2026 Cristopher Moore: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	63	431	358	227	176	239	28854
Computer Science	62	2823	2740	1396	1345	238	28605

Cristopher Moore publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristopher Moore sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 537+

This scientist: 239 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Cristopher Moore D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristopher Moore sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2016 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions to randomized algorithms and quantum computing, bridging mathematics, statistical physics, and theoretical computer science.

Overview

Cristopher Moore is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, as well as Computer Science, with a notable focus on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. Other subfields they have contributed to include Statistics and Probability, Modeling and Simulation, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main research topics addressed by Cristopher Moore include:

Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Their recent papers demonstrate a diverse range of interests and publication venues. Representative recent publications include:

"What Is a Macrostate? Subjective Observations and Objective Dynamics," 2024, published in Foundations of Physics
"The Role of Directionality, Heterogeneity, and Correlations in Epidemic Risk and Spread," 2023, published in SIAM Review
"Disordered systems insights on computational hardness," 2022, published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
"The Generals' Scuttlebutt," 2022, published in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
"Spectral Planting and the Hardness of Refuting Cuts, Colorability, and Communities in Random Graphs," 2020, published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Physical Review E, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment.

Cristopher Moore has collaborated extensively with several researchers in their field. The most frequent co-authors include:

Samuel V. Scarpino
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
Elise Ferguson
Paul Guerin
Dmitriy Kunisky

Cristopher Moore has been recognized through fellowships in notable scientific organizations. These include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2016, with recognition for contributions spanning randomized algorithms, quantum computing, and bridging multiple disciplines including mathematics, statistical physics, and theoretical computer science.

Best Publications

Finding community structure in very large networks.

Aaron Clauset;M. E. J. Newman;Cristopher Moore

9528
Citations
Hierarchical structure and the prediction of missing links in networks

Aaron Clauset;Cristopher Moore;Cristopher Moore;M. E. J. Newman;M. E. J. Newman

2669
Citations
Epidemics and percolation in small-world networks.

Cristopher Moore;M. E. J. Newman

1267
Citations
Asymptotic analysis of the stochastic block model for modular networks and its algorithmic applications.

Aurelien Decelle;Florent Krzakala;Cristopher Moore;Lenka Zdeborová

915
Citations
Spectral redemption in clustering sparse networks

Florent Krzakala;Cristopher Moore;Elchanan Mossel;Joseph Neeman

743
Citations
Mean-field solution of the small-world network model.

M. E. J. Newman;C. Moore;D. J. Watts

665
Citations
Unpredictability and undecidability in dynamical systems

Cristopher Moore

605
Citations
Quantum automata and quantum grammars

Cristopher Moore;James P. Crutchfield

581
Citations
The Nature of Computation

Cristopher Moore;Stephan Mertens

511
Citations
Stability analysis of financial contagion due to overlapping portfolios

Fabio Caccioli;Fabio Caccioli;Munik Shrestha;Munik Shrestha;Cristopher Moore;Cristopher Moore;J. Doyne Farmer;J. Doyne Farmer

458
Citations
Inference and phase transitions in the detection of modules in sparse networks.

Aurelien Decelle;Florent Krzakala;Cristopher Moore;Lenka Zdeborová

456
Citations
Braids in classical dynamics.

Cristopher Moore

315
Citations
On the bias of traceroute sampling: Or, power-law degree distributions in regular graphs

Dimitris Achlioptas;Aaron Clauset;David Kempe;Cristopher Moore

301
Citations
Generalized shifts: unpredictability and undecidability in dynamical systems

Cristopher Moore

281
Citations
Recursion theory on the reals and continuous-time computation

Cristopher Moore

266
Citations
Exact solution of site and bond percolation on small-world networks.

Cristopher Moore;Cristopher Moore;M. E. J. Newman

248
Citations
Continuum percolation thresholds in two dimensions

Stephan Mertens;Cristopher Moore

234
Citations
Limitations of quantum coset states for graph isomorphism

Sean Hallgren;Cristopher Moore;Martin Rötteler;Alexander Russell

232
Citations
Community detection, link prediction, and layer interdependence in multilayer networks.

Caterina De Bacco;Eleanor A. Power;Daniel B. Larremore;Cristopher Moore

231
Citations
Quantum Walks on the Hypercube

Cristopher Moore;Alexander Russell

222
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Russell University of Connecticut

Dimitris Achlioptas National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Mark Newman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Aaron Clauset University of Colorado Boulder

Leonard J. Schulman California Institute of Technology

Daniel N. Rockmore Dartmouth College

Eric Allender Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

David Kempe University of Southern California

Lenka Zdeborová École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Michael Molloy University of Toronto

External Links

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