EPJ ST Special Issue: Recurrence-Based Methods Across Disciplines: From Theory to Practice

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Published on 02 June 2025

Guest Editors: Norbert Marwan, Gertrudis Hortensia González-Gómez, Claudia Lerma, Juan Carlos Echeverria Arjonilla, Charles L. Webber, Jr.

This special issue will showcase recent advancements and interdisciplinary applications of recurrence plots (RPs) and recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) as tools for comprehending the dynamics of complex systems. RPs and RQA are increasingly recognized across various fields due to their ability to uncover hidden structures, transitions, and coupling phenomena in time series and spatial data, especially in the presence of noise, nonstationarity, and limited data length.

We encourage submissions that enhance the theoretical foundations, investigate methodological advancements, or present innovative uses of recurrence-based techniques. Studies that tackle the practical and conceptual hurdles in applying RQA to real-world data, particularly involving short and noisy recordings, multimodal or coupled systems, and highdimensional dynamics, are of particular interest. Potential applications may include, but are not limited to, areas such as neuroscience, physiology, medicine, biology, physics, engineering, geosciences, economics, and the arts. We particularly welcome contributions that explore and discuss existing limitations, validation methods, and interpretability in applied contexts.

This special issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field and to establish a reference for future interdisciplinary research utilizing recurrence-based methods.

We propose a special issue in EPJ ST focused on brief tutorials, recent theoretical advancements, reviews and interdisciplinary applications of recurrence plots.

Articles should be submitted to the Editorial Office of EPJ ST via the submission system, and should be clearly identified as intended for the topical issue “Recurrence-Based Methods Across Disciplines: From Theory to Practice”.

More detailed author information including paper types can be found in the Submission Guidelines. For the preparation of the manuscripts a special latex template (preferably single-column layout) is available here.

Guest Editors:

Prof. Dr. Gertrudis Hortensia González Gómez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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Prof. Dr. Claudia Lerma, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México.
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Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Echeverria Arjonilla, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa Unit, Ciudad de México.
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Prof. Dr. Charles L. Webber, Jr., Loyola University Chicago.
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Prof. Dr. Norbert Marwan, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
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