Fiebig, Aretha, et al.. (2018). Experimental evolution of diverse Escherichia coli metabolic mutants identifies genetic loci for convergent adaptation of growth rate. PLoS Genetics. 14(3). e1007284–e1007284. 22 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Takashi, et al.. (2017). Vulnerability and Cosusceptibility Determine the Size of Network Cascades. Physical Review Letters. 118(4). 48301–48301. 41 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Takashi, Jie Sun, & Adilson E. Motter. (2016). Sensitive dependence of network dynamics on network structure. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Takashi & Adilson E. Motter. (2011). Discovering Network Structure Beyond Communities. Scientific Reports. 1(1). 151–151. 15 indexed citations

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Motter, Adilson E., et al.. (2010). Slowly Produced MicroRNAs Control Protein Levels. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(6). 4742–4748. 12 indexed citations

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Amaral, Luı́s A. Nunes, Adilson E. Motter, & Michael J. Stringer. (2009). A complex systems approach to bibliometrics. PhDT. 3 indexed citations

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Motter, Adilson E. & Katrin Gelfert. (2009). Time-metric equivalence and dimension change under time reparameterizations. Physical Review E. 79(6). 65202–65202. 1 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Takashi & Adilson E. Motter. (2009). Resolving the network synchronization landscape: Compensatory structures, quantization, and the positive effect of negative interactions. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Takashi & Adilson E. Motter. (2006). Synchronization is optimal in nondiagonalizable networks. Physical Review E. 73(6). 65106–65106. 168 indexed citations

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Motter, Adilson E., Ying-Cheng Lai, & Celso Grebogi. (2003). Reactive dynamics of inertial particles in nonhyperbolic chaotic flows. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(5). 56307–56307. 32 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Takashi, Adilson E. Motter, Ying‐Cheng Lai, & Frank C. Hoppensteadt. (2002). Smallest small-world network. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(4). 46139–46139. 28 indexed citations

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Motter, Adilson E., Takashi Nishikawa, & Ying‐Cheng Lai. (2002). Range-based attack on links in scale-free networks: Are long-range links responsible for the small-world phenomenon?. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(6). 65103–65103. 76 indexed citations

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