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2026

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Abdon Atangana publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abdon Atangana sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 480 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Abdon Atangana D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abdon Atangana sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 174 scientists 31 D-Index: 151 scientists 32 D-Index: 174 scientists 33 D-Index: 117 scientists 34 D-Index: 136 scientists 35 D-Index: 127 scientists 36 D-Index: 145 scientists 37 D-Index: 153 scientists 38 D-Index: 150 scientists 39 D-Index: 150 scientists 40 D-Index: 138 scientists 41 D-Index: 136 scientists 42 D-Index: 93 scientists 43 D-Index: 108 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 112 scientists 46 D-Index: 103 scientists 47 D-Index: 75 scientists 48 D-Index: 59 scientists 49 D-Index: 67 scientists 50 D-Index: 60 scientists 51 D-Index: 57 scientists 52 D-Index: 59 scientists 53 D-Index: 62 scientists 54 D-Index: 60 scientists 55 D-Index: 50 scientists 56 D-Index: 42 scientists 57 D-Index: 54 scientists 58 D-Index: 50 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 41 scientists 61 D-Index: 35 scientists 62 D-Index: 40 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 31 scientists 65 D-Index: 27 scientists 66 D-Index: 29 scientists 67 D-Index: 19 scientists 68 D-Index: 25 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 18 scientists 71 D-Index: 12 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 13 scientists 74 D-Index: 18 scientists 75 D-Index: 9 scientists 76 D-Index: 11 scientists 77 D-Index: 10 scientists 78 D-Index: 9 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 10 scientists 82 D-Index: 5 scientists 83 D-Index: 5 scientists 84 D-Index: 13 scientists 85 D-Index: 6 scientists 86+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mathematics in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Abdon Atangana is affiliated with the University of the Free State in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on Mathematics, with extensive work in Modeling and Simulation, Numerical Analysis, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Applied Mathematics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics including Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations, Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Differential Equations and Numerical Methods, Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis, and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Atangana are:

  • Modeling the dynamics of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) with fractional derivative, 2020, Alexandria Engineering Journal
  • Modelling the spread of COVID-19 with new fractal-fractional operators: Can the lockdown save mankind before vaccination?, 2020, Chaos Solitons & Fractals
  • Analysis of fractal fractional differential equations, 2020, Alexandria Engineering Journal
  • Modeling and forecasting of epidemic spreading: The case of Covid-19 and beyond, 2020, Chaos Solitons & Fractals
  • New concept in calculus: Piecewise differential and integral operators, 2021, Chaos Solitons & Fractals

Frequent co-authors of Atangana include:

  • Seda İğret Araz
  • Kashif Ali Abro
  • Muhammad Bilal Riaz
  • İlknur Koca
  • J. F. Gómez-Aguilar

The scientist often publishes in several recurring venues such as Alexandria Engineering Journal, AIMS Mathematics, Chaos Solitons & Fractals, Advances in Difference Equations, and Results in Physics.

Atangana has also contributed to academic literature through books published by Springer Nature, including "Fractional Stochastic Differential Equations" (2022) and "Fractional Differential and Integral Operators with Respect to a Function" (2025).

Best Publications

  • New Fractional Derivatives with Nonlocal and Non-Singular Kernel: Theory and Application to Heat Transfer Model

    Abdon Atangana;Dumitru Baleanu

  • Chaos in a simple nonlinear system with Atangana-Baleanu derivatives with fractional order

    Abdon Atangana;Ilknur Koca

  • Fractal-fractional differentiation and integration: Connecting fractal calculus and fractional calculus to predict complex system

    Abdon Atangana

  • Modeling the dynamics of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) with fractional derivative

    Muhammad Altaf Khan;Abdon Atangana;Abdon Atangana

  • New properties of conformable derivative

    Abdon Atangana;Dumitru Baleanu;Ahmed Alsaedi

  • New numerical approximation of fractional derivative with non-local and non-singular kernel: Application to chaotic models

    Mekkaoui Toufik;Abdon Atangana

  • On the new fractional derivative and application to nonlinear Fisher's reaction-diffusion equation

    Abdon Atangana

  • A fractional epidemiological model for computer viruses pertaining to a new fractional derivative

    Jagdev Singh;Devendra Kumar;Zakia Hammouch;Abdon Atangana

  • Modelling the spread of COVID-19 with new fractal-fractional operators: Can the lockdown save mankind before vaccination?

    Abdon Atangana;Abdon Atangana

  • Decolonisation of fractional calculus rules: Breaking commutativity and associativity to capture more natural phenomena

    Abdon Atangana;J. F. Gómez-Aguilar

  • Modeling attractors of chaotic dynamical systems with fractal–fractional operators

    Abdon Atangana;Sania Qureshi

  • Fractional derivatives with no-index law property: Application to chaos and statistics

    Abdon Atangana;José Francisco Gómez‐Aguilar

  • Non validity of index law in fractional calculus: A fractional differential operator with Markovian and non-Markovian properties

    Abdon Atangana

  • Numerical approximation of Riemann-Liouville definition of fractional derivative: From Riemann-Liouville to Atangana-Baleanu

    Abdon Atangana;J. F. Gómez-Aguilar

  • Analysis of time-fractional hunter-saxton equation: a model of neumatic liquid crystal

    Abdon Atangana;Dumitru Baleanu;Ahmed Alsaedi

  • New numerical approach for fractional differential equations

    Abdon Atangana;Kolade M. Owolabi

  • Caputo-Fabrizio Derivative Applied to Groundwater Flow within Confined Aquifer

    Abdon Atangana;Dumitru Baleanu

  • A Note on Fractional Order Derivatives and Table of Fractional Derivatives of Some Special Functions

    Abdon Atangana;Aydin Secer

  • Analysis of the Keller-Segel Model with a Fractional Derivative without Singular Kernel

    Abdon Atangana;Badr Saad T. Alkahtani

  • Analysis of fractal fractional differential equations

    Abdon Atangana;Ali Akgül;Kolade M. Owolabi

  • Numerical solution for the model of RLC circuit via the fractional derivative without singular kernel

    Abdon Atangana;Juan Jose Nieto;Juan Jose Nieto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kolade M. Owolabi
Kolade M. Owolabi Federal University of Technology Akure
José Francisco Gómez-Aguilar
José Francisco Gómez-Aguilar National Technological Institute of Mexico
Dumitru Baleanu
Dumitru Baleanu Lebanese American University
Adem Kilicman
Adem Kilicman Universiti Teknologi MARA
Mohammad Hossein Heydari
Mohammad Hossein Heydari Shiraz University of Technology
Ali Akgül
Ali Akgül Siirt University
Sania Qureshi
Sania Qureshi Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
Thabet Abdeljawad
Thabet Abdeljawad Prince Sultan University
Zakia Hammouch
Zakia Hammouch Universite Moulay Ismail De Meknes
Khaled M. Saad
Khaled M. Saad Najran University

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