Per Bak

37.0k total citations · 12 hit papers
165 papers, 26.1k citations indexed

About

Per Bak is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Bak has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 26.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 38 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 37 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Per Bak's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (69 papers), Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (37 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (18 papers). Per Bak is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (69 papers), Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (37 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (18 papers). Per Bak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and United Kingdom. Per Bak's co-authors include Chao Tang, Kurt Wiesenfeld, Mogens H. Jensen, Kim Sneppen, Kan Chen, Maya Paczuski, J. von Boehm, Roger Lewin, Tomas Bohr and Robijn Bruinsma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Per Bak

164 papers receiving 24.4k citations

Hit Papers

Self-organized criticality: An explanation of the 1/fnoise 1980 2026 1995 2010 1987 1988 1996 1982 1993 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers

Per Bak
Comparison fields: 5 of 213
  • Condensed Matter Physics 9.4k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5.5k
  • Economics and Econometrics 4.7k
  • Materials Chemistry 4.0k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3.8k
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Countries citing papers authored by Per Bak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Per Bak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Per Bak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Per Bak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Per Bak 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 Per Bak. Per Bak 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 7
2
Unified Scaling Law for Earthquakes breakdown →
509
3 13
4 12
5 60
6
Self-organized criticality: a holistic view of nature
19
7 103
8 32
9 227
10
Complexity and extremal dynamics
1
11 166
12 2
13 48
14 2
15 65
16 33
17 7
18 162
19 36
20 17

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