2026 Piet Van Mieghem: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	61	3021	2932	29	28	299	18961

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Netherlands Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Piet Van Mieghem is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Mathematics. The subfields of interest include Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Modeling and Simulation, Computer Networks and Communications, Geometry and Topology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work covers a range of topics within these fields, with notable emphasis on:

Complex Network Analysis Techniques
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Graph theory and applications
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Mental Health Research Topics
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Van Mieghem has contributed to numerous publications, including journal articles and book publications. Recent papers include:

"Robustness assessment of multimodal freight transport networks," 2020, published in Reliability Engineering & System Safety
"The Mittag-Leffler function," 2020, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Comparing the accuracy of several network-based COVID-19 prediction algorithms," 2020, published in International Journal of Forecasting
"Mapping functional brain networks from the structural connectome: Relating the series expansion and eigenmode approaches," 2020, published in NeuroImage
"Network-inference-based prediction of the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak in the Chinese province Hubei," 2020, published in Applied Network Science

Van Mieghem has published a book titled Graph Spectra for Complex Networks (2023) through Cambridge University Press.

Their frequent co-authors include:

Bastian Prasse
Cornelis J. Stam
Arjan Hillebrand
Massimo A. Achterberg
Ida A. Nissen

Frequent publication venues for Van Mieghem comprise:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review E
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
Journal of Complex Networks
Scientific Reports

Best Publications

Epidemic processes in complex networks

Romualdo Pastor-Satorras;Claudio Castellano;Piet Van Mieghem;Alessandro Vespignani

3944
Citations
Virus spread in networks

Piet Van Mieghem;Jasmina Omic;Robert Kooij

1234
Citations
Graph Spectra for Complex Networks

Piet Van Mieghem

910
Citations
An overview of constraint-based path selection algorithms for QoS routing

F. Kuipers;P. Van Mieghem;T. Korkmaz;M. Krunz

475
Citations
Performance Analysis of Communications Networks and Systems

Piet Van Mieghem

365
Citations
Concepts of exact QoS routing algorithms

Piet Van Mieghem;Fernando A. Kuipers

362
Citations
Generalized epidemic mean-field model for spreading processes over multilayer complex networks

Faryad Darabi Sahneh;Caterina Scoglio;Piet Van Mieghem

318
Citations
The N -intertwined SIS epidemic network model

Piet Van Mieghem

308
Citations
Assortativity in Complex Networks

Rogier Noldus;Piet Van Mieghem

292
Citations
Hop-by-hop quality of service routing

Piet Van Mieghem;Hans De Neve;Fernando Kuipers

270
Citations
Effect of the interconnected network structure on the epidemic threshold

Huijuan Wang;Qian Li;Gregorio D’Agostino;Shlomo Havlin

216
Citations
Non-Markovian Infection Spread Dramatically Alters the Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible Epidemic Threshold in Networks

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208
Citations
Interference in wireless multi-hop ad-hoc networks and its effect on network capacity

Ramin Hekmat;Piet Van Mieghem

189
Citations
Performance Analysis of Complex Networks and Systems

Piet Van Mieghem

183
Citations
TAMCRA: a tunable accuracy multiple constraints routing algorithm

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177
Citations
Research challenges in QoS routing

X. Masip-Bruin;M. Yannuzzi;J. Domingo-Pascual;A. Fonte

174
Citations
Betweenness centrality in a weighted network.

Huijuan Wang;Javier Martin Hernandez;Piet Van Mieghem

173
Citations
Connectivity in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks with a Log-normal Radio Model

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173
Citations
Protecting Against Network Infections: A Game Theoretic Perspective

J. Omic;A. Orda;P. Van Mieghem

170
Citations
Link-disjoint paths for reliable QoS routing

Yuchun Guo;Fernando A. Kuipers;Piet Van Mieghem

165
Citations
Distances in random graphs with finite variance degrees

Remco van der Hofstad;Gerard Hooghiemstra;Piet Van Mieghem

140
Citations
On the efficiency of multicast

Piet Van Mieghem;Gerard Hooghiemstra;Remco van der Hofstad

140
Citations
Susceptible-infected-susceptible model: a comparison of N-intertwined and heterogeneous mean-field approximations.

Cong Li;Ruud van de Bovenkamp;Piet Van Mieghem

135
Citations
Graph Spectra for Complex Networks: Algebraic graph theory

Piet van Mieghem

16
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando A. Kuipers Delft University of Technology

Arjan Hillebrand Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Cornelis J. Stam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Prejaas Tewarie University of Twente

Ariel Orda Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Marcel J. T. Reinders Delft University of Technology

Linda Douw Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Bob W. van Dijk VU University Medical Center

H. Eugene Stanley Boston University

Matthew J. Brookes University of Nottingham

External Links

Personal website of Piet Van Mieghem Google Scholar page

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