Matjaž Perc

47.2k total citations · 23 hit papers
575 papers, 37.3k citations indexed

About

Matjaž Perc is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Sociology and Political Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matjaž Perc has authored 575 papers receiving a total of 37.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 237 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 233 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 136 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Matjaž Perc's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (216 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (133 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (121 papers). Matjaž Perc is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (216 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (133 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (121 papers). Matjaž Perc collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Austria and China. Matjaž Perc's co-authors include Attila Szolnoki, Zhen Wang, Marko Marhl, György Szabó, Guanrong Chen, Dibakar Ghosh, Qingyun Wang, Mahmut Özer, Xiaojie Chen and Stefano Boccaletti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Matjaž Perc

552 papers receiving 36.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Coevolutionary games—A mini review

2009 1.6k citations Matjaž Perc, Attila Szolnoki profile →
Statistical physics of human cooperation

2017 1.1k citations Matjaž Perc, Zhen Wang et al. Physics Reports profile →
Evolutionary dynamics of group interactions on structured populations: a review

2013 747 citations Matjaž Perc, Jesús Gómez‐Gardeñes et al. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) profile →
Social diversity and promotion of cooperation in the spatial prisoner’s dilemma game

2008 641 citations Matjaž Perc, Attila Szolnoki profile →
Saving Human Lives: What Complexity Science and Information Systems can Contribute

2014 473 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Win-Stay-Lose-Learn Promotes Cooperation in the Spatial Prisoner's Dilemma Game

2012 470 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Synchronous Bursts on Scale-Free Neuronal Networks with Attractive and Repulsive Coupling

2011 438 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Cyclic dominance in evolutionary games: a review

2014 395 citations Attila Szolnoki, Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Interdependent network reciprocity in evolutionary games

2013 385 citations Attila Szolnoki, Matjaž Perc et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Chimera states in neuronal networks: A review

2018 378 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Social physics

2022 375 citations Marko Jusup, Petter Holme et al. Physics Reports profile →
Dynamics on higher-order networks: a review

2022 353 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Evolutionary dynamics of higher-order interactions in social networks

2021 343 citations Yamir Moreno, Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Robustness and resilience of complex networks

2024 262 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Signal propagation in complex networks

2023 220 citations Matjaž Perc, Yang Tang et al. Physics Reports profile →
Chimeras

2020 213 citations Sajad Jafari, Zhen Wang et al. Physics Reports profile →
Reputation and reciprocity

2023 190 citations Chengyi Xia, Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Communicating sentiment and outlook reverses inaction against collective risks

2020 145 citations Marko Jusup, Sunčana Geček et al. profile →
Synchronization in Hindmarsh–Rose neurons subject to higher-order interactions

2022 122 citations Mahtab Mehrabbeik, Sajad Jafari et al. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science profile →
Epidemics on multilayer simplicial complexes

2022 100 citations Qian Yin, Chengyi Xia et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences profile →
Language-based game theory in the age of artificial intelligence

2024 47 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
From Outcome-Based to Language-Based Preferences

2024 39 citations Matjaž Perc et al. profile →
Reinforcement learning and collective cooperation on higher-order networks

2024 36 citations Mahmut Özer, Chengyi Xia et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of inter-city interactions on disease scaling 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Camilo Rodrigues Neto, (unknown), Matjaž Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro	0
2	DI-CCNS: Directed community detection via co-clustering and node similarity with adaptive parameter optimization 2025 ·Chaos Solitons & Fractals ·Guihai Yu, (unknown), (unknown), Matjaž Perc	2
3	Elevated EEG fractal dimension in Parkinson’s during timing tasks 2025 ·Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science ·(unknown), Mahtab Mehrabbeik, Sajad Jafari, Matjaž Perc	4
4	Distributed Online Optimization with Edge-Based Event-Triggered communication 2024 ·Automatica ·Shuai Mao, Yateendra Mishra, Yu‐Chu Tian, Matjaž Perc, Yang Tang	2
5	EEG channel and feature investigation in binary and multiple motor imagery task predictions 2024 ·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ·Mürşide Değirmenci, (unknown), Matjaž Perc, Yalçın İşler	4
6	Human Complementation Must Aid Automation to Mitigate Unemployment Effects due to AI Technologies in the Labor Market 2024 ·Mahmut Özer, Matjaž Perc	3
7	The complexity and interconnectedness of circular cities and the circular economy for sustainability 2023 ·Sustainable Development ·(unknown), Matjaž Perc, Rebeka Kovačič Lukman	19
8	A conceptual model for a circular city: a case study of Maribor, Slovenia 2023 ·Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy ·(unknown), Matjaž Perc, Rebeka Kovačič Lukman	1
9	Advances in Monitoring and Understanding the Dynamics of Suspended-Sediment Transport in the River Drava, Slovenia: An Analysis More than a Decade-Long 2023 ·Applied Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Matjaž Perc	1
10	Universality of political corruption networks 2022 ·Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) ·(unknown), (unknown), Quentin S. Hanley, Sebastián Gonçalves, Matjaž Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro	12
11	Improving Equality in the Education System of Turkiye 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Mahmut Özer, Matjaž Perc	2
12	Epidemics on multilayer simplicial complexes breakdown → 2022 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·(unknown), Qian Yin, Chengyi Xia, Matjaž Perc	100
13	Social physics breakdown → 2022 ·Physics Reports ·Marko Jusup, Petter Holme, Kiyoshi Kanazawa, Misako Takayasu, Ivan Romić, Zhen Wang, Sunčana Geček, Tomislav Lipić, Boris Podobnik, Lin Wang, Wei Luo, Tin Klanjšček, Jingfang Fan, Stefano Boccaletti, Matjaž Perc	375
14	Clustering free-falling paper motion with complexity and entropy 2022 ·Europhysics Letters (EPL) ·(unknown), Matjaž Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro	4
15	Segregation dynamics driven by network leaders 2022 ·New Journal of Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hui‐Jia Li, Matjaž Perc	3
16	Early spread of COVID-19 in Romania: imported cases from Italy and human-to-human transmission networks 2020 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Marian-Gabriel Hâncean, Matjaž Perc, Jürgen Lerner	71
17	Costly hide and seek pays 2017 ·University of Maribor digital library (University of Maribor) ·Attila Szolnoki, Matjaž Perc	28
18	Effects of partial time delays on phase synchronization in Watts-Strogatz small-world neuronal networks 2017 ·Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science ·Xiaojuan Sun, Matjaž Perc, Jürgen Kurths	90
19	Collective behavior and the identification of phases in bicycle pelotons 2014 ·Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matjaž Perc	16
20	Evolutionary dynamics of group interactions on structured populations: a review breakdown → 2013 ·Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) ·Matjaž Perc, Jesús Gómez‐Gardeñes, Attila Szolnoki, L. M. Florı́a, Yamir Moreno	747

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