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20062026
most citedNetworking Effects on Cooperation in Evolutionary Snowdrift Game

93 citations · 213 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

physics.soc-ph2026

How hate spreads online and why it returns: Re-entrant phases driven by collective behavior

Chen Xu, Pak Ming Hui, Chenkai Xia +1

The 2025 Bondi Beach mass-shooting was perpetrated by individuals inspired by ISIS (Islamic State) propaganda that increasingly featured anti-Semitic hate content following the Oct…

quant-ph2026

Entanglement Growth from Structured Initial States in Many-Body Localized Systems

Chen Xu, Pengfei Zhang

Understanding how complex entanglement structures emerge is a central problem in quantum many-body physics. Recent work by Zhang et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 020404 (2026)] has co…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 4 cited

Preventing the Spread of Online Harms: Physics of Contagion across Multi-Platform Social Media and Metaverses

Chen Xu, Pak Ming Hui, Om K. Jha +2

We present a minimal yet empirically-grounded theory for the spread of online harms (e.g. misinformation, hate) across current multi-platform social media and future Metaverses. Ne…

physics.soc-ph2016

Adaptive cyclically dominating game on co-evolving networks: Numerical and analytic results

Chi Wun Choi, Chen Xu, Pak Ming Hui

A co-evolving and adaptive Rock (R)-Paper (P)-Scissors (S) game (ARPS) in which an agent uses one of three cyclically dominating strategies is proposed and studied numerically and…

q-bio.PE2016★ 23 cited

Atypical viral dynamics from transport through popular places

Pedro D. Manrique, Chen Xu, Pak Ming Hui +1

The flux of visitors through popular places undoubtedly influences viral spreading -- from H1N1 and Zika viruses spreading through physical spaces such as airports, to rumors and i…

physics.soc-ph2015★ 4 cited

Anomalous Contagion and Renormalization in Dynamical Networks with Nodal Mobility

Pedro D. Manrique, Hong Qi, Minzhang Zheng +3

The common real-world feature of individuals migrating through a network -- either in real space or online -- significantly complicates understanding of network processes. Here we…