Ulrik Brandes

16.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Ulrik Brandes is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrik Brandes has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 55 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ulrik Brandes's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (59 papers), Data Visualization and Analytics (50 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (23 papers). Ulrik Brandes is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (59 papers), Data Visualization and Analytics (50 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (23 papers). Ulrik Brandes collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Ulrik Brandes's co-authors include Thomas Erlebach, Dorothea Wagner, Jürgen Lerner, Christian Pich, Marco Gaertler, Martin Hoefer, Robert Görke, Daniel Delling, Zoran Nikoloski and Patrick Kenis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ulrik Brandes

132 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

  1. A faster algorithm for betweenness centrality*
    2001 3.1k citations Ulrik Brandes profile →
  2. On Modularity Clustering
    2008 739 citations Ulrik Brandes, Dorothea Wagner et al. profile →
  3. On variants of shortest-path betweenness centrality and their generic computation
    2008 615 citations Ulrik Brandes Social Networks profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ulrik Brandes 3.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 1.1k 139 8.1k
Filippo Radicchi 5.6k 1.6× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 504 0.4× 737 0.7× 100 9.3k
Aaron Clauset 6.3k 1.8× 2.6k 1.8× 1.5k 1.2× 641 0.5× 1.5k 1.4× 92 13.0k
Yong‐Yeol Ahn 2.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.4× 522 0.4× 1.4k 1.3× 95 6.7k
Jean‐Loup Guillaume 5.1k 1.5× 2.5k 1.7× 1.5k 1.2× 739 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 30 13.2k
Martin Rosvall 3.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 803 0.6× 479 0.4× 523 0.5× 81 7.0k
János Kertész 5.7k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 362 0.3× 1.3k 1.2× 237 12.1k
Mason A. Porter 5.9k 1.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 497 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 224 12.1k
Andrea Lancichinetti 5.5k 1.6× 1.9k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 571 0.5× 434 0.4× 19 7.1k
Vladimir Batagelj 2.1k 0.6× 915 0.6× 471 0.4× 522 0.4× 931 0.9× 101 6.2k
Illés J. Farkas 3.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 975 0.8× 633 0.6× 42 10.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ulrik Brandes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ulrik Brandes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ulrik Brandes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ulrik Brandes 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 Ulrik Brandes. Ulrik Brandes 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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Schoch, David, et al.. (2024). Penalty shoot-outs are tough, but the alternating order is fair. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0315017–e0315017. 2 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik. (2023). A goal-aligned coordinate system for invasion games. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 9(4). 261–271. 1 indexed citations
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Schoch, David & Ulrik Brandes. (2020). Legislators’ roll-call voting behavior increasingly corresponds to intervals in the political spectrum. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17369–17369. 5 indexed citations
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Laffoon, Jason E., et al.. (2017). Investigating human geographic origins using dual-isotope (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O) assignment approaches. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172562–e0172562. 65 indexed citations
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Brughmans, Tom, et al.. (2017). Exploring Transformations in Caribbean Indigenous Social Networks through Visibility Studies: the Case of Late Pre-Colonial Landscapes in East-Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 25(2). 475–519. 10 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (2017). Efficient orbit-aware triad and quad census in directed and undirected graphs. Applied Network Science. 2(1). 13–13. 12 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (2016). Flexible Level-of-Detail Rendering for Large Graphs. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Conrad, et al.. (2013). Simmelian backbones. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 525–532. 41 indexed citations
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Bussmann, Margit, et al.. (2013). Modeling frequency and type of interaction in event networks. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 4(1). 3–32. 42 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (2012). Organizing Search Results with a Reference Map. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 18(12). 2546–2555. 22 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (2011). Path-based supports for hypergraphs. Journal of Discrete Algorithms. 14. 248–261. 14 indexed citations
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Lubbers, Miranda J., et al.. (2009). Longitudinal analysis of personal networks. The case of Argentinean migrants in Spain. Social Networks. 32(1). 91–104. 187 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik & Sabine Cornelsen. (2008). Phylogenetic graph models beyond trees. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 157(10). 2361–2369. 13 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik. (2006). Optimal leaf ordering of complete binary trees. Journal of Discrete Algorithms. 5(3). 546–552. 3 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (2006). Summarizing Dynamic Bipolar Conflict Structures. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 12(6). 1486–1499. 11 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik & Thomas Erlebach. (2005). Network Analysis: Methodological Foundations (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Springer eBooks. 115 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (2005). Dynamic spectral layout of small worlds. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 1 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (2004). How to draw the minimum cuts of a planar graph. Computational Geometry. 29(2). 117–133. 4 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, Jörg Raab, & Dorothea Wagner. (2001). Exploratory Network Visualization : Simultaneous Display of Actor Status and Connections. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 2(4). 57 indexed citations
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Brandes, Ulrik, et al.. (1999). A software package of algorithms and heuristics for disjoint paths in Planar Networks. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 92(2-3). 91–110. 1 indexed citations

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