M. E. J. Newman

134.5k citations

175 papers · 82.1k indexed · 36 hit papers · h-index 81

Impact in

Statistical and Nonlinear Physics top 0.01%
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Modeling and Simulation top 0.05%

Papers in

Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 126
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques 118
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence 76
Medical Terminology 1

Co-authors: Michelle Girvan Aaron Clauset Duncan J. Watts Cristopher Moore Steven H. Strogatz Brian Karrer G. T. Barkema Juyong Park
Journals: Physical review. E (13 papers)Physical Review Letters (11 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (10 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (6 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

M. E. J. Newman

173 papers receiving 77.9k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Networks 2018 · 1.4k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
2018 Figshare
2011 Nature Physics
2011 Physical Review E
2008 Nature
2008 Physical Review Letters
2006 Physical Review E
2006 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 Physical Review E
2005 Social Networks
2004 Physical Review E
2004 Physical Review E
2004 The European Physical Journal B
2004 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 Physical Review E
2004 Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
2003 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2003 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2002 Physical Review Letters
2002 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2002 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2002 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Science
2001 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2001 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2001 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2001 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
2000 Physical Review Letters
2000 Journal of Statistical Physics
2000 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
1999 Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics
1999 Physics Letters A
1999 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. E. J. Newman

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All Works

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1	Robust Bayesian inference of network structure from unreliable data arXiv (Cornell University) ·Jean-Gabriel Young, George T. Cantwell, M. E. J. Newman	2020	2
2	Network reconstruction and error estimation with noisy network data. arXiv (Cornell University) ·M. E. J. Newman	2018	4
3	Measurement errors in network data. arXiv (Cornell University) ·M. E. J. Newman	2017	4
4	Efficient method for estimating the number of communities in a network Physical review. E ·Maria A. Riolo, George T. Cantwell, Gesine Reinert, M. E. J. Newman	2017	49
5	Generalized Communities in Networks Physical Review Letters ·M. E. J. Newman, Tiago P. Peixoto	2015	44
6	Stochastic blockmodels and community structure in networks Physical Review E ·Brian Karrer, M. E. J. Newman Hit paper breakdown →	2011	1105
7	Competing epidemics on complex networks Physical Review E ·Brian Karrer, M. E. J. Newman	2011	164
8	Robustness of community structure in networks Physical Review E ·Brian Karrer, Elizaveta Levina, M. E. J. Newman	2008	223
9	Diffusion-based method for producing density-equalizing maps Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael T. Gastner, M. E. J. Newman	2004	417
10	Statistical mechanics of networks Physical Review E ·Juyong Park, M. E. J. Newman	2004	386
11	Uniform generation of random graphs with arbitrary degree sequences arXiv (Cornell University) ·Ron Milo, Nadav Kashtan, Shalev Itzkovitz, M. E. J. Newman, Uri Alon	2003	24
12	Properties of highly clustered networks Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·M. E. J. Newman	2003	324
13	Why social networks are different from other types of networks Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·M. E. J. Newman, Juyong Park Hit paper breakdown →	2003	880
14	Mixing patterns in networks: Empirical results and models arXiv (Cornell University) ·M. E. J. Newman	2002	3
15	Email networks and the spread of computer viruses Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·M. E. J. Newman, Stephanie Forrest, Justin Balthrop Hit paper breakdown →	2002	526
16	Simple Models of Evolution and Extinction Computing in Science & Engineering ·M. E. J. Newman	2000	5
17	Models of the Small World Journal of Statistical Physics ·M. E. J. Newman Hit paper breakdown →	2000	478
18	Renormalization group analysis of the small-world network model Physics Letters A ·M. E. J. Newman, Duncan J. Watts Hit paper breakdown →	1999	1028
19	Decline in extinction rates and scale invariance in the fossil record Paleobiology ·M. E. J. Newman, Gunther J. Eble	1999	33
20	The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·James Binney, N J Dowrick, Arne Fisher, M. E. J. Newman	1992	338

About M. E. J. Newman

M. E. J. Newman is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Medical Terminology, Condensed Matter Physics, Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics, having authored 175 papers that have together received 82.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (118 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (76 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (24 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (20 papers), Graph theory and applications (16 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (14 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (13 papers) and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (48.6k citations), Modeling and Simulation (2.6k citations), Computer Networks and Communications (10.8k citations), Transportation (3.1k citations) and Artificial Intelligence (13.4k citations). M. E. J. Newman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Michelle Girvan, Aaron Clauset, Duncan J. Watts, Cristopher Moore, Steven H. Strogatz, Brian Karrer, G. T. Barkema, Juyong Park, E. A. Leicht and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi. Their work appears in journals such as Physical review. E, Physical Review Letters, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

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