Roberto Benzi

20.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
199 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Roberto Benzi is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Global and Planetary Change and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Benzi has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Computational Mechanics, 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 28 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Roberto Benzi's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (108 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (34 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers). Roberto Benzi is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (108 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (34 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers). Roberto Benzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United States. Roberto Benzi's co-authors include Angelo Vulpiani, Sauro Succi, Alfonso Sutera, Massimo Vergassola, Giorgio Parisi, F. J. Higuera, Luca Biferale, Federico Toschi, P. Santangelo and G. Paladin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Benzi

196 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

The mechanism of stochast... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 1992 1993 1989 1982 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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 mechanism of stochastic resonance
    1981 2.8k citations Roberto Benzi et al. profile →
  2. The lattice Boltzmann equation: theory and applications
    1992 1.7k citations Roberto Benzi, Sauro Succi et al. profile →
  3. Extended self-similarity in turbulent flows
    1993 737 citations Roberto Benzi, S. Ciliberto et al. profile →
  4. Lattice Gas Dynamics with Enhanced Collisions
    1989 735 citations Sauro Succi, Roberto Benzi et al. Europhysics Letters (EPL) profile →
  5. Stochastic resonance in climatic change
    1982 639 citations Roberto Benzi et al. profile →
  6. Stochastic resonance in climatic change
    1982 623 citations Roberto Benzi, Giorgio Parisi et al. profile →
  7. On the multifractal nature of fully developed turbulence and chaotic systems
    1984 597 citations Roberto Benzi, Giorgio Parisi et al. profile →
  8. Turbulence and predictability in geophysical fluid dynamics and climate dynamics
    1985 561 citations Michael Ghil, Roberto Benzi et al. North-Holland eBooks profile →
  9. The lattice Boltzmann equation: A new tool for computational fluid-dynamics
    1991 402 citations Sauro Succi, Roberto Benzi et al. profile →
  10. Generalized lattice Boltzmann method with multirange pseudopotential
    2007 389 citations Mauro Sbragaglia, Roberto Benzi et al. Physical Review E profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Roberto Benzi 7.5k 4.9k 2.7k 2.2k 2.1k 199 15.1k
U. Frisch 8.6k 1.1× 2.6k 0.5× 2.1k 0.8× 836 0.4× 840 0.4× 144 17.1k
Itamar Procaccia 3.8k 0.5× 8.8k 1.8× 1.6k 0.6× 3.3k 1.5× 506 0.2× 399 22.9k
Yves Pomeau 5.1k 0.7× 4.4k 0.9× 541 0.2× 3.5k 1.6× 1.3k 0.6× 256 15.3k
Steven A. Orszag 19.5k 2.6× 3.3k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 250 33.9k
Harry L. Swinney 6.3k 0.8× 10.7k 2.2× 1.8k 0.7× 10.3k 4.8× 1.4k 0.6× 260 29.8k
J. P. Gollub 4.8k 0.6× 3.3k 0.7× 563 0.2× 3.3k 1.5× 552 0.3× 165 13.6k
Angelo Vulpiani 2.1k 0.3× 8.3k 1.7× 2.3k 0.8× 3.0k 1.4× 244 0.1× 301 13.8k
S. Ciliberto 2.4k 0.3× 3.5k 0.7× 894 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 355 0.2× 169 8.6k
Andrew J. Majda 9.3k 1.2× 3.4k 0.7× 7.5k 2.8× 530 0.2× 2.3k 1.1× 470 26.9k
Lloyd N. Trefethen 5.4k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 713 0.3× 780 0.4× 2.1k 1.0× 175 17.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benzi, Roberto, et al.. (2025). Turbulent mixing controls fixation of growing antagonistic populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(7). e2417075122–e2417075122. 1 indexed citations
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Scagliarini, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Intermittent Thermal Convection in Jammed Emulsions. Physical Review Letters. 133(24). 244001–244001. 2 indexed citations
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Scagliarini, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Lagrangian statistics of concentrated emulsions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 986. 4 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, Thibaut Divoux, Catherine Barentin, et al.. (2023). Continuum modeling of soft glassy materials under shear. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 141(5). 56001–56001. 3 indexed citations
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Freilich, Mara, Roberto Benzi, Chang Jae Choi, et al.. (2023). Oceanic Frontal Divergence Alters Phytoplankton Competition and Distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(8). 3 indexed citations
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Alberti, Tommaso, et al.. (2022). Reconciling Parker Solar Probe Observations and Magnetohydrodynamic Theory. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 940(1). L13–L13. 8 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, David R. Nelson, Suraj Shankar, Federico Toschi, & Xiaojue Zhu. (2022). Spatial population genetics with fluid flow. Reports on Progress in Physics. 85(9). 96601–96601. 8 indexed citations
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Sbragaglia, Mauro, et al.. (2021). Rayleigh–Bénard convection of a model emulsion: anomalous heat-flux fluctuations and finite-size droplet effects. Soft Matter. 17(13). 3709–3721. 10 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, et al.. (2019). Discrete Eulerian model for population genetics and dynamics under flow. Physical review. E. 100(6). 62105–62105. 3 indexed citations
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Corbetta, Alessandro, et al.. (2017). Fluctuations around mean walking behaviors in diluted pedestrian flows. Physical review. E. 95(3). 32316–32316. 25 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, Emily S. C. Ching, & Elisabetta De Angelis. (2010). Effect of Polymer Additives on Heat Transport in Turbulent Thermal Convection. Physical Review Letters. 104(2). 24502–24502. 43 indexed citations
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Bernaschi, Massimo, et al.. (2009). Graphics processing unit implementation of lattice Boltzmann models for flowing soft systems. Physical Review E. 80(6). 66707–66707. 27 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, Luca Biferale, Enrico Calzavarini, Detlef Lohse, & Federico Toschi. (2008). Velocity gradients along particles trajectories in turbulent flows. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, Luca Biferale, Robert Fisher, et al.. (2008). Intermittency and Universality in Fully Developed Inviscid and Weakly Compressible Turbulent Flows. Physical Review Letters. 100(23). 234503–234503. 60 indexed citations
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Succi, Sauro, Luca Biferale, Roberto Benzi, Mauro Sbragaglia, & Federico Toschi. (2007). Lattice kinetic theory as a form of supra-molecular dynamics for computational microfluidics. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences. 55(2). 151–158. 6 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, Victor S. L’vov, Itamar Procaccia, & V. S. Tiberkevich. (2004). Saturation of turbulent drag reduction in dilute polymer solutions. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 68(6). 825–831. 13 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, Carlo Massimo Casciola, P. Gualtieri, & R. Piva. (2003). Numerical evidence of a new similarity law in shear dominated flows. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 46(4). 617–631. 1 indexed citations
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Kadanoff, Leo P., Detlef Lohse, Jane Wang, & Roberto Benzi. (1994). University of Twente Research Information. 49 indexed citations
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Benzi, Roberto, C. Basdevant, & S. Ciliberto. (1993). Turbulence in spatially extended systems : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Les Houches, France. Nova Science Publishers eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Ghil, Michael, Roberto Benzi, Giorgio Parisi, & Società italiana di fisica. (1985). Turbulence and predictability in geophysical fluid dynamics and climate dynamics. North-Holland eBooks. 561 indexed citations breakdown →

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