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H. E. Stanley publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where H. E. Stanley sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 966 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

H. E. Stanley D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 153 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - David Turnbull Lectureship, Materials Research Society "For his insights into the statistical aspects of materials phenomena including phase transitions, pattern formation, and disordered, granular, and soft materials, and for his outstanding lecturing and writing on these topics." 
  • 1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

H. E. Stanley is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has a research portfolio spanning multiple disciplines, primarily within Physics and Astronomy as well as Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics related to network resilience, financial networks, and urban traffic dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Network resilience, 2022, published in Physics Reports
  • Optimal resilience of modular interacting networks, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Multilayer information spillover networks: measuring interconnectedness of financial institutions, 2020, published in Quantitative Finance
  • Multilayer financial networks and systemic importance: Evidence from China, 2021, published in International Review of Financial Analysis
  • Multiple metastable network states in urban traffic, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their work has been cited extensively, with citation counts ranging from over 80 to 160 for these key recent papers.

The scientist's frequent collaborators include:

  • André L. M. Vilela (11 joint publications)
  • Chao Wang (7 joint publications)
  • Jianxi Gao (6 joint publications)
  • Gaogao Dong (6 joint publications)
  • Ruijin Du (6 joint publications)

Publication venues where they have contributed notably consist of:

  • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications (9 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (6 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (4 publications)
  • Chaos Solitons & Fractals (3 publications)

Their research fields extend into subfields such as:

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (60 publications)
  • Economics and Econometrics (28 publications)
  • Transportation (12 publications)
  • Sociology and Political Science (7 publications)
  • Computer Networks and Communications (6 publications)

H. E. Stanley's research topics emphasize complex interactions and systemic analysis, including:

  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques (58 publications)
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (44 publications)
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (32 publications)
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (12 publications)
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics (12 publications)
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (8 publications)
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (8 publications)

Academic contributions also include a book published through the European Organization for Nuclear Research titled The Rise and Fall of Business Firms: A Stochastic Framework on Innovation, Creative Destruction and Growth (2020) that has received citations in related literature.

Best Publications

  • Quantification of scaling exponents and crossover phenomena in nonstationary heartbeat time series

    C.‐K. Peng;Shlomo Havlin;H. Eugene Stanley;Ary L. Goldberger

  • Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis of Nonstationary Time Series

    Jan W. Kantelhardt;Jan W. Kantelhardt;Stephan A. Zschiegner;Eva Koscielny-Bunde;Eva Koscielny-Bunde;Shlomo Havlin;Shlomo Havlin

  • Identification of influential spreaders in complex networks

    Maksim Kitsak;Maksim Kitsak;Lazaros K. Gallos;Shlomo Havlin;Fredrik Liljeros

  • Optimizing the success of random searches

    G. M. Viswanathan;G. M. Viswanathan;G. M. Viswanathan;Sergey V. Buldyrev;Shlomo Havlin;Shlomo Havlin;M. G. E. da Luz;M. G. E. da Luz

  • Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses

    G. M. Viswanathan;V. Afanasyev;S. V. Buldyrev;E. J. Murphy

  • Long-range anticorrelations and non-Gaussian behavior of the heartbeat

    C.-K. Peng;C.-K. Peng;C.-K. Peng;J. Mietus;J. Mietus;J. Mietus;J. M. Hausdorff;J. M. Hausdorff;J. M. Hausdorff;S. Havlin;S. Havlin;S. Havlin

  • Interpretation of the unusual behavior of H2O and D2O at low temperatures: Tests of a percolation model

    H. Eugene Stanley;J. Teixeira

  • Statistical properties of the volatility of price fluctuations.

    Yanhui Liu;P. Gopikrishnan;P. Cizeau;M. Meyer

  • Relation between the Widom line and the dynamic crossover in systems with a liquid–liquid phase transition

    Limei Xu;Pradeep Kumar;S. V. Buldyrev;S.-H. Chen

  • Magnetic phase diagram and magnetic pairing in doped La2CuO

    Amnon Aharony;R. J. Birgeneau;A. Coniglio;M. A. Kastner

  • Water: A Tale of Two Liquids

    Paola Gallo;Katrin Amann-Winkel;Charles Austen Angell;Mikhail Alexeevich Anisimov

  • Long-range correlation properties of coding and noncoding DNA sequences: GenBank analysis.

    S. V. Buldyrev;A. L. Goldberger;S. Havlin;R. N. Mantegna

  • Inverse cubic law for the distribution of stock price variations

    P. Gopikrishnan;M. Meyer;L.A.N. Amaral;H.E. Stanley

  • SINGULARITY-FREE INTERPRETATION OF THE THERMODYNAMICS OF SUPERCOOLED WATER

    Srikanth Sastry;Pablo G. Debenedetti;Francesco Sciortino;H. E. Stanley

  • Scaling behaviour of heartbeat intervals obtained by wavelet-based time-series analysis

    Ivanov Pc;Rosenblum Mg;Peng Ck;Peng Ck;Mietus J

  • Cascade of failures in coupled network systems with multiple support-dependence relations.

    Jia Shao;Sergey V. Buldyrev;Sergey V. Buldyrev;Shlomo Havlin;H. Eugene Stanley

  • Time-dependent Hurst exponent in financial time series

    Anna Filomena Carbone;G Castelli;H. E. Stanley

  • Method for generating long-range correlations for large systems.

    HA Makse;S Havlin;M Schwartz;HE Stanley

  • Linguistic features of noncoding DNA sequences.

    R. N. Mantegna;S. V. Buldyrev;A. L. Goldberger;S. Havlin

  • Statistical physics and physiology: monofractal and multifractal approaches.

    H.E. Stanley;L.A.N. Amaral;L.A.N. Amaral;A.L. Goldberger;S. Havlin;S. Havlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Shlomo Havlin
Shlomo Havlin Bar-Ilan University
Sergey V. Buldyrev
Sergey V. Buldyrev Yeshiva University
Ary L. Goldberger
Ary L. Goldberger Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boris Podobnik
Boris Podobnik University of Zagreb
Francesco Sciortino
Francesco Sciortino Sapienza University of Rome
Francis W. Starr
Francis W. Starr Wesleyan University
Michael Simons
Michael Simons Yale University
Antonio Scala
Antonio Scala National Research Council (CNR)
Rosario N. Mantegna
Rosario N. Mantegna University of Palermo
Nikolay V. Dokholyan
Nikolay V. Dokholyan Pennsylvania State University

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