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62
Citations
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460
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239

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Alan C. Newell 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 Alan C. Newell sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 190 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alan C. Newell 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 Alan C. Newell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the mathematical analysis of waves and pattern formation.
  • 2006 - ACM Fellow For contributions to computer-based systems for people with disabilities.
  • 2004 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 1992 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his seminal contributions to the development of artificial intelligence, the theory of human cognition and the software and hardware of computational systems for complex information processing.", Presented by President Bush at a White House ceremony on June 23, 1992.
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1975 - A. M. Turing Award In joint scientific efforts extending over twenty years, initially in collaboration with J. C. Shaw at the RAND Corporation, and subsequentially with numerous faculty and student collegues at Carnegie-Mellon University, Newell and co-recipient Herbert A. Simon made basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing.

Overview

Alan C. Newell is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within physics and engineering, with a focus on theoretical and computational physics, computational mechanics, and nonlinear physics.

Their work covers diverse topics including:

  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Newell has published extensively in several scholarly venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Nature Photonics
  • Physics Letters B

Recent papers by Alan C. Newell feature a range of topics and coauthors. Notable publications include:

  • "Computing with non-orientable defects: Nematics, smectics and natural patterns" (2020), published in Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
  • "Fractional-step finite difference schemes for incompressible elasticity on overset grids" (2023), published in Journal of Computational Physics
  • "The competition between wave turbulence and coherent structures" (2025), published in Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
  • "The universal behavior of modulated stripe patterns" (2023), published in Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
  • "A scientist and a poet" (2023), published in Nature Photonics

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Shankar C. Venkataramani
  • Benno Rumpf
  • Sergey Nazarenko
  • Chiqun Zhang
  • Amit Acharya

Within the field of study, Newell's work is categorized under:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

The scientist's subfields of research include:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Throughout their career, Alan C. Newell has received several recognitions including:

  • A. M. Turing Award (1975) for contributions to artificial intelligence, human cognition psychology, and computational systems
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1976)
  • US President's National Medal of Science (1992), recognizing seminal contributions to artificial intelligence and computational systems, presented by President Bush
  • ACM Fellow (2006) for work on computer-based systems for people with disabilities
  • SIAM Fellow (2009) for contributions to mathematical analysis of waves and pattern formation
  • John von Neumann Lecturer (2004)

Best Publications

  • The Inverse scattering transform fourier analysis for nonlinear problems

    Mark J. Ablowitz;David J. Kaup;Alan C. Newell;Harvey Segur

  • Solitons in mathematics and physics

    Alan C. Newell

  • Finite bandwidth, finite amplitude convection

    Alan C. Newell;J. A. Whitehead

  • An exact solution for a derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation

    David J. Kaup;Alan C. Newell

  • Nonlinear-evolution equations of physical significance

    Mark J. Ablowitz;David J. Kaup;Alan C. Newell;Harvey Segur

  • Method for Solving the Sine-Gordon Equation

    M. J. Ablowitz;D. J. Kaup;A. C. Newell;H. Segur

  • Solitons as Particles, Oscillators, and in Slowly Changing Media: A Singular Perturbation Theory

    D. J. Kaup;A. C. Newell

  • The Propagation of Nonlinear Wave Envelopes

    D. J. Benney;A. C. Newell

  • Monodromy- and spectrum-preserving deformations. I

    Hermann Flaschka;Alan C. Newell

  • A weak turbulence theory for incompressible magnetohydrodynamics

    S. Galtier;S. Galtier;Sergey Nazarenko;Alan C. Newell;A. Pouquet

  • A Weak Turbulence Theory for Incompressible MHD

    Sebastien Galtier;Sergei Nazarenko;Alan Newell;Annick Pouquet

  • Optical turbulence: weak turbulence, condensates and collapsing filaments in the nonlinear Schro¨dinger equation

    S. Dyachenko;A. C. Newell;A. Pushkarev;V. E. Zakharov

  • ORDER PARAMETER EQUATIONS FOR PATTERNS

    Alan C. Newell;Thierry Passot;Joceline Lega

  • Swift-Hohenberg equation for lasers.

    J. Lega;J. V. Moloney;A. C. Newell

  • Convection patterns in large aspect ratio systems

    M.C. Cross;Alan C. Newell

  • Theory of light-beam propagation at nonlinear interfaces. I. Equivalent-particle theory for a single interface.

    A. B. Aceves;J. V. Moloney;A. C. Newell

  • Coherent pulse propagation, a dispersive, irreversible phenomenon

    Mark J. Ablowitz;David J. Kaup;Alan C. Newell

  • Wave turbulence and intermittency

    Alan C. Newell;Sergey Nazarenko;Laura Biven

  • Theory and simulation on the threshold of water breakdown induced by focused ultrashort laser pulses

    Q. Feng;J.V. Moloney;A.C. Newell;E.M. Wright

  • Space-time dynamics of wide-gain-section lasers

    P. K. Jakobsen;J. V. Moloney;A. C. Newell;R. Indik

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome V. Moloney
Jerome V. Moloney University of Arizona
Sergey Nazarenko
Sergey Nazarenko Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Vladimir E. Zakharov
Vladimir E. Zakharov Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
Ewan M. Wright
Ewan M. Wright University of Arizona
David W. McLaughlin
David W. McLaughlin Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Mark J. Ablowitz
Mark J. Ablowitz University of Colorado Boulder
Annick Pouquet
Annick Pouquet National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dominik Wodarz
Dominik Wodarz University of California, Irvine
Harvey Segur
Harvey Segur University of Colorado Boulder
Yves Pomeau
Yves Pomeau École Polytechnique

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