Sergei Petrovskii

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Sergei Petrovskii is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergei Petrovskii has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 66 papers in Genetics and 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sergei Petrovskii's work include Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (83 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (61 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (50 papers). Sergei Petrovskii is often cited by papers focused on Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (83 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (61 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (50 papers). Sergei Petrovskii collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and United States. Sergei Petrovskii's co-authors include Horst Malchow, Andrew Morozov, Bai-Lian Li, Ezio Venturino, Malay Banerjee, Vitaly Volpert, Alexander B. Medvinsky, Irina A. Tikhonova, Yadigar Sekerci and Natalia Petrovskaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sergei Petrovskii

159 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Transient phenomena in ecology 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. Transient phenomena in ecology
    2018 377 citations Alan Hastings, Karen C. Abbott et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sergei Petrovskii United Kingdom 40 3.1k 2.4k 1.3k 1.2k 961 164 5.4k
J. M. Cushing United States 38 4.6k 1.5× 2.8k 1.2× 917 0.7× 823 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 157 7.4k
Lewi Stone Israel 44 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.7× 173 7.4k
Chris Cosner United States 36 3.6k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 573 0.4× 551 0.4× 1.0k 1.1× 140 5.9k
Mark Kot United States 28 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 674 0.5× 492 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 48 5.0k
Roger Arditi France 35 2.8k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 451 0.3× 496 0.4× 1.3k 1.3× 78 5.0k
Lev R. Ginzburg United States 30 2.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 652 0.5× 374 0.3× 1.3k 1.4× 77 5.1k
Mats Gyllenberg Finland 38 2.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 571 0.4× 259 0.2× 1.1k 1.2× 173 5.7k
Horst Malchow Germany 30 2.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 636 0.5× 982 0.8× 414 0.4× 94 3.1k
Bob W. Kooi Netherlands 33 1.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 517 0.4× 233 0.2× 763 0.8× 133 3.5k
Nanako Shigesada Japan 27 1.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 425 0.3× 350 0.3× 1.3k 1.4× 52 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sergei Petrovskii

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sergei Petrovskii

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergei Petrovskii

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Morozov, Andrew, Ulrike Feudel, Alan Hastings, et al.. (2024). Long-living transients in ecological models: Recent progress, new challenges, and open questions. Physics of Life Reviews. 51. 423–441. 2 indexed citations
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Volpert, Vitaly & Sergei Petrovskii. (2024). Reaction-diffusion waves in biology: new trends, recent developments. Physics of Life Reviews. 52. 1–20. 3 indexed citations
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Siekmann, Ivo, et al.. (2024). Mathematical model of oxygen minimum zones in the vertical distribution of oxygen in the ocean. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22248–22248. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Danish A., Sergei Petrovskii, Michael B. Bonsall, et al.. (2023). Simulating capture efficiency of pitfall traps based on sampling strategy and the movement of ground‐dwelling arthropods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(11). 2827–2843. 4 indexed citations
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Cole, Beth, Andrew V. Bradley, Simon Willcock, et al.. (2023). Using a multi‐lens framework for landscape decisions. People and Nature. 5(4). 1050–1071. 7 indexed citations
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Morozov, Andrew, et al.. (2023). Long transients in discontinuous time-discrete models of population dynamics. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 174. 113707–113707. 6 indexed citations
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Balzter, Heiko, Kevin Tansey, Fernando Del Bon Espírito-Santo, et al.. (2023). Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Knowledge Gaps and Interdisciplinary Approaches. Sustainability. 15(15). 11864–11864. 5 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei, et al.. (2022). Effect of Slow–Fast Time Scale on Transient Dynamics in a Realistic Prey-Predator System. Mathematics. 10(5). 699–699. 9 indexed citations
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Francis, Tessa B., Karen C. Abbott, Kim Cuddington, et al.. (2021). Management implications of long transients in ecological systems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(3). 285–294. 55 indexed citations
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Morozov, Andrew, Karen C. Abbott, Kim Cuddington, et al.. (2020). Long living transients: Enfant terrible of ecological theory?. Physics of Life Reviews. 32. 55–58. 1 indexed citations
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Hastings, Alan, Karen C. Abbott, Kim Cuddington, et al.. (2018). Transient phenomena in ecology. Science. 361(6406). 377 indexed citations breakdown →
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Petrovskii, Sergei, Natalia Petrovskaya, & Daniel Bearup. (2014). Multiscale ecology of agroecosystems is an emerging research field that can provide a stronger theoretical background for the integrated pest management. Physics of Life Reviews. 11(3). 536–539. 2 indexed citations
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Lewis, Mark A., Philip K. Maini, & Sergei Petrovskii. (2013). Dispersal, Individual Movement and Spatial Ecology A Mathematical Perspective. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 36 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei, et al.. (2010). Biological invasion and biological control: A case study of the gypsy moth spread. Aspects of applied biology. 37–48. 12 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei, Horst Malchow, & Bai-Lian Li. (2005). An exact solution of a diffusive predator–prey system. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 461(2056). 1029–1053. 51 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei & Nanako Shigesada. (2001). Some exact solutions of a generalized Fisher equation related to the problem of biological invasion. Mathematical Biosciences. 172(2). 73–94. 42 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei, et al.. (1995). Dynamics of formation of a switching wave in a dissipative bistable medium. Technical Physics. 40(6). 521–524. 6 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei. (1994). Critical nucleation parameters in an active bistable medium. 39(8). 747–749. 1 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei. (1994). Stabilization of nonstationary switching waves in a dissipative medium with turbulent mixing. Technical Physics Letters. 20(10). 778–780. 2 indexed citations
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Petrovskii, Sergei. (1993). Effect of acceleration of a switching wave in a dissipative medium with a periodic inhomogeneity. Technical Physics Letters. 19(7). 397–398. 3 indexed citations

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