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88
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88
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Bernd Sturmfels 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 Bernd Sturmfels sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 530 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bernd Sturmfels 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 Bernd Sturmfels 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: 137 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: 88 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mathematics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2014 - SIAM Fellow For advancing symbolic and numerical techniques for solving systems of nonlinear polynomial equations and inequalities and connecting computational algebraic geometry with applications.
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2010 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Bernd Sturmfels is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Mathematics and Computer Science, with major contributions to computational theory and mathematics, geometry and topology, and algebra and number theory.

Their work touches on several specialized subfields, including discrete mathematics and combinatorics as well as statistical and nonlinear physics. Key topics covered encompass polynomial and algebraic computation, algebraic geometry and number theory, commutative algebra and its applications, advanced combinatorial mathematics, advanced numerical analysis techniques, nonlinear waves and solitons, and algebraic structures and combinatorial models.

Bernd Sturmfels has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Paul Breiding, Kathlén Kohn, Simon Telen, Claudia Fevola, and Svala Sverrisdóttir.

The scientist publishes frequently in a range of venues, with notable recurrent publications in arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Symbolic Computation, Algebraic Statistics, Discrete & Computational Geometry, and the SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry.

Recent papers include:

  • Likelihood degenerations (2023), Advances in Mathematics
  • Quantum Correlations in the Minimal Scenario (2023), Quantum
  • Wasserstein distance to independence models (2020), CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa)
  • Estimating linear covariance models with numerical nonlinear algebra (2020), Algebraic Statistics
  • Likelihood equations and scattering amplitudes (2021), Algebraic Statistics

Bernd Sturmfels has authored books published by the American Mathematical Society and Oberwolfach Seminars. Notable works include "Invitation to Nonlinear Algebra" (2021) and "Metric Algebraic Geometry" (2024).

Their career has been recognized through multiple awards: they became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013, a SIAM Fellow in 2014 for their work in symbolic and numerical techniques related to nonlinear polynomial equations, the John von Neumann Lecturer in 2010, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Gröbner bases and convex polytopes

    Bernd Sturmfels

  • Combinatorial Commutative Algebra

    Ezra Miller;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Oriented Matroids

    Bernd Sturmfels;Michel Las Vergnas;Anders Björner

  • SOLVING SYSTEMS OF POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS

    Bernd Sturmfels

  • Algorithms in Invariant Theory

    Bernd Sturmfels

  • Algebraic algorithms for sampling from conditional distributions

    Persi Diaconis;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Introduction to Tropical Geometry

    Diane Maclagan;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology

    L. Pachter;B. Sturmfels

  • Lectures on Algebraic Statistics

    Mathias Drton;Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

  • The tropical Grassmannian

    David Speyer;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Gröbner Deformations of Hypergeometric Differential Equations

    Mutsumi Saito;Bernd Sturmfels;Nobuki Takayama

  • First steps in tropical geometry

    Jürgen Richter-Gebert;Bernd Sturmfels;Thorsten Theobald

  • Binomial Ideals

    David Eisenbud;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Binomial Ideals

    Unknown

  • Theory of algebraic invariants

    David Hilbert;Bernd Sturmfels;Reinhard C. Laubenbacher

  • A polyhedral method for solving sparse polynomial systems

    Birkett Huber;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Tropical Convexity

    Mike Develin;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Intersection theory on toric varieties

    William Fulton;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Tropical convexity

    Unknown

  • On the Newton Polytope of the Resultant

    Bernd Sturmfels

  • Minimizing Polynomial Functions

    Pablo A. Parrilo;Bernd Sturmfels

  • Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology: Statistics

    Lior Pachter;Bernd Sturmfels

Frequent Co-Authors

Lior Pachter
Lior Pachter California Institute of Technology
Günter M. Ziegler
Günter M. Ziegler Freie Universität Berlin
Anders Björner
Anders Björner Royal Institute of Technology
Seth Sullivant
Seth Sullivant North Carolina State University
Giorgio Ottaviani
Giorgio Ottaviani University of Florence
Reinhard Laubenbacher
Reinhard Laubenbacher University of Florida
Jean Ponce
Jean Ponce École Normale Supérieure
Jesús A. De Loera
Jesús A. De Loera University of California, Davis
David Eisenbud
David Eisenbud University of California, Berkeley
David E Speyer
David E Speyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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