Matthias Birkner

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Matthias Birkner is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Birkner has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Mathematical Physics, 20 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 10 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Matthias Birkner's work include Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (28 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers) and Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods (7 papers). Matthias Birkner is often cited by papers focused on Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (28 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers) and Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods (7 papers). Matthias Birkner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Singapore and Austria. Matthias Birkner's co-authors include Anton Wakolbinger, José Alfredo López-Mimbela, Jochen Blath, Bjarki Eldon, Rongfeng Sun, Fabian Freund, Andreas Greven, Martin Möhle, Alison Etheridge and Jason Schweinsberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Genetics, Journal of General Virology and Theoretical Population Biology.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Birkner

32 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Blow-up of semilinear pde’s at the critical dimension. A ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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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. Blow-up of semilinear pde’s at the critical dimension. A probabilistic approach
    2002 684 citations Matthias Birkner, Anton Wakolbinger 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
Matthias Birkner Germany 13 334 289 264 258 172 37 1.1k
Anton Wakolbinger Germany 15 627 1.9× 338 1.2× 276 1.0× 289 1.1× 593 3.4× 67 2.0k
Emmanuel Trélat France 28 377 1.1× 326 1.1× 97 0.4× 743 2.9× 49 0.3× 129 2.5k
G.-C Rota United States 17 389 1.2× 464 1.6× 346 1.3× 427 1.7× 99 0.6× 56 1.9k
Jaime San Martı́n Chile 18 455 1.4× 216 0.7× 45 0.2× 245 0.9× 57 0.3× 84 1.4k
Yuri Kifer Israel 23 1.1k 3.2× 148 0.5× 196 0.7× 250 1.0× 24 0.1× 90 1.7k
Jacek Banasiak South Africa 19 583 1.7× 501 1.7× 86 0.3× 244 0.9× 67 0.4× 138 1.4k
Ben Hambly United Kingdom 23 716 2.1× 289 1.0× 162 0.6× 245 0.9× 27 0.2× 95 1.9k
Ray Redheffer United States 15 308 0.9× 592 2.0× 369 1.4× 419 1.6× 293 1.7× 78 2.5k
Patrick Cattiaux France 19 436 1.3× 509 1.8× 72 0.3× 149 0.6× 26 0.2× 53 1.1k
David W. Boyd Canada 27 761 2.3× 839 2.9× 1.2k 4.5× 592 2.3× 67 0.4× 128 3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Birkner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2024). Bursts of coalescence within population pedigrees whenever big families occur. Genetics. 227(1). 3 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2024). On the fixation probability of an advantageous allele in a population with skewed offspring distribution. Electronic Journal of Probability. 29(none). 1 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2024). Survival and complete convergence for a branching annihilating random walk. The Annals of Applied Probability. 34(6).
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2024). The joint fluctuations of the lengths of the Beta(2−α,α)-coalescents. The Annals of Applied Probability. 34(1A). 1 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2023). Local limit theorems for a directed random walk on the backbone of a supercritical oriented percolation cluster. Electronic Journal of Probability. 28(none).
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Birkner, Matthias, Andreas Greven, & Frank den Hollander. (2023). Correction to: Quenched large deviation principle for words in a letter sequence. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 187(1-2). 523–569. 1 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2021). The Dynamics of Pareto Distributed Wealth in a Small Open Economy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Eldon, Bjarki, Matthias Birkner, Jochen Blath, & Fabian Freund. (2015). Can the Site-Frequency Spectrum Distinguish Exponential Population Growth from Multiple-Merger Coalescents?. Genetics. 199(3). 841–856. 52 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2012). Directed random walk on an oriented percolation cluster. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, Jochen Blath, & Bjarki Eldon. (2012). An Ancestral Recombination Graph for Diploid Populations with Skewed Offspring Distribution. Genetics. 193(1). 255–290. 35 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, Jochen Blath, & Matthias Steinrücken. (2011). Importance sampling for Lambda-coalescents in the infinitely many sites model. Theoretical Population Biology. 79(4). 155–173. 24 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias & Rongfeng Sun. (2010). Annealed vs quenched critical points for a random walk pinning model. Annales de l Institut Henri Poincaré Probabilités et Statistiques. 46(2). 23 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2008). Quenched LDP for words in a letter sequence. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2008034. 1 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, Andreas Greven, & W.Th.F. den Hollander. (2008). Collision local time of transient random walks and intermediate phases in interacting stochastic systems. TU/e Research Portal. 2008049. 3 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias & Jochen Blath. (2008). Computing likelihoods for coalescents with multiple collisions in the infinitely many sites model. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 57(3). 435–465. 38 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias & Jochen Blath. (2007). Inference for [lambda]-coalescents. Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik. 1 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, et al.. (2007). Survival and complete convergence for a spatial branching system with local regulation. The Annals of Applied Probability. 17(5-6). 7 indexed citations
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Birkner, Matthias, Jochen Blath, Alison Etheridge, et al.. (2005). Alpha-Stable Branching and Beta-Coalescents. Electronic Journal of Probability. 10(none). 64 indexed citations
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Prange, Reinhild, et al.. (1995). Properties of modified hepatitis B virus surface antigen particles carrying preS epitopes. Journal of General Virology. 76(9). 2131–2140. 19 indexed citations

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