Sajad Jafari

16.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
439 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Sajad Jafari is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computer Networks and Communications and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sajad Jafari has authored 439 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 345 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 248 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 125 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sajad Jafari's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (236 papers), Chaos control and synchronization (217 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (147 papers). Sajad Jafari is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (236 papers), Chaos control and synchronization (217 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (147 papers). Sajad Jafari collaborates with scholars based in Iran, India and Vietnam. Sajad Jafari's co-authors include J. C. Sprott, Karthikeyan Rajagopal, Viet–Thanh Pham, Christos Volos, Tomasz Kapitaniak, Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani, Fatemeh Parastesh, Fahimeh Nazarimehr, Viet–Thanh Pham and Matjaž Perc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sajad Jafari

431 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

Hidden attractors in dynamical systems 2013 2026 2017 2021 2016 2013 2013 2013 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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. Hidden attractors in dynamical systems
    2016 553 citations Sajad Jafari et al. profile →
  2. Simple chaotic flows with a line equilibrium
    2013 452 citations Sajad Jafari et al. Chaos Solitons & Fractals profile →
  3. Elementary quadratic chaotic flows with no equilibria
    2013 422 citations Sajad Jafari et al. Physics Letters A profile →
  4. SIMPLE CHAOTIC FLOWS WITH ONE STABLE EQUILIBRIUM
    2013 310 citations Sajad Jafari et al. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos profile →
  5. Chimeras
    2020 213 citations Fatemeh Parastesh, Sajad Jafari et al. profile →
  6. Synchronization in Hindmarsh–Rose neurons subject to higher-order interactions
    2022 122 citations Fatemeh Parastesh, Mahtab Mehrabbeik et al. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science profile →

Peers

Sajad Jafari
Thomas L. Carroll United States
Karthikeyan Rajagopal India
Louis M. Pecora United States
Tomasz Kapitaniak Poland
Bocheng Bao China
Н. В. Кузнецов Russia
Han Bao China
John A. Vastano United States
Г. А. Леонов Russia
Alan Wolf United States
Thomas L. Carroll United States
Sajad Jafari
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Fields of papers citing papers by Sajad Jafari

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sajad Jafari

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sajad Jafari. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sajad Jafari 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 Sajad Jafari. Sajad Jafari 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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Mehrabbeik, Mahtab, et al.. (2025). Elevated EEG fractal dimension in Parkinson’s during timing tasks. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 35(6). 4 indexed citations
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Parastesh, Fatemeh, et al.. (2025). Discrete Memristive Hindmarsh-Rose Neural Model with Fractional-Order Differences. Fractal and Fractional. 9(5). 276–276. 5 indexed citations
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Mehrabbeik, Mahtab, Sajad Jafari, & Fatemeh Parastesh. (2024). Synchronization in a memristive duplex network: The impact of intra-layer and inter-layer synaptic pathways. Physics Letters A. 530. 130112–130112. 3 indexed citations
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Ramakrishnan, Balamurali, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of a two-neuron hopfield neural network: Memristive synapse and autapses and impact of fractional order. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 187. 155506–155506. 14 indexed citations
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Nazarimehr, Fahimeh, et al.. (2024). Dynamical analysis of the FitzHugh–Nagumo model with memristive synapse. Chinese Journal of Physics. 89. 1400–1414. 10 indexed citations
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Nazarimehr, Fahimeh, et al.. (2024). Characterizing EEG signal dynamics in healthy, seizure-free, and seizure states using the chaos decision tree algorithm. Physica Scripta. 99(12). 125217–125217. 1 indexed citations
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Parastesh, Fatemeh, et al.. (2024). Phase synchronization analysis of EEG functional connectivity in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 598. 111997–111997. 2 indexed citations
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Natiq, Hayder, et al.. (2023). Dynamical Analysis and Synchronization of a New Memristive Chialvo Neuron Model. Electronics. 12(3). 545–545. 34 indexed citations
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Parastesh, Fatemeh, et al.. (2023). Performance of synchronization in networks of chaotic systems under different PID coupling schemes. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 626. 129087–129087. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhen, Atefeh Ahmadi, Huaigu Tian, Sajad Jafari, & Guanrong Chen. (2023). Lower-dimensional simple chaotic systems with spectacular features. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 169. 113299–113299. 52 indexed citations
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Nazarimehr, Fahimeh, et al.. (2023). Spatial dynamics of swarmalators’ movements. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 468. 128508–128508. 11 indexed citations
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Janarthanan, R., et al.. (2023). Dynamics of Hindmarsh–Rose neurons connected via adaptive memristive synapse. Chinese Journal of Physics. 87. 311–329. 17 indexed citations
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Natiq, Hayder, et al.. (2023). A novel multi-stable sinusoidal chaotic map with spectacular behaviors. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 75(11). 115001–115001. 24 indexed citations
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Ramakrishnan, Balamurali, Hayder Natiq, Fatemeh Parastesh, Karthikeyan Rajagopal, & Sajad Jafari. (2023). Effects of Josephson junction synapse on coupled Morris-Lecar neurons. Physics Letters A. 494. 129302–129302. 11 indexed citations
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Parastesh, Fatemeh, et al.. (2023). An optimization-based algorithm for obtaining an optimal synchronizable network after link addition or reduction. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 33(3). 33103–33103. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yongxiang, et al.. (2020). Coexistence of Strange Nonchaotic Attractors in a Quasiperiodically Forced Dynamical Map. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos. 30(13). 2050183–2050183. 8 indexed citations
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Parastesh, Fatemeh, et al.. (2020). Complete dynamical analysis of a neocortical network model. Nonlinear Dynamics. 100(3). 2699–2714. 22 indexed citations
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Jafari, Sajad, et al.. (2018). Elimination of spiral waves in excitable media by magnetic induction. Nonlinear Dynamics. 94(1). 679–692. 53 indexed citations

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