2026 M. J. D. Powell: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	60	528	40	130	45249

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World Ranking

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Publications

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Mathematics

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45249

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1982 - Dantzig Prize, by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS)

Overview

M. J. D. Powell was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research covered various fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences. Within these broader areas, they focused explicitly on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, History, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in their research work involved:

Historical Economic and Social Studies
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
Historical Gender and Feminism Studies

Powell's publication record includes contributions to academic journals, with at least one identified paper:

"Widows and Their Wills: Death, Property, and Kinship Amongst Four Women of a Rural English Parish, 1695-1730" published in 2025 in The Virginia Tech Undergraduate Historical Review

The Virginia Tech Undergraduate Historical Review was noted as a frequent venue for their work, with at least one publication. There is no record of frequent coauthors linked to this scholar.

M. J. D. Powell received several distinctions during their career, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences awarded in 2001. Earlier, in 1982, they were honored with the Dantzig Prize, given by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in conjunction with the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS).

Best Publications

A Rapidly Convergent Descent Method for Minimization

R. Fletcher;M. J. D. Powell

6722
Citations
An efficient method for finding the minimum of a function of several variables without calculating derivatives

M. J. D. Powell

6198
Citations
Nonlinear Programming—Sequential Unconstrained Minimization Techniques

Unknown

2901
Citations
A fast algorithm for nonlinearly constrained optimization calculations

M. J. D. Powell

2682
Citations
Radial basis functions for multivariable interpolation: a review

M. J. D. Powell

2463
Citations
Restart procedures for the conjugate gradient method

M. J. Powell

2418
Citations
A method for nonlinear constraints in minimization problems

M. J. D. Powell

1689
Citations
Approximation theory and methods

Michael J. D. Powell

1576
Citations
The BOBYQA algorithm for bound constrained optimization without derivatives

M. J. D. Powell

1572
Citations
A Direct Search Optimization Method That Models the Objective and Constraint Functions by Linear Interpolation

M. J. D. Powell

1555
Citations
A Method for Minimizing a Sum of Squares of Non-Linear Functions Without Calculating Derivatives

M. J. D. Powell

912
Citations
THE CONVERGENCE OF VARIABLE METRIC METHODS FOR NONLINEARLY CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION CALCULATIONS

M.J.D. Powell

835
Citations
Direct search algorithms for optimization calculations

M. J. D. Powell

774
Citations
Algorithms for nonlinear constraints that use lagrangian functions

M. J. Powell

724
Citations
A New Algorithm for Unconstrained Optimization

M.J.D. Powell

714
Citations
Nonconvex minimization calculations and the conjugate gradient method

M. J. D. Powell

682
Citations
The NEWUOA software for unconstrained optimization without derivatives

M. J. D. Powell

630
Citations
On the Estimation of Sparse Jacobian Matrices

A. R. Curtis;M. J. D. Powell;J. K. Reid

622
Citations
Piecewise Quadratic Approximations on Triangles

M. J. D. Powell;M. A. Sabin

563
Citations
Variable Metric Methods for Constrained Optimization

M. J. D. Powell

526
Citations
UOBYQA: unconstrained optimization by quadratic approximation

M.J.D. Powell

483
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ya-xiang Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences

Roger Fletcher University of Dundee

John Reid Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Philippe L. Toint University of Namur

Arieh Iserles University of Cambridge

Yurii Nesterov Université Catholique de Louvain

Yinyu Ye Stanford University

Andrzej Ruszczyński Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Andreas Griewank Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Masao Fukushima Kyoto University

External Links

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