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49
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1124
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Lai Sang Young 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 Lai Sang Young sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 133 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lai Sang Young 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 Lai Sang Young sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Lai Sang Young is affiliated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics in neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist has a substantial publication record with notable recent papers including:

  • Origin of exponential growth in nonlinear reaction networks, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chaotic heteroclinic networks as models of switching behavior in biological systems, 2022, Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • Contrast response in a comprehensive network model of macaque V1, 2020, Journal of Vision
  • A theory of direction selectivity for macaque primary visual cortex, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A data-informed mean-field approach to mapping of cortical parameter landscapes, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Lai Sang Young include:

  • Logan Chariker
  • Robert Shapley
  • Michael J. Hawken
  • Zhuo-Cheng Xiao
  • Kevin K. Lin

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science

The primary fields of study for Lai Sang Young are:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, subfields of particular focus include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Biophysics
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, such as:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Lai Sang Young has been recognized with several awards including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1997
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985

Best Publications

  • STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS WITH SOME HYPERBOLICITY

    Lai Sang Young

  • Recurrence times and rates of mixing

    Lai Sang Young

  • Dimension, entropy and Lyapunov exponents

    Lai Sang Young

  • The metric entropy of diffeomorphisms Part I: Characterization of measures satisfying Pesin's entropy formula

    François Ledrappier;Lai-Sang Young

  • What Are SRB Measures, and Which Dynamical Systems Have Them?

    Lai Sang Young

  • Dynamical Systems and Turbulence, Warwick 1980

    David Rand;Lai-Sang Young

  • The metric entropy of diffeomorphisms Part II: Relations between entropy, exponents and dimension

    François Ledrappier;Lai-Sang Young

  • Periodic points and topological entropy of one dimensional maps

    Louis Block;John Guckenheimer;Michal Misiurewicz;Lai Sang Young

  • Sinai-Bowen-Ruelle measures for certain Hénon maps

    Michael Benedicks;Lai Sang Young

  • Strange attractors with one direction of instability

    Qiudong Wang;Lai Sang Young

  • The metric entropy of diffeomorphisms

    F. Ledrappier;F. Ledrappier;L.-S. Young

  • Decay of correlations for certain quadratic maps

    L. S. Young

  • On the spectra of randomly perturbed expanding maps

    V. Baladi;L. S. Young

  • Entropy Formula for Random Transformations

    F. Ledrappier;L. S. Young

  • Stochastic stability of hyperbolic attractors

    Lai Sang Young

  • Escape rates and conditionally invariant measures

    Mark F. Demers;Lai Sang Young

  • Markov extensions and decay of correlations for certain Hénon maps

    Michael Benedicks;Lai Sang Young

  • SRB measures as zero-noise limits

    William Cowieson;Lai Sang Young

  • Large deviations in dynamical systems

    Unknown

  • Hard Ball Systems and the Lorentz Gas

    L. A. Bunimovich;D. Burago;N. Chernov;E. G. D. Cohen

  • Ergodic Theory of Differentiable Dynamical Systems

    Lai-Sang Young

  • Entropy in dynamical systems

    Lai-Sang Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Shapley
Robert Shapley New York University
Jean-Pierre Eckmann
Jean-Pierre Eckmann University of Geneva
Viviane Baladi
Viviane Baladi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stephen Coombes
Stephen Coombes University of Nottingham
John Guckenheimer
John Guckenheimer Cornell University
Nikolai Chernov
Nikolai Chernov University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nader Masmoudi
Nader Masmoudi Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
David W. McLaughlin
David W. McLaughlin Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Alain Barrat
Alain Barrat Centre de Physique Théorique
Joel L. Lebowitz
Joel L. Lebowitz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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