Chris Langton

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 975 citations indexed

About

Chris Langton is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Condensed Matter Physics and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Langton has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 975 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 3 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 2 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Chris Langton's work include Cellular Automata and Applications (5 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (3 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (2 papers). Chris Langton is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Automata and Applications (5 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (3 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (2 papers). Chris Langton collaborates with scholars based in United States. Chris Langton's co-authors include Wentian Li, Norman H. Packard and William K. Wootters and has published in prestigious journals such as Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, Complex Systems and Nihon Kikai Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

In The Last Decade

Chris Langton

6 papers receiving 914 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Computation at the edge of chaos: Phase transitions and emergent computation

1990 847 citations Chris Langton Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Langton United States	3	378	290	255	205	165	6	975
Ruedi Stoop Switzerland	17	99 0.3×	141 0.5×	290 1.1×	140 0.7×	354 2.1×	83	898
Elena Agliari Italy	21	96 0.3×	307 1.1×	139 0.5×	334 1.6×	602 3.6×	76	1.3k
Eric Goles Chile	18	273 0.7×	158 0.5×	54 0.2×	553 2.7×	113 0.7×	77	925
Éric Goles Chile	14	218 0.6×	111 0.4×	31 0.1×	100 0.5×	108 0.7×	54	502
Renato M. Capocelli Italy	17	298 0.8×	552 1.9×	99 0.4×	259 1.3×	155 0.9×	42	958
Eckehard Olbrich Germany	18	72 0.2×	233 0.8×	567 2.2×	108 0.5×	424 2.6×	60	1.3k
Doyne Farmer United States	11	109 0.3×	177 0.6×	95 0.4×	141 0.7×	300 1.8×	14	1.1k
Douglas G. Kelly United States	11	65 0.2×	173 0.6×	210 0.8×	29 0.1×	121 0.7×	22	857
Ralf Der Germany	14	64 0.2×	394 1.4×	251 1.0×	59 0.3×	154 0.9×	59	798
D. Kim South Korea	15	151 0.4×	85 0.3×	80 0.3×	279 1.4×	1.5k 8.9×	25	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Langton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Langton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Langton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Langton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Langton 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 Chris Langton. Chris Langton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Langton, Chris, et al.. (2011). Groundwater control for tailings dams built on large pleistocene channel deposits : a case study of integrated systems at Suncor’s South Tailings Pond. Open Collections. 1 indexed citations

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Langton, Chris. (1994). Artificial Life. Nihon Kikai Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. 97(906). 403–407. 1 indexed citations

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Wootters, William K. & Chris Langton. (1990). Is there a sharp phase transition for deterministic cellular automata?. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 45(1-3). 95–104. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Wentian, Norman H. Packard, & Chris Langton. (1990). Transition phenomena in cellular automata rule space. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 45(1-3). 77–94. 104 indexed citations

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Langton, Chris. (1990). Computation at the edge of chaos: Phase transitions and emergent computation. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 42(1-3). 12–37. 847 indexed citations breakdown →

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Langton, Chris. (1987). Virtual State Machines in Cellular Automata.. Complex Systems. 1. 1 indexed citations

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