Harry L. Swinney

39.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
260 papers, 29.8k citations indexed

About

Harry L. Swinney is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Mechanics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry L. Swinney has authored 260 papers receiving a total of 29.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 79 papers in Computational Mechanics and 59 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Harry L. Swinney's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (111 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (38 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (38 papers). Harry L. Swinney is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (111 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (38 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (38 papers). Harry L. Swinney collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Hungary. Harry L. Swinney's co-authors include J. B. Swift, John A. Vastano, Alan Wolf, Andrew M. Fraser, Qi Ouyang, W. D. McCormick, J. P. Gollub, Paul B. Umbanhowar, Francisco Melo and Michael Marder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Harry L. Swinney

258 papers receiving 28.4k 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.

Determining Lyapunov exponents from a time series

1985 7.1k citations J. B. Swift, Harry L. Swinney et al. profile →
Independent coordinates for strange attractors from mutual information

1986 3.4k citations Harry L. Swinney et al. profile →
Flow regimes in a circular Couette system with independently rotating cylinders

1986 879 citations Harry L. Swinney et al. profile →
Transition from a uniform state to hexagonal and striped Turing patterns

1991 701 citations Qi Ouyang, Harry L. Swinney Nature profile →
Localized excitations in a vertically vibrated granular layer

1996 595 citations Harry L. Swinney et al. Nature profile →
Observation of anomalous diffusion and Lévy flights in a two-dimensional rotating flow

1993 571 citations Harry L. Swinney et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Collective motion and density fluctuations in bacterial colonies

2010 548 citations Hepeng Zhang, Avraham Be’er et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Hydrodynamic Instabilities and the Transition to Turbulence

1985 409 citations Harry L. Swinney, J. P. Gollub profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harry L. Swinney United States	76	10.7k	10.3k	6.3k	3.6k	3.4k	260	29.8k
Itamar Procaccia Israel	56	8.8k 0.8×	3.3k 0.3×	3.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	4.1k 1.2×	399	22.9k
Philip Holmes United States	69	14.9k 1.4×	8.1k 0.8×	7.2k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	748 0.2×	287	35.9k
Edward Ott United States	97	24.3k 2.3×	15.3k 1.5×	1.7k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	541	41.2k
J. B. Swift United States	33	5.9k 0.6×	4.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	2.0k 0.6×	97	13.3k
Brian P. Flannery United States	33	4.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.2×	3.5k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	79	49.1k
J. P. Gollub United States	62	3.3k 0.3×	3.3k 0.3×	4.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	165	13.6k
William T. Vetterling United States	24	4.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.2×	3.5k 0.5×	3.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	62	47.5k
Yves Pomeau France	58	4.4k 0.4×	3.5k 0.3×	5.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	256	15.3k
Peter Grassberger Germany	66	10.8k 1.0×	3.9k 0.4×	728 0.1×	1.1k 0.3×	5.4k 1.6×	269	27.4k
David Ruelle France	60	10.8k 1.0×	4.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.2×	904 0.2×	3.1k 0.9×	186	20.5k

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Jin, Weiwei, Corey S. O’Hern, Charles Radin, Mark D. Shattuck, & Harry L. Swinney. (2020). Homogeneous Crystallization in Cyclically Sheared Frictionless Grains. Physical Review Letters. 125(25). 258003–258003. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Likun & Harry L. Swinney. (2014). Virtual Seafloor Reduces Internal Wave Generation by Tidal Flow. Physical Review Letters. 112(10). 104502–104502. 11 indexed citations

Zhao, Song‐Chuan, et al.. (2012). Correlation between Voronoi volumes in disc packings. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 21 indexed citations

Be’er, Avraham, Ernst‐Ludwig Florin, Carolyn R. Fisher, Harry L. Swinney, & Shelley M. Payne. (2011). Surviving Bacterial Sibling Rivalry: Inducible and Reversible Phenotypic Switching in Paenibacillus dendritiformis. mBio. 2(3). e00069–11. 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Hepeng, et al.. (2010). Tidal flow over three‐dimensional topography generates out‐of‐forcing‐plane harmonics. Geophysical Research Letters. 37(14). 14 indexed citations

Be’er, Avraham, Hepeng Zhang, Ernst‐Ludwig Florin, et al.. (2009). Deadly competition between sibling bacterial colonies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(2). 428–433. 91 indexed citations

Ulrich, Stephan, Matthias Schröter, & Harry L. Swinney. (2007). Influence of friction on granular segregation. Physical Review E. 76(4). 42301–42301. 63 indexed citations

Moon, Sung Joon, J. B. Swift, & Harry L. Swinney. (2004). Role of friction in pattern formation in oscillated granular layers. Physical Review E. 69(3). 31301–31301. 31 indexed citations

Ciamarra, Massimo Pica, et al.. (2004). Dynamics of Drag and Force Distributions for Projectile Impact in a Granular Medium. Physical Review Letters. 92(19). 194301–194301. 148 indexed citations

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Deegan, Robert D., et al.. (2003). Cracks in rubber under tension break the shear wave speed limit. arXiv (Cornell University).

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Sharon, Eran, et al.. (2002). Buckling cascades in free sheets. Nature. 419(6907). 579–579. 166 indexed citations

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Petrov, Valery, Qi Ouyang, & Harry L. Swinney. (1997). Resonant pattern formation in achemical system. Nature. 388(6643). 655–657. 318 indexed citations

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Lee, Kyoung J., W. D. McCormick, Qi Ouyang, & Harry L. Swinney. (1993). Pattern Formation by Interacting Chemical Fronts. Science. 261(5118). 192–194. 306 indexed citations

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Lee, Kyoung J., W. D. McCormick, Harry L. Swinney, & Zoltán Noszticzius. (1992). Turing patterns visualized by index of refraction variations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 96(5). 4048–4049. 25 indexed citations

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Swinney, Harry L., et al.. (1991). Waves and Patterns in Chemical and Biological Media. MIT Press eBooks. 264. 27 indexed citations

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Vastano, John A., John E. Pearson, Werner Horsthemke, & Harry L. Swinney. (1988). Turing patterns in an open reactor. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 88(10). 6175–6181. 44 indexed citations

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Tam, Wing Yim & Harry L. Swinney. (1987). Mass Transport in Turbulent Couette-Taylor Flow. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 36. 1374–1381. 4 indexed citations

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Noszticzius, Zoltán, Werner Horsthemke, W. D. McCormick, Harry L. Swinney, & Wing Yim Tam. (1987). Sustained chemical waves in an annular gel reactor: a chemical pinwheel. Nature. 329(6140). 619–620. 182 indexed citations

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Swinney, Harry L., J. P. Gollub, & Jean-Paul Zahn. (1982). Book-Review - Hydrodynamic Instabilities and the Transition to Turbulence. 33. 459. 7 indexed citations

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Swinney, Harry L.. (1978). Hydrodynamic Instabilities and the Transition to Turbulence. Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 64. 164–175. 17 indexed citations

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