2025
Threshold model of language competition including the bilingual state,
M.V. Tamm, E. Heinsalu, S. Scialla, M. Patriarca,
Phys. Rev. E - Accepted 3 February, 2026
doi: 10.1103/54yq-pcvc arxiv:2511.09136
Learning thresholds lead to stable language coexistence,
Mikhail V. Tamm, Els Heinsalu, Stefano Scialla, Marco Patriarca,
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.024304 arXiv:2406.14522
Language Dynamics: Complex Systems Approaches,
Els Heinsalu, Marco Patriarca, David Sanchez,
in: Reference Collection in Social Sciences,
International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 3rd edition, Elsevier 2025
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00991-1
Effect of diversity distribution symmetry on global oscillations of networks of excitable units,
Stefano Scialla, Marco Patriarca, Els Heinsalu, Marius E. Yamakou, Julyan H. E. Cartwright,
Phys. Rev. E 112, 054201 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1103/lvb3-dc11 arXiv:2507.09804
Role of zealots in the spread of linguistic traits,
V. Dornelas, C. Anteneodo, R. Nunes, E. Heinsalu, M. Patriarca,
Phys. Rev. E 112, 044303
https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/t4pt-zdc3 https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01500
Dynamical equivalence between resonant translocation of a polymer chain and diversity-induced resonance,
Marco Patriarca, Stefano Scialla, Els Heinsalu, Marius E. Yamakou, Julyan H. E. Cartwright,
Chaos 35, 073115 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0262633 https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.00900
2024
Complexity in Language Variation and Change (Research Topic Editorial)
Els Heinsalu, Marco Patriarca, and David Sanchez,
Frontiers in Complex Systems, Vol. 2 (2024)
doi: 10.3389/fcpxs.2024.1497038 🔓
The article collection Complexity in Language Variation and Change can be found at:
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/52099/complexity-in-language-variation-and-change/articles
Language dynamics model with finite-range interactions influencing the diffusion of linguistic traits and human dispersal,
Clément Zankoc, Els Heinsalu, Marco Patriarca,
European Physical Journal B 97, 66 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/s10051-024-00706-3
2023
A three-state language competition model including language learning and attrition,
Stefano Scialla, Jens-Kristjan Liivand, Marco Patriarca, Els Heinsalu,
Front. Complex Syst. 1-1266733 (2023),
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcpxs.2023.1266733 🔓
The Physics of Languages
Marco Patriarca, Els Heinsalu, and David Sánchez
Physics World, 13 June 2023
https://physicsworld.com/a/the-physics-of-languages/
Are “hubs” in beta-cell clusters an emergent network property or do they exist independently?
Patriarca, Marco; Scialla, Stefano; Yamakou, Marius; Heinsalu, Els; Cartwright, Julyan H.E.
Acta Physiol, 239: e14044
doi: 10.1111/apha.14044
2022
Diversity-induced decoherence
Marius E. Yamakou, Els Heinsalu, Marco Patriarca, and Stefano Scialla,
Phys. Rev. E 106, L032401 (2022)
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.106.L032401 arxiv.org/abs/2206.08064
Influence of invasion on natural selection in dispersal-structured populations,
David Navidad Maeso, Marco Patriarca, Els Heinsalu,
Physica A 547, 124427 (2022),
doi: 0.1016/j.physa.2022.127389 arxiv.org/abs/2204.11899
The interplay between diversity and noise in an excitable cell network model,
Stefano Scialla, Marco Patriarca, Els Heinsalu.
Europhysics Letters 137, 51001 (2022) doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/ac5cdb arXiv:2203.12506
2021
Hubs, diversity, and synchronization in FitzHugh-Nagumo oscillator networks: Resonance effects and biophysical implications,
Stefano Scialla, Alessandro Loppini, Marco Patriarca, and Els Heinsalu.
Phys. Rev. E 103, 052211 (2021) doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.103.052211 arXiv:2105.05652
The role of bilinguals in the Bayesian naming game,
Gionni Marchetti, Marco Patriarca, Els Heinsalu.
Physica D 428, 133062 (2021) doi:10.1016/j.physd.2021.133062 arXiv:2106.00069
2020
A Bayesian Approach to the Naming Game Model,
Gionni Marchetti, Marco Patriarca, and Els Heinsalu,
Frontiers in Physics 8, 10 (2020) doi:10.3389/fphy.2020.00010 🔓 arXiv:1911.13012
"Languages in Space and Time: Models and Methods from Complex Systems Theory" [book]
Patriarca, Marco; Heinsalu, Els; Leonard, Jean Leó.
Cambridge University Press (2020).
A Bird’s-Eye View of Naming Game Dynamics: From Trait Competition to Bayesian Inference,
Gionni Marchetti, Marco Patriarca, and Els Heinsalu,
Chaos 30, 063119 (2020) doi:10.1063/5.0009569 arXiv:2004.01994