Arthur T. Winfree

16.6k citations

90 papers · 12.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 43

Computer Networks and Communications top 0.05%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 0.05%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
Molecular Biology top 5%

Co-authors: Wolfgang Jahnke Steven H. Strogatz V. S. Zykov John J. Tyson Marc Courtemanche William E. Skaggs Patricia A. Penkoske Francis X. Witkowski
Topics: Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (48 papers)Neural dynamics and brain function (12 papers)Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (12 papers)
Cited by: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Computer Networks and Communications Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Journals: Nature Science The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Partner nations: United States Germany Russia

In The Last Decade

Arthur T. Winfree

89 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Geometry of Biological Time

1980 2.7k citations Arthur T. Winfree CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
Biological rhythms and the behavior of populations of coupled oscillators

1967 1.4k citations Arthur T. Winfree Journal of Theoretical Biology profile →
Spiral Waves of Chemical Activity

1972 917 citations Arthur T. Winfree Science profile →
The Geometry of Biological Time

2001 866 citations Arthur T. Winfree CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
Integrated view of resetting a circadian clock

1970 273 citations Arthur T. Winfree Journal of Theoretical Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stability of knots in excitable media 2003 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Paul Sutcliffe,Arthur T. Winfree	31
2	Chemical waves and fibrillating hearts: Discovery by computation 2002 ·Journal of Biosciences ·Arthur T. Winfree	12
3	The Geometry of Biological Timebreakdown → 2001 ·CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Arthur T. Winfree	866
4	Computer Modeling in Physiology: From Cell to Tissue - Session Introduction. 1999 ·Andrej Bugrim,Joel Keizer,(unknown),Arthur T. Winfree	1
5	Wave propagation in cardiac muscle and in nerve networks 1998 ·MIT Press eBooks ·Arthur T. Winfree	6
6	A spatial scale factor for electrophysiological models of myocardium 1998 ·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology ·Arthur T. Winfree	10
7	Spatiotemporal evolution of ventricular fibrillation 1998 ·Nature ·Francis X. Witkowski,L.J. Leon,Patricia A. Penkoske,Wayne R. Giles,Mark L. Spano,William L. Ditto,Arthur T. Winfree	398
8	Quantitative optical tomography of chemical waves and their organizing centers 1996 ·Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science ·Arthur T. Winfree,(unknown),(unknown),Patrick McGuire,Zoltán Szilágyi	58
9	Response : Mechanisms of Cardiac Fibrillation 1995 ·Science ·Arthur T. Winfree	22
10	Persistent tangled vortex rings in generic excitable media 1994 ·Nature ·Arthur T. Winfree	52
11	Electrical Turbulence in Three-Dimensional Heart Muscle 1994 ·Science ·Arthur T. Winfree	354
12	Vortex Action Potentials in Normal Ventricular Muscle^a 1990 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Arthur T. Winfree	34
13	Discrete spectrum of rotor periods in an excitable medium 1990 ·Physics Letters A ·Arthur T. Winfree	17
14	Electrical instability in cardiac muscle: Phase singularities and rotors 1989 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Arthur T. Winfree	242
15	Simulation of wave‐propagation in three dimensions using fortran on the CYBER 205 1988 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·(unknown),Arthur T. Winfree	9
16	Detecting a phase singularity in a coupled stochastic system 1987 ·(unknown),Arthur T. Winfree	2
17	Wavefront geometry in excitable media 1984 ·Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena ·Arthur T. Winfree	12
18	Discontinuities in phase-resetting experiments 1984 ·American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology ·Leon Glass,Arthur T. Winfree	60
19	Resetting the amplitude ofDrosophila's circadian chronometer 1973 ·Journal of Comparative Physiology A ·Arthur T. Winfree	60
20	Integrated view of resetting a circadian clockbreakdown → 1970 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·Arthur T. Winfree	273

About Arthur T. Winfree

Arthur T. Winfree is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, having authored 90 papers that have together received 12.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (48 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (12 papers) and Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (4.3k citations), Computer Networks and Communications (7.5k citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (1.3k citations). Arthur T. Winfree has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Wolfgang Jahnke, Steven H. Strogatz, V. S. Zykov, John J. Tyson, Marc Courtemanche, William E. Skaggs, Patricia A. Penkoske, Francis X. Witkowski, Wayne R. Giles and Mark L. Spano. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

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