2026 Vincent D. Blondel: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	69	1098	1038	10	10	208	44387

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
2015 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to analysis and algorithms for graphs and networks and computational complexity analysis of control problems.

Overview

Vincent D. Blondel is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research spans multiple topics primarily focused on complex networks and computational methods related to graph theory and social systems.

Recent publications by Vincent D. Blondel include:

Fast unfolding of communities in large networks: 15 years later, 2024, Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
Fast unfolding of communities in large networks: 15 years later, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
Partition-Merge: Distributed Inference and Modularity Optimization, 2021, IEEE Access
Édito, 2020, lieuxdits

Their frequent co-authors are:

Enrique Herrera-Viedma
Karen Panetta
Raj Jain
J Rpi
Sam Kwong

Publication venues where Vincent D. Blondel has often contributed include:

IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
IEEE Access
arXiv (Cornell University)
lieuxdits

The subfields of study in their research comprise:

Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Computer Networks and Communications
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Main topics covered in their work include:

Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
Advanced Graph Neural Networks
Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
Mental Health Research Topics
Virus-based gene therapy research

Vincent D. Blondel has been recognized with awards such as:

Member of Academia Europaea (2018)
SIAM Fellow (2015) for contributions to analysis and algorithms for graphs and networks and computational complexity analysis of control problems

Best Publications

Fast unfolding of communities in large networks

Vincent D. Blondel;Jean Loup Guillaume;Jean Loup Guillaume;Renaud Lambiotte;Renaud Lambiotte;Etienne Lefebvre

24177
Citations
Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility

Yves Alexandre De Montjoye;Yves Alexandre De Montjoye;César A. Hidalgo;César A. Hidalgo;César A. Hidalgo;Michel Verleysen;Vincent D. Blondel;Vincent D. Blondel

2071
Citations
Convergence in Multiagent Coordination, Consensus, and Flocking

V.D. Blondel;J.M. Hendrickx;A. Olshevsky;J.N. Tsitsiklis

1116
Citations
Dynamic population mapping using mobile phone data

Pierre Deville;Catherine Linard;Samuel Martin;Marius Gilbert

1030
Citations
Survey A survey of computational complexity results in systems and control

Vincent D. Blondel;John N. Tsitsiklis

953
Citations
A survey of results on mobile phone datasets analysis

Vincent D Blondel;Adeline Decuyper;Gautier Krings

723
Citations
NP-Hardness of Some Linear Control Design Problems

Vincent Blondel;John N. Tsitsiklis

638
Citations
A Measure of Similarity between Graph Vertices: Applications to Synonym Extraction and Web Searching

Vincent D. Blondel;Anahí Gajardo;Maureen Heymans;Pierre Senellart

577
Citations
Geographical dispersal of mobile communication networks

Renaud Lambiotte;Renaud Lambiotte;Vincent D. Blondel;Cristobald de Kerchove;Etienne Huens

526
Citations
On Krause's Multi-Agent Consensus Model With State-Dependent Connectivity

V.D. Blondel;J.M. Hendrickx;J.N. Tsitsiklis

507
Citations
Uncovering space-independent communities in spatial networks

Paul Expert;Tim S. Evans;Vincent D. Blondel;Vincent D. Blondel;Renaud Lambiotte;Renaud Lambiotte

452
Citations
Urban gravity: a model for inter-city telecommunication flows

Gautier Krings;Gautier Krings;Francesco Calabrese;Carlo Ratti;Vincent D Blondel

449
Citations
On the Use of Human Mobility Proxies for Modeling Epidemics

Michele Tizzoni;Paolo Bajardi;Adeline Decuyper;Guillaume Kon Kam King

423
Citations
Urban Sensing Using Mobile Phone Network Data: A Survey of Research

Francesco Calabrese;Laura Ferrari;Vincent D. Blondel

381
Citations
The Lyapunov exponent and joint spectral radius of pairs of matrices are hard—when not impossible—to compute and to approximate

John N. Tsitsiklis;Vincent D. Blondel

349
Citations
Simultaneous stabilization of linear systems

Vincent Blondel

339
Citations
Complexity of stability and controllability of elementary hybrid systems

Vincent D Blondel;John N Tsitsiklis

318
Citations
Exploring the Mobility of Mobile Phone Users

Balázs Csanád Csáji;Balázs Csanád Csáji;Arnaud Browet;Vincent A. Traag;Jean-Charles Delvenne;Jean-Charles Delvenne

306
Citations
Open Problems in Mathematical Systems and Control Theory

Vincent D. Blondel;Alexandre Megretski

294
Citations
Fast unfolding of community hierarchies in large networks

Vincent D. Blondel;Jean-Loup Guillaume;Renaud Lambiotte;Etienne Lefebvre

270
Citations
Recent Advances in Learning and Control

Vincent D. Blondel;Stephen P. Boyd;Hidenori Kimura

258
Citations