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D-Index
86
Citations
25895
World Ranking
2546
National Ranking
890

Irving R. Epstein publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Irving R. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 471 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Irving R. Epstein D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Irving R. Epstein is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on physics and engineering, particularly exploring areas related to nonlinear dynamics, robotics, and advanced materials.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

Their work also covers various specialized subfields such as:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

Research topics prominently investigated by Irving R. Epstein include:

  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Stochastic Dynamics and Bifurcation
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this scientist are:

  • Qingyu Gao
  • Lin Ren
  • Ling Yuan
  • Rui Teng
  • Changwei Pan

Their recent significant papers include:

  • Chemomechanical origin of directed locomotion driven by internal chemical signals, 2020, Science Advances
  • Period-doubling route to mixed-mode chaos, 2021, Physical review. E
  • Insights from chemical systems into Turing-type morphogenesis, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Programmed Locomotion of an Active Gel Driven by Spiral Waves, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Briggs-Rauscher Reaction: A Demonstration of Sequential Spatiotemporal Patterns, 2020, Journal of Chemical Education

Key venues where this scientist has frequently published are:

  • ChemPhysChem
  • Physical review. E
  • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

In addition to journal articles, Irving R. Epstein has contributed to published books, including:

  • Education, Affect, and Film, 2024, Bloomsbury Publishing plc

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1987

Best Publications

  • An Introduction to Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics: Oscillations, Waves, Patterns, and Chaos

    Irving R. Epstein;John A. Pojman

  • Modeling of turing structures in the chlorite--iodide--malonic Acid--starch reaction system.

    Istivan Lengyel;Irving R. Epstein

  • Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics: Oscillations, Patterns, and Chaos

    Irving R. Epstein;Kenneth Showalter

  • A chemical approach to designing Turing patterns in reaction-diffusion systems.

    Istvan Lengyel;Irving R. Epstein

  • Pattern formation in a tunable medium: the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction in an aerosol OT microemulsion.

    Vladimir K. Vanag;Irving R. Epstein

  • Oscillatory cluster patterns in a homogeneous chemical system with global feedback

    Vladimir K. Vanag;Lingfa Yang;Milos Dolnik;Anatol M. Zhabotinsky

  • Cross-diffusion and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems.

    Vladimir K. Vanag;Irving R. Epstein

  • Inwardly rotating spiral waves in a reaction-diffusion system.

    Vladimir K. Vanag;Irving R. Epstein

  • Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities

    W. A. Anderson;U. Banerjee;C. L. Drennan;S. C. R. Elgin

  • Pattern Formation in a Tunable Medium

    Irving R. Epstein;Vladimir K. Vanag

  • Reaction–diffusion processes at the nano- and microscales

    Irving R. Epstein;Bing Xu

  • Experimental and theoretical studies of a coupled chemical oscillator: phase death, multistability, and in-phase and out-of-phase entrainment

    Michael F. Crowley;Irving R. Epstein

  • Cooperative and non-cooperative binding of large ligands to a finite one-dimensional lattice: A model for ligand-ougonucleotide interactions

    Irving R. Epstein

  • Testing Turing's Theory of Morphogenesis in Chemical Cells

    Nathan Tompkins;Ning Li;Camille Girabawe;Michael Heymann

  • Convective effects on chemical waves. 1. Mechanisms and stability criteria

    John A. Pojman;Irving R. Epstein

  • OSCILLATING CHEMICAL REACTIONS.

    Irving R. Epstein;Kenneth Kustin;Patrick de Kepper;Miklós Orbán

  • Nonlinear chemical dynamics

    Francesc Sagués;Irving R. Epstein

  • Systematic design of chemical oscillators. Part 8. Batch oscillations and spatial wave patterns in chlorite oscillating systems

    Patrick De Kepper;Irving R. Epstein;Kenneth Kustin;Miklos Orban

  • Experimental and modeling study of oscillations in the chlorine dioxide-iodine-malonic acid reaction

    Istvan Lengyel;Gyula Rabai;Irving R. Epstein

  • Mechanistic study of oscillations and bistability in the Briggs-Rauscher reaction

    Patrick De Kepper;Irving R. Epstein

  • Fluctuations and stirring rate effects in the chlorite-thiosulfate reaction

    Istvan Nagypal;Irving R. Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth Kustin
Kenneth Kustin Brandeis University
William N. Lipscomb
William N. Lipscomb Harvard University
Bing Xu
Bing Xu Brandeis University
John A. Pojman
John A. Pojman Louisiana State University
Anna C. Balazs
Anna C. Balazs University of Pittsburgh
Eve Marder
Eve Marder Brandeis University
Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University
Sarah C. R. Elgin
Sarah C. R. Elgin Washington University in St. Louis
Graham F. Hatfull
Graham F. Hatfull University of Pittsburgh

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