Francis Heylighen

6.0k total citations
126 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Francis Heylighen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Heylighen has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 19 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Francis Heylighen's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (23 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (20 papers) and Origins and Evolution of Life (17 papers). Francis Heylighen is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (23 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (20 papers) and Origins and Evolution of Life (17 papers). Francis Heylighen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United States. Francis Heylighen's co-authors include Johan Bollen, Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Alexander Riegler, J. Bernheim, Carlos Gershenson, Frank Van Overwalle, Clément Vidal, Léo Apostel, Donald T. Campbell and Cliff Joslyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Long Range Planning.

In The Last Decade

Francis Heylighen

116 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francis Heylighen Belgium 28 598 515 377 279 243 126 2.7k
Manuel Cebrián United States 31 1.1k 1.9× 584 1.1× 277 0.7× 88 0.3× 141 0.6× 105 3.8k
Hiroki Sayama United States 29 424 0.7× 403 0.8× 316 0.8× 346 1.2× 64 0.3× 157 2.7k
Christopher Hitchcock United States 23 478 0.8× 1.8k 3.5× 395 1.0× 676 2.4× 87 0.4× 50 5.2k
Ray Kurzweil United States 14 525 0.9× 1.3k 2.5× 163 0.4× 675 2.4× 374 1.5× 35 3.8k
Ronald N. Giere United States 26 729 1.2× 423 0.8× 266 0.7× 629 2.3× 182 0.7× 86 5.6k
Ernest Edmonds United Kingdom 24 582 1.0× 394 0.8× 425 1.1× 322 1.2× 56 0.2× 158 4.3k
Andrea A. diSessa United States 32 544 0.9× 517 1.0× 114 0.3× 303 1.1× 45 0.2× 71 8.5k
Nicholas Rescher United States 39 1.4k 2.3× 1.7k 3.3× 690 1.8× 546 2.0× 145 0.6× 407 8.0k
James Ladyman United Kingdom 24 351 0.6× 346 0.7× 115 0.3× 402 1.4× 379 1.6× 79 3.8k
Stephan Hartmann Germany 21 261 0.4× 436 0.8× 175 0.5× 249 0.9× 100 0.4× 87 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Heylighen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heylighen, Francis, et al.. (2023). Modeling autopoiesis and cognition with reaction networks. Biosystems. 230. 104937–104937. 7 indexed citations
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Veloz, Tomás, et al.. (2022). Towards an Analytic Framework for System Resilience Based on Reaction Networks. Complexity. 2022(1). 7 indexed citations
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Veloz, Tomás, et al.. (2021). An Analytic Framework for Systems Resilience Based on Reaction Networks. Complexity. 1 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (2012). A brain in a vat cannot break out: why the singularity must be extended, embedded and embodied. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 19. 126–142. 5 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (2009). Introduction to Self-Organizing Systems. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 4 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (2007). The Global Superorganism: An Evolutionary-cybernetic Model of the Emerging Network Society. Social Evolution & History. 6(1). 49 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis, Cliff Joslyn, & Valentin F. Turchin. (2005). Principia Cybernetica Web. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 24 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis, et al.. (2004). Protocol Requirements for Self-organizing Artifacts: Towards an Ambient Intelligence. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 3 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis & J. Bernheim. (2003). From Quantity to Quality of Life: r-K selection and human development. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 6 indexed citations
10.
Heylighen, Francis & Carlos Gershenson. (2003). The Meaning of Self-organization in Computing. IEEE Intelligent Systems. 18(4). 72–75. 45 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis, et al.. (2002). Operationalization of Meme Selection Criteria : Methodologies to Empirically Test Memetic Predictions. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 11 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis & Jean‐Marc Dewaele. (1999). Formality of Language: definition, measurement and behavioral determinants. 59 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (1999). COGNITIVE LEVELS OF EVOLUTION: from pre-rational to meta-rational. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 3 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (1998). What makes a meme successful? Selection criteria for cultural evolution. CogPrints (University of Southampton). 49 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (1997). Publications on complex, evolving systems: a citation-based survey. Complexity. 2(5). 31–36. 5 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (1995). Meta)systems as constraints on variation. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 8 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis & Cliff Joslyn. (1993). Electronic networking for philosophical development in the Principia Cybernetica Project. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 17(3). 285–293. 3 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (1990). A NEW TRANSDISCIPLINARY PARADIGM FOR THE STUDY OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 4 indexed citations
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Heylighen, Francis. (1989). Self-organization, Emergence and the Architecture of Complexity. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 74 indexed citations
20.
Heylighen, Francis. (1987). Formal Foundations for an Adaptive Metarepresentation. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 2 indexed citations

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