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Bernard J. Matkowsky

Bernard J. Matkowsky

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
44
Citations
6940
World Ranking
1606
National Ranking
690

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
46
Citations
8140
World Ranking
1446
National Ranking
574

Bernard J. Matkowsky publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard J. Matkowsky sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 223 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Bernard J. Matkowsky D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard J. Matkowsky sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the combustion theory including the formulation and derivation of mathematical models and their use in describing observed behavior and predicting new, as yet unobserved, thermally active physical and chemical processes
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1982 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Bernard J. Matkowsky is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Throughout their academic career, they have been recognized for their contributions to several scientific communities and have received multiple awards.

Matkowsky was named the John von Neumann Lecturer in 2017. Earlier distinctions include being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2006, with a citation highlighting contributions to combustion theory, specifically the formulation and derivation of mathematical models used to describe observed behavior and predict thermally active physical and chemical processes that had not yet been observed.

In 2001, Matkowsky was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The scientist was also awarded fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1982.

These honors indicate a career focused on mathematical and physical sciences with an emphasis on combustion theory and related thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. The specific recognition by APS illustrates Matkowsky's role in advancing mathematical models that integrate physical and chemical phenomena in thermally active systems.

There are no listed recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields or subfields of study, or main topics of work available for Matkowsky in the current data.

Best Publications

  • Flames as gasdynamic discontinuities

    M. Matalon;B. J. Matkowsky

  • PROPAGATION OF A PULSATING REACTION FRONT IN SOLID FUEL COMBUSTION

    B. J. Matkowsky;G. I. Sivashinsky

  • The Exit Problem for Randomly Perturbed Dynamical Systems

    Bernard J Matkowsky;Zeev Schuss

  • An asymptotic derivation of two models in flame theory associated with the constant density approximation

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  • A direct approach to the exit problem

    T. Naeh;M. M. Klosek;B. J. Matkowsky;Z. Schuss

  • Forced forward smolder combustion

    D. A. Schult;Bernard J Matkowsky;Vladimir Volpert;A. C. Fernandez-Pello

  • Maximal energy accumulation in a superadiabatic filtration combustion wave

    A.P. Aldushin;I.E. Rumanov;B.J. Matkowsky

  • Singular Perturbations of Bifurcations

    Bernard J. Matkowsky;Edward L. Reiss

  • The Exit Problem: A New Approach to Diffusion Across Potential Barriers

    Zeev Schuss;Bernard J. Matkowsky

  • Two routes to chaos in condensed phase combustion

    A. Bayliss;B. J. Matkowsky

  • Fronts, relaxation oscillations, and period doubling in solid fuel combustion

    A. Bayliss;B. J. Matkowsky

  • Uniform asymptotic expansions in transport theory with small mean free paths, and the diffusion approximation

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  • Bifurcation of Pulsating and Spinning Reaction Fronts in Condensed Two-Phase Combustion

    Stephen B. Margolis;Hans G. Kaper;Gary K. Leaf;Bernard J. Matkowsky

  • Propagation and extinction of forced opposed flow smolder waves

    D. A. Schult;Bernard J Matkowsky;Vladimir Volpert;A. C. Fernandez-Pello

  • Colored noise in dynamical systems

    M. M. Klosek-Dygas;B. J. Matkowsky;Z. Schuss

  • Uniform expansion of the transition rate in Kramers' problem

    B. J. Matkowsky;Z. Schuss;C. Tier

  • A Singular Perturbation Approach to Kramers’ Diffusion Problem

    B. J. Matkowsky;Z. Schuss;E. Ben-Jacob

  • Turing Pattern Formation in the Brusselator Model with Superdiffusion

    Alexander A. Golovin;Bernard J. Matkowsky;Vladimir A. Volpert

  • Roundoff Error in Computing Derivatives Using the Chebyshev Differentiation Matrix

    Alvin Bayliss;Andreas Class;Bernard J. Matkowsky

  • An Asymptotic Theory of Large Deviations for Markov Jump Processes

    C. Knessl;B. J. Matkowsky;Z. Schuss;C. Tier

  • An adaptive pseudo-spectral method for reaction diffusion problems

    A. Bayliss;D. Gottlieb;B. J. Matkowsky;M. Minkoff

  • Eigenvalues of the Fokker–Planck Operator and the Approach to Equilibrium for Diffusions in Potential Fields

    B. J. Matkowsky;Z. Schuss

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Matalon
Moshe Matalon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abraham Nitzan
Abraham Nitzan University of Pennsylvania
Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
Mark A. Ratner
Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University
A. C. Fernandez-Pello
A. C. Fernandez-Pello University of California, Berkeley
Brian M. Hoffman
Brian M. Hoffman Northwestern University
Seung Hwan Ko
Seung Hwan Ko Seoul National University
Costas P. Grigoropoulos
Costas P. Grigoropoulos University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Erneux
Thomas Erneux Université Libre de Bruxelles
William L. Kath
William L. Kath Northwestern University

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