M. Mitchell Waldrop

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
337 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

M. Mitchell Waldrop is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Mitchell Waldrop has authored 337 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 15 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. Mitchell Waldrop's work include Space exploration and regulation (50 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (22 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (21 papers). M. Mitchell Waldrop is often cited by papers focused on Space exploration and regulation (50 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (22 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (21 papers). M. Mitchell Waldrop collaborates with scholars based in United States. M. Mitchell Waldrop's co-authors include Daniel Stein, D. Cline, F. Halzen, Marilyn Tremaine, John McDermott, B. Chandrasekaran, Stuart Card, Drew McDermott, Donald A. Norman and Ben Shneiderman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. Mitchell Waldrop

244 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The chips are down for Moore’s law

2016 1.6k citations M. Mitchell Waldrop Nature profile →
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos

1992 1.6k citations M. Mitchell Waldrop et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Mitchell Waldrop United States	23	1.1k	703	626	598	462	337	5.4k
Binshan Lin United States	66	1.1k 1.0×	418 0.6×	941 1.5×	870 1.5×	2.6k 5.6×	496	14.6k
A. John Mallinckrodt United States	23	685 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	780 1.2×	125 0.2×	211 0.5×	71	10.0k
John L. Casti United States	23	265 0.2×	438 0.6×	390 0.6×	322 0.5×	241 0.5×	160	5.2k
David L. Hall United States	32	760 0.7×	244 0.3×	2.1k 3.4×	244 0.4×	730 1.6×	178	7.0k
Paul Longley United Kingdom	42	242 0.2×	339 0.5×	727 1.2×	252 0.4×	1.0k 2.2×	175	10.6k
J. P. Sullivan United States	39	2.4k 2.2×	1.8k 2.5×	213 0.3×	274 0.5×	223 0.5×	202	7.6k
Fionn Murtagh United Kingdom	28	378 0.3×	135 0.2×	1.7k 2.8×	338 0.6×	1.1k 2.3×	116	9.1k
Arie Rip Netherlands	36	585 0.5×	1.0k 1.4×	234 0.4×	513 0.9×	1.9k 4.1×	177	9.2k
G. Nìcolis Belgium	47	407 0.4×	986 1.4×	503 0.8×	287 0.5×	410 0.9×	256	12.4k
Chaoming Song United States	31	389 0.4×	758 1.1×	711 1.1×	169 0.3×	718 1.6×	74	9.2k

Countries citing papers authored by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Mitchell Waldrop

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. Mitchell Waldrop. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. Mitchell Waldrop based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with M. Mitchell Waldrop. M. Mitchell Waldrop is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (2025). Can science-based interventions tamp down polarization?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(4). e2500158122–e2500158122.

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (2017). Virtual reality therapy set for a real renaissance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(39). 10295–10299. 5 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (2016). More than Moore. Nature. 530(7589). 144–148. 77 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (2015). Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right. Nature. 523(7560). 272–274. 105 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (2014). Plasma physics: The fusion upstarts. Nature. 511(7510). 398–400. 8 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (2011). Research at Janelia: Life on the farm. Nature. 479(7373). 284–286. 1 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1992). Complexity : the emerging science and the edge of order and chaos. 19 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1991). Looking for the Hard Background. Science. 251(4992). 381–381. 1 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1991). Slowly, Hubble Begins To Do Science. Science. 251(4993). 522–523. 1 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1989). PARC Brings Adam Smith to Computing. Science. 244(4901). 145–146. 2 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1987). Artificial Intelligence Moves into Mainstream. Science. 237(4814). 484–485. 4 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1986). A Solution to the Solar Neutrino Puzzle?. Science. 232(4750). 578–578. 1 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1986). The Currents of Space. Science. 232(4746). 26–26.

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1985). String as a Theory of Everything. Science. 229(4719). 1251–1253. 8 indexed citations

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McDermott, Drew, M. Mitchell Waldrop, B. Chandrasekaran, John McDermott, & Roger C. Schank. (1985). The Dark Ages of AI: A Panel Discussion at AAAI-84. AI Magazine. 6(3). 122–134. 10 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1985). NSF Selects Supercomputer Centers. Science. 227(4692). 1318–1318. 3 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1984). Fusion Looks to the Future—Again. Science. 226(4674). 525–525. 1 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1982). A Hole in the Milky Way. Science. 216(4548). 838–839. 6 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1982). NASA Wants a Space Station. Science. 217(4564). 1018–1021. 2 indexed citations

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell. (1981). Reagan Fills Top NASA Posts. Science. 212(4495). 646–646. 1 indexed citations

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