Kurt Wiesenfeld

27.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
143 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Kurt Wiesenfeld 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, Kurt Wiesenfeld has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 72 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 57 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kurt Wiesenfeld's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (93 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (45 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (23 papers). Kurt Wiesenfeld is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (93 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (45 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (23 papers). Kurt Wiesenfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Denmark. Kurt Wiesenfeld's co-authors include Chao Tang, Per Bak, Edward Ott, Bruce McNamara, Frank Moss, Rajarshi Roy, Steven H. Strogatz, Pere Colet, P. Hadley and Fernán Jaramillo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Wiesenfeld

141 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

Self-organized criticality: An explanation of the 1/fnoise 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 1988 1994 1995 1989 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Self-organized criticality: An explanation of the 1/fnoise
    1987 5.2k citations Kurt Wiesenfeld et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Self-organized criticality
    1988 3.3k citations Kurt Wiesenfeld et al. profile →
  3. Chaos in Dynamical Systems
    1994 2.6k citations Kurt Wiesenfeld et al. profile →
  4. Stochastic resonance and the benefits of noise: from ice ages to crayfish and SQUIDs
    1995 1.4k citations Kurt Wiesenfeld et al. profile →
  5. Theory of stochastic resonance
    1989 1.3k citations Kurt Wiesenfeld et al. profile →
  6. Observation of Stochastic Resonance in a Ring Laser
    1988 749 citations Kurt Wiesenfeld et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kurt Wiesenfeld United States 44 9.5k 6.3k 4.3k 3.3k 2.7k 143 20.6k
Harry L. Swinney United States 76 10.7k 1.1× 10.3k 1.6× 3.4k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 260 29.8k
Peter Grassberger Germany 66 10.8k 1.1× 3.9k 0.6× 5.4k 1.3× 3.5k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 269 27.4k
Itamar Procaccia Israel 56 8.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.5× 4.1k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 2.1k 0.8× 399 22.9k
Tamás Vicsek Hungary 69 9.0k 0.9× 7.5k 1.2× 9.7k 2.3× 966 0.3× 1.4k 0.5× 223 34.8k
Edward Ott United States 97 24.3k 2.6× 15.3k 2.4× 2.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.9× 5.0k 1.8× 541 41.2k
Sergey V. Buldyrev United States 80 9.6k 1.0× 3.0k 0.5× 3.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 2.2k 0.8× 330 30.7k
Celso Grebogi United States 79 18.8k 2.0× 11.7k 1.9× 1.3k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 437 26.1k
Angelo Vulpiani Italy 49 8.3k 0.9× 3.0k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 301 13.8k
Per Bak United States 59 5.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.3× 9.4k 2.2× 1.8k 0.5× 3.8k 1.4× 165 26.1k
Eshel Ben‐Jacob Israel 72 3.1k 0.3× 4.5k 0.7× 4.8k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 325 22.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt, et al.. (2025). Simple traffic model as a space-time clustering phenomenon. Physical review. E. 112(5). 54104–54104.
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt. (2020). Synchronization in disordered superconducting arrays. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 53(6). 64002–64002. 5 indexed citations
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Murphey, Todd D., et al.. (2019). A robot made of robots: Emergent transport and control of a smarticle ensemble. Science Robotics. 4(34). 57 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt, et al.. (2019). Dynamics of tinnitus and coordinated reset therapy. Physical review. E. 99(5). 52403–52403. 2 indexed citations
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Kenig, Eyal, M. C. Cross, Jeff Moehlis, & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (2013). Phase noise of oscillators with unsaturated amplifiers. Physical Review E. 88(6). 62922–62922. 10 indexed citations
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Aguilar, Jeffrey, et al.. (2012). Lift-Off Dynamics in a Simple Jumping Robot. Physical Review Letters. 109(17). 174301–174301. 26 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt, et al.. (2010). Effects of heterogeneity in synaptic conductance between weakly coupled identical neurons. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 30(2). 455–469. 4 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt, et al.. (2009). Cómo se consiguen las buenas calificaciones. El Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad EAFIT (Universidad EAFIT). 45(156). 104–106. 1 indexed citations
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Rogers, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2009). Coherence between two coupled lasers from a dynamics perspective. Optics Express. 17(11). 9357–9357. 6 indexed citations
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Филатрелла, Г., N. F. Pedersen, & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (2007). Generalized coupling in the Kuramoto model. Physical Review E. 75(1). 17201–17201. 55 indexed citations
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Rogers, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2006). Robust synchronization in fiber laser arrays. Physical Review E. 73(2). 26212–26212. 16 indexed citations
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Lindner, John F., Matthew R. Bennett, & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (2006). Potential energy landscape and finite-state models of array-enhanced stochastic resonance. Physical Review E. 73(3). 31107–31107. 17 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt, et al.. (2003). Synchronization law for a van der Pol array. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(2). 26220–26220. 9 indexed citations
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Dhamala, Mukeshwar, Giuseppe Pagnoni, Kurt Wiesenfeld, & Gregory S. Berns. (2002). Measurements of brain activity complexity for varying mental loads. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(4). 41917–41917. 16 indexed citations
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Филатрелла, Г., N. F. Pedersen, & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (2001). Two-dimensional Josephson junction arrays coupled through a high-Q cavity. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 11(1). 1184–1187. 10 indexed citations
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Inchiosa, Mario E., et al.. (2001). Stochastic dynamics in a two-dimensional oscillator near a saddle-node bifurcation. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(6). 66114–66114. 16 indexed citations
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Jaramillo, Fernán & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (1998). Mechanoelectrical transduction assisted by Brownian motion: a role for noise in the auditory system. Nature Neuroscience. 1(5). 384–388. 155 indexed citations
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Silber, Mary, Larry Fabiny, & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (1993). Stability results for in-phase and splay-phase states of solid-state laser arrays. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 10(6). 1121–1121. 81 indexed citations
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Wiesenfeld, Kurt. (1993). An Introduction to Stochastic Resonancea. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 706(1). 13–25. 5 indexed citations
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Rössler, Otto E., H.B. Stewart, & Kurt Wiesenfeld. (1990). Unfolding a chaotic bifurcation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 431(1882). 371–383. 6 indexed citations

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