Hermann Haken

34.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
391 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Hermann Haken is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Hermann Haken has authored 391 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 112 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 89 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Hermann Haken's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (89 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (72 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (44 papers). Hermann Haken is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (89 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (72 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (44 papers). Hermann Haken collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Hermann Haken's co-authors include J. A. Scott Kelso, H. Bunz, R. Graham, Viktor Jirsa, Thomas Ditzinger, Cun‐Zheng Ning, P. Reineker, G. Strobl, Andrew M. Fraser and Gregor Schöner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Hermann Haken

383 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

A theoretical model of ph... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1985 1983 1975 1978 1993 500 1000 1.5k
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. A theoretical model of phase transitions in human hand movements
    1985 1.7k citations Hermann Haken et al. profile →
  2. Synergetics
    1983 818 citations Hermann Haken profile →
  3. Cooperative phenomena in systems far from thermal equilibrium and in nonphysical systems
    1975 701 citations Hermann Haken profile →
  4. Synergetics
    1978 701 citations Hermann Haken profile →
  5. Stochastic resonance without external periodic force
    1993 642 citations Hermann Haken et al. profile →
  6. Synergetics: An Introduction. Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions and Self- Organization in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
    1977 570 citations Hermann Haken CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  7. Analogy between higher instabilities in fluids and lasers
    1975 551 citations Hermann Haken profile →
  8. Advanced Synergetics
    1983 448 citations Hermann Haken profile →
  9. An exactly solvable model for coherent and incoherent exciton motion
    1973 374 citations Hermann Haken, G. Strobl profile →
  10. Field Theory of Electromagnetic Brain Activity
    1996 359 citations Hermann Haken et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Hermann Haken 6.1k 5.5k 5.3k 4.4k 2.3k 391 19.5k
Ilya Prigogine 6.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.2× 3.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 297 23.3k
Philip Holmes 14.9k 2.5× 3.9k 0.7× 1.9k 0.4× 8.1k 1.8× 1.1k 0.5× 287 35.9k
Henry D. I. Abarbanel 7.8k 1.3× 4.7k 0.9× 820 0.2× 4.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.1× 224 18.0k
Arkady Pikovsky 14.4k 2.4× 7.8k 1.4× 2.4k 0.5× 15.7k 3.6× 765 0.3× 279 24.3k
Kurt Wiesenfeld 9.5k 1.6× 3.3k 0.6× 2.7k 0.5× 6.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.5× 143 20.6k
Per Bak 5.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.3× 3.8k 0.7× 1.9k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 165 26.1k
Peter Grassberger 10.8k 1.8× 3.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 3.9k 0.9× 3.1k 1.4× 269 27.4k
Tamás Vicsek 9.0k 1.5× 966 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 7.5k 1.7× 2.3k 1.0× 223 34.8k
Stephen Grossberg 1.6k 0.3× 19.6k 3.5× 1.4k 0.3× 2.7k 0.6× 12.6k 5.6× 425 35.7k
John Guckenheimer 10.4k 1.7× 1.8k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 7.5k 1.7× 679 0.3× 145 21.9k

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All Works

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Tschacher, Wolfgang & Hermann Haken. (2023). A Complexity Science Account of Humor. Entropy. 25(2). 341–341. 3 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (2017). What Can Synergetics Contribute to Embodied Aesthetics?. Behavioral Sciences. 7(3). 61–61. 5 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann & Wolfgang Tschacher. (2011). The transfer of principles of non-equilibrum physics to embodied cognition. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 1 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (2007). Brain dynamics : synchronization and activity patterns in pulse-coupled neural nets with delays and noise. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 60 indexed citations
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Tass, Peter A. & Hermann Haken. (1996). Synchronization in networks of limit cycle oscillators. Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter. 100(2). 303–320. 28 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann, et al.. (1995). Entstehung von biologischer Information und Ordnung. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1994). Synergetics or: what are the basic principles of self-organization in nature?. 177–182. 1 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1990). Offene Systeme — die merkwürdige Welt des Nichtgleichgewichts. Physikalische Blätter. 46(7). 203–208. 1 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1989). Synergetischer Computer — ein „nicht‐biologischer” Zugang. Physikalische Blätter. 45(6). 168–171. 1 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1988). Synergetics and computers. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 22(2-3). 197–202. 2 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1988). Ordnung und Chaos in der unbelebten und belebten Natur. Physikalische Blätter. 44(12). 460–461. 8 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1985). Complex systems, operational approaches in neurobiology, physics, and computers : proceedings of the International Symposium on Synergetics at Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, May 6-11, 1985. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1976). Laser and Synergetics. Physikalische Blätter. 32(12). 583–590. 3 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1975). Herbert Fröhlich 70 Jahre alt. Physikalische Blätter. 31(12). 664–665. 1 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann. (1973). Synergetics. 25 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann, et al.. (1973). Atom-field correlation, conservation laws and the phase transition of the laser. Optics Communications. 9(2). 123–127. 7 indexed citations
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Haken, Hermann & G. Strobl. (1968). Exact treatment of coherent and incoherent triplet exciton migration. 9(2). 5–8. 8 indexed citations

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