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Mathematics
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2026

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Mathematics

D-Index
117
Citations
53474
World Ranking
17
National Ranking
12

Physics

D-Index
120
Citations
57809
World Ranking
808
National Ranking
438

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2021 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2007 - Max Planck Medal, German Physical Society
  • 2000 - Henri Poincaré Prize, International Association of Mathematical Physics
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1966 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Joel L. Lebowitz is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Physics and Astronomy with 77 publications, and Mathematics with 21 publications. Within these fields, their subfields of study include Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Mathematical Physics, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work extensively covers topics such as Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Stochastic Processes and Statistical Mechanics, Quantum, Superfluid, Helium Dynamics, Material Dynamics and Properties, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, and Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Joel L. Lebowitz include:

  • Entropy growth during free expansion of an ideal gas, 2022, Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
  • Boltzmann Entropy of a Freely Expanding Quantum Ideal Gas, 2023, Journal of Statistical Physics
  • Wigner wave packets: Transmission, reflection, and tunneling, 2021, Physical review. B/Physical review. B
  • Heat Flow in a Periodically Forced, Thermostatted Chain, 2023, Communications in Mathematical Physics
  • Reevaluating the Hartman effect for field emission, 2021, Physical review. A/Physical review, A

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sheldon Goldstein (14 collaborations)
  • Tomasz Komorowski (9 collaborations)
  • Stefano Olla (9 collaborations)
  • Eugène R. Speer (7 collaborations)
  • David A. Huse (6 collaborations)

They have published extensively in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 14 publications
  • Journal of Statistical Physics (5 publications)
  • Communications in Mathematical Physics (3 publications)
  • Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical (2 publications)
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A (2 publications)

Joel L. Lebowitz has authored books including one published by World Scientific, titled From the Microscopic to the Macroscopic, expected in 2025.

The scientist has received multiple awards and recognitions, including:

  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics (2021)
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • Max Planck Medal, German Physical Society (2007)
  • Henri Poincaré Prize, International Association of Mathematical Physics (2000)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1983)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1980)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1976)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1966)

Best Publications

  • A new algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation of Ising spin systems

    A. B. Bortz;M. H. Kalos;Joel Lebowitz

  • Statistical Mechanics of Rigid Spheres

    H. Reiss;H. L. Frisch;J. L. Lebowitz

  • A GALLAVOTTI-COHEN-TYPE SYMMETRY IN THE LARGE DEVIATION FUNCTIONAL FOR STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS

    Joel L. Lebowitz;Herbert Spohn

  • Exact Solution of Generalized Percus-Yevick Equation for a Mixture of Hard Spheres

    J. L. Lebowitz

  • Time Symmetry in the Quantum Process of Measurement

    Yakir Aharonov;Peter G. Bergmann;Joel L. Lebowitz

  • The equilibrium theory of classical fluids

    Harry L. Frisch;Joel L. Lebowitz;Stuart A. Rice

  • Canonical Typicality

    Sheldon Goldstein;Joel L. Lebowitz;Roderich Tumulka;Nino Zanghi

  • Scaled Particle Theory of Fluid Mixtures

    J. L. Lebowitz;E. Helfand;E. Praestgaard

  • Rigorous Treatment of the Van Der Waals-Maxwell Theory of the Liquid-Vapor Transition

    J. L. Lebowitz;O. Penrose

  • Nonequilibrium steady states of stochastic lattice gas models of fast ionic conductors

    Sheldon Katz;Joel L. Lebowitz;Herbert Spohn

  • Boltzmann's Entropy and Time's Arrow

    Joel L. Lebowitz

  • Properties of a Harmonic Crystal in a Stationary Nonequilibrium State

    Z. Rieder;J. L. Lebowitz;E. Lieb

  • Statistical Mechanics: A Set of Lectures

    Richard P. Feynman;Joel L. Lebowitz

  • Mean Spherical Model Integral Equation for Charged Hard Spheres I. Method of Solution

    Eduardo Waisman;Joel L. Lebowitz

  • Aspects of the Statistical Thermodynamics of Real Fluids

    Howard Reiss;H. L. Frisch;E. Helfand;Joel Lebowitz

  • Exact Large Deviation Function in the Asymmetric Exclusion Process

    Bernard Derrida;Joel L. Lebowitz

  • Mean Spherical Model for Lattice Gases with Extended Hard Cores and Continuum Fluids

    J. L. Lebowitz;J. K. Percus

  • Thermodynamic Properties of Mixtures of Hard Spheres

    Joel Lebowitz;J. S. Rowlinson;J. S. Rowlinson;J. S. Rowlinson

  • Phase transitions in stationary nonequilibrium states of model lattice systems

    Sheldon Katz;Joel L. Lebowitz;H. Spohn

  • Ensemble Dependence of Fluctuations with Application to Machine Computations

    J. L. Lebowitz;J. K. Percus;L. Verlet

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheldon Goldstein
Sheldon Goldstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eric A. Carlen
Eric A. Carlen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Herbert Spohn
Herbert Spohn Technical University of Munich
Bernard Derrida
Bernard Derrida Collège de France
Oliver Penrose
Oliver Penrose Heriot-Watt University
Elliott H. Lieb
Elliott H. Lieb Princeton University
Nikolai Chernov
Nikolai Chernov University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael Aizenman
Michael Aizenman Princeton University
Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society
Douglas Henderson
Douglas Henderson Brigham Young University

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