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This work was supported by the Slovenian Research Agency (Grants No. P1-0403 and No. J1-2457), by the Russian Government (Grant No. 075-15-2019-1926), and Grant No. NSh-2540.2020.1 of the President of the Russian Federation for state support of leading scientific schools.

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Alfaro-Bittner, KCorresponding AuthorBoccaletti, SAuthor

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September 27, 2022
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Contrarians Synchronize beyond the Limit of Pairwise Interactions

Publicated to:Physical Review Letters. 127 (25): 258301- - 2021-12-15 127(25), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.258301

Authors: Kovalenko, K; Dai, X; Alfaro-Bittner, K; Raigorodskii, A M; Perc, M; Boccaletti, S

Affiliations

Adyghe State Univ, Ulica Pervomaiskaya 208, Maykop 385000, Russia - Author
Alma Mater Europaea, Slovenska Ulica 17, Maribor 2000, Slovenia - Author
Buryat State Univ, Ulica Ranzhurova 5, Ulan Ude 670000, Russia - Author
China Med Univ, China Med Univ Hosp, Dept Med Res, Taichung 404332, Taiwan - Author
CNR Inst Complex Syst, Via Madonna Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy - Author
Complex Sci Hub Vienna, Josefstadterstr 39, A-1080 Vienna, Austria - Author
Moscow Inst Phys & Technol, Moscow 141701, Russia - Author
Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russia - Author
Northwestern Polytech Univ, Xian 710072, Peoples R China - Author
Univ Maribor, Fac Nat Sci & Math, Koroska Cesta 160, Maribor 2000, Slovenia - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipan S-N, Madrid 28933, Spain - Author
Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Fis, Ave Espana 1680,Casilla 110V, Valparaiso, Chile - Author
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Abstract

We give evidence that a population of pure contrarian globally coupled D-dimensional Kuramoto oscillators reaches a collective synchronous state when the interplay between the units goes beyond the limit of pairwise interactions. Namely, we will show that the presence of higher-order interactions may induce the appearance of a coherent state even when the oscillators arc coupled negatively to the mean field. An exact solution for the description of the microscopic dynamics for forward and backward transitions is provided, which entails imperfect symmetry breaking of the population into a frequency-locked state featuring two clusters of different instantaneous phases. Our results contribute to a better understanding of the powerful potential of group interactions entailing multidimensional choices and novel dynamical states in many circumstances, such as in social systems.

Keywords

Coherent stateDynamicsEntrainmentExact solutionForward-and-backwardHigh-orderHigher-orderKuramoto modelKuramoto oscillatorsMean-fieldMicroscopic dynamicsOscillatorsPairwise interactionPopulationsRelaxationSynchronous stateTime-delay

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Physical Review Letters due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 8/86, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 3.44. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 4.31 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 18.7 (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-14, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 47
  • Scopus: 50
  • Europe PMC: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-14:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 20.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 20 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 13.95.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 13 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Austria; Chile; China; Italy; Russia; Slovenia; Taiwan.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Boccaletti, Stefano).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Alfaro Bittner, Karin Patricia.