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D-Index
80
Citations
46059
World Ranking
140
National Ranking
81

R. T. Rockafellar 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 R. T. Rockafellar sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 206 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

R. T. Rockafellar 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 R. T. Rockafellar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 1999 - INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize
  • 1992 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 1982 - Dantzig Prize, by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS)

Overview

R. T. Rockafellar is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on mathematics and computer science, specifically within fields such as computational theory and mathematics, numerical analysis, economics and econometrics, management science and operations research, and computational mechanics.

The primary topics covered by Rockafellar's body of work include optimization and variational analysis, advanced optimization algorithms research, risk and portfolio optimization, economic theories and models, sparse and compressive sensing techniques, fixed point theorems analysis, and fuzzy systems and optimization.

Rockafellar's recent publications reflect a strong engagement with mathematical programming and optimization. Notable papers include:

  • "Augmented Lagrangians and hidden convexity in sufficient conditions for local optimality," 2022, Mathematical Programming
  • "Solving Lagrangian variational inequalities with applications to stochastic programming," 2020, Mathematical Programming
  • "Convergence of augmented Lagrangian methods in extensions beyond nonlinear programming," 2022, Mathematical Programming
  • "Minimizing buffered probability of exceedance by progressive hedging," 2020, Mathematical Programming
  • "Primal-Dual Stability in Local Optimality," 2024, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rockafellar have included Matúš Benko, Feilong Wang, Xin Wang, Yuan Hong, and Xuegang. This indicates a consistent collaboration network supporting research productivity.

Rockafellar's publications have appeared in several specialized venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Mathematical Programming
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computational Optimization and Applications
  • Set-Valued and Variational Analysis
  • Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Throughout their career, Rockafellar has received awards recognizing contributions to operations research and mathematical optimization. These honors include being named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2002, receiving the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize in 1999, delivering the John von Neumann Lecture in 1992, and being awarded the Dantzig Prize by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) in 1982.

Best Publications

  • OPTIMIZATION OF CONDITIONAL VALUE-AT-RISK

    R T Rockafellar;S Uryasev

  • Monotone Operators and the Proximal Point Algorithm

    Unknown

  • Variational Analysis

    Unknown

  • Scenarios and policy aggregation in optimization under uncertainty

    R. T. Rockafellar;Roger J. B. Wets

  • Augmented Lagrangians and Applications of the Proximal Point Algorithm in Convex Programming

    R. T. Rockafellar

  • On the maximality of sums of nonlinear monotone operators

    R. T. Rockafellar

  • On the maximal monotonicity of subdifferential mappings.

    Ralph Rockafellar

  • Augmented Lagrange Multiplier Functions and Duality in Nonconvex Programming

    Unknown

  • The multiplier method of Hestenes and Powell applied to convex programming

    R. T. Rockafellar

  • Characterization of the subdifferentials of convex functions

    Ralph Tyrrell Rockafellar

  • Local differentiability of distance functions

    R. Poliquin;R. Rockafellar;L. Thibault

  • Generalized Directional Derivatives and Subgradients of Nonconvex Functions

    R. T. Rockafellar

  • Integrals which are convex functionals. II

    Ralph Tyrrell Rockafellar

  • On the subdifferentiability of convex functions

    A. Brøndsted;R. T. Rockafellar

  • Characterizations of Strong Regularity for Variational Inequalities over Polyhedral Convex Sets

    A. L. Dontchev;R. T. Rockafellar

  • Prox-regular functions in variational analysis

    R. A. Poliquin;R. T. Rockafellar

  • Directionally Lipschitzian Functions and Subdifferential Calculus

    R. T. Rockafellar

  • Convergence Rates in Forward--Backward Splitting

    George H.-G. Chen;R. T. Rockafellar

  • Duality and stability in extremum problems involving convex functions.

    Ralph Tyrrell Rockafellar

  • Local boundedness of nonlinear, monotone operators.

    R. T. Rockafellar

  • Conjugate convex functions in optimal control and the calculus of variations

    R.T Rockafellar

  • Clarke's tangent cones and the boundaries of closed sets in Rn

    Ralph Rockafellar

  • First- and second-order epi-differentiability in nonlinear programming

    R. T. Rockafellar

  • Journal of Convex Analysis

    G Buttazzo;L Thibault;R J B Wets;H Attouch

  • 1. Conjugate Duality and Optimization

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Frequent Co-Authors

Roger J.-B. Wets
Roger J.-B. Wets University of California, Davis
Asen L. Dontchev
Asen L. Dontchev University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Boris S. Mordukhovich
Boris S. Mordukhovich Wayne State University
Dominikus Noll
Dominikus Noll Paul Sabatier University
Aharon Ben-Tal
Aharon Ben-Tal Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Jonathan M. Borwein
Jonathan M. Borwein University of Newcastle Australia
Victor Klee
Victor Klee University of Washington
Michel Chipot
Michel Chipot University of Zurich
Giuseppe Buttazzo
Giuseppe Buttazzo University of Pisa
Haim Brezis
Haim Brezis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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