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Researcher · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania · Italy

Vito Latora

Vito Latora publishes mostly in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computer Networks and Communications and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis.

ORCID 0000-0002-0984-8038 OpenAlex
World rank
#9,902
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#163
of 242,206
Works
383
Citations
44k
Citations per work
114.0
h-index
84
i10-index 184Top 0.2% in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Vito Latora

What does Vito Latora research?

Vito Latora's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (31%), Computer Science (7%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%).

Everything else: 157 works · 41.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 148 works · 38.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 120 works · 31.4% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 120 works · 31.4% of their workComputer Science: 28 works · 7.2% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 28 works · 7.2% of their workLife Sciences: 39 works · 10.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 works · 5.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 21 works · 5.4% of their workNeuroscience: 18 works · 4.8% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 works · 4.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 39 works · 10.2% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 works · 5.7% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 works · 5.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 17 works · 4.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 17 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKVito Latora383works
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences39%Social Sciences10%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else15741.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy12031.4%
    2. Computer Science287.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology215.4%
    2. Neuroscience184.8%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance225.7%
    2. Social Sciences174.5%
  1. 1Statistical and Nonlinear Physics31% of their works
  2. 2Computer Networks and Communications7% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology5% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience5% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Vito Latora's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Agent-Based Modeling, Community Structure, Scale-Free Networks, Bounded Confidence, Opinion Dynamics and Phase Transitions.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Network Dynamics2833 topics
  2. Social Influence2492 topics
  3. Agent-Based Modeling1482 topics
  4. Community Structure1451 topic
  5. Scale-Free Networks1451 topic
  6. Bounded Confidence1041 topic
  7. Opinion Dynamics1041 topic
  8. Phase Transitions712 topics
  9. Synchronization582 topics
  10. Econophysics441 topic
  11. Multifractal Analysis441 topic
  12. Altruism391 topic
  13. Cooperation391 topic
  14. Long-Range Interactions381 topic
  15. Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics381 topic
  16. Chimera States341 topic
  17. Reaction-Diffusion Model341 topic
  18. Critical Phenomena331 topic
  19. Random Walk Algorithm331 topic
  20. Cortical Networks241 topic
  21. Neuronal Oscillations241 topic

Where does Vito Latora work?

Vito Latora's main affiliation in the publication record is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Vito Latora have?

OpenAlex counts 383 works and 43,675 citations for Vito Latora, an h-index of 84, ranking #9,902 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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