Marc Mézard

25.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
158 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Marc Mézard is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Artificial Intelligence and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Mézard has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 36 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 34 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Marc Mézard's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (74 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (29 papers) and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (26 papers). Marc Mézard is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (74 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (29 papers) and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (26 papers). Marc Mézard collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. Marc Mézard's co-authors include Giorgio Parisi, M. A. Virasoro, Andrea Montanari, Riccardo Zecchina, D. J. Thouless, Jean‐Philippe Bouchaud, Werner Krauth, Jean‐Pierre Nadal, G. Toulouse and Lenka Zdeborová and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Marc Mézard

151 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

Spin Glass Theory and Beyond 1984 2026 1998 2012 1986 1988 2009 2002 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Spin Glass Theory and Beyond
    1986 2.6k citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi et al. profile →
  2. Spin Glass Theory and Beyond
    1988 1.9k citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi et al. profile →
  3. Information, Physics, and Computation
    2009 996 citations Marc Mézard et al. profile →
  4. Analytic and Algorithmic Solution of Random Satisfiability Problems
    2002 570 citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi et al. profile →
  5. The Bethe lattice spin glass revisited
    2001 493 citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi profile →
  6. Nature of the Spin-Glass Phase
    1984 382 citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Spin Glass Theory And Beyond: An Introduction To The Replica Method And Its Applications
    1986 335 citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi et al. profile →
  8. Replica symmetry breaking and the nature of the spin glass phase
    1984 314 citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi et al. profile →
  9. Replica field theory for random manifolds
    1991 246 citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi profile →
  10. The Cavity Method at Zero Temperature
    2003 217 citations Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi profile →

Peers

Marc Mézard
Bernard Derrida France
M. A. Virasoro Italy
Giorgio Parisi Italy
S. Redner United States
J. Klafter Israel
János Kertész Hungary
Yves Pomeau France
Ralf Metzler Germany
D. J. Thouless United States
Jean‐Philippe Bouchaud France
Bernard Derrida France
Marc Mézard
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Countries citing papers authored by Marc Mézard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Mézard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Mézard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marc Mézard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marc Mézard 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 Marc Mézard. Marc Mézard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ambrogioni, Luca, et al.. (2025). Memorization and generalization in generative diffusion under the manifold hypothesis. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2025(7). 73401–73401.
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Mézard, Marc. (2024). Nobel Prize 2024: Neural networks. Europhysics news. 55(5). 7–9.
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Biroli, Giulio, et al.. (2024). Dynamical regimes of diffusion models. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9957–9957. 20 indexed citations
4.
Biroli, Giulio & Marc Mézard. (2023). Generative diffusion in very large dimensions. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2023(9). 93402–93402. 20 indexed citations
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Krząkała, Florent, Marc Mézard, & Lenka Zdeborová. (2014). Reweighted Belief Propagation and Quiet Planting for Random K-SAT. arXiv (Cornell University). 8(3-4). 149–171. 10 indexed citations
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Engel, A., et al.. (2010). Thermodynamics of the Lévy spin glass. Physical Review E. 82(2). 21127–21127. 9 indexed citations
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Mézard, Marc, et al.. (2010). Disorder-Driven Quantum Phase Transitions in Superconductors and Magnets. Physical Review Letters. 105(3). 37001–37001. 55 indexed citations
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Zdeborová, Lenka & Marc Mézard. (2008). Hard constraint satisfaction problems. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Toninelli, Cristina, Marc Mézard, & Marco Tarzia. (2008). Statistical physics of group testing. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations
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Daudé, Hervé, Marc Mézard, Thierry Mora, & Riccardo Zecchina. (2008). Pairs of SAT-assignments in random Boolean formulæ. Theoretical Computer Science. 393(1-3). 260–279. 13 indexed citations
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Toninelli, Cristina, Marc Mézard, & Marco Tarzia. (2008). Group testing with random pools: Phase transitions and optimal strategy. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 11 indexed citations
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théorique, École d'été de physique, Jean‐Philippe Bouchaud, Marc Mézard, & Jean Dalibard. (2007). Complex systems : École d'été de physique des Houches, session LXXXV, 3-28 July 2006 : École thématique du CNRS. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Ciliberti, Stefano, Marc Mézard, & Riccardo Zecchina. (2006). Message-Passing Algorithms for Non-Linear Nodes and Data Compression. 3(1-3). 58–65. 23 indexed citations
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Mora, Thierry, Marc Mézard, & Riccardo Zecchina. (2005). Pairs of SAT Assignments and Clustering in Random Boolean Formulae. arXiv (Cornell University). 10 indexed citations
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Servin, Bertrand, Olivier Martin, & Marc Mézard. (2004). Toward a Theory of Marker-Assisted Gene Pyramiding. Genetics. 168(1). 513–523. 121 indexed citations
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Mézard, Marc, et al.. (1999). Wandering of a contact line at thermal equilibrium. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(2). 1269–1278. 13 indexed citations
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Mézard, Marc & Giorgio Parisi. (1998). A first principle computation of the low temperature thermodynamics of glasses. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Mézard, Marc. (1998). How to compute the thermodynamics of a glass using a cloned liquid. 35 indexed citations
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Krauth, Werner, Marc Mézard, & Jean‐Pierre Nadal. (1988). Basins of attraction in a perceptron-like neural network. Complex Systems. 2(4). 387–408. 22 indexed citations
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Mézard, Marc, Giorgio Parisi, & M. A. Virasoro. (1986). Spin Glass Theory and Beyond. 2589 indexed citations breakdown →

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