Michael T. Gastner

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Michael T. Gastner is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Signal Processing and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Gastner has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 7 papers in Signal Processing and 6 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Gastner's work include Data Management and Algorithms (7 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (6 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (6 papers). Michael T. Gastner is often cited by papers focused on Data Management and Algorithms (7 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (6 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (6 papers). Michael T. Gastner collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Hungary and United Kingdom. Michael T. Gastner's co-authors include M. E. J. Newman, Bernd Blasius, Pablo Kaluza, Andrea Kölzsch, Hyejin Youn, Hawoong Jeong, Beáta Oborny, Géza Ódor, Vivien Seguy and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Gastner

29 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The complex network of global cargo ship movements 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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. The complex network of global cargo ship movements
    2010 672 citations Pablo Kaluza, Andrea Kölzsch et al. Journal of The Royal Society Interface profile →

Peers

Michael T. Gastner
Diansheng Guo United States
Qunying Huang United States
Hong Zhang China
Bruce Edmonds United Kingdom
Rick Riolo United States
Alessio Cardillo Spain
Chao Gao China
Anthony Stefanidis United States
Andrew Crooks United States
Diansheng Guo United States
Michael T. Gastner
Citations per year, relative to Michael T. Gastner Michael T. Gastner (= 1×) peers Diansheng Guo

Countries citing papers authored by Michael T. Gastner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael T. Gastner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael T. Gastner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael T. Gastner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael T. Gastner 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 T. Gastner. Michael T. Gastner 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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Gastner, Michael T., et al.. (2024). Comparative evaluation of the web-based contiguous cartogram generation tool go-cart.io. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0298192–e0298192.
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Rosche, Christoph, Olivier Broennimann, Jiří Danihelka, et al.. (2024). Herbarium specimens reveal a cryptic invasion of polyploid Centaurea stoebe in Europe. New Phytologist. 245(1). 392–405. 4 indexed citations
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Perrault, Simon T., et al.. (2020). Task-Based Effectiveness of Interactive Contiguous Area Cartograms. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 27(3). 2136–2152. 13 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T., et al.. (2019). go-cart.io: a web application for generating contiguous cartograms. Abstracts of the ICA. 1. 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T., et al.. (2019). The impact of hypocrisy on opinion formation: A dynamic model. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0218729–e0218729. 15 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T., et al.. (2018). Fast flow-based algorithm for creating density-equalizing map projections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(10). E2156–E2164. 38 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T. & Géza Ódor. (2016). The topology of large Open Connectome networks for the human brain. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27249–27249. 27 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T.. (2015). The Ising chain constrained to an even or odd number of positive spins. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2015(3). P03004–P03004. 2 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T., et al.. (2014). Opinion Formation Models on a Gradient. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e114088–e114088. 3 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T., Beáta Oborny, Alexey Ryabov, & Bernd Blasius. (2011). Changes in the Gradient Percolation Transition Caused by an Allee Effect. Physical Review Letters. 106(12). 128103–128103. 14 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T.. (2011). Scaling and entropy inp-median facility location along a line. Physical Review E. 84(3). 36112–36112. 3 indexed citations
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Kaluza, Pablo, Andrea Kölzsch, Michael T. Gastner, & Bernd Blasius. (2010). The complex network of global cargo ship movements. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 7(48). 1093–1103. 672 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gastner, Michael T., Beáta Oborny, Dominik Zimmermann, & Gunnar Pruessner. (2009). Transition from Connected to Fragmented Vegetation across an Environmental Gradient: Scaling Laws in Ecotone Geometry. The American Naturalist. 174(1). E23–E39. 31 indexed citations
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Youn, Hyejin, Michael T. Gastner, & Hawoong Jeong. (2008). Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks: Efficiency and Optimality Control. Physical Review Letters. 101(12). 128701–128701. 191 indexed citations
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Youn, Hyejin, Michael T. Gastner, & Hawoong Jeong. (2007). The Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks. arXiv (Cornell University). 10 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T. & M. E. J. Newman. (2006). Optimal design of spatial distribution networks. Physical Review E. 74(1). 16117–16117. 139 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T.. (2005). Spatial distributions: Density-equalizing map projections, facility location, and two-dimensional networks.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 5 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T., et al.. (2005). MAPS AND CARTOGRAMS OF THE 2004 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS. Advances in Complex Systems. 8(1). 117–123. 29 indexed citations
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Gastner, Michael T. & M. E. J. Newman. (2004). Diffusion-based method for producing density-equalizing maps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(20). 7499–7504. 417 indexed citations

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