Michael Assaf

2.4k total citations
61 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Assaf is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Assaf has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Assaf's work include Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (17 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (16 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (13 papers). Michael Assaf is often cited by papers focused on Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (17 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (16 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (13 papers). Michael Assaf collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Assaf's co-authors include Baruch Meerson, Elijah Roberts, Zaida Luthey‐Schulten, Mauro Mobilia, Shimon Pollack, Miri Cohen, Gershon Volpin, Nigel Goldenfeld, Alex Kamenev and Ohad Vilk and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Assaf

56 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Assaf 486 426 408 212 208 61 1.3k
Simone Pigolotti 500 1.0× 312 0.7× 613 1.5× 178 0.8× 124 0.6× 73 1.7k
Guillaume Grégoire 559 1.2× 159 0.4× 742 1.8× 159 0.8× 85 0.4× 31 2.8k
Christian Kuehn 187 0.4× 136 0.3× 1.1k 2.7× 101 0.5× 224 1.1× 103 2.1k
T. J. P. Penna 123 0.3× 276 0.6× 456 1.1× 232 1.1× 77 0.4× 63 1.3k
Elena O. Budrene 560 1.2× 215 0.5× 99 0.2× 86 0.4× 110 0.5× 6 1.3k
Yen Ting Lin 396 0.8× 187 0.4× 119 0.3× 132 0.6× 126 0.6× 46 1.6k
Alexander I. Khibnik 59 0.1× 493 1.2× 362 0.9× 177 0.8× 611 2.9× 21 1.4k
Jacques Bélair 233 0.5× 186 0.4× 802 2.0× 35 0.2× 432 2.1× 53 2.2k
Hernán Larralde 514 1.1× 82 0.2× 578 1.4× 108 0.5× 88 0.4× 91 2.0k
A. Fiasconaro 307 0.6× 136 0.3× 789 1.9× 28 0.1× 188 0.9× 53 1.5k

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All Works

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Vilk, Ohad, et al.. (2025). Weighted-ensemble network simulations of the susceptible-infected-susceptible model of epidemics. Physical review. E. 111(1). 14146–14146. 1 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (2025). Impact of network assortativity on disease lifetime in the SIS model of epidemics. Physical review. E. 112(2). 24302–24302.
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (2025). Optimal reduction of an epidemic outbreak size via temporary quarantine. Physical review. E. 111(3). 34305–34305.
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity can markedly increase final outbreak size in the SIR model of epidemics. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 4 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (2024). Accurate reaction-diffusion limit to the spherical-symmetric Boltzmann equation. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 3 indexed citations
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West, Robert, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary dynamics in a varying environment: Continuous versus discrete noise. Physical Review Research. 5(2). 6 indexed citations
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Mier-y-Terán-Romero, Luis, et al.. (2023). Outbreak-size distributions under fluctuating rates. Physical Review Research. 5(4). 1 indexed citations
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Vilk, Ohad, Erez Aghion, Ran Nathan, et al.. (2022). Classification of anomalous diffusion in animal movement data using power spectral analysis. arXiv (Cornell University). 27 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (2022). Susceptible-infected-susceptible model of disease extinction on heterogeneous directed population networks. Physical review. E. 106(6). 64303–64303. 3 indexed citations
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West, Robert, et al.. (2020). Population Dynamics in a Changing Environment: Random versus Periodic Switching. Physical Review Letters. 125(4). 48105–48105. 31 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (2019). Degree Dispersion Increases the Rate of Rare Events in Population Networks. Physical Review Letters. 123(6). 68301–68301. 11 indexed citations
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Vilk, Ohad & Michael Assaf. (2018). Population extinction under bursty reproduction in a time-modulated environment. Physical review. E. 97(6). 62114–62114. 6 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (2016). Effect of reaction-step-size noise on the switching dynamics of stochastic populations. Physical review. E. 93(5). 52117–52117. 5 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, Elijah Roberts, Zaida Luthey‐Schulten, & Nigel Goldenfeld. (2014). Extrinsic Noise Driven Phenotype Switching in a Self-Regulating Gene. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 374a–375a. 4 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, Mauro Mobilia, & Elijah Roberts. (2013). Cooperation Dilemma in Finite Populations under Fluctuating Environments. Physical Review Letters. 111(23). 238101–238101. 59 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, Elijah Roberts, Zaida Luthey‐Schulten, & Nigel Goldenfeld. (2013). Extrinsic Noise Driven Phenotype Switching in a Self-Regulating Gene. Physical Review Letters. 111(5). 58102–58102. 62 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael & Mauro Mobilia. (2012). Metastability and Anomalous Fixation in Evolutionary Games on Scale-Free Networks. Physical Review Letters. 109(18). 188701–188701. 26 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael & Mauro Mobilia. (2011). Fixation of a deleterious allele under mutation pressure and finite selection intensity. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 275(1). 93–103. 14 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael & Baruch Meerson. (2008). Noise Enhanced Persistence in a Biochemical Regulatory Network with Feedback Control. Physical Review Letters. 100(5). 58105–58105. 18 indexed citations
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Assaf, Michael, et al.. (1992). On the Elasticity Theory of Microporous Solids. ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 72(8). 321–340. 3 indexed citations

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