2026 Matjaž Perc: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	98	1757	1672	1	1	269	35418

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal theoretical contributions to the physics of social systems which have strengthened the ties between physics and society through the promotion of human cooperation, the provisioning of public goods, and the maintenance of biodiversity
2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Matjaž Perc is affiliated with the University of Maribor in Slovenia. Their research primarily covers various aspects of complex systems and social dynamics, with a focus on statistical and nonlinear physics as well as interdisciplinary applications across social sciences and neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study, including:

Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Sociology and Political Science
Cognitive Neuroscience
Computer Networks and Communications
Genetics

Key topics addressed in their research include:

Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
Neural dynamics and brain function

Matjaž Perc frequently publishes in diverse scientific journals and venues. Most notably, their work appears in:

IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
Chaos Solitons & Fractals
Scientific Reports
Applied Mathematics and Computation
arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers alongside several frequent collaborators, including:

Sajad Jafari
Sam Kwong
Enrique Herrera-Viedma
Gina Tang
Saeid Nahavandi

Recent publications include:

Social physics (2022), Physics Reports
Evolutionary dynamics of higher-order interactions in social networks (2021), Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Dynamics on higher-order networks: a review (2022), Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Robustness and resilience of complex networks (2024), Nature Reviews Physics
Signal propagation in complex networks (2023), Physics Reports

Matjaž Perc has been recognized with several academic honors. They were named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2019, cited for their theoretical contributions to the physics of social systems, including work on human cooperation, public goods provisioning, and biodiversity maintenance.

In addition, they hold membership distinctions in both the Academia Europaea since 2014 and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

Statistical physics of vaccination

Zhen Wang;Zhen Wang;Chris T. Bauch;Samit Bhattacharyya;Alberto d'Onofrio

1207
Citations
Synchronous bursts on scale-free neuronal networks with attractive and repulsive coupling.

Qingyun Wang;Guanrong Chen;Matjaž Perc

462
Citations
Coevolution of teaching activity promotes cooperation

Attila Szolnoki;Matjaž Perc

363
Citations
Stochastic resonance on excitable small-world networks via a pacemaker.

Matjaž Perc

303
Citations
Coherence resonance in a spatial prisoner's dilemma game

Matjaž Perc

296
Citations
Probabilistic sharing solves the problem of costly punishment

Xiaojie Chen;Xiaojie Chen;Attila Szolnoki;Matjaž Perc

281
Citations
Detecting chaos from a time series

Stane Kodba;Matjaž Perc;Marko Marhl

260
Citations
Phase transitions in models of human cooperation

Matjaž Perc

254
Citations
Self-organization towards optimally interdependent networks by means of coevolution

Zhen Wang;Attila Szolnoki;Matjaž Perc

242
Citations
Statistical physics of crime: a review.

Maria R. D'Orsogna;Maria R. D'Orsogna;Matjaž Perc;Matjaž Perc

239
Citations
Spatial coherence resonance in excitable media.

Matjaž Perc

234
Citations
Evolution of cooperation on scale-free networks subject to error and attack

Matjaž Perc

232
Citations
Emergence of multilevel selection in the prisoner's dilemma game on coevolving random networks

Attila Szolnoki;Matjaž Perc

205
Citations
Stochastic resonance on Newman–Watts networks of Hodgkin–Huxley neurons with local periodic driving

Mahmut Ozer;Matjaž Perc;Muhammet Uzuntarla

205
Citations
Complex synchronous behavior in interneuronal networks with delayed inhibitory and fast electrical synapses.

Daqing Guo;Daqing Guo;Qingyun Wang;Matjaž Perc

204
Citations
Chimera states in uncoupled neurons induced by a multilayer structure.

Soumen Majhi;Matjaž Perc;Dibakar Ghosh

201
Citations
Does strong heterogeneity promote cooperation by group interactions

Matjaž Perc

200
Citations
Chimera states in a multilayer network of coupled and uncoupled neurons.

Soumen Majhi;Matjaž Perc;Dibakar Ghosh

184
Citations
Autapse-induced multiple coherence resonance in single neurons and neuronal networks.

Ergin Yilmaz;Mahmut Ozer;Veli Baysal;Matjaž Perc

184
Citations
Delay-enhanced coherence of spiral waves in noisy Hodgkin Huxley neuronal networks

Qingyun Wang;Matjaž Perc;Zhisheng Duan;Guanrong Chen;Guanrong Chen

181
Citations