Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras

34.8k total citations · 16 hit papers
119 papers, 22.7k citations indexed

About

Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 22.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 34 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (81 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (68 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (34 papers). Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (81 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (68 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (34 papers). Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and United States. Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras's co-authors include Alessandro Vespignani, Claudio Castellano, Alain Barrat, Marc Barthélemy, Marián Boguñá, Piet Van Mieghem, Alexei Vázquez, Michele Catanzaro, Andrea Baronchelli and Vittoria Colizza and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras

116 papers receiving 21.8k citations

Hit Papers

Epidemic Spreading in Scale-Free Networks 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2004 2015 2001 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Epidemic Spreading in Scale-Free Networks
    2001 4.0k citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. The architecture of complex weighted networks
    2004 2.8k citations Alain Barrat, Marc Barthélemy et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Epidemic processes in complex networks
    2015 2.3k citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Claudio Castellano et al. profile →
  4. Epidemic dynamics and endemic states in complex networks
    2001 1.2k citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
  5. Dynamical and Correlation Properties of the Internet
    2001 954 citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alexei Vázquez et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  6. Evolution and Structure of the Internet
    2004 873 citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani profile →
  7. Immunization of complex networks
    2002 849 citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
  8. Reaction–diffusion processes and metapopulation models in heterogeneous networks
    2007 597 citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani et al. profile →
  9. Generation of uncorrelated random scale-free networks
    2005 522 citations Marián Boguñá, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras et al. Physical Review E profile →
  10. Velocity and Hierarchical Spread of Epidemic Outbreaks in Scale-Free Networks
    2004 512 citations Marc Barthélemy, Alain Barrat et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  11. Epidemic dynamics in finite size scale-free networks
    2002 509 citations Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
  12. Models of social networks based on social distance attachment
    2004 507 citations Marián Boguñá, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras et al. Physical Review E profile →
  13. Thresholds for Epidemic Spreading in Networks
    2010 489 citations Claudio Castellano, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras Physical Review Letters profile →
  14. Large-scale topological and dynamical properties of the Internet
    2002 458 citations Alexei Vázquez, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras et al. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
  15. Activity driven modeling of time varying networks
    2012 420 citations Nicola Perra, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras et al. profile →
  16. Absence of Epidemic Threshold in Scale-Free Networks with Degree Correlations
    2003 396 citations Marián Boguñá, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers

Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras
Alain Barrat France
Yamir Moreno Spain
Marc Barthélemy France
Àlex Arenas Spain
Alessandro Vespignani United States
Vito Latora Italy
Claudio Castellano Italy
Stefano Boccaletti Italy
Tao Zhou China
Matjaž Perc Slovenia
Alain Barrat France
Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras
Citations per year, relative to Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras (= 1×) peers Alain Barrat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras 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 Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras 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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Starnini, Michele, et al.. (2025). Social network heterogeneity promotes depolarization of multidimensional correlated opinions. Physical Review Research. 7(1).
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Miguel, M. Carmen, et al.. (2024). Selective social interactions and speed-induced leadership in schooling fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(18). e2309733121–e2309733121. 12 indexed citations
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Pastor‐Satorras, Romualdo, et al.. (2022). Flocking dynamics mediated by weighted social networks. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 3 indexed citations
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Pastor‐Satorras, Romualdo & Claudio Castellano. (2022). The advantage of self-protecting interventions in mitigating epidemic circulation at the community level. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Alessandretti, Laura, et al.. (2017). Bitcoin ecology: Quantifying and modelling the long-term dynamics of the cryptocurrency market.. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Budroni, Marcello A., Andrea Baronchelli, & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2017). Scale-free networks emerging from multifractal time series. Physical review. E. 95(5). 52311–52311. 12 indexed citations
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Starnini, Michele & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2013). Topological properties of a time-integrated activity-driven network. Physical Review E. 87(6). 62807–62807. 48 indexed citations
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Perra, Nicola, Bruno Gonçalves, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, & Alessandro Vespignani. (2012). Time scales and dynamical processes in activity driven networks. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 2 indexed citations
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Perra, Nicola, Andrea Baronchelli, Delia Mocanu, et al.. (2012). Walking and searching in time-varying networks. arXiv (Cornell University). 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Castellano, Claudio & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2012). Universal and nonuniversal features of the generalized voter class for ordering dynamics in two dimensions. Physical Review E. 86(5). 51123–51123. 8 indexed citations
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Perra, Nicola, Andrea Baronchelli, Delia Mocanu, et al.. (2012). Random Walks and Search in Time-Varying Networks. Physical Review Letters. 109(23). 238701–238701. 128 indexed citations
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Castellano, Claudio & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2010). Thresholds for Epidemic Spreading in Networks. Physical Review Letters. 105(21). 218701–218701. 489 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boguñá, Marián, Claudio Castellano, & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2009). Langevin approach for the dynamics of the contact process on annealed scale-free networks. Physical Review E. 79(3). 36110–36110. 84 indexed citations
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Castellano, Claudio, Miguel A. Muñoz, & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2009). Nonlinearq-voter model. Physical Review E. 80(4). 41129–41129. 179 indexed citations
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Castellano, Claudio & Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras. (2008). Routes to Thermodynamic Limit on Scale-Free Networks. Physical Review Letters. 100(14). 148701–148701. 47 indexed citations
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Barthélemy, Marc, Alain Barrat, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, & Alessandro Vespignani. (2003). Velocity and hierarchical spread of epidemic outbreaks in complex networks. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Vázquez, Alexei, Romualdo Pastor‐Satorras, & Alessandro Vespignani. (2002). Large-scale topological and dynamical properties of the Internet. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(6). 66130–66130. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pastor‐Satorras, Romualdo & Alessandro Vespignani. (2002). Immunization of complex networks. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(3). 36104–36104. 849 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pastor‐Satorras, Romualdo & Alessandro Vespignani. (2002). Epidemic dynamics in finite size scale-free networks. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(3). 35108–35108. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pastor‐Satorras, Romualdo & Alessandro Vespignani. (2000). Corrections to scaling in the forest-fire model. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 61(5). 4854–4859. 19 indexed citations

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