Zoltán Toroczkai

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Zoltán Toroczkai is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zoltán Toroczkai has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 27 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 21 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Zoltán Toroczkai's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (26 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (19 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (18 papers). Zoltán Toroczkai is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (26 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (19 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (18 papers). Zoltán Toroczkai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Romania. Zoltán Toroczkai's co-authors include Mária Ercsey-Ravasz, Hasan Güçlü, Nan Wang, Stephen Eubank, Madhav Marathe, V. S. Anil Kumar, Aravind Srinivasan, Kenneth Knoblauch, Henry Kennedy and David C. Van Essen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zoltán Toroczkai

94 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Modelling disease outbrea... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2013 400 800 1.2k
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. Modelling disease outbreaks in realistic urban social networks
    2004 1.4k citations Zoltán Toroczkai et al. profile →
  2. Cortical High-Density Counterstream Architectures
    2013 396 citations Nikola T. Markov, Mária Ercsey-Ravasz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zoltán Toroczkai United States 35 1.9k 1.4k 733 727 535 96 5.7k
Jari Saramäki Finland 34 4.6k 2.4× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.7× 317 0.4× 150 0.3× 100 8.0k
Piet Van Mieghem Netherlands 48 5.1k 2.7× 1.1k 0.8× 3.0k 4.1× 1.4k 2.0× 254 0.5× 271 10.6k
Mason A. Porter United States 49 5.9k 3.2× 2.4k 1.8× 1.4k 1.9× 283 0.4× 177 0.3× 224 12.1k
Marián Boguñá Spain 39 6.0k 3.2× 430 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 533 0.7× 505 0.9× 93 8.5k
Naoki Masuda Japan 44 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 443 0.6× 267 0.4× 73 0.1× 281 6.5k
T. Geisel Germany 45 4.0k 2.1× 2.4k 1.7× 1.8k 2.4× 907 1.2× 1.2k 2.2× 194 9.2k
Desmond J. Higham United Kingdom 41 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 538 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 100 0.2× 163 8.6k
Dong‐Uk Hwang South Korea 16 5.0k 2.7× 1.5k 1.1× 2.9k 3.9× 188 0.3× 262 0.5× 37 8.7k
Mario Chávez France 34 5.3k 2.8× 3.2k 2.3× 3.1k 4.3× 315 0.4× 269 0.5× 103 12.3k
Lazaros K. Gallos United States 21 3.0k 1.6× 325 0.2× 608 0.8× 183 0.3× 233 0.4× 57 4.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zoltán Toroczkai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wolpert, David H., Jan Korbel, Christopher W. Lynn, et al.. (2024). Is stochastic thermodynamics the key to understanding the energy costs of computation?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(45). e2321112121–e2321112121. 11 indexed citations
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Malik, Omar, et al.. (2024). Diffusive persistence on disordered lattices and random networks. Physical review. E. 109(2). 24113–24113.
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Bianconi, Ginestra, Edward T. Bullmore, Mark Burgess, et al.. (2023). Neuroscience Needs Network Science. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(34). 5989–5995. 38 indexed citations
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Molnár, Ferenc, Szabolcs Horvát, Ana Rita Ribeiro Gomes, et al.. (2023). Predictability of cortico-cortical connections in the mammalian brain. Network Neuroscience. 8(1). 138–157. 1 indexed citations
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Gămănuț, Răzvan, Henry Kennedy, Zoltán Toroczkai, et al.. (2018). The Mouse Cortical Connectome, Characterized by an Ultra-Dense Cortical Graph, Maintains Specificity by Distinct Connectivity Profiles. Neuron. 97(3). 698–715.e10. 123 indexed citations
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Yin, Xunzhao, Zoltán Toroczkai, & Xiaobo Sharon Hu. (2017). An analog SAT solver based on a deterministic dynamical system. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 1 indexed citations
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Noori, Hamid R., et al.. (2017). A multiscale cerebral neurochemical connectome of the rat brain. PLoS Biology. 15(7). e2002612–e2002612. 33 indexed citations
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Yin, Xunzhao, et al.. (2017). Efficient Analog Circuits for Boolean Satisfiability. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems. 26(1). 155–167. 23 indexed citations
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Markov, Nikola T., Mária Ercsey-Ravasz, Camille Lamy, et al.. (2013). The role of long-range connections on the specificity of the macaque interareal cortical network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(13). 5187–5192. 143 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Henry, Kenneth Knoblauch, & Zoltán Toroczkai. (2013). Why data coherence and quality is critical for understanding interareal cortical networks. NeuroImage. 80. 37–45. 29 indexed citations
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Ercsey-Ravasz, Mária & Zoltán Toroczkai. (2012). The Chaos Within Sudoku. Scientific Reports. 2(1). 725–725. 30 indexed citations
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Markov, Nikola T., Pierre Misery, Arnaud Falchier, et al.. (2010). Weight Consistency Specifies Regularities of Macaque Cortical Networks. Cerebral Cortex. 21(6). 1254–1272. 266 indexed citations
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Toroczkai, Zoltán. (2009). Functional vs. Structural Modularity: do they imply each other?. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Sreenivasan, Sameet, Reuven Cohen, Eduardo López, Zoltán Toroczkai, & H. Eugene Stanley. (2007). Structural bottlenecks for communication in networks. Physical Review E. 75(3). 36105–36105. 107 indexed citations
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Korniss, G., et al.. (2007). Extreme fluctuations in noisy task-completion landscapes on scale-free networks. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 17(2). 26104–26104. 11 indexed citations
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Scheuring, István, György Károlyi, Zoltán Toroczkai, Tamás Tél, & Áron Péntek. (2003). Competing populations in flows with chaotic mixing. Theoretical Population Biology. 63(2). 77–90. 32 indexed citations
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Toroczkai, Zoltán, et al.. (2002). Selective Sensitivity of Open Chaotic Flows on Inertial Tracer Advection: Catching Particles with a Stick. Physical Review Letters. 89(16). 164501–164501. 57 indexed citations
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Toroczkai, Zoltán & G. Korniss. (2001). Comment on “Extremal-point densities of interface fluctuations in a quenched random medium”. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(4). 48101–48101. 1 indexed citations
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Károlyi, György, Áron Péntek, Zoltán Toroczkai, Tamás Tél, & Celso Grebogi. (1999). Chemical or biological activity in open chaotic flows. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(5). 5468–5481. 49 indexed citations
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Péntek, Áron, James B. Kadtke, & Zoltán Toroczkai. (1996). Stabilizing chaotic vortex trajectories: an example of high-dimensional control. Physics Letters A. 224(1-2). 85–92. 9 indexed citations

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