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Albert-László Barabási

Romanian-born Hungarian-American physicist (born 1967)born 1967

Supervised 1 doctoral student at Universidade de Aveiro; Wikidata names H. Eugene Stanley as doctoral advisor and lists 2 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 9 other registers.

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Students1

cited by a thesis record
João Gama Oliveira “Estudo de Propriedades Dinâmicas de Redes Complexas”
2008 · Universidade de Aveiro · doctoral

Advisors on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
H. Eugene Stanley

Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
César A. Hidalgo
born 1979
stated by Wikidata
Dashun Wang

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataH. Eugene Stanley
2 steps up
stated by WikidataJohn Hasbrouck Van Vleckstated by WikidataThomas Abraham Kaplan
3 steps up
stated by WikidataEdwin C. Kemblestated by WikidataHerbert Callen
4 steps up
stated by WikidataLászló Tiszastated by WikidataPercy Williams Bridgman

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 3 people: 1 cited by thesis records, 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1986 to 1989
University of Bucharest
studied
until 1991
Eötvös Loránd University
studied
until 1994
Boston University
studied
undated
University of Notre Dame
worked
undated
Northeastern University
worked
undated
Harvard Medical School
worked
undated
Central European University
worked

At a glance

known as: physicist, university teacher, network scientist, statistical physicist
fields: network theory
awards: János-Bolyai prize, 2019, Lilienfeld Prize, 2023, Knowledge Graph Conference Lifetime Achievement Award, 2021, Lagrange Prize, 2011, EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize, 2021, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011
member of: Academia Europaea, from 2007, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, from 2004, American Physical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, from 2024, Romanian Academy
notable works: The Formula: the science behind why people succeed or fail
Wikipedia: in 20 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere11

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaAlbert-László Barabási
stated by WikidataWikidataQ725467
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0002-4028-3522
stated by WikidataVIAF24707196
stated by WikidataGND17283855X
stated by WikidataIdRef034280111
stated by WikidataISNI000000011609103X

papers

stated by WikidataGoogle Scholarvsj2slIAAAAJ
stated by WikidataDBLPb/AlbertLaszloBarabasi
stated by WikidataScopus7006567633

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project163692

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@misc{academicancestry_Q725467,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Albert-László Barabási: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q725467},
  note = {read on 2026-10-30}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 30). Albert-László Barabási: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-30]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q725467