K. Alfaro-Bittner

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 773 citations indexed

About

K. Alfaro-Bittner is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Alfaro-Bittner has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 773 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 21 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in K. Alfaro-Bittner's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (19 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (9 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (9 papers). K. Alfaro-Bittner is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (19 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (9 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (9 papers). K. Alfaro-Bittner collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Chile and Italy. K. Alfaro-Bittner's co-authors include Stefano Boccaletti, Miguel Romance, Regino Criado, Marcel G. Clerc, Charo I. del Genio, Pietro De Lellis, Sarika Jalan, А. М. Райгородский, Sarbendu Rakshit and Mattia Frasca and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

K. Alfaro-Bittner

30 papers receiving 745 citations

Hit Papers

The structure and dynamics of networks with higher order ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2023 2022 50 100 150
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. The structure and dynamics of networks with higher order interactions
    2023 173 citations Stefano Boccaletti, K. Alfaro-Bittner et al. Physics Reports profile →
  2. The synchronized dynamics of time-varying networks
    2022 116 citations Dibakar Ghosh, Mattia Frasca et al. Physics Reports profile →

Peers

K. Alfaro-Bittner
Changgui Gu China
Márton Pósfai United States
Chittaranjan Hens India
Luca Gallo Italy
Mitja Slavinec Slovenia
Sayantan Nag Chowdhury India
Iacopo Iacopini United Kingdom
A. N. Samukhin Russia
Per Sebastian Skardal United States
Changgui Gu China
K. Alfaro-Bittner
Citations per year, relative to K. Alfaro-Bittner K. Alfaro-Bittner (= 1×) peers Changgui Gu

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Alfaro-Bittner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Alfaro-Bittner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2025). Noise-induced nonreciprocal topological dissipative solitons in directionally coupled chains and lattices. Nonlinear Dynamics. 113(12). 15321–15333. 1 indexed citations
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Marconi, M., et al.. (2024). Critical slowing down in a real physical system. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 186. 115218–115218. 2 indexed citations
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Bayani, Atiyeh, Fahimeh Nazarimehr, Sajad Jafari, et al.. (2024). The transition to synchronization of networked systems. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4955–4955. 16 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2023). Transition from traveling to motionless pulses in semiconductor lasers with saturable absorber. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 458. 133994–133994. 1 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., Ekaterina Vasilyeva, А. М. Райгородский, et al.. (2023). Why Are There Six Degrees of Separation in a Social Network?. Physical Review X. 13(2). 10 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Subrata, K. Alfaro-Bittner, Regino Criado, et al.. (2023). Endowing networks with desired symmetries and modular behavior. Physical review. E. 108(5). 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, Zhi‐Qiang, Peng Wang, Peican Zhu, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the effects of network, direct and indirect reciprocity in online societies. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 169. 113276–113276. 3 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2022). A compartmental model for cyber-epidemics. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 161. 112310–112310. 1 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Dibakar, Mattia Frasca, Alessandro Rizzo, et al.. (2022). The synchronized dynamics of time-varying networks. Physics Reports. 949. 1–63. 116 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2022). Double explosive transition in the synchronization of multilayer networks. Physical Review Research. 4(3). 16 indexed citations
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Sendiña–Nadal, I., Nagi Khalil, А. М. Райгородский, et al.. (2021). Growing scale-free simplices. Communications Physics. 4(1). 49 indexed citations
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Sendiña–Nadal, I., et al.. (2021). Evolutionary games on simplicial complexes. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 150. 111103–111103. 42 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2021). Nonreciprocal Coupling Induced Self-Assembled Localized Structures. Physical Review Letters. 126(19). 194102–194102. 6 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2021). Local and global information affect cooperation in networked Prisoner’s dilemma games. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 150. 111183–111183. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Zhaoqing, Zhenghong Deng, Zhen Han, et al.. (2021). Contagion in simplicial complexes. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 152. 111307–111307. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Xuelong, Xiangfeng Dai, Danyang Jia, et al.. (2020). Double explosive transitions to synchronization and cooperation in intertwined dynamics and evolutionary games. New Journal of Physics. 22(12). 123026–123026. 19 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., Sylvain Barbay, & Marcel G. Clerc. (2020). Pulse propagation in a 1D array of excitable semiconductor lasers. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 30(8). 83136–83136. 5 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2020). Front propagation steered by a high-wavenumber modulation: Theory and experiments. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 30(5). 53138–53138. 5 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2019). Photonic Computing With Single and Coupled Spiking Micropillar Lasers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 26(1). 1–7. 59 indexed citations
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Alfaro-Bittner, K., et al.. (2019). Traveling wave into an unstable state in dissipative oscillator chains. Nonlinear Dynamics. 98(2). 1391–1402. 7 indexed citations

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