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D-Index
60
Citations
15653
World Ranking
554
National Ranking
285

Jerry L. Bona 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 Jerry L. Bona sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 154 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jerry L. Bona 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 Jerry L. Bona sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2013 - SIAM Fellow For fundamental contributions to nonlinear waves.
  • 2012 - SIAM Fellow For fundamental contributions to nonlinear waves.
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jerry L. Bona is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily centered on Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy.

The main fields of study that characterize their work include:

  • Mathematics
  • Physics and Astronomy

The subfields of study further specify their research focus:

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Oceanography
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis

Jerry L. Bona's key research topics encompass:

  • Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems
  • Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
  • Nonlinear Photonic Systems
  • Navier-Stokes equation solutions
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems

The researcher has been published in frequent and specialized venues including:

  • Water Waves
  • Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
  • Studies in Applied Mathematics
  • Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems
  • Letters in Mathematical Physics

Selected recent publications of Jerry L. Bona are:

  • Solitary-wave solutions of Benjamin-Ono and other systems for internal waves. I. approximations, 2020, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems
  • The linear BBM-equation on the half-line, revisited, 2024, Letters in Mathematical Physics
  • Solitary-Wave Solutions of Benjamin-Ono and Other Systems for Internal Waves: II. Dynamics, 2023, Water Waves
  • Blowup and ill-posedness for the complex, periodic KdV equation, 2022, Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
  • Numerical Study of the Generalized Korteweg-de Vries Equations with Oscillating Nonlinearities and Boundary Conditions, 2022, Water Waves

Frequent collaborators contributing to their research include:

  • A. Durán
  • Dimitrios Mitsotakis
  • H. Chen
  • Youngjoon Hong
  • Mahendra Panthee

Over the course of their career, Jerry L. Bona has received recognition from notable professional bodies. Honors include:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
  • SIAM Fellow, 2013, for fundamental contributions to nonlinear waves
  • SIAM Fellow, 2012, for fundamental contributions to nonlinear waves
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1998

Best Publications

  • Model Equations for Long Waves in Nonlinear Dispersive Systems

    Thomas Brooke Benjamin;J. L. Bona;J. J. Mahony

  • The Initial-Value Problem for the Korteweg-De Vries Equation

    J. L. Bona;R. Smith

  • Boussinesq Equations and Other Systems for Small-Amplitude Long Waves in Nonlinear Dispersive Media. I: Derivation and Linear Theory

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  • Stability and Instability of Solitary Waves of Korteweg-de Vries Type

    J. L. Bona;P. E. Souganidis;W. A. Strauss

  • On the stability theory of solitary waves

    J. Bona

  • Global existence of smooth solutions and stability of solitary waves for a generalized Boussinesq equation

    Jerry L. Bona;Robert L. Sachs

  • Boussinesq equations and other systems for small-amplitude long waves in nonlinear dispersive media: II. The nonlinear theory

    J. L. Bona;M. Chen;J. C. Saut

  • Nonlocal models for nonlinear, dispersive waves

    L. Abdelouhab;J. L. Bona;M. Felland;M. Felland;J. C. Saut

  • An evaluation of a model equation for water waves

    J. L. Bona;W. G. Pritchard;L. R. Scott

  • A Nonhomogeneous Boundary-Value Problem for the Korteweg–de Vries Equation Posed on a Finite Domain

    Jerry L. Bona;Shu Ming Sun;Bing-Yu Zhang

  • Long Wave Approximations for Water Waves

    Jerry L. Bona;Thierry Colin;David Lannes

  • Decay of solutions of some nonlinear wave equations

    C.J Amick;J.L Bona;M.E Schonbek

  • A non-homogeneous boundary-value problem for the Korteweg-de Vries equation in a quarter plane

    Jerry L. Bona;Jerry L. Bona;S. M. Sun;Bing-Yu Zhang

  • Travelling-wave solutions to the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation

    J. L. Bona;M. E. Schonbek

  • Solitary-wave interaction

    Jerry L. Bona;W. G. Pritchard;L. Ridgway Scott

  • A Boussinesq system for two-way propagation of nonlinear dispersive waves

    Jerry L. Bona;Min Chen

  • Conservative, High-Order Numerical Schemes for the Generalized Korteweg-de Vries Equation

    J. L. Bona;V. A. Dougalis;O. A. Karakashian;W. R. Mckinney

  • Solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation in fractional order Sobolev spaces

    Jerry Bona;Ridgway Scott

  • A model for the two-way propagation of water waves in a channel

    Jerry L. Bona;Ronald Smith

  • Sufficient conditions for stability of solitary-wave solutions of model equations for long waves

    J. P. Albert;J. L. Bona;D. B. Henry

  • The Korteweg–de Vries Equation, Posed in a Quarter-Plane

    Jerry Bona;Ragnar Winther

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Claude Saut
Jean-Claude Saut University of Paris-Saclay
Fred B. Weissler
Fred B. Weissler Université Paris Cité
Min Chen
Min Chen South China University of Technology
Jiahong Wu
Jiahong Wu University of Notre Dame
Yue Liu
Yue Liu The University of Texas at Arlington
Ragnar Winther
Ragnar Winther University of Oslo
Gustavo Ponce
Gustavo Ponce University of California, Santa Barbara
Jonatan Lenells
Jonatan Lenells Royal Institute of Technology
Sebastian Kadener
Sebastian Kadener Brandeis University
Edward B. Thornton
Edward B. Thornton Naval Postgraduate School

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