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Benoit B. Mandelbrot

Benoit B. Mandelbrot

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
87
Citations
143809
World Ranking
91
National Ranking
53

Benoit B. Mandelbrot publications per year

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1954 2020

370 publications in total across all disciplines

Benoit B. Mandelbrot 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 Benoit B. Mandelbrot sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 332 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Benoit B. Mandelbrot 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 Benoit B. Mandelbrot 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: 87 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2003 - Japan Prize for the creation of universal concepts in complex systems - Chaos and Fractals.
  • 1993 - Wolf Prize in Physics by recognizing the widespread occurrence of fractals and developing mathematical tools for describing them, he has changed our view of nature.
  • 1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of fractal geometry, for recognition of its importance to many scientific disciplines, and for participation in its first applications in physics
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1972 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Benoit B. Mandelbrot was affiliated with Yale University in the United States during their career. Their academic and research contributions focused broadly on the study of complex systems through the lens of fractal geometry.

Their work led to recognition across multiple scientific organizations and societies. Mandelbrot was a fellow of notable associations including the American Physical Society (APS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the American Statistical Association (ASA), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987.

Mandelbrot received various awards acknowledging their influence in physics and complex systems. Among these honors were the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1993, awarded for recognizing the widespread occurrence of fractals and developing mathematical tools to describe them, and the Japan Prize in 2003 for creating universal concepts in complex systems related to chaos and fractals.

No records were found of frequent co-authors, recent papers, book publications, or specific main topics of research within the provided data. Similarly, there were no listed frequent publication venues or detailed subfields or fields of study given.

Best Publications

  • The Fractal Geometry of Nature

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot

  • Fractional Brownian Motions, Fractional Noises and Applications

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;John W. Van Ness

  • The Variation of Certain Speculative Prices

    Benoît Mandelbrot

  • How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension

    Benoit Mandelbrot

  • Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension

    Benoît B. Mandelbrot

  • The science of fractal images

    Michael F. Barnsley;Robert L. Devaney;Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Heinz-Otto Peitgen

  • Fractal character of fracture surfaces of metals

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Dann. E. Passoja;Alvin J. Paullay

  • Intermittent turbulence in self-similar cascades: divergence of high moments and dimension of the carrier

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Benoit B. Mandelbrot

  • Fractals and Scaling in Finance: Discontinuity, Concentration, Risk. Selecta Volume E

    Benoit Mandelbrot

  • Les objets fractals : forme, hasard et dimension

    Benoît B. Mandelbrot

  • The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin, and Reward

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Richard L. Hudson

  • Fractals and Scaling in Finance

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot

  • Robustness of the rescaled range R/S in the measurement of noncyclic long run statistical dependence

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;James R. Wallis

  • Some long‐run properties of geophysical records

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Benoit B. Mandelbrot;James R. Wallis

  • Self-Affine Fractals and Fractal Dimension

    Benoit B Mandelbrot

  • New Methods in Statistical Economics

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot

  • THE PARETO-LEVY LAW AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME*

    Benoit Mandelbrot

  • Statistical Methodology for Nonperiodic Cycles: From the Covariance To R/S Analysis

    B. Mandelbrot

  • Reply [to “Comments on ‘Noah, Joseph, and Operational Hydrology’ by Benoit B. Mandelbrot and James R. Wallis”]

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;James R. Wallis

  • The Fractal Geometry of Nature

    Benoit B. Mandelbrot;Paul A. Longley

  • Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension.

    I. J. Good;Benoit B. Mandelbrot

Frequent Co-Authors

Amnon Aharony
Amnon Aharony Tel Aviv University
Laurent E. Calvet
Laurent E. Calvet SKEMA Business School
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck The University of Texas at Austin
Rudolf H. Riedi
Rudolf H. Riedi Rice University
James Glimm
James Glimm Stony Brook University
Heinz-Otto Peitgen
Heinz-Otto Peitgen University of Bremen
Edward Witten
Edward Witten Institute for Advanced Study
Stéphane Jaffard
Stéphane Jaffard Paris-Est Créteil University
David Ruelle
David Ruelle Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques

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