Michael Lees

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Lees is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lees has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ocean Engineering, 25 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 21 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Michael Lees's work include Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (32 papers), Traffic control and management (17 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (15 papers). Michael Lees is often cited by papers focused on Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (32 papers), Traffic control and management (17 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (15 papers). Michael Lees collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Singapore and Russia. Michael Lees's co-authors include P.M.A. Sloot, Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Jack Dongarra, David Abramson, Wentong Cai, Robert van den Hoed, Jurjen Helmus, Edward N. Peterson, C.W. De Lannoy and Richard E. Behrman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lees

144 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

2014 International Conference on Computational Science 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750
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. 2014 International Conference on Computational Science
    2014 783 citations David Abramson, Michael Lees et al. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Lees Netherlands 23 410 349 326 295 293 153 3.0k
Yonghong Wu China 44 213 0.5× 311 0.9× 184 0.6× 292 1.0× 544 1.9× 490 8.4k
Jianguo Chen China 31 832 2.0× 400 1.1× 83 0.3× 100 0.3× 168 0.6× 226 3.5k
Yi Liu China 29 476 1.2× 600 1.7× 85 0.3× 262 0.9× 113 0.4× 364 3.5k
John H. Halton United States 14 328 0.8× 190 0.5× 218 0.7× 80 0.3× 250 0.9× 49 3.8k
Qi Meng China 9 1.9k 4.7× 731 2.1× 207 0.6× 192 0.7× 194 0.7× 21 6.7k
Qiwei Ye China 5 1.8k 4.5× 718 2.1× 204 0.6× 188 0.6× 193 0.7× 8 6.7k
Salvatore Cuomo Italy 26 723 1.8× 306 0.9× 77 0.2× 130 0.4× 85 0.3× 174 3.5k
Taifeng Wang China 15 2.3k 5.7× 716 2.1× 205 0.6× 187 0.6× 242 0.8× 33 7.4k
Jay L. Devore United States 16 488 1.2× 356 1.0× 81 0.2× 133 0.5× 64 0.2× 35 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Lees

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Lees

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael Lees. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael Lees. The network helps show where Michael Lees may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Lees

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Lees. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Lees 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 Michael Lees. Michael Lees 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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Vasconcelos, Vítor V., et al.. (2025). The paradox of intervention: Resilience in adaptive multirole coordination networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(51). e2509856122–e2509856122.
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Maas, Han L. J. van der, et al.. (2024). Alcohol consumption as a socially contagious phenomenon in the Framingham Heart Study social network. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4499–4499. 4 indexed citations
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Lees, Michael, et al.. (2021). The non-linear impact of data handling on network diffusion models. Patterns. 2(12). 100397–100397. 2 indexed citations
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Bochenina, Klavdiya, et al.. (2020). Large-scale forecasting of information spreading. Journal Of Big Data. 7(1). 2 indexed citations
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Krzhizhanovskaya, Valeria V., et al.. (2018). System dynamics of human body thermal regulation in outdoor environments. Building and Environment. 143. 760–769. 18 indexed citations
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Kozieł, Sławomir, Leifur Leifsson, Michael Lees, et al.. (2015). International Conference On Computational Science, ICCS 2015: Computational Science at the Gates of Nature. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 4 indexed citations
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Abramson, David, Michael Lees, Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Jack Dongarra, & P.M.A. Sloot. (2014). 2014 International Conference on Computational Science. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 783 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luo, Linbo, et al.. (2013). Spatial indexing in agent-based crowd simulation. 92–100. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Linbo, Haiyan Yin, Jinghui Zhong, et al.. (2013). Mission-Based Scenario Modeling and Generation for Virtual Training. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. 9(1). 44–50. 6 indexed citations
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Aydt, Heiko, Michael Lees, & Alois Knoll. (2012). Symbiotic simulation for future electro-mobility transportation systems. Winter Simulation Conference. 149. 5 indexed citations
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Khazanchi, Deepak, et al.. (2012). Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2012. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianyou, et al.. (2012). A contact-network-based simulation model for evaluating interventions under "what-if" scenarios in epidemic. Winter Simulation Conference. 416. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianyou, Xiuju Fu, Stefan Ma, et al.. (2012). Evaluating Temporal Factors in Combined Interventions of Workforce Shift and School Closure for Mitigating the Spread of Influenza. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32203–e32203. 17 indexed citations
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Fozard, John, Michael Lees, John R. King, & Brian Logan. (2012). Inhibition of quorum sensing in a computational biofilm simulation. Biosystems. 109(2). 105–114. 25 indexed citations
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Aydt, Heiko, et al.. (2011). A Computational Model of Emotions for Agent-Based Crowds in Serious Games.. 72–80.
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Lees, Michael, et al.. (2004). Distributed simulation of MAS. 1 indexed citations
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Behrman, Richard E., Michael Lees, Edward N. Peterson, C.W. De Lannoy, & A. Elmore Seeds. (1970). Distribution of the circulation in the normal and asphyxiated fetal primate. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 108(6). 956–969. 269 indexed citations

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