2026 Paul C. Fife: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	47	1247	556	137	11337

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Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Overview

Paul C. Fife was affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the field of Engineering, with contributions in several subfields including Computational Mechanics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Information Systems and Management, Management Science and Operations Research, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The scientist's recent publications covered diverse topics and exemplified interdisciplinary research. Notable papers included:

Essential Validation Criteria for Rigorous Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling, 2025, published in Information Systems Journal
Scaling approaches to steady wall-induced turbulence, 2023, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
How Certain Robot Attributes Influence Human-to-Robot Social and Emotional Bonds, 2023, published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Flame fronts with complex chemical networks, 2024, published through OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
DO (under) representation in US guideline development: an investigation of guideline authors from 2021-2023, 2025, published in Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

Their work addressed multiple research topics such as Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques, Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), AI in Service Interactions, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

Frequent coauthors of Paul C. Fife included James Gaskin, Warren Rosengren, Paul Benjamin Lowry, B.D. Nichols, and Alfred Amendolara. The scientist published in various venues, including the Information Systems Journal, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, arXiv (Cornell University), OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), and the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

In recognition of professional distinction, Paul C. Fife was named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013.

Best Publications

The approach of solutions of nonlinear diffusion equations to travelling front solutions

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1279
Citations
Thermodynamically consistent models of phase-field type for the kinetics of phase transitions

O. Penrose;P. C. Fife

840
Citations
Traveling Waves in a Convolution Model for Phase Transitions

Peter W. Bates;Paul C. Fife;Xiaofeng Ren;Xuefeng Wang

703
Citations
Some Nonclassical Trends in Parabolic and Parabolic-like Evolutions

Paul Fife

467
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Nonlinear diffusion in population genetics

P. C. Fife;P. C. Fife;L. A. Peletier;L. A. Peletier

305
Citations
Dynamics of Layered Interfaces Arising from Phase Boundaries

G. Caginalp;P. C. Fife

273
Citations
Phase-field methods for interfacial boundaries

Gunduz Caginalp;Paul Fife

258
Citations
Models for phase separation and their mathematics.

Paul C. Fife

228
Citations
The dynamics of nucleation for the Cahn-Hilliard equation

Peter W. Bates;Paul C. Fife

225
Citations
Propagating Fronts for Competing Species Equations with Diffusion

Min Ming Tang;Min Ming Tang;Paul C. Fife;Paul C. Fife

209
Citations
Semilinear elliptic boundary value problems with small parameters

Paul C. Fife

197
Citations
A Phase Plane Discussion of Convergence to Travelling Fronts for Nonlinear Diffusion.

Paul C. Fife;J. B. McLeod

181
Citations
Spatial effects in discrete generation population models.

C. Carrillo;P. Fife

166
Citations
On the relation between the standard phase-field model and a “thermodynamically consistent” phase-field model

Oliver Penrose;Paul C. Fife

146
Citations
On the logarithmic mean profile

J. Klewicki;P. Fife;T. Wei

145
Citations
Higher-order phase field models and detailed anisotropy.

Gunduz Caginalp;Paul Fife

143
Citations
Boundary and interior transition layer phenomena for pairs of second-order differential equations☆

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141
Citations
Saddle solutions of the bistable diffusion equation

Ha Dang;Paul C. Fife;L. A. Peletier

136
Citations
Asymptotic states for equations of reaction and diffusion

Paul C. Fife

132
Citations
Spectral comparison principles for the Cahn-Hilliard and phase-field equations, and time scales for coarsening

P. W. Bates;P. C. Fife;P. C. Fife

127
Citations
Interfacial dynamics for thermodynamically consistent phase-field models with nonconserved order parameter

Paul C. Fife;Oliver Penrose

126
Citations
On von Karman's equations and the buckling of a thin elastic plate

Melvyn S. Berger;Paul C. Fife

116
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Penrose Heriot-Watt University

Peter W. Bates Michigan State University

John W. Cahn National Institute of Standards and Technology

William P. Johnson University of Utah

John J. Tyson Virginia Tech

Charles M. Elliott University of Warwick

Christopher K. R. T. Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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