Most-cited papers on Scalability in Complex Systems

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1. Linear-Scaling ab-initio Calculations for Large and Complex Systems

   1999 · physica status solidi (b) · Artacho, Emilio, Sánchez‐Portal, Daniel, Ordej�n, Pablo et al.

   1,085 cited

2. Understanding pathways for scaling up health services through the lens of complex adaptive systems

   2011 · Health Policy and Planning · Paina, Ligia, Peters, David H.

   530 cited

3. From Community-Based Resource Management to Complex Systems: The Scale Issue and Marine Commons

   2006 · Ecology and Society · Berkes, Fikret

   508 cited

4. Fluctuation scaling in complex systems: Taylor's law and beyond1

   2008 · Advances In Physics · Eisler, Zoltán, Bartos, I., Kertész, János

   365 cited

5. Exploring complex systems in chemical engineering—the multi-scale methodology

   2003 · Chemical Engineering Science · Li, Jinghai, Kwauk, Mooson

   292 cited

6. Power Law Scaling for a System of Interacting Units with Complex Internal Structure

   1998 · Physical Review Letters · Amaral, Luı́s A. Nunes, Buldyrev, Sergey V., Havlin, Shlomo et al.

   272 cited

7. Dynamics of Complex Systems: Scaling Laws for the Period of Boolean Networks

   2000 · Physical Review Letters · Albert, Réka, Barabási, Albert-Ĺaszló

   252 cited

8. Cities as Complex Systems: Scaling, Interaction, Networks, Dynamics and Urban Morphologies

   2009 · Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science · Batty, Michael

   222 cited

9. Large-scale complex IT systems

   2012 · Communications of the ACM · Sommerville, Ian, Cliff, Dave, Călinescu, Radu et al.

   215 cited

10. Versatile catalytic systems based on complexes of zinc, magnesium and calcium supported by a bulky bis(morpholinomethyl)phenoxy ligand for the large-scale immortal ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters

    2009 · Dalton Transactions · Poirier, Valentin, Roisnel, Thierry, Carpentier, Jean‐François et al.

    215 cited

11. Urban policy and governance in a global environment: complex systems, scale mismatches and public participation

    2010 · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · Bai, Xuemei, McAllister, Ryan R. J., Beaty, Robert M. et al.

    212 cited

12. Multi-scale methodology for complex systems

    2004 · Chemical Engineering Science · Li, Jinghai, Zhang, Jiayuan, Ge, Wei et al.

    201 cited

13. Healing small-scale fisheries by facilitating complex socio-ecological systems

    2008 · Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries · McClanahan, Tim R., Castilla, Juan Carlos, White, Alan T. et al.

    199 cited

14. Metabolic Scaling in Complex Living Systems

    2014 · Systems · Glazier, Douglas S.

    197 cited

15. Estimating Rapidity of Change in Complex Urban Systems: A Multidimensional, Local‐Scale Approach

    2015 · Geographical Analysis · Salvati, Luca, Serra, Pere

    188 cited

16. Incomplete LU preconditioning for large scale dense complex linear systems from electromagnetic wave scattering problems

    2003 · Journal of Computational Physics · Lee, Jeonghwa, Zhang, Jun, Lu, Cai‐Cheng

    160 cited

17. A generalization of the nonlinear small-gain theorem for large-scale complex systems

    2008 · Jiang, Zhong‐Ping, Wang, Yuan

    154 cited

18. Time dependence, complex scaling, and the calculation of resonances in many‐electron systems

    1978 · International Journal of Quantum Chemistry · Nicolaides, Cleanthes A., Beck, Donald R.

    153 cited

19. Decision support and control for large-scale complex systems

    2008 · Annual Reviews in Control · Filip, Florin Gheorghe

    152 cited

20. Explaining a complex living system: dynamics, multi-scaling and emergence

    2006 · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · Cohen, Irun R., Harel, David

    145 cited

21. Concussion As a Multi-Scale Complex System: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Current Knowledge

    2017 · Frontiers in Neurology · Kenzie, Erin S., Parks, Elle L., Bigler, Erin D. et al.

    134 cited

22. Does scale exist? An epistemological scale continuum for complex human–environment systems

    2007 · Geoforum · Manson, Steven M.

    130 cited

23. <i>y</i>-scaling analysis of quasielastic electron scattering and nucleon momentum distributions in few-body systems, complex nuclei, and nuclear matter

    1991 · Physical Review C · Atti, C. Ciofi degli, Pace, E., Salmè, G.

    129 cited

24. A Mobile Robotic Measurement System for Large-scale Complex Components Based on Optical Scanning and Visual Tracking

    2020 · Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · Wang, Jinshan, Tao, Bo, Gong, Zeyu et al.

    126 cited

25. Scale invariance and universality: organizing principles in complex systems

    2000 · Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications · Stanley, H. Eugene, Amaral, Luı́s A. Nunes, Gopikrishnan, Parameswaran et al.

    123 cited

26. Scaling-up from experiments to complex ecological systems: Where to next?

    1997 · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · Thrush, Simon F., Schneider, David C., Legendre, Pierre et al.

    123 cited

27. Time scales and optical dephasing measurements: Investigation of dynamics in complex systems

    1989 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · Bai, Yu, Fayer, M. D.

    122 cited

28. The Action Scales Model: A conceptual tool to identify key points for action within complex adaptive systems

    2021 · Perspectives in Public Health · Nobles, James, Radley, Duncan, Mytton, Oliver et al.

    120 cited

29. Multi-scale reliability analysis and updating of complex systems by use of linear programming

    2007 · Reliability Engineering & System Safety · Kiureghian, Armen Der, Song, Junho

    108 cited

30. Watershed System Model: The Essentials to Model Complex Human‐Nature System at the River Basin Scale

    2018 · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · Li, Xin, Cheng, Guodong, Lin, Hui et al.

    108 cited