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Seth Sullivant 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 Seth Sullivant sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 94 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Seth Sullivant 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 Seth Sullivant sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% 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

Overview

Seth Sullivant is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on computer science and mathematics, encompassing 25 and 16 publications respectively.

The scientist's work extends into various subfields, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Geometry and Topology

Sullivant's research topics cover a range of areas such as:

  • Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
  • Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
  • Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
  • Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models

Sullivant has contributed many papers, notably:

  • Toric geometry of the Cavender-Farris-Neyman model with a molecular clock, 2020, Advances in Applied Mathematics
  • Quasi-independence models with rational maximum likelihood estimator, 2020, Journal of Symbolic Computation
  • Identifiability of linear compartmental tree models and a general formula for input-output equations, 2023, Advances in Applied Mathematics
  • IDENTIFIABILITY OF PHYLOGENETIC LEVEL-2 NETWORKS UNDER THE JUKES-CANTOR MODEL, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Identifiability in phylogenetics using algebraic matroids, 2020, Journal of Symbolic Computation

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jane Ivy Coons
  • Cashous Bortner
  • Elizabeth Gross
  • Benjamin Hollering
  • Bryson Kagy

The primary publication venues for Sullivant's work are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advances in Applied Mathematics
  • Journal of Symbolic Computation
  • Algebraic Statistics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Seth Sullivant was recognized as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Lectures on Algebraic Statistics

    Mathias Drton;Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

  • Toric ideals of phylogenetic invariants.

    Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

  • Gaussian conditional independence relations have no finite complete characterization

    Seth Sullivant

  • Sequential importance sampling for multiway tables

    Yuguo Chen;Ian H Dinwoodie;Seth Sullivant

  • Trek separation for Gaussian graphical models

    Seth Sullivant;Kelli Talaska;Jan Draisma

  • Finite Gröbner bases in infinite dimensional polynomial rings and applications

    Christopher J. Hillar;Seth Sullivant

  • Algebraic factor analysis: tetrads, pentads and beyond

    Mathias Drton;Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

  • Toric fiber products

    Seth Sullivant

  • Algebraic Statistics

    Seth Sullivant

  • Combinatorial symbolic powers

    Seth Sullivant

  • A finiteness theorem for Markov bases of hierarchical models

    Serkan Hoşten;Seth Sullivant

  • Combinatorial Secant Varieties

    Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

  • Global identifiability of linear structural equation models

    Mathias Drton;Rina Foygel;Seth Sullivant

  • Gröbner bases and polyhedral geometry of reducible and cyclic models

    Serkan Hosten;Seth Sullivant

  • Compressed polytopes and statistical disclosure limitation

    Seth Sullivant

  • Phylogenetic Algebraic Geometry

    Nicholas Eriksson;Kristian Ranestad;Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

  • Identifiable reparametrizations of linear compartment models

    Nicolette Meshkat;Seth Sullivant

  • A Divide-and-Conquer Algorithm for Generating Markov Bases of Multi-way Tables

    Adrian Dobra;Seth Sullivant

  • Polyhedral conditions for the nonexistence of the MLE for hierarchical log-linear models

    Nicholas Eriksson;Stephen E. Fienberg;Alessandro Rinaldo;Seth Sullivant

  • Algebraic statistical models

    Mathias Drton;Seth Sullivant

  • Emerging applications of algebraic geometry

    Mihai Putinar;Seth Sullivant

  • Toric ideals of phylogenetic invariants

    Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

  • Algebraic Factor Analysis: Tetrads, Pentads and Beyond

    Mathias Drton;Bernd Sturmfels;Seth Sullivant

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Sturmfels
Bernd Sturmfels Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Mathias Drton
Mathias Drton Technical University of Munich
Stephen E. Fienberg
Stephen E. Fienberg Carnegie Mellon University
Mike Steel
Mike Steel University of Canterbury
Alessandro Rinaldo
Alessandro Rinaldo The University of Texas at Austin
Mihai Putinar
Mihai Putinar University of California, Santa Barbara

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