Itamar Procaccia

33.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
399 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Itamar Procaccia is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Itamar Procaccia has authored 399 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Computational Mechanics, 120 papers in Materials Chemistry and 114 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Itamar Procaccia's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (111 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (110 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (106 papers). Itamar Procaccia is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (111 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (110 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (106 papers). Itamar Procaccia collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and China. Itamar Procaccia's co-authors include Peter Grassberger, H. G. E. Hentschel, Victor S. L’vov, Ben O’Shaughnessy, R. D. Levine, Edan Lerner, Smarajit Karmakar, Mogens H. Jensen, Gemunu H. Gunaratne and Predrag Cvitanović and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Itamar Procaccia

396 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring the strangeness of strange attractors 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 1983 1983 1983 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Measuring the strangeness of strange attractors
    1983 4.1k citations Peter Grassberger, Itamar Procaccia Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena profile →
  2. Characterization of Strange Attractors
    1983 3.5k citations Peter Grassberger, Itamar Procaccia Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. The infinite number of generalized dimensions of fractals and strange attractors
    1983 1.4k citations H. G. E. Hentschel, Itamar Procaccia Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena profile →
  4. Estimation of the Kolmogorov entropy from a chaotic signal
    1983 1.1k citations Peter Grassberger, Itamar Procaccia Physical review. A, General physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Itamar Procaccia Israel 56 8.8k 5.1k 4.1k 3.8k 3.3k 399 22.9k
Harry L. Swinney United States 76 10.7k 1.2× 3.2k 0.6× 3.4k 0.8× 6.3k 1.6× 10.3k 3.2× 260 29.8k
Peter Grassberger Germany 66 10.8k 1.2× 5.8k 1.1× 5.4k 1.3× 728 0.2× 3.9k 1.2× 269 27.4k
Angelo Vulpiani Italy 49 8.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.3× 2.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 3.0k 0.9× 301 13.8k
David Ruelle France 60 10.8k 1.2× 3.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 4.0k 1.2× 186 20.5k
Kurt Wiesenfeld United States 44 9.5k 1.1× 2.5k 0.5× 4.3k 1.1× 701 0.2× 6.3k 1.9× 143 20.6k
J. B. Swift United States 33 5.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.3× 2.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 4.3k 1.3× 97 13.3k
Chao Tang China 47 3.0k 0.3× 2.5k 0.5× 5.7k 1.4× 831 0.2× 870 0.3× 233 20.3k
Ralf Metzler Germany 78 11.4k 1.3× 1.8k 0.3× 3.1k 0.8× 928 0.2× 1.0k 0.3× 400 31.5k
J. Klafter Israel 79 10.3k 1.2× 1.7k 0.3× 4.3k 1.1× 823 0.2× 1.5k 0.5× 353 31.5k
Edward Ott United States 97 24.3k 2.8× 3.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 15.3k 4.7× 541 41.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shang, Jin, et al.. (2026). Experimental confirmation of hyperuniformity of torque fluctuations in frictional matter. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 153(3). 37001–37001.
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Hentschel, H. G. E., et al.. (2024). Dynamic screening by plasticity in amorphous solids. Physical review. E. 109(4). 44902–44902. 2 indexed citations
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Moshe, Michael, et al.. (2023). Anomalous elasticity and emergent dipole screening in three-dimensional amorphous solids. Physical review. E. 107(5). 55005–55005. 12 indexed citations
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Moshe, Michael, et al.. (2022). Experimental and numerical verification of anomalous screening theory in granular matter. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 164. 112609–112609. 16 indexed citations
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Lemaı̂tre, Anaël, et al.. (2021). Frictional Granular Matter: Protocol Dependence of Mechanical Properties. Physical Review Letters. 126(7). 75501–75501. 12 indexed citations
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Lemaı̂tre, Anaël, et al.. (2021). Anomalous elasticity and plastic screening in amorphous solids. Physical review. E. 104(2). 24904–24904. 38 indexed citations
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Biferale, Luca, et al.. (2019). Strong anisotropy of superfluid He4 counterflow turbulence. Physical review. B.. 100(13). 3 indexed citations
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Chikkadi, Vijayakumar, et al.. (2015). Spreading plastic failure as a mechanism for the shear modulus reduction in amorphous solids. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 110(4). 48001–48001. 7 indexed citations
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Cohen, Y., Smarajit Karmakar, Itamar Procaccia, & K. Samwer. (2013). The nature of the $\beta$-peak in the loss modulus of amorphous solids. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Karmakar, Smarajit, Edan Lerner, Itamar Procaccia, & Jacques Zylberg. (2010). Statistical physics of elastoplastic steady states in amorphous solids: Finite temperatures and strain rates. Physical Review E. 82(3). 31301–31301. 59 indexed citations
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Karmakar, Smarajit, Anaël Lemaı̂tre, Edan Lerner, & Itamar Procaccia. (2010). Predicting Plasticity in Amorphous Solids. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Y., Joachim Mathiesen, & Itamar Procaccia. (2009). Drying patterns: Sensitivity to residual stresses. Physical Review E. 79(4). 46109–46109. 11 indexed citations
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Hentschel, H. G. E., et al.. (2008). Theory of specific heat in glass-forming systems. Physical Review E. 78(6). 61504–61504. 8 indexed citations
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Hentschel, H. G. E., et al.. (2008). Nonuniversality of the Specific Heat in Glass Forming Systems. Physical Review Letters. 101(26). 265701–265701. 7 indexed citations
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L’vov, Victor S., Itamar Procaccia, & Oleksii Rudenko. (2007). Log-Laws or Power-Laws: Universal Scaling Theory in Turbulent Channel and Pipe Flows. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Govindarajan, Rama, Victor S. L’vov, Itamar Procaccia, & A. Sameen. (2003). Stabilization of hydrodynamic flows by small viscosity variations. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 67(2). 26310–26310. 21 indexed citations
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Govindarajan, Rama, Victor S. L’vov, & Itamar Procaccia. (2001). Retardation of the Onset of Turbulence by Minor Viscosity Contrasts. Physical Review Letters. 87(17). 174501–174501. 42 indexed citations
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Procaccia, Itamar & Reuven Zeitak. (1989). Scaling exponents in nonisotropic convective turbulence. Physical Review Letters. 62(18). 2128–2131. 51 indexed citations
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O’Shaughnessy, Ben & Itamar Procaccia. (1985). Diffusion on fractals. Physical review. A, General physics. 32(5). 3073–3083. 280 indexed citations
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Grassberger, Peter & Itamar Procaccia. (1983). Measuring the strangeness of strange attractors. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 9(1-2). 189–208. 4110 indexed citations breakdown →

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