Simon Lin

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Simon Lin is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Lin has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 5 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Simon Lin's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (5 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (4 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (4 papers). Simon Lin is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (5 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (4 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (4 papers). Simon Lin collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and Japan. Simon Lin's co-authors include Brian W. Kernighan, Thomas Faulkner, Pratik Rath, Chris Akers, Ming-Chang Huang, Alok Choudhary, Sanchit Misra, Ramanathan Narayanan, Andy Turner and Wei‐keng Liao and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Genome Research and Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

Simon Lin

22 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An Effective Heuristic Algorithm for the Traveling-Salesman Problem

1973 2.5k citations Simon Lin, Brian W. Kernighan Operations Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Lin Taiwan	7	1.6k	1.1k	456	414	392	22	2.6k
Gerhard Reinelt Germany	30	2.2k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	979 2.1×	1.3k 3.1×	436 1.1×	95	4.9k
David Applegate United States	21	1.2k 0.7×	735 0.7×	1.1k 2.5×	446 1.1×	255 0.7×	55	2.8k
Yves Deville Belgium	18	579 0.4×	419 0.4×	566 1.2×	275 0.7×	293 0.7×	81	1.7k
Gunter Dueck Germany	8	824 0.5×	462 0.4×	283 0.6×	229 0.6×	115 0.3×	22	1.8k
Robert E. Bixby United States	27	875 0.5×	534 0.5×	563 1.2×	980 2.4×	163 0.4×	56	2.6k
Teofilo F. Gonzalez United States	15	1.7k 1.1×	639 0.6×	1.3k 2.9×	567 1.4×	394 1.0×	68	3.6k
Esther M. Arkin United States	22	779 0.5×	239 0.2×	660 1.4×	393 0.9×	831 2.1×	99	2.5k
Daniel J. Rosenkrantz United States	27	519 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 2.7×	1.3k 3.2×	194 0.5×	128	3.3k
Greg N. Frederickson United States	30	762 0.5×	425 0.4×	1.3k 2.9×	1.1k 2.7×	270 0.7×	106	2.7k
A. Volgenant Netherlands	19	541 0.3×	341 0.3×	355 0.8×	276 0.7×	313 0.8×	52	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Lin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Lin 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 Simon Lin. Simon Lin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Iizuka, Norihiro, Simon Lin, & Mitsuhiro Nishida. (2025). Black hole multi-entropy curves — secret entanglement between Hawking particles. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025(3). 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Simon, et al.. (2025). Semifinite von Neumann algebras in gauge theory and gravity. Physical review. D. 111(4). 7 indexed citations

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Akers, Chris, Thomas Faulkner, Simon Lin, & Pratik Rath. (2024). Reflected entropy in random tensor networks. Part III. Triway cuts. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(12). 6 indexed citations

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Akers, Chris, Thomas Faulkner, Simon Lin, & Pratik Rath. (2024). Entanglement of purification in random tensor networks. Physical review. D. 109(10). 5 indexed citations

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Akers, Chris, Thomas Faulkner, Simon Lin, & Pratik Rath. (2023). Reflected entropy in random tensor networks. Part II. A topological index from canonical purification. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(1). 18 indexed citations

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Faulkner, Thomas, et al.. (2023). The reflected entanglement spectrum for free fermions. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(2). 5 indexed citations

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Lin, Simon, et al.. (2020). A general theory of concept lattice with tractable implication exploration. Theoretical Computer Science. 837. 84–114. 2 indexed citations

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Liang, Wen‐Tzong, Jian‐Cheng Lee, Nai‐Chi Hsiao, Kate Huihsuan Chen, & Simon Lin. (2017). Citizen Earthquake Science in Taiwan: From Science to Hazard Mitigation. Japan Geoscience Union. 1 indexed citations

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Misra, Sanchit, Ramanathan Narayanan, Wei‐keng Liao, Alok Choudhary, & Simon Lin. (2010). pFANGS: Parallel high speed sequence mapping for Next Generation 454-roche Sequencing reads. 80. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

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Voß, Alex, et al.. (2010). Scalable Social Simulation: Investigating Population-Scale Phenomena Using Commodity Computing. 11. 1–8. 6 indexed citations

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Misra, Sanchit, Ramanathan Narayanan, Simon Lin, & Alok Choudhary. (2010). FANGS. 1539–1546. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Ming-Chang, et al.. (2006). Partition functions and finite-size scalings of Ising model on helical tori. Physical Review E. 73(5). 55101–55101. 7 indexed citations

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Chuang, Trees‐Juen, Wen‐chang Lin, Hurng-Chun Lee, et al.. (2003). A Complexity Reduction Algorithm for Analysis and Annotation of Large Genomic Sequences. Genome Research. 13(2). 313–322. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Ming-Chang, et al.. (2002). Evolution and structure formation of the distribution of partition function zeros: Triangular type Ising lattices with cell decoration. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(6). 66124–66124. 4 indexed citations

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Lin, Simon, et al.. (2001). A Metadata Case Study for the FRBR Model Based on Chinese Painting and Calligraphy at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. 51–59. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, Simon, et al.. (1994). Nearest-neighbour heuristics in accelerated algorithms of optimisation problems. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 203(3-4). 369–380. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, Simon, et al.. (1991). Exact analysis of a lattice gas on the 3?12 lattice with two- and three-site interactions. Journal of Statistical Physics. 62(1-2). 35–43. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, Simon. (1975). Heuristic Programming as an Aid to Network Design. Networks. 5(1). 33–43. 43 indexed citations

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Lin, Simon & Brian W. Kernighan. (1973). An Effective Heuristic Algorithm for the Traveling-Salesman Problem. Operations Research. 21(2). 498–516. 2502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kernighan, Brian W. & Simon Lin. (1973). Heuristic Solution of a Signal Design Optimization Problem. Bell System Technical Journal. 52(7). 1145–1159. 11 indexed citations

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