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Jean Bourgain 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 Jean Bourgain sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 511 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.

Jean Bourgain 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 Jean Bourgain sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 105 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2018 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 2018 - Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Fields Medal of International Mathematical Union (IMU) Bourgain's work touches on several central topics of mathematical analysis: the geometry of Banach spaces, convexity in high dimensions, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory, and finally, nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical physics.

Overview

Jean Bourgain was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Mathematics, with work spanning several specialized subfields.

The main subfields of study covered by Bourgain included Numerical Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory, and Mathematical Physics.

Their research topics encompassed:

  • Mathematical Approximation and Integration
  • Limits and Structures in Graph Theory
  • Analytic Number Theory Research
  • Digital Image Processing Techniques
  • Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
  • Advanced Harmonic Analysis Research
  • Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Bourgain had multiple published papers across different high-profile venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "On a multi-parameter variant of the Bellow-Furstenberg problem," 2023, Forum of Mathematics Pi
  • "On a multi-parameter variant of the Bellow-Furstenberg problem," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Unnamed paper, 2024, Theory of Computing
  • "Strong approximation and Diophantine properties of Markoff triples," 2025, Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Bourgain frequently collaborated with several coauthors. Notable recurring collaborators included Mariusz Mirek, Elias M. Stein, Ciprian Demeter, James Wright, and Dóminique Kemp.

The publication venues where Bourgain's work appeared most often were:

  • Forum of Mathematics Pi
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Theory of Computing
  • Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Throughout their career, Bourgain received multiple awards and recognitions:

  • Fields Medal of International Mathematical Union (IMU), 1994, for contributions involving mathematical analysis, including the geometry of Banach spaces, convexity in high dimensions, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory, and nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical physics
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011
  • Polish Academy of Science award, 2018
  • Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, 2018

Best Publications

  • Fourier transform restriction phenomena for certain lattice subsets and applications to nonlinear evolution equations

    J. Bourgain

  • On lipschitz embedding of finite metric spaces in Hilbert space

    J. Bourgain

  • Some remarks on Banach spaces in which martingale difference sequences are unconditional

    J. Bourgain

  • A SUM-PRODUCT ESTIMATE IN FINITE FIELDS, AND APPLICATIONS

    Jean Bourgain;Nets Katz;Terence Tao

  • Global wellposedness of defocusing critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the radial case

    J. Bourgain

  • Periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation and invariant measures

    J. Bourgain

  • QUASI-PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF HAMILTONIAN PERTURBATIONS OF 2D LINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS

    Jean Bourgain

  • Pointwise ergodic theorems for arithmetic sets

    Jean Bourgain

  • Another look at Sobolev spaces

    Jean Bourgain;Haïm Brezis;Petru Mironescu

  • New volume ratio properties for convex sym-metric bodies in IRn.

    J. Bourgain;V. D. Milman

  • Global Solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations

    Jean Bourgain

  • Invariant measures for the 2D -defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation

    Jean Bourgain

  • Fourier transform restriction phenomena for certain lattice subsets and applications to nonlinear evolution equations

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  • Bounds on Oscillatory Integral Operators Based on Multilinear Estimates

    Jean Bourgain;Larry Guth

  • Green's Function Estimates for Lattice Schrödinger Operators and Applications.

    Jean Bourgain

  • Averages in the plane over convex curves and maximal operators

    J. Bourgain

  • Besicovitch type maximal operators and applications to fourier analysis

    J. Bourga'in

  • The proof of the l 2 Decoupling Conjecture

    Jean Bourgain;Ciprian Demeter

  • On localization in the continuous Anderson-Bernoulli model in higher dimension

    Jean Bourgain;Carlos E. Kenig

  • On Triples in Arithmetic Progression

    Jean Bourgain

  • Proof of the main conjecture in Vinogradov’s Mean Value Theorem for degrees higher than three

    Jean Bourgain;Ciprian Demeter;Lawrence Guth

Frequent Co-Authors

Haim Brezis
Haim Brezis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Zeév Rudnick
Zeév Rudnick Tel Aviv University
Igor E. Shparlinski
Igor E. Shparlinski University of New South Wales
Peter Sarnak
Peter Sarnak Princeton University
Vitali Milman
Vitali Milman Tel Aviv University
Dong Li
Dong Li Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Joram Lindenstrauss
Joram Lindenstrauss Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elon Lindenstrauss
Elon Lindenstrauss Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elias M. Stein
Elias M. Stein Princeton University
Gil Kalai
Gil Kalai Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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