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19982007
most citedEmergence of scaling in random networks

36.5k citations · 82.5k across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

physics.soc-ph2007★ 3.6k cited

Near linear time algorithm to detect community structures in large-scale networks

Usha Nandini Raghavan, Reka Albert, Soundar Kumara

Community detection and analysis is an important methodology for understanding the organization of various real-world networks and has applications in problems as diverse as consen…

cond-mat.stat-mech2005★ 55 cited

Search in weighted complex networks

Hari P. Thadakamalla, Reka Albert, Soundar R. T. Kumara

We study trade-offs presented by local search algorithms in complex networks which are heterogeneous in edge weights and node degree. We show that search based on a network measure…

cond-mat.other2004★ 718 cited

Modeling Cascading Failures in the North American Power Grid

Ryan Kinney, Paolo Crucitti, Reka Albert +1

The North American power grid is one of the most complex technological networks, and its interconnectivity allows both for long-distance power transmission and for the propagation…

cond-mat.dis-nn2004★ 1.4k cited

Structural Vulnerability of the North American Power Grid

Reka Albert, Istvan Albert, Gary L. Nakarado

The magnitude of the August 2003 blackout affecting the United States has put the challenges of energy transmission and distribution into limelight. Despite all the interest and co…

cond-mat.stat-mech2001★ 20.6k cited

Statistical mechanics of complex networks

Reka Albert, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

Complex networks describe a wide range of systems in nature and society, much quoted examples including the cell, a network of chemicals linked by chemical reactions, or the Intern…

cond-mat.dis-nn2001★ 109 cited

Stick-Slip Fluctuations in Granular Drag

I. Albert, P. Tegzes, R. Albert +4

We study fluctuations in the drag force experienced by an object moving through a granular medium. The successive formation and collapse of jammed states give a stick-slip nature t…