Idán Tuval

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Idán Tuval is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Idán Tuval has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 13 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 12 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Idán Tuval's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (27 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (10 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers). Idán Tuval is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (27 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (10 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (10 papers). Idán Tuval collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Idán Tuval's co-authors include Raymond E. Goldstein, Marco Polin, Knut Drescher, Oreste Piro, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, John O. Kessler, Luis Cisneros, Christopher Dombrowski, Charles W. Wolgemuth and J. P. Gollub and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Idán Tuval

50 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial swimming and oxygen transport near contact lines 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Bacterial swimming and oxygen transport near contact lines
    2005 554 citations Idán Tuval, Luis Cisneros et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Idán Tuval
Luis Cisneros United States
John O. Kessler United States
Vasily Zaburdaev Germany
A. C. Maggs France
Carsten Beta Germany
Douglas A. Brown United States
Guillaume Grégoire France
Markus Bär Germany
Ben O’Shaughnessy United States
Kirstine Berg‐Sørensen Denmark
Luis Cisneros United States
Idán Tuval
Citations per year, relative to Idán Tuval Idán Tuval (= 1×) peers Luis Cisneros

Countries citing papers authored by Idán Tuval

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Fields of papers citing papers by Idán Tuval

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Idán Tuval

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Font-Muñoz, Joan S., Marianne Jaubert, Marc Sourisseau, et al.. (2026). Phytochromes facilitate social behaviour in marine diatoms. Nature Communications.
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Font-Muñoz, Joan S., et al.. (2025). Anisotropic fluorescence emission by diatoms modifies the underwater oceanic light field. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(47). e2513669122–e2513669122.
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Tuval, Idán, et al.. (2024). Distinctive chemotactic responses of three marine herbivore protists to DMSP and related compounds. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 2 indexed citations
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Tuval, Idán, et al.. (2022). Microbial narrow-escape is facilitated by wall interactions. Physical Review Research. 4(2). 9 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen J., Raphaël Jeanneret, Idán Tuval, & Marco Polin. (2022). Confinement-induced accumulation and de-mixing of microscopic active-passive mixtures. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4776–4776. 15 indexed citations
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Boffetta, G., et al.. (2019). Turbulence induces clustering and segregation of non-motile, buoyancy-regulating phytoplankton. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(159). 20190324–20190324. 11 indexed citations
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Polin, Marco, et al.. (2019). Light Control of Localized Photobioconvection. Physical Review Letters. 123(15). 158101–158101. 19 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Julyan H. E., Nicolás Piro, Oreste Piro, & Idán Tuval. (2016). Geometric phases in discrete dynamical systems. Physics Letters A. 380(42). 3485–3489. 2 indexed citations
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Tuval, Idán, et al.. (2015). Microscale Patches of Nonmotile Phytoplankton. Physical Review Letters. 114(12). 128102–128102. 15 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Julyan H. E., et al.. (2015). Geometric Mixing, Peristalsis, and the Geometric Phase of the Stomach. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0130735–e0130735. 12 indexed citations
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Denny, Mark W., Kelly M. Dorgan, Dennis Evangelista, et al.. (2011). Anchor Ice and Benthic Disturbance in Shallow Antarctic Waters: Interspecific Variation in Initiation and Propagation of Ice Crystals. Biological Bulletin. 221(2). 155–163. 11 indexed citations
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Tuval, Idán, Knut Drescher, & Raymond E. Goldstein. (2010). The Fidelity of Adaptive Phototaxis. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Drescher, Knut, Kyriacos C. Leptos, Idán Tuval, et al.. (2009). DancingVolvox: Hydrodynamic Bound States of Swimming Algae. Physical Review Letters. 102(16). 168101–168101. 278 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Julyan H. E., Marcelo O. Magnasco, Oreste Piro, & Idán Tuval. (2008). Neutrally Buoyant Particles and Bailout Embeddings in Three-Dimensional Flows. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Escribano, Bruno, Idán Tuval, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, et al.. (2008). Dynamics of tidal synchronization and orbit circularization of celestial bodies. Physical Review E. 78(3). 36216–36216. 11 indexed citations
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Meent, Jan-Willem van de, Idán Tuval, & Raymond E. Goldstein. (2008). Nature’s Microfluidic Transporter: Rotational Cytoplasmic Streaming at High Péclet Numbers. Physical Review Letters. 101(17). 178102–178102. 31 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Julyan H. E., Nicolás Piro, Oreste Piro, & Idán Tuval. (2008). Fluid dynamics of establishing left–right patterning in development. Birth Defects Research Part C Embryo Today Reviews. 84(2). 95–101. 5 indexed citations
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Tuval, Idán, Luis Cisneros, Christopher Dombrowski, et al.. (2005). Bacterial swimming and oxygen transport near contact lines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(7). 2277–2282. 554 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cartwright, Julyan H. E., Oreste Piro, & Idán Tuval. (2004). Fluid-dynamical basis of the embryonic development of left-right asymmetry in vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(19). 7234–7239. 154 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Julyan H. E., Juan Manuel García‐Ruiz, Oreste Piro, C. Ignacio Sainz‐Díaz, & Idán Tuval. (2004). Chiral Symmetry Breaking during Crystallization: An Advection-Mediated Nonlinear Autocatalytic Process. Physical Review Letters. 93(3). 35502–35502. 61 indexed citations

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