Publications

Community structure-regulation coupling reveals optimal information diffusion

X Chen, M Xie, J Meng, S Fang, X Chen, J Kurths, J Nagler, J Fan

Nature Communications, 17(1): 4879 (2026)

Learning the coupled dynamics of global climate modes

Y Yuan, J Ding, Z Qiu, J Fan, Y Li

Nature Machine Intelligence: 1-12 (2026)

Improving the prediction stability of reservoir computing by means of dynamic structural bias

J Liu, K Jiang, J Fan, Y Zou

Physical Review Research, 8(2): 023114 (2026)

Increased Arctic sea‐ice variability is associated with amplified air‐sea heat fluxes

Y Wang, G Lohmann, R Gou, H Yu, XH Wang, J Meng, J Fan, L Wu

Geophysical Research Letters, 53(7): e2025GL119415 (2026)

Holistic Evolution of the Bohai Sea Complex System: Insights from Interacting Drivers

H Huang, T Zou, T Liu, H Wang, Z Wang, N Tao, Y Li, H Fan, F Xie, W Zhai, et al.

Marine Environmental Research: 107905 (2026)

Carbon footprint inequality: A scaling decomposition across 165 countries (1980–2019)

P Zhang, L Gao, Y Li, C Zhang, XM Chen, J Fan, D Li, B Jia, Z Gao, et al.

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 208: 118215 (2026)

Integrating the Ocean into the planetary boundaries framework: scientific gaps and pathways forward

F Meng, J Fan

National Science Review: nwag159 (2026)

Self-Organized Criticality in Atmospheric Rivers

S Wang, J Meng, S Fang, T Liu, K Christensen, J Kurths, J Fan

Physical Review Letters, 136(9): 094-201 (2026)

Enhancing the predictability limits of ENSO with physics-guided deep echo state networks

Z Zhang, J Meng, Z Qiu, W Duan, J Gao, Z Yan, J Xiao, X Chen, W Cai, et al.

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (2026)

Spring–summer Barents Sea ice loss intensifies the synchronicity of recent extreme heatwaves in Europe and East Asia

J Jiang, J Meng, W Bao, G Wu, W Hu, Y Liu

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131(4): e2025JD044630 (2026)

Predicting ENSO dynamics with network and complexity analyses

J Ludescher, J Meng, J Fan, A Bunde, HJ Schellnhuber

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 36(2) (2026)

ENSO shapes salinity regimes and fish migration in the China Seas

Z Wang, H Huang, G Wang, T Qu, Y Liu, X Guo, S Lei, J Hu, J Fan, J Gan, et al.

Nature Climate Change: 1-9 (2026)

Climate network reveals cross-seasonal teleconnections between heatwaves and cold waves

P Yu, J Meng

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 36(1) (2026)

The domino effect of climate tipping points: a multidisciplinary perspective on global risks

J Meng, D Chen

National Science Review: nwag042 (2026)

Anthropogenic fingerprints in global synchronization networks of high aerosol pollution events

Z Zhao, Y Zhang, D Chen, W Liu, J Meng, J Fan, X Chen, J Kurths

Communications Earth & Environment (2025)

Complex network approaches for identifying global drought teleconnection patterns

W Wang, L Zhou, C He, Y Zhang, Z Gong, N Ying, P Qiao, J Wu, H Sun, et al.

Global and Planetary Change: 105093 (2025)

Combined influence of IPO and AAO on dust events in South America

C Shi, R Mao, SJ Kim, DY Gong, J Fan, X Dong

Journal of Climate, 38(22): 6661-6676 (2025)

Fuels Mediate the Influence of Climate Teleconnections on Wildfires in Dryland Ecosystems

Y Qu, S Veraverbeke, DG Miralles, J Fan, H Vereecken, C Montzka

Global Change Biology, 31(8): e70406 (2025)

Global patterns of extreme temperature teleconnections using climate network analysis

Y Feng, J Meng, J Fan

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 35(6) (2025)

Tropical monsoon rainfall can be predicted with lead times up to 10 months

G Ran, J Meng, J Fan

Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1): 417 (2025)

Utilizing multilayer networks to explore minority languages phase transitions

Y Gao, J Fan, Y Zhang, P Qiao, W Liu

Information Processing & Management, 62(3): 104002 (2025)

Emergence of scaling in dockless bike-sharing systems for bike choice behavior

R Li, T Bai, A Luo, Y Yang, L Lü, J Fan, Y Zhang, G Lu, H Eugene Stanley

Journal of Physics: Complexity, 6(2): 025-007 (2025)

Comprehensive study of heavy precipitation events over land using climate network analysis

K Li, M Wang, K Liu, J Fan

Journal of Hydrology, 651: 132582 (2025)

Unveiling the importance of nonshortest paths in quantum networks

X Hu, G Dong, K Christensen, H Sun, J Fan, Z Tian, J Gao, S Havlin, et al.

Science advances, 11(9): eadt2404 (2025)

Synchronization patterns of extreme rainfall events in Southwest China

P Qiao, X Wang, W Liu, S Li, Y Zhang, G Feng, J Fan

Climatic Change, 178(3): 37 (2025)

Eigen microstate analysis unveils climate dynamics

H Tu, S Wang, J Meng, Y Zhang, X Chen, D Chen, J Fan

Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 68(4): 240511 (2025)

Complexity science meets Earth system

J Fan, J Meng, X Chen, HJ Schellnhuber

Science Bulletin, 70(1): 19-24 (2025)

Dry soil moisture on the Tibetan plateau drives synchronous extreme heatwaves in Europe and East Asia

J Jiang, Y Liu, J Meng, G Wu, B He, T Ma, W Bao, J Fan

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7(1): 281 (2024)

Detecting atmospheric oxidation in the PM2.5 and ozone multilayer complex network

N Ying, Y Tang, D Wang, J Fan, Z Zhao, Z Xue, Y Liu

Environmental Research Letters, 19(10): 104072 (2024)

Order parameter dynamics in complex systems: From models to data

Z Zheng, C Xu, J Fan, M Liu, X Chen

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 34(2) (2024)

Seasonal predictability of the dominant surface ozone pattern over China linked to sea surface temperature

Y Chen, D Chen, L Nie, W Liu, J Fan, X Chen, Y Zhang

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7(1): 17 (2024)

Geometry of commutes in the universality of percolating traffic flows

S Ebrahimabadi, A Hosseiny, J Fan, AA Saberi

Physical Review E, 108(5): 054-311 (2023)

Universality class of machine learning for critical phenomena

G Hu, Y Sun, T Liu, Y Zhang, M Liu, J Fan, W Chen, X Chen

Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 66(12): 120511 (2023)

Arctic weather variability and connectivity

J Meng, J Fan, US Bhatt, J Kurths

Nature Communications, 14(1): 65-74 (2023)

Exploring the intensity, distribution and evolution of teleconnections using climate network analysis

S Wang, J Meng, J Fan

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 33(10) (2023)

Non-negative matrix factorization for overlapping community detection in directed weighted networks with sparse constraints

W Wang, J Meng, H Li, J Fan

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 33(5) (2023)

Climate network analysis detects hot spots under anthropogenic climate change

H Kuai, P Yu, W Liu, Y Zhang, J Fan

Atmosphere, 14(4): 692 (2023)

Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system

T Liu, Dean Chen, L Yang, J Meng, Z Wang, J Ludescher, J Fan, S Yang, Deliang Chen, J Kurths, X Chen, S Havlin, HJ Schellnhuber

Nature Climate Change, 13(1): 67-74 (2023)

Network Analysis Measuring the Impact of Volcanic Eruptions

Y Sun, Y Zhang, J Meng, J Fan

Atmosphere, 13(11): 1910 (2022)

Revealing spatiotemporal interaction patterns behind complex cities

C Liu, Y Yang, B Chen, T Cui, F Shang, J Fan, R Li

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 32(8) (2022)

Renormalization group theory of eigen microstates

T Liu, GK Hu, JQ Dong, JF Fan, MX Liu, XS Chen

Chinese Physics Letters, 39(8): 080-503 (2022)

Network approach reveals the spatiotemporal influence of traffic on air pollution under COVID-19

W Wang, S Yang, K Yin, Z Zhao, N Ying, J Fan

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 32(4) (2022)

Complex networks analysis of PM2.5: transport and clustering

N Ying, W Duan, Z Zhao, J Fan

Earth System Dynamics Discussions: 1-18 (2022)

Social physics

M Jusup, P Holme, K Kanazawa, M Takayasu, I Romić, Z Wang, S Geček, et al.

Physics Reports, 948: 1-148 (2022)

Network-based approach and climate change benefits for forecasting the amount of Indian monsoon rainfall

J Fan, J Meng, J Ludescher, Z Li, E Surovyatkina, X Chen, J Kurths, et al.

Journal of Climate, 35(3): 1009-1020 (2022)

Opportunities for complexity science: the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

C Xiao-Song, FAN Jing-Fang

Physics, 51(1): 1-9 (2022)

Percolation analysis of the atmospheric structure

Y Sun, J Meng, Q Yao, AA Saberi, X Chen, J Fan, J Kurths

Physical Review E, 104(6): 064139 (2021)

2021 Nobel Prize in Physics: A new era of complex systems science

FAN Jingfang, JIN Yuliang

Chinese Journal of Nature, 43(6): 441-450 (2021)

Discontinuous and continuous transitions of collective behaviors in living systems

X Li, T Xue, Y Sun, J Fan, H Li, M Liu, Z Han, Z Di, X Chen

Chinese Physics B, 30(12): 128703 (2021)

Network-based forecasting of climate phenomena

J Ludescher, M Martin, N Boers, A Bunde, C Ciemer, J Fan, S Havlin, et al.

PNAS, 118(47): e1922872118 (2021)

Eigen microstates and their evolution of global ozone at different geopotential heights

X Chen, N Ying, D Chen, Y Zhang, B Lu, J Fan, X Chen

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 31(7) (2021)

Network‐synchronization analysis reveals the weakening tropical circulations

Z Geng, Y Zhang, B Lu, J Fan, Z Zhao, X Chen

Geophysical Research Letters, 48(11): e2021GL093582 (2021)

Optimal resilience of modular interacting networks

G Dong, F Wang, LM Shekhtman, MM Danziger, J Fan, R Du, J Liu, L Tian, et al.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22): e1922831118 (2021)

Eigen microstates and their evolutions in complex systems

Y Sun, G Hu, Y Zhang, B Lu, Z Lu, J Fan, X Li, Q Deng, X Chen

Communications in Theoretical Physics, 73(6): 065603 (2021)

Improved earthquake aftershocks forecasting model based on long-term memory

Y Zhang, D Zhou, J Fan, W Marzocchi, Y Ashkenazy, S Havlin

New Journal of Physics, 23(4): 042001 (2021)

Climate network approach reveals the modes of CO2 concentration to surface air temperature

N Ying, W Wang, J Fan, D Zhou, Z Han, Q Chen, Q Ye, Z Xue

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 31(3) (2021)

Statistical physics approaches to the complex Earth system

J Fan, J Meng, J Ludescher, X Chen, Y Ashkenazy, J Kurths, S Havlin, et al.

Physics reports, 896: 1-84 (2021)

Evolution mechanism of principal modes in climate dynamics

Y Zhang, J Fan, X Li, W Liu, X Chen

New Journal of Physics, 22(9): 093-077 (2020)

Scaling laws in earthquake memory for interevent times and distances

Y Zhang, J Fan, W Marzocchi, A Shapira, R Hofstetter, S Havlin, et al.

Physical Review Research, 2(1): 013264 (2020)

Universal gap scaling in percolation

J Fan, J Meng, Y Liu, AA Saberi, J Kurths, J Nagler

Nature Physics, 16(4): 455-461 (2020)

Complexity-based approach for El Niño magnitude forecasting before the spring predictability barrier

J Meng, J Fan, J Ludescher, A Agarwal, X Chen, A Bunde, J Kurths, HJ Schellnhuber

PNAS, 117(1): 177–183 (2020)

Significant impact of Rossby waves on air pollution detected by network analysis

Y Zhang, J Fan, X Chen, Y Ashkenazy, S Havlin

Geophysical Research Letters, 46(21): 12476-12485 (2019)

Identifying the most influential roads based on traffic correlation networks

S Guo, D Zhou, J Fan, Q Tong, T Zhu, W Lv, D Li, S Havlin

EPJ Data Science, 8(1): 28 (2019)

Topology of products similarity network for market forecasting

J Fan, K Cohen, LM Shekhtman, S Liu, J Meng, Y Louzoun, S Havlin

Applied network science, 4(1): 1-15 (2019)

Possible origin of memory in earthquakes: Real catalogs and an epidemic-type aftershock sequence model

J Fan, D Zhou, LM Shekhtman, A Shapira, R Hofstetter, W Marzocchi, et al.

Physical Review E, 99(4): 042210 (2019)

Climate network percolation reveals the expansion and weakening of the tropical component under global warming

J Fan, J Meng, Y Ashkenazy, S Havlin, HJ Schellnhuber

PNAS, 115(52): E12128-E12134 (2018)

Structural resilience of spatial networks with inter-links behaving as an external field

J Fan, G Dong, LM Shekhtman, D Zhou, J Meng, X Chen, S Havlin

New Journal of Physics, 20(9): 093003 (2018)

Correlation and scaling behaviors of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration in China

Y Zhang, D Chen, J Fan, S Havlin, X Chen

Europhysics Letters, 122(5): 58003 (2018)

Resilience of networks with community structure behaves as if under an external field

G Dong, J Fan, LM Shekhtman, S Shai, R Du, L Tian, X Chen, HE Stanley, et al.

PNAS, 115(27): 6911–6915 (2018)

Forecasting the magnitude and onset of El Nino based on climate network

J Meng, J Fan, Y Ashkenazy, A Bunde, S Havlin

New Journal of Physics, 20(4): 043036 (2018)

Network analysis reveals strongly localized impacts of El Niño

J Fan, J Meng, Y Ashkenazy, S Havlin, HJ Schellnhuber

PNAS, 114(29): 7543-7548 (2017)

Statistical properties of random clique networks

YM Ding, J Meng, J Fan, FF Ye, XS Chen

Frontiers of Physics, 12(5): 128909 (2017)

Percolation framework to describe El Niño conditions

J Meng, J Fan, Y Ashkenazy, S Havlin

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 27(3): 035807 (2017)

Network approaches to climate science

J Fan, M Jun, C XiaoSong, A Yosef, H Shlomo

SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 60(1): 010531 (2016)

General clique percolation in random networks

J Fan, X Chen

Europhysics Letters, 107(2): 28005 (2014)

Continuous percolation phase transitions of random networks under a generalized achlioptas process

J Fan, M Liu, L Li, X Chen

Physical Review E, 85(6) (2012)

Continuous percolation phase transitions of two-dimensional lattice networks under a generalized Achlioptas process

MX Liu, J Fan, LS Li, XS Chen

The European Physical Journal B, 85(4): 132 (2012)