2026 Heleno Bolfarine: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	37	2536	2257	20	20	257	4819

Heleno Bolfarine 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 Heleno Bolfarine sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 537+

This scientist: 257 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heleno Bolfarine 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 Heleno Bolfarine sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Heleno Bolfarine is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the field of mathematics, particularly focusing on statistical distribution estimation, statistical methods, and Bayesian inference.

Their research spans several main fields and subfields of study, including:

Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Global and Planetary Change
Management Science and Operations Research

Key topics within their work include:

Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models
Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Statistical Methods and Inference

The scientist has published papers in various academic venues, predominantly in mathematics and statistics journals, such as:

Mathematics
Journal of Data Science
Symmetry
Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics
Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Heleno Bolfarine include:

"Skew-normal Linear Mixed Models," 2021, Journal of Data Science
"The Log-exponentiated-Weibull Regression Models with Cure Rate: Local Influence and Residual Analysis," 2021, Journal of Data Science
"Linear mixed models based on skew scale mixtures of normal distributions," 2020, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation
"On Properties of the Bimodal Skew-Normal Distribution and an Application," 2020, Mathematics
"Unification of Families of Birnbaum-Saunders Distributions with Applications," 2022, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Heleno Bolfarine has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with several co-authors appearing in multiple works, including:

Guillermo Martínez-Flórez
Manuel Galea
Mário de Castro
Héctor W. Gómez
Víctor H. Lachos

In addition to articles, they have contributed to the academic community with at least one book published by Springer International Publishing:

Regression Models for the Comparison of Measurement Methods, 2020

Best Publications

Skew-normal Linear Mixed Models

R. B. Arellano-Valle;H. Bolfarine;V. H. Lachos

258
Citations
Prediction Theory for Finite Populations

Heleno Bolfarine;Shelemyahu Zacks

214
Citations
Bayesian Inference for Skew-normal Linear Mixed Models

R.B. Arellano-Valle;H. Bolfarine;V.H. Lachos

171
Citations
A skew item response model

Jorge L. Bazán;Márcia D. Branco;Heleno Bolfarine

156
Citations
Skew-symmetric distributions generated by the distribution function of the normal distribution

Héctor W. Gómez;Osvaldo Venegas;Heleno Bolfarine

152
Citations
Influence diagnostics in generalized log-gamma regression models

Edwin M. M. Ortega;Heleno Bolfarine;Gilberto A. Paula

136
Citations
Local influence in elliptical linear regression models

Manuel Galea;Gilberto A. Paula;Heleno Bolfarine

135
Citations
An extension of the generalized Birnbaum–Saunders distribution

Héctor W. Gómez;Héctor W. Gómez;Juan F. Olivares-Pacheco;Heleno Bolfarine

116
Citations
Introdução a inferência estatística

Heleno Bolfarine;Monica Carneiro Sandoval

116
Citations
On some characterizations of the t-distribution

Reinaldo B. Arellano-Valle;Heleno Bolfarine

112
Citations
An extension of the half-normal distribution

Neveka M. Olmos;Héctor Varela;Héctor W. Gómez;Heleno Bolfarine

78
Citations
Skew scale mixtures of normal distributions: Properties and estimation

Clécio da Silva Ferreira;Heleno Bolfarine;Víctor H. Lachos

78
Citations
Skew normal measurement error models

R. B. Arellano-Valle;S. Ozan;H. Bolfarine;V. H. Lachos

76
Citations
Bayesian inference for a skew-normal IRT model under the centred parameterization

Caio L. N. Azevedo;Heleno Bolfarine;Dalton F. Andrade

75
Citations
Bayes and minimax prediction in finite populations

H. Bolfarine;S. Zacks

73
Citations
Likelihood-based inference for power distributions

Arthur Richard Pewsey;Hector W. Gómez;Heleno Bolfarine

69
Citations
Likelihood-Based Inference for Multivariate Skew-Normal Regression Models

Víctor H. Lachos;Heleno Bolfarine;Reinaldo B. Arellano-Valle;Lourdes C. Montenegro

69
Citations
Population variance prediction under normal dynamic superpopulation models

Heleno Bolfarine

65
Citations
A New Extension of the Exponential Distribution

Yolanda M. Gómez;Heleno Bolfarine;Héctor W. Gómez

51
Citations
Bimodal extension based on the skew-normal distribution with application to pollen data

Héctor W. Gómez;David Elal-Olivero;Hugo S. Salinas;Heleno Bolfarine

50
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor H. Lachos University of Connecticut

Edwin M. M. Ortega Universidade de São Paulo

Gilberto A. Paula Universidade de São Paulo

Gauss M. Cordeiro Federal University of Pernambuco

Barry C. Arnold University of California, Riverside

Artur J. Lemonte Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

External Links

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