L. Chayes

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

L. Chayes is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Mathematical Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Chayes has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 51 papers in Mathematical Physics and 28 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in L. Chayes's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (67 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (49 papers) and Random Matrices and Applications (13 papers). L. Chayes is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (67 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (49 papers) and Random Matrices and Applications (13 papers). L. Chayes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and France. L. Chayes's co-authors include Jennifer Chayes, Daniel S. Fisher, Thomas Spencer, Charles M. Newman, Michael Aizenman, Jonathan Machta, Marek Biskup, Roman Kotecký, J. Fr�hlich and James P. Sethna and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Nuclear Physics B.

In The Last Decade

L. Chayes

81 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Finite-Size Scaling and Correlation Lengths for Disordere... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Finite-Size Scaling and Correlation Lengths for Disordered Systems
    1986 505 citations Jennifer Chayes, L. Chayes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. Chayes United States 28 1.9k 1.2k 695 677 646 82 2.6k
Bernard Nienhuis Netherlands 27 2.6k 1.4× 1.0k 0.8× 461 0.7× 1.4k 2.0× 761 1.2× 55 3.5k
Ulli Wolff Germany 31 3.0k 1.6× 924 0.7× 437 0.6× 1.3k 2.0× 838 1.3× 98 5.8k
Timothy Halpin-Healy United States 17 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 531 0.8× 298 0.4× 318 0.5× 30 2.1k
Jesper Lykke Jacobsen France 26 1.6k 0.8× 608 0.5× 334 0.5× 1.1k 1.7× 482 0.7× 147 2.7k
D S Gaunt United Kingdom 36 3.0k 1.6× 1.5k 1.2× 675 1.0× 847 1.3× 747 1.2× 97 3.5k
Malte Henkel France 30 2.1k 1.1× 822 0.7× 235 0.3× 1.2k 1.8× 1.3k 2.0× 136 3.4k
Bertrand Duplantier France 37 2.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 436 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 837 1.3× 113 4.2k
Iwan Jensen Australia 27 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 201 0.3× 293 0.4× 732 1.1× 73 2.2k
Alan J. Bray United Kingdom 27 1.4k 0.7× 729 0.6× 186 0.3× 410 0.6× 601 0.9× 63 2.1k
Jonathan Machta United States 29 1.4k 0.8× 622 0.5× 204 0.3× 565 0.8× 850 1.3× 104 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Chayes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chayes, L., et al.. (2013). An Aggregation Equation with Degenerate Diffusion: Qualitative Property of Solutions. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. 45(5). 2995–3018. 12 indexed citations
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Chayes, L. & V. Panferov. (2010). The McKean–Vlasov Equation in Finite Volume. Journal of Statistical Physics. 138(1-3). 351–380. 33 indexed citations
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Zandi, Roya, et al.. (2007). Thinning of superfluid films: critical effects immediately below the $\lambda$ point. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 5 indexed citations
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Biskup, Marek, L. Chayes, & Steven A. Kivelson. (2007). On the Absence of Ferromagnetism in Typical 2D Ferromagnets. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 274(1). 217–231. 11 indexed citations
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Chayes, L. & Hanlun Lei. (2006). Random Cluster Models on the Triangular Lattice. Journal of Statistical Physics. 122(4). 647–670. 14 indexed citations
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Alexander, Kenneth S., Marek Biskup, & L. Chayes. (2005). Colligative Properties of Solutions: II. Vanishing Concentrations. Journal of Statistical Physics. 190(S1). 3 indexed citations
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Biskup, Marek, L. Chayes, & Roman Kotecký. (2003). Comment on: “Theory of the evaporation/condensation transition of equilibrium droplets in finite volumes”. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 327(3-4). 583–588. 5 indexed citations
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Biskup, Marek, L. Chayes, & Roman Kotecký. (2000). Coexistence of Partially Disordered/Ordered Phases in an Extended Potts Model. Journal of Statistical Physics. 99(5-6). 1169–1206. 4 indexed citations
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Chayes, L., Leonid P. Pryadko, & Kirill Shtengel. (2000). Intersecting loop models on : rigorous results. Nuclear Physics B. 570(3). 590–614. 13 indexed citations
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Chayes, L., et al.. (1998). On the Unicity of Discontinuous Transitions in the Two-Dimensional Potts and Ashkin–Teller Models. Journal of Statistical Physics. 93(1-2). 1–15. 7 indexed citations
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Chayes, L. & Jonathan Machta. (1998). Graphical representations and cluster algorithms II. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 254(3-4). 477–516. 82 indexed citations
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Chayes, L.. (1996). Percolation and ferromagnetism on Z2: the q-state Potts cases. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 65(2). 209–216. 15 indexed citations
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Chayes, L.. (1996). On the length of the shortest crossing in the super-critical phase of Mandelbrot's percolation process. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 61(1). 25–43. 10 indexed citations
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Chayes, L.. (1993). The density of Peierls contours in d=2 and the height of Wedding Cake. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 26(12). L481–L488. 5 indexed citations
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Chayes, L., et al.. (1993). The density of interfaces: a new first-passage problem. Journal of Applied Probability. 30(4). 851–862. 2 indexed citations
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Aizenman, Michael, Jennifer Chayes, L. Chayes, & Charles M. Newman. (1988). Discontinuity of the magnetization in one-dimensional 1/�x?y�2 Ising and Potts models. Journal of Statistical Physics. 50(1-2). 1–40. 229 indexed citations
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Chayes, Jennifer, L. Chayes, & Roberto H. Schonmann. (1987). Exponential decay of connectivities in the two-dimensional ising model. Journal of Statistical Physics. 49(3-4). 433–445. 43 indexed citations
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Chayes, Jennifer, L. Chayes, Judy R. Franz, James P. Sethna, & S. A. Trugman. (1986). On the density of state for the quantum percolation problem. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 19(18). L1173–L1177. 19 indexed citations
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Chayes, Jennifer, L. Chayes, & Mary Beth Ruskai. (1985). Density functional approach to quantum lattice systems. Journal of Statistical Physics. 38(3-4). 497–518. 70 indexed citations
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Chayes, Jennifer, L. Chayes, & J. Fr�hlich. (1985). The low-temperature behavior of disordered magnets. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 100(3). 399–437. 42 indexed citations

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