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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mathematics 128 7 6 5 4 519 156375
Computer Science 118 154 149 90 87 445 144046

Stanley Osher publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stanley Osher between 1967 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stanley Osher published across 60 years, from 1967 to 2026, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2003. 28 of the 677 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1967 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2003. 1967: 2 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 3 publications 1970: 4 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 1 publication 1973: 3 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 2 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 2 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 5 publications 1983: 8 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 11 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 42 publications 2004: 21 publications 2005: 21 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 19 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 23 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 33 publications 2022: 29 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 32 publications 2025: 27 publications 2026: 1 publication
1967 2026

677 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stanley Osher: publications per year, 1967 to 2026
Year Publications
1967 2
1968 0
1969 3
1970 4
1971 1
1972 1
1973 3
1974 1
1975 2
1976 1
1977 2
1978 3
1979 2
1980 2
1981 3
1982 5
1983 8
1984 3
1985 11
1986 5
1987 5
1988 5
1989 6
1990 6
1991 7
1992 6
1993 6
1994 10
1995 3
1996 6
1997 5
1998 11
1999 7
2000 11
2001 14
2002 7
2003 42
2004 21
2005 21
2006 10
2007 19
2008 18
2009 15
2010 22
2011 13
2012 16
2013 26
2014 13
2015 16
2016 15
2017 14
2018 25
2019 23
2020 23
2021 33
2022 29
2023 26
2024 32
2025 27
2026 1
Total 677
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Stanley Osher publications per year - data summary

  • Stanley Osher, a Mathematics scholar from University of California, Los Angeles, has 677 publications recorded across 60 years, from 1967 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1967 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2003, with 42 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 60 years in the span carries no publications at all (1968).
  • The rate of publication averages 11.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.5 per year counting only the 59 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 115 publications, 17% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1967-1986: 62 publications (3.1 per year); 1987-2006: 209 publications (10.4 per year); 2007-2026: 406 publications (20.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Stanley Osher 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 Stanley Osher sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 42–46 to 537+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 112. Most scientists, 112, have 142–146 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 517–521 publications, is where this scientist sits. 42–46 publications: 3 scientists 47–51 publications: 5 scientists 52–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–61 publications: 20 scientists 62–66 publications: 14 scientists 67–71 publications: 25 scientists 72–76 publications: 19 scientists 77–81 publications: 35 scientists 82–86 publications: 50 scientists 87–91 publications: 60 scientists 92–96 publications: 86 scientists 97–101 publications: 84 scientists 102–106 publications: 83 scientists 107–111 publications: 90 scientists 112–116 publications: 99 scientists 117–121 publications: 90 scientists 122–126 publications: 91 scientists 127–131 publications: 109 scientists 132–136 publications: 110 scientists 137–141 publications: 98 scientists 142–146 publications: 112 scientists 147–151 publications: 102 scientists 152–156 publications: 88 scientists 157–161 publications: 106 scientists 162–166 publications: 83 scientists 167–171 publications: 102 scientists 172–176 publications: 77 scientists 177–181 publications: 81 scientists 182–186 publications: 78 scientists 187–191 publications: 71 scientists 192–196 publications: 92 scientists 197–201 publications: 64 scientists 202–206 publications: 69 scientists 207–211 publications: 64 scientists 212–216 publications: 62 scientists 217–221 publications: 58 scientists 222–226 publications: 53 scientists 227–231 publications: 50 scientists 232–236 publications: 46 scientists 237–241 publications: 46 scientists 242–246 publications: 46 scientists 247–251 publications: 43 scientists 252–256 publications: 29 scientists 257–261 publications: 45 scientists 262–266 publications: 30 scientists 267–271 publications: 33 scientists 272–276 publications: 34 scientists 277–281 publications: 30 scientists 282–286 publications: 31 scientists 287–291 publications: 21 scientists 292–296 publications: 34 scientists 297–301 publications: 26 scientists 302–306 publications: 10 scientists 307–311 publications: 17 scientists 312–316 publications: 23 scientists 317–321 publications: 13 scientists 322–326 publications: 16 scientists 327–331 publications: 26 scientists 332–336 publications: 13 scientists 337–341 publications: 13 scientists 342–346 publications: 16 scientists 347–351 publications: 17 scientists 352–356 publications: 12 scientists 357–361 publications: 18 scientists 362–366 publications: 18 scientists 367–371 publications: 9 scientists 372–376 publications: 11 scientists 377–381 publications: 8 scientists 382–386 publications: 8 scientists 387–391 publications: 9 scientists 392–396 publications: 9 scientists 397–401 publications: 8 scientists 402–406 publications: 11 scientists 407–411 publications: 6 scientists 412–416 publications: 6 scientists 417–421 publications: 9 scientists 422–426 publications: 8 scientists 427–431 publications: 5 scientists 432–436 publications: 8 scientists 437–441 publications: 8 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 4 scientists 452–456 publications: 4 scientists 457–461 publications: 2 scientists 462–466 publications: 2 scientists 467–471 publications: 4 scientists 472–476 publications: 3 scientists 477–481 publications: 3 scientists 482–486 publications: 6 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 5 scientists 497–501 publications: 5 scientists 502–506 publications: 1 scientist 507–511 publications: 6 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 1 scientist 522–526 publications: 3 scientists 527–531 publications: 1 scientist 532–536 publications: 4 scientists 537+ publications: 100 scientists
42–46 publications 537+

This scientist: 519 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mathematics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,584 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
42–46 3
47–51 5
52–56 7
57–61 20
62–66 14
67–71 25
72–76 19
77–81 35
82–86 50
87–91 60
92–96 86
97–101 84
102–106 83
107–111 90
112–116 99
117–121 90
122–126 91
127–131 109
132–136 110
137–141 98
142–146 112
147–151 102
152–156 88
157–161 106
162–166 83
167–171 102
172–176 77
177–181 81
182–186 78
187–191 71
192–196 92
197–201 64
202–206 69
207–211 64
212–216 62
217–221 58
222–226 53
227–231 50
232–236 46
237–241 46
242–246 46
247–251 43
252–256 29
257–261 45
262–266 30
267–271 33
272–276 34
277–281 30
282–286 31
287–291 21
292–296 34
297–301 26
302–306 10
307–311 17
312–316 23
317–321 13
322–326 16
327–331 26
332–336 13
337–341 13
342–346 16
347–351 17
352–356 12
357–361 18
362–366 18
367–371 9
372–376 11
377–381 8
382–386 8
387–391 9
392–396 9
397–401 8
402–406 11
407–411 6
412–416 6
417–421 9
422–426 8
427–431 5
432–436 8
437–441 8
442–446 4
447–451 4
452–456 4
457–461 2
462–466 2
467–471 4
472–476 3
477–481 3
482–486 6
487–491 3
492–496 5
497–501 5
502–506 1
507–511 6
512–516 4
517–521 1 519
522–526 3
527–531 1
532–536 4
537+ 100
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Stanley Osher publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,584 Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 100 ranges running from 42–46 to 537+ publications.
  • Stanley Osher, a Mathematics scholar from University of California, Los Angeles, records 519 publications - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Mathematics scientists score the same or lower than Stanley Osher, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 172–176 publications range, and Stanley Osher ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 142–146 publications, holding 112 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 47% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 162–166 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 537 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Stanley Osher 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 Stanley Osher sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 86+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 174. Most scientists, 174, have 30 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 86+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 174 scientists 31 D-Index: 151 scientists 32 D-Index: 174 scientists 33 D-Index: 117 scientists 34 D-Index: 136 scientists 35 D-Index: 127 scientists 36 D-Index: 145 scientists 37 D-Index: 153 scientists 38 D-Index: 150 scientists 39 D-Index: 150 scientists 40 D-Index: 138 scientists 41 D-Index: 136 scientists 42 D-Index: 93 scientists 43 D-Index: 108 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 112 scientists 46 D-Index: 103 scientists 47 D-Index: 75 scientists 48 D-Index: 59 scientists 49 D-Index: 67 scientists 50 D-Index: 60 scientists 51 D-Index: 57 scientists 52 D-Index: 59 scientists 53 D-Index: 62 scientists 54 D-Index: 60 scientists 55 D-Index: 50 scientists 56 D-Index: 42 scientists 57 D-Index: 54 scientists 58 D-Index: 50 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 41 scientists 61 D-Index: 35 scientists 62 D-Index: 40 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 31 scientists 65 D-Index: 27 scientists 66 D-Index: 29 scientists 67 D-Index: 19 scientists 68 D-Index: 25 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 18 scientists 71 D-Index: 12 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 13 scientists 74 D-Index: 18 scientists 75 D-Index: 9 scientists 76 D-Index: 11 scientists 77 D-Index: 10 scientists 78 D-Index: 9 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 10 scientists 82 D-Index: 5 scientists 83 D-Index: 5 scientists 84 D-Index: 13 scientists 85 D-Index: 6 scientists 86+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 128 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Mathematics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,584 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 174
31 151
32 174
33 117
34 136
35 127
36 145
37 153
38 150
39 150
40 138
41 136
42 93
43 108
44 115
45 112
46 103
47 75
48 59
49 67
50 60
51 57
52 59
53 62
54 60
55 50
56 42
57 54
58 50
59 42
60 41
61 35
62 40
63 21
64 31
65 27
66 29
67 19
68 25
69 17
70 18
71 12
72 14
73 13
74 18
75 9
76 11
77 10
78 9
79 16
80 12
81 10
82 5
83 5
84 13
85 6
86+ 99 128
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Stanley Osher D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,584 Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 30 to 86+ D-Index.
  • Stanley Osher, a Mathematics scholar from University of California, Los Angeles, records 128 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Mathematics scientists score the same or lower than Stanley Osher, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and Stanley Osher ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 30 D-Index, holding 174 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 44 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to imaging, computer vision, and graphics including level-set methods and efficient compressed sensing.
  • 2013 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the numerical solution of partial differential equations, level set methods, and image processing.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - THE J. TINSLEY ODEN MEDAL
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1972 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Stanley Osher is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Applied Mathematics.

Their recent publications include several papers addressing topics in imaging, computational mathematics, and theoretical physics. Notable works are:

  • Determining the three-dimensional atomic structure of a metallic glass, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Three-dimensional atomic packing in amorphous solids with liquid-like structure, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Alternating the Population and Control Neural Networks to Solve High-Dimensional Stochastic Mean-Field Games, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Three-dimensional topological magnetic monopoles and their interactions in a ferromagnetic meta-lattice, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Potential of Attosecond Coherent Diffractive Imaging, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Frequent coauthors contributing to their body of work include Wuchen Li, Siting Liu, Samy Wu Fung, Minh Phạm, and Jianwei Miao.

Stanley Osher's research outputs have appeared repeatedly in specific venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research in the Mathematical Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Thematically, their work covers a variety of topics, such as:

  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Numerical methods in inverse problems
  • Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

Throughout their career, Stanley Osher has received several distinctions recognizing contributions to mathematical sciences and engineering. These include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2018) for work in imaging, computer vision, and level-set methods
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • John von Neumann Lecturer (2013)
  • SIAM Fellow (2009) for numerical solutions of partial differential equations and image processing
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
  • J. Tinsley Oden Medal (2007)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1972)

Best Publications

  • Fronts propagating with curvature-dependent speed: algorithms based on Hamilton-Jacobi formulations

    Stanley Osher;James A. Sethian

  • Nonlinear total variation based noise removal algorithms

    Leonid I. Rudin;Stanley Osher;Emad Fatemi

  • Efficient implementation of essentially non-oscillatory shock-capturing schemes,II

    Chi-Wang Shu;Stanley Osher

  • Level Set Methods and Dynamic Implicit Surfaces

    Stanley Osher;Ronald Fedkiw

  • A level set approach for computing solutions to incompressible two-phase flow

    Mark Sussman;Peter Smereka;Stanley Osher

  • The Split Bregman Method for L1-Regularized Problems

    Tom Goldstein;Stanley Osher

  • Weighted essentially non-oscillatory schemes

    Xu-Dong Liu;Stanley Osher;Tony Chan

  • Efficient implementation of essentially non-oscillatory shock-capturing schemes, II

    Unknown

  • Uniformly high order accurate essentially non-oscillatory schemes, 111

    Unknown

  • A Non-oscillatory Eulerian Approach to Interfaces in Multimaterial Flows (the Ghost Fluid Method)

    Ronald P Fedkiw;Tariq Aslam;Barry Merriman;Stanley Osher

  • Level set methods: an overview and some recent results

    Stanley Osher;Ronald P. Fedkiw

  • Minimization of Region-Scalable Fitting Energy for Image Segmentation

    Chunming Li;Chiu-Yen Kao;J.C. Gore;Zhaohua Ding

  • An Iterative Regularization Method for Total Variation-Based Image Restoration

    Stanley J. Osher;Martin Burger;Donald Goldfarb;Jinjun Xu

  • Simultaneous structure and texture image inpainting

    M. Bertalmio;L. Vese;G. Sapiro;S. Osher

  • Regular Article: A PDE-Based Fast Local Level Set Method

    Danping Peng;Barry Merriman;Stanley Osher;Hongkai Zhao

  • Bregman Iterative Algorithms for $ll_1$-Minimization with Applications to Compressed Sensing

    Wotao Yin;Stanley Osher;Donald Goldfarb;Jerome Darbon

  • Nonlocal Operators with Applications to Image Processing

    Guy Gilboa;Stanley J. Osher

  • A Variational Level Set Approach to Multiphase Motion

    Hong-Kai Zhao;T. Chan;B. Merriman;S. Osher

  • Uniformly high-order accurate nonoscillatory schemes

    Ami Harten;Stanley Osher

  • A Level Set Formulation of Eulerian Interface Capturing Methods for Incompressible Fluid Flows

    Y.C. Chang;T.Y. Hou;B. Merriman;S. Osher

  • An improved level set method for incompressible two-phase flows

    Mark Sussman;Emad Fatemi;Peter Smereka;Stanley Osher

  • Upwind difference schemes for hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

    Stanley Osher;Fred Solomon

  • Algorithms Based on Hamilton-Jacobi Formulations

    Stanley Osher;James A. Sethian

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Fedkiw
Ronald Fedkiw Stanford University
Wotao Yin
Wotao Yin Alibaba Group (China)
Andrea L. Bertozzi
Andrea L. Bertozzi University of California, Los Angeles
Martin Burger
Martin Burger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Russel E. Caflisch
Russel E. Caflisch Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Tony F. Chan
Tony F. Chan University of California, Los Angeles
Jack Xin
Jack Xin University of California, Irvine
Björn Engquist
Björn Engquist The University of Texas at Austin
Guillermo Sapiro
Guillermo Sapiro Princeton University
Hongkai Zhao
Hongkai Zhao Duke University

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