Research interests

- Statistical Physics
- Complexity
- Networks
- Self-Organized Criticality
- Granular media

Publications

• Books
  
  
  1. SCIENCE OF COMPLEX NETWORKS: From Biology to the Internet and WWW; CNET 2004
     Editors: J. F. F. Mendes, S. N. Dorogovtsev, A. Povolotsky, F. Abreu & J. G. Oliveira
     AIP Conference Proceedings / Mathematical and Statistical Physics, 776, June 2005
     
     
• Journal Articles
  
  
  1. J. G. Oliveira, J. F. F. Mendes & G. Tripathy
     Roughness of sandpile surfaces
     Phys. Rev. E 69, 031105 (2004) [PDF]
     E-print: cond-mat/0312533
     
     
  2. Alexei Vázquez, J. G. Oliveira & Albert-László Barabási
     The inhomogeneous evolution of subgraphs and cycles in complex networks
     Phys. Rev. E 71, 025103(R) (2005) [PDF]
     E-print: cond-mat/0501399
     This paper has been selected for the March 1, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. [link]
     
     
  3. J. G. Oliveira & A.-L. Barabási
     Human dynamics: Darwin and Einstein correspondence patterns
     Nature 437, 1251 (2005) [PDF] [Supplementary Information] [See also: Editor's summary]
     
     
  4. J. G. Oliveira and A.-L. Barabási
     Correspondence patterns - Mechanisms and models of human dynamics - Brief Communications Arising - Reply
     Nature 441, E5-E6 (2006) [PDF]
     
     
  5. S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes & J. G. Oliveira
     Frequency of occurrence of numbers in the World Wide Web
     Physica A 360, 548 (2006) [PDF]
     E-print: physics/0504185
     
     
  6. A. Vázquez, J. G. Oliveira, Z. Dezső, K.-I. Goh, I. Kondor & A.-L. Barabási
     Modeling bursts and heavy tails in human dynamics
     Phys. Rev. E 73, 036127 (2006) [PDF]
     E-print: physics/0510117
     
     
  7. S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes & J. G. Oliveira
     Degree-dependent intervertex separation in complex networks
     Phys. Rev. E 73, 056122 (2006) [PDF]
     E-print: cond-mat/0411526
     
     
  8. J. A. Almendral, J. G. Oliveira, L. López, M. A. F. Sanjuán & J. F. F. Mendes
     The interplay of universities and industry through the FP5 network
     New J. Phys. 9 (2007) 183 [PDF]
     E-print: physics/0705.0353
     
     
  9. J. A. Almendral, J. G. Oliveira, L. López, M. A. F. Sanjuán & J. F. F. Mendes
     The network of scientific collaborations within the European framework programme
     Physica A 384, 675 (2007) [PDF]
     E-print: physics/0901.3375
     
     
  10. J. G. Oliveira & Alexei Vázquez
      Impact of interactions on human dynamics
      Physica A 388, 187 (2009) [PDF]
      E-print: physics/0710.4916