I. Kovács

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
209 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

I. Kovács is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, I. Kovács has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Materials Chemistry, 60 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 60 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in I. Kovács's work include Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (58 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (41 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (31 papers). I. Kovács is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (58 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (41 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (31 papers). I. Kovács collaborates with scholars based in Hungary, United States and United Kingdom. I. Kovács's co-authors include J. Lendvai, Péter Csermely, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Feixiong Cheng, Máté Szalay, Ferenc Iglói, Robin Palotai, H. Löffler, Tamás Korcsmáros and T. Ungár and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

I. Kovács

199 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Rotational structure in the spectra of diatomic molecules. 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 2019 2019 200 400 600
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. Rotational structure in the spectra of diatomic molecules.
    1967 740 citations I. Kovács profile →
  2. Network-based prediction of drug combinations
    2019 503 citations Feixiong Cheng, I. Kovács et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Network-based prediction of protein interactions
    2019 283 citations I. Kovács, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
I. Kovács Hungary 32 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 1000 888 209 5.0k
Pratyush Tiwary United States 30 2.7k 2.2× 2.1k 1.8× 930 0.9× 616 0.6× 295 0.3× 90 5.2k
D. C. Rapaport Israel 31 839 0.7× 2.5k 2.2× 1.5k 1.4× 540 0.5× 122 0.1× 102 6.7k
Martin Grant Canada 45 540 0.4× 4.6k 4.0× 1.2k 1.2× 947 0.9× 1.5k 1.7× 169 7.4k
M. G. Brereton United Kingdom 26 303 0.2× 1.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 490 0.5× 167 0.2× 66 6.5k
Weiqing Ren United States 25 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 998 0.9× 214 0.2× 101 0.1× 61 4.4k
Michael Hart United States 38 1.1k 0.9× 3.6k 3.2× 1.3k 1.3× 935 0.9× 343 0.4× 204 9.5k
Kenji Yasuoka Japan 44 806 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 218 0.2× 575 0.6× 244 5.9k
Normand Mousseau Canada 46 2.3k 1.8× 2.9k 2.6× 1.1k 1.0× 612 0.6× 135 0.2× 201 6.1k
Tapio Ala-Nissilä Finland 52 895 0.7× 4.3k 3.8× 2.4k 2.2× 772 0.8× 417 0.5× 350 9.6k
John G. Kirkwood United States 35 1.6k 1.3× 2.1k 1.9× 1.8k 1.7× 285 0.3× 250 0.3× 84 7.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by I. Kovács

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I. Kovács

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meng, Xiangyi, et al.. (2025). Path Percolation in Quantum Communication Networks. Physical Review Letters. 134(3). 30803–30803. 4 indexed citations
2.
Meng, Xiangyi, et al.. (2025). Quantum Communication Networks Enhanced by Distributed Quantum Memories. Quantum. 9. 1948–1948.
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Kovács, I., et al.. (2024). Utilizing the open-source programming language Python to create interactive Quality Assurance dashboards for diagnostic and screening performance in Cytology. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. 13(4). 309–318. 1 indexed citations
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Bianconi, Ginestra, Edward T. Bullmore, Mark Burgess, et al.. (2023). Neuroscience Needs Network Science. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(34). 5989–5995. 38 indexed citations
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Kovács, I., et al.. (2023). Cluster tomography in percolation. Physical Review Research. 5(4). 2 indexed citations
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Kaller, Réka, Adrian Vasile Mureșan, Emil Marian Arbănași, et al.. (2022). Uncommon Surgical Management by AVF between the Great Saphenous Vein and Anterior Tibial Artery for Old Radiocephalic AVF Failure. Life. 12(4). 529–529. 12 indexed citations
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Kovács, I., et al.. (2020). Uncovering the genetic blueprint of the C. elegans nervous system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(52). 33570–33577. 21 indexed citations
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Juhász, Róbert & I. Kovács. (2020). Scaling of local persistence in the disordered contact process. Physical review. E. 102(1). 12108–12108. 1 indexed citations
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Maróti, Péter, et al.. (2020). Correlated clusters of closed reaction centers during induction of intact cells of photosynthetic bacteria. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14012–14012. 8 indexed citations
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Kovács, I. & Róbert Juhász. (2020). Emergence of disconnected clusters in heterogeneous complex systems. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21874–21874. 5 indexed citations
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Cheng, Feixiong, I. Kovács, & Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási. (2019). Network-based prediction of drug combinations. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1197–1197. 503 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kovács, I., M. Horváth, Tamás Kovács, et al.. (2014). Comparison of proton channel, phagocyte oxidase, and respiratory burst levels between human eosinophil and neutrophil granulocytes. Free Radical Research. 48(10). 1190–1199. 18 indexed citations
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Kovács, I., György Falus, Károly Hidas, et al.. (2011). Asztenoszféra-áramlás mint a tercier kilökődés és extenzió hajtóereje?. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). 1 indexed citations
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Szalay-Bekő, Máté, Robin Palotai, Balázs Szappanos, et al.. (2011). ModuLand plug-in for Cytoscape: extensively overlapping modules, community centrality and their use in biological networks. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Kovács, I., Dragan Marušič, & Mikhail Muzychuk. (2010). Primitive bicirculant association schemes and a generalization of Wielandt’s theorem. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 362(6). 3203–3221. 2 indexed citations
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Korcsmáros, Tamás, I. Kovács, Máté Szalay, & Péter Csermely. (2007). Molecular chaperones: The modular evolution of cellular networks. Journal of Biosciences. 32(3). 441–446. 30 indexed citations
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Szalay, Máté, I. Kovács, Tamás Korcsmáros, Csaba Böde, & Péter Csermely. (2007). Stress‐induced rearrangements of cellular networks: Consequences for protection and drug design. FEBS Letters. 581(19). 3675–3680. 59 indexed citations
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Kovács, I., et al.. (1990). Effect of iron and silicon in aluminium and its alloys : proceedings of the International Workshop held in Balatonfüred, Hungary, May 1989. 2 indexed citations
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Kovács, I., et al.. (1983). Intensity anomalies in the rotational structure of the bands in the Fulcher α-system of the hydrogen molecule. OptSp. 54(5). 537–538.
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Löffler, H., I. Kovács, & J. Lendvai. (1983). Decomposition processes in Al-Zn-Mg alloys. Journal of Materials Science. 18(8). 2215–2240. 322 indexed citations

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