Rick Durrett

9.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
92 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Rick Durrett is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Genetics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rick Durrett has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Mathematical Physics, 30 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Rick Durrett's work include Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (40 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (21 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (17 papers). Rick Durrett is often cited by papers focused on Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (40 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (21 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (17 papers). Rick Durrett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Rick Durrett's co-authors include Simon A. Levin, Jason Schweinsberg, Claudia Neuhauser, Maury Bramson, Lingchong You, Hannah R. Meredith, Jaydeep K. Srimani, Allison J. Lopatkin, Harry Kesten and Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rick Durrett

89 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Importance of Being Discrete (and Spatial) 1993 2026 2004 2015 1994 2010 1993 2019 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. The Importance of Being Discrete (and Spatial)
    1994 762 citations Rick Durrett et al. profile →
  2. Probability
    2010 706 citations Rick Durrett Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  3. Probability: Theory and Examples.
    1993 561 citations Rick Durrett profile →
  4. Probability
    2019 417 citations Rick Durrett Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rick Durrett United States 30 1.4k 1.1k 898 735 733 92 5.3k
Richard Durrett United States 40 1.4k 1.0× 2.4k 2.2× 534 0.6× 569 0.8× 963 1.3× 111 7.4k
Eric Renshaw United Kingdom 27 894 0.7× 556 0.5× 255 0.3× 1.3k 1.7× 359 0.5× 111 4.2k
S. N. Ethier United States 18 796 0.6× 2.7k 2.4× 219 0.2× 529 0.7× 665 0.9× 70 6.1k
Andrea L. Bertozzi United States 56 240 0.2× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 701 1.0× 279 11.9k
Thomas G. Kurtz United States 38 1.1k 0.8× 3.8k 3.4× 288 0.3× 859 1.2× 1.6k 2.2× 102 10.6k
José A. Carrillo United Kingdom 48 425 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 152 0.2× 966 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 342 9.0k
Peter Jagers Sweden 22 463 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 201 0.2× 491 0.7× 334 0.5× 95 2.3k
P. L. Krapivsky United States 46 330 0.2× 1.8k 1.6× 959 1.1× 361 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 264 8.1k
Kim Sneppen Denmark 49 1.7k 1.3× 536 0.5× 790 0.9× 261 0.4× 4.3k 5.9× 262 11.4k
Tibor Antal United States 34 1.7k 1.3× 213 0.2× 1.7k 1.9× 661 0.9× 1.9k 2.6× 78 7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rick Durrett

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rick Durrett

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rick Durrett

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rick Durrett. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rick Durrett 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 Rick Durrett. Rick Durrett 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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Tomasetti, Cristian, Rick Durrett, Marek Kimmel, et al.. (2017). Role of stem-cell divisions in cancer risk. Nature. 548(7666). E13–E14. 34 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick, et al.. (2017). Latent voter model on locally tree-like random graphs. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 128(5). 1590–1614. 3 indexed citations
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Ryser, Marc D., Mathias Worni, Elizabeth L. Turner, et al.. (2015). Outcomes of Active Surveillance for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: A Computational Risk Analysis. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 108(5). djv372–djv372. 52 indexed citations
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Ryser, Marc D., Evan R. Myers, & Rick Durrett. (2015). HPV Clearance and the Neglected Role of Stochasticity. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(3). e1004113–e1004113. 30 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick. (2013). Population genetics of neutral mutations in exponentially growing cancer cell populations. The Annals of Applied Probability. 23(1). 230–250. 55 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick & Daniel Remenik. (2011). Brunet–Derrida particle systems, free boundary problems and Wiener–Hopf equations. The Annals of Probability. 39(6). 26 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick, et al.. (2009). A waiting time problem arising from the study of multi-stage carcinogenesis. The Annals of Applied Probability. 19(2). 37 indexed citations
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York, A., Rick Durrett, & Rasmus Nielsen. (2007). Dependence of paracentric inversion rate on tract length. BMC Bioinformatics. 8(1). 115–115. 11 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick. (2006). Random Graph Dynamics (Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics). Cambridge University Press eBooks. 91 indexed citations
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Schweinsberg, Jason & Rick Durrett. (2005). Random partitions approximating the coalescence of lineages during a selective sweep. The Annals of Applied Probability. 15(3). 33 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick & Jason Schweinsberg. (2005). Power laws for family sizes in a duplication model. The Annals of Probability. 33(6). 8 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick, et al.. (2005). Random Oxford graphs. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 115(8). 1257–1278. 3 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick. (2002). Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 192 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick, Harry Kesten, & Vlada Limic. (2002). Once edge-reinforced random walk on a tree. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 122(4). 567–592. 21 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick & Claudia Neuhauser. (1994). Particle Systems and Reaction-Diffusion Equations. The Annals of Probability. 22(1). 70 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick. (1993). Review: D. Revuz, M. Yor, Continuous Martingales and Brownian Motion. The Annals of Probability. 21(1). 4 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick. (1992). Probability Metrics and the Stability of Stochastic Models (Sveltozar T. Racheu). SIAM Review. 34(1). 147–147. 3 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick & Glen Swindle. (1991). Are there bushes in a forest?. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 37(1). 19–31. 17 indexed citations
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Bramson, Maury, et al.. (1991). Annihilating branching processes. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 37(1). 1–17. 20 indexed citations
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Durrett, Rick, Harry Kesten, & Ed Waymire. (1991). On weighted heights of random trees. Journal of Theoretical Probability. 4(1). 223–237. 21 indexed citations

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