Nelson Wax

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Nelson Wax is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Geometry and Topology and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nelson Wax has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 6 papers in Geometry and Topology and 6 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Nelson Wax's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (7 papers), Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (6 papers) and Differential Equations and Numerical Methods (5 papers). Nelson Wax is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (7 papers), Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (6 papers) and Differential Equations and Numerical Methods (5 papers). Nelson Wax collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Nelson Wax's co-authors include Marvin Cohen, Felix Albrecht, A. Haddad, Kevin A. Grasse and P. Penfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Applied Physics and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

In The Last Decade

Nelson Wax

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Selected Papers on Noise and Stochastic Processes 1955 2026 1978 2002 1955 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. Selected Papers on Noise and Stochastic Processes
    1955 664 citations Nelson Wax, Marvin Cohen Physics Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nelson Wax United States 12 348 233 120 117 94 29 1.2k
C. O. Dorso Argentina 25 432 1.2× 412 1.8× 99 0.8× 42 0.4× 59 0.6× 114 2.1k
R. M. Redheffer United States 20 166 0.5× 189 0.8× 21 0.2× 39 0.3× 124 1.3× 103 1.7k
R. L. Stratonovich Russia 10 415 1.2× 248 1.1× 23 0.2× 81 0.7× 34 0.4× 27 1.1k
V. V. Uchaikin Russia 23 866 2.5× 202 0.9× 76 0.6× 135 1.2× 61 0.6× 122 2.8k
Gerhard Dangelmayr United States 17 417 1.2× 145 0.6× 55 0.5× 517 4.4× 170 1.8× 72 1.0k
James Murdock United States 11 461 1.3× 153 0.7× 43 0.4× 229 2.0× 117 1.2× 34 1.3k
Valentin F. Zaitsev Russia 9 654 1.9× 189 0.8× 72 0.6× 85 0.7× 216 2.3× 13 1.8k
G. R. Jafari Iran 20 655 1.9× 135 0.6× 109 0.9× 99 0.8× 114 1.2× 71 1.7k
A. F. Pacheco Spain 19 1.2k 3.4× 291 1.2× 120 1.0× 428 3.7× 33 0.4× 114 2.2k
R.G. Medhurst United Kingdom 10 851 2.4× 289 1.2× 21 0.2× 409 3.5× 110 1.2× 32 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nelson Wax

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nelson Wax

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nelson Wax. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nelson Wax 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 Nelson Wax. Nelson Wax 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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Grasse, Kevin A. & Nelson Wax. (1987). Decomposition and control. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 122(2). 474–484. 5 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Felix, Kevin A. Grasse, & Nelson Wax. (1986). Path controllability of linear input-output systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 31(6). 569–571. 11 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson, et al.. (1984). Periodic solutions of generalized Liénard equations. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 104(1). 117–127. 4 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Felix, Kevin A. Grasse, & Nelson Wax. (1981). Reproducibility of linear and nonlinear input-output systems. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 79(1). 178–202. 14 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Felix & Nelson Wax. (1978). The controllability of certain nonlinear planar systems. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 63(3). 762–771. 4 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson, et al.. (1978). Note on a model of a biochemical reaction. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 66(2). 354–357. 7 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Felix, et al.. (1976). On the control of certain interacting populations. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 53(3). 578–603. 19 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Felix, et al.. (1974). The dynamics of two interacting populations. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 46(3). 658–670. 85 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Felix, et al.. (1973). Stable Limit Cycles in Prey-Predator Populations. Science. 181(4104). 1073–1074. 36 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson, et al.. (1972). Existence and stability of periodic solutions of ÿ − μF(ẏ) + y = 0. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 38(3). 793–804. 1 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson, et al.. (1972). Stability, singular perturbations, and the vector Liénard equation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 17(4). 563–565. 3 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson, et al.. (1972). Relaxation oscillations, parasitics, and singular perturbations. IEEE Transactions on Circuit Theory. 19(6). 623–625. 1 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson, et al.. (1970). Notes on the equation ÿ − μ sin ǎẏ + y = 0 and some variants. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 31(3). 595–602. 2 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson, et al.. (1965). On Certain Relaxation Oscillations: Asymptotic Solutions. Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 13(3). 740–766. 19 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson. (1962). A Note on Stable, Physically Realizable, Linear, Time Invariant Systems. IRE Transactions on Circuit Theory. 9(4). 405–408. 1 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson. (1961). On a Phase Method for Treating Sturm-Liouville Equations and Problems. Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 9(2). 215–232. 2 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson. (1959). On upper bounds for error detecting and error correcting codes of finite length. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 5(4). 168–174. 19 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson & Marvin Cohen. (1955). Selected Papers on Noise and Stochastic Processes. Physics Today. 8(5). 19–19. 664 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wax, Nelson. (1955). Signal-to-Noise Improvement and the Statistics of Track Populations. Journal of Applied Physics. 26(5). 586–595. 23 indexed citations
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Wax, Nelson. (1954). Noise and stochastic processes. 230 indexed citations

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