Alexander F. Vakakis

19.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
394 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Alexander F. Vakakis is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander F. Vakakis has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 102 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 99 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alexander F. Vakakis's work include Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids (131 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (76 papers) and Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (70 papers). Alexander F. Vakakis is often cited by papers focused on Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids (131 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (76 papers) and Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (70 papers). Alexander F. Vakakis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Belgium. Alexander F. Vakakis's co-authors include Lawrence A. Bergman, D. Michael McFarland, Gaëtan Kerschen, Jean‐Claude Golinval, Oleg Gendelman, Leonid I. Manevitch, Keith Worden, D. Dane Quinn, Mohammad A. AL-Shudeifat and Yuli Starosvetsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alexander F. Vakakis

391 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Past, present and future of nonlinear system identification in structural dynamics

2005 810 citations Gaëtan Kerschen, Alexander F. Vakakis et al. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
The Method of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Dynamical Characterization and Order Reduction of Mechanical Systems: An Overview

2005 665 citations Gaëtan Kerschen, Jean‐Claude Golinval et al. Nonlinear Dynamics profile →
Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems

2008 569 citations Alexander F. Vakakis, D. Michael McFarland et al. profile →
Nonlinear normal modes, Part I: A useful framework for the structural dynamicist

2008 498 citations Gaëtan Kerschen, Jean‐Claude Golinval et al. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
Energy Pumping in Nonlinear Mechanical Oscillators: Part I—Dynamics of the Underlying Hamiltonian Systems

2000 486 citations Oleg Gendelman, Alexander F. Vakakis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander F. Vakakis United States	60	10.1k	4.8k	3.2k	2.2k	2.2k	394	14.7k
Steven W. Shaw United States	48	3.2k 0.3×	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	982 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	216	7.9k
Marian Wiercigroch United Kingdom	51	2.4k 0.2×	2.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	293	8.4k
Dean T. Mook United States	35	2.7k 0.3×	3.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	928 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	123	8.4k
Gaëtan Kerschen Belgium	42	6.5k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	862 0.4×	892 0.4×	214	8.4k
Michael I. Friswell United Kingdom	73	13.9k 1.4×	5.6k 1.2×	7.7k 2.4×	2.5k 1.2×	627 0.3×	671	24.8k
Earl H. Dowell United States	62	4.3k 0.4×	5.5k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	3.3k 1.5×	614	17.8k
Balakumar Balachandran United States	43	1.8k 0.2×	1.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	225	6.4k
Jan Awrejcewicz Poland	42	1.6k 0.2×	2.6k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	747	9.7k
Christophe Pierre United States	48	5.6k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	831 0.4×	457 0.2×	269	8.1k
Sondipon Adhikari United Kingdom	67	6.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	4.3k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	609 0.3×	504	16.4k

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Vakakis, Alexander F., et al.. (2025). Interband targeted energy transfer, wave arrest, and redirection in phononic lattices with strongly nonlinear local resonators. Physical review. E. 111(4). 44213–44213.

Mojahed, Alireza, et al.. (2023). Irreversible energy transfers in systems with particle impact dampers. Nonlinear Dynamics. 112(1). 35–58. 7 indexed citations

Zande, Arend M. van der, et al.. (2023). Ultra-Tuning of nonlinear drumhead MEMS resonators by Electro-Thermoelastic buckling. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 196. 110331–110331. 13 indexed citations

Vakakis, Alexander F., et al.. (2023). Spectral energy scattering and targeted energy transfer in phononic lattices with local vibroimpact nonlinearities. Physical review. E. 108(4). 6 indexed citations

Wang, Chongan, et al.. (2023). Machine learning extreme acoustic non-reciprocity in a linear waveguide with multiple nonlinear asymmetric gates. Nonlinear Dynamics. 111(18). 17277–17297. 3 indexed citations

Mojahed, Alireza, et al.. (2022). Experimental Inter-Modal Targeted Energy Transfer in a cantilever beam undergoing Vibro-impacts. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 539. 117212–117212. 20 indexed citations

Vakakis, Alexander F., et al.. (2021). Extreme intermodal energy transfers through vibro-impacts for highly effective and rapid blast mitigation. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 103. 106012–106012. 17 indexed citations

Bergman, Lawrence A., et al.. (2021). An Experimental Study of the Effects of a Nonlinear Store on the Steady-State Dynamics of a Test Airplane. SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. 4(2). 404–410. 1 indexed citations

Saeed, Adnan S., Mohammad A. AL-Shudeifat, W.J. Cantwell, & Alexander F. Vakakis. (2021). Two-dimensional nonlinear energy sink for effective passive seismic mitigation. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 99. 105787–105787. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Chongan, et al.. (2021). Wave redirection, localization, and non-reciprocity in a dissipative nonlinear lattice by macroscopic Landau–Zener tunneling: Theoretical results. Journal of Applied Physics. 129(9). 9 indexed citations

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Mojahed, Alireza, et al.. (2021). Modal energy exchanges in an impulsively loaded beam with a geometrically nonlinear boundary condition: computation and experiment. Nonlinear Dynamics. 103(4). 3443–3463. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Chongan, et al.. (2020). Experimental Landau-Zener Tunneling for Wave Redirection in Nonlinear Waveguides. Physical Review Applied. 14(3). 9 indexed citations

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Mojahed, Alireza, Lawrence A. Bergman, & Alexander F. Vakakis. (2020). Tunable-with-energy intense modal interactions induced by geometric nonlinearity. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 235(20). 4506–4525. 10 indexed citations

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Gendelman, Oleg & Alexander F. Vakakis. (2018). Introduction to a topical issue ‘nonlinear energy transfer in dynamical and acoustical Systems'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 376(2127). 20170129–20170129. 13 indexed citations

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Fĕckan, Mičhal, et al.. (2018). Periodically Forced Nonlinear Oscillatory Acoustic Vacuum. Axioms. 7(4). 69–69. 1 indexed citations

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Romeo, Francesco, et al.. (2018). Vibration energy harvesting from impulsive excitations via a bistable nonlinear attachment—Experimental study. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 125. 185–201. 35 indexed citations

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Theodossiades, Stephanos, et al.. (2015). Targeted energy transfer in automotive powertrains. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 2 indexed citations

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Lu, Jianwei, Yi Xu, Chen Hu, Alexander F. Vakakis, & Lawrence A. Bergman. (2013). 5-DOF Dynamic Model of Vehicle Shimmy System with Clearance at Universal Joint in Steering Handling Mechanism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Masud, Arif, et al.. (2011). Passive Suppression of Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Cylinder at $Re=100$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 64. 3 indexed citations

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Kerschen, Gaëtan, Fabien Poncelet, Jean‐Claude Golinval, Alexander F. Vakakis, & Lawrence A. Bergman. (2007). Identification of Linear and Nonlinear Systems using Signal Processing Techniques. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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