Bruce McNamara

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Bruce McNamara is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce McNamara has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 2 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Bruce McNamara's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (7 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (4 papers) and Chaos control and synchronization (3 papers). Bruce McNamara is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (7 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (4 papers) and Chaos control and synchronization (3 papers). Bruce McNamara collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bruce McNamara's co-authors include Kurt Wiesenfeld, Rajarshi Roy, James P. Crutchfield, Paul H. Bryant and James Theiler and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Bruce McNamara

11 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Theory of stochastic resonance 1988 2026 2000 2013 1989 1988 400 800 1.2k
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. Theory of stochastic resonance
    1989 1.3k citations Bruce McNamara, Kurt Wiesenfeld Physical review. A, General physics profile →
  2. Observation of Stochastic Resonance in a Ring Laser
    1988 749 citations Bruce McNamara, Kurt Wiesenfeld et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce McNamara United States 9 2.2k 1.1k 624 466 454 11 2.6k
N. G. Stocks United Kingdom 26 2.1k 1.0× 995 0.9× 540 0.9× 455 1.0× 599 1.3× 66 2.4k
Horacio S. Wio Argentina 31 2.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 584 0.9× 653 1.4× 343 0.8× 169 3.3k
D. G. Luchinsky United Kingdom 26 1.4k 0.6× 712 0.6× 272 0.4× 259 0.6× 277 0.6× 138 2.0k
В. С. Анищенко Russia 37 3.7k 1.7× 3.3k 2.9× 494 0.8× 345 0.7× 1.1k 2.4× 219 4.8k
John F. Lindner United States 18 1.2k 0.6× 829 0.7× 242 0.4× 189 0.4× 322 0.7× 71 1.5k
Nigel G. Stocks United Kingdom 16 1.4k 0.7× 625 0.6× 314 0.5× 375 0.8× 801 1.8× 42 2.3k
Sudeshna Sinha India 37 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 255 0.4× 530 1.1× 639 1.4× 162 3.6k
A. A. Dubkov Russia 21 1.1k 0.5× 338 0.3× 303 0.5× 334 0.7× 330 0.7× 75 2.0k
Wu Da-Jin China 20 1.1k 0.5× 427 0.4× 283 0.5× 223 0.5× 74 0.2× 110 1.3k
J. Łuczka Poland 32 2.2k 1.0× 450 0.4× 274 0.4× 414 0.9× 231 0.5× 156 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce McNamara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce McNamara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce McNamara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce McNamara based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce McNamara. Bruce McNamara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt, James Theiler, & Bruce McNamara. (1990). Self-organized criticality in a deterministic automaton. Physical Review Letters. 65(8). 949–952. 37 indexed citations
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McNamara, Bruce & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (1990). Self-organized criticality in vector avalanche automata. Physical Review A. 41(4). 1867–1873. 30 indexed citations
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McNamara, Bruce & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (1989). Theory of stochastic resonance. Physical review. A, General physics. 39(9). 4854–4869. 1281 indexed citations breakdown →
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McNamara, Bruce, Kurt Wiesenfeld, & Rajarshi Roy. (1988). Observation of Stochastic Resonance in a Ring Laser. Physical Review Letters. 60(25). 2626–2629. 749 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roy, Rajarshi, Bruce McNamara, & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (1988). Observation of stochastic resonance in a ring laser. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. TUO1–TUO1. 8 indexed citations
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Crutchfield, James P. & Bruce McNamara. (1987). Equations of Motion from a Data Series.. Complex Systems. 1. 182 indexed citations
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Bryant, Paul H., Kurt Wiesenfeld, & Bruce McNamara. (1987). Noise rise in parametric amplifiers. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 36(1). 752–755. 17 indexed citations
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Bryant, Paul H., Kurt Wiesenfeld, & Bruce McNamara. (1987). The nonlinear effects of noise on parametric amplification: An analysis of noise rise in Josephson junctions and other systems. Journal of Applied Physics. 62(7). 2898–2913. 27 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt & Bruce McNamara. (1986). Period-Doubling Systems as Small-Signal Amplifiers. Physical Review Letters. 56(5). 539–539. 3 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt & Bruce McNamara. (1986). Small-signal amplification in bifurcating dynamical systems. Physical review. A, General physics. 33(1). 629–642. 118 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt & Bruce McNamara. (1985). Period-doubling systems as small-signal amplifiers. Physical Review Letters. 55(1). 13–16. 103 indexed citations

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