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D-Index
41
Citations
12616
World Ranking
1858
National Ranking
790

Weimin Han 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 Weimin Han sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 295 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Weimin Han 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 Weimin Han sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • 2023 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society for contributions to numerical methods and analysis of non-smooth problems in mechanics and engineering

Overview

Weimin Han is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. His scholarly contributions span interdisciplinary applied mathematics, from 

modeling, mathematical analysis, numerical solution, and applications in the fields of engineering and physical sciences, with a particular focus on mechanics and computational mathematics.


The research topics covered by Weimin Han's work include:

  • Numerical analysis
  • Numerical PDEs
  • Variational inequalities
  • Hemivariational inequalities


The scientist's main research topics are oriented around various aspects of mechanics and numerical methods, including:

  • Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Brake Systems and Friction Analysis
  • Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling


Weimin Han has published across numerous scientific venues. Their most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Inverse Problems
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Journal of Scientific Computing
  • Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications
  • Numerische Mathematik
  • SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Acacetin Protects Against High Glucose-Induced Endothelial Cells Injury by Preserving Mitochondrial Function via Activating Sirt1/Sirt3/AMPK Signals" (2020) published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Minimization principles for elliptic hemivariational inequalities" (2020) published in Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applications

Additionally, Weimin Han has contributed to book literature, with a publication titled An Introduction to Theory and Applications of Stationary Variational-Hemivariational Inequalities released by Springer Nature in 2024.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Fei Wang
  • Min Ling
  • Feifei Jing
  • Gang Li
  • Wenbin Chen

This profile reflects a career emphasizing computational and applied mechanics with interdisciplinary collaboration and contributions to both journals and books in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Numerical Solution of Fredholm Integral Equations of the Second Kind

    Kendall Atkinson;Weimin Han

  • Plasticity: Mathematical Theory and Numerical Analysis

    Weimin Han;B. Daya Reddy

  • Quasistatic Contact Problems in Viscoelasticity and Viscoplasticity

    Weimin Han;Mircea Sofonea

  • Theoretical Numerical Analysis: A Functional Analysis Framework

    Kendall E. Atkinson;Weimin Han

  • Spherical Harmonics and Approximations on the Unit Sphere: An Introduction

    Kendall E. Atkinson;Weimin Han

  • Theoretical Numerical Analysis

    Kendall Atkinson;Weimin Han

  • Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations

    Kendall E. Atkinson;Weimin Han;David Stewart

  • Analysis and Approximation of Contact Problems with Adhesion or Damage

    Mircea Sofonea;Weimin Han;Meir Shillor

  • Contact problems in elasticity

    Weimin Han;Mircea Sofonea

  • Error analysis of the reproducing kernel particle method

    Weimin Han;Xueping Meng

  • Reproducing kernel element method. Part I: Theoretical formulation

    Wing Kam Liu;Weimin Han;Hongsheng Lu;Shaofan Li

  • A Class of Variational-Hemivariational Inequalities with Applications to Frictional Contact Problems

    Weimin Han;Stanisław Migórski;Mircea Sofonea

  • Numerical analysis of hemivariational inequalities in contact mechanics

    Weimin Han;Mircea Sofonea

  • A reproducing kernel method with nodal interpolation property

    Jiun-Shyan Chen;Weimin Han;Yang You;Xueping Meng

  • Variational and numerical analysis of a quasistatic viscoelastic problem with normal compliance, friction and damage

    Weimin Han;Meir Shillor;Mircea Sofonea

  • Evolutionary Variational Inequalities Arising in Viscoelastic Contact Problems

    Weimin Han;Mircea Sofonea

  • Numerical Analysis of Elliptic Hemivariational Inequalities

    Weimin Han;Mircea Sofonea;Mikaël Barboteu

  • Reproducing kernel element method Part II: Globally conforming Im/Cn hierarchies

    Shaofan Li;Hongsheng Lu;Weimin Han;Wing Kam Liu

  • Computational plasticity : the variational basis and numerical analysis

    Weimin Han;B. D. Reddy

  • On the finite element method for mixed variational inequalities arising in elastoplasticity

    Weimin Han;B. Daya Reddy

  • Convergence of the forward-backward sweep method in optimal control

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  • Introduction to Finite Element Analysis

    Weimin Han;B. Daya Reddy

Frequent Co-Authors

Mircea Sofonea
Mircea Sofonea University of Perpignan
Kendall Atkinson
Kendall Atkinson University of Iowa
Ge Wang
Ge Wang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Meir Shillor
Meir Shillor Oakland University
Stanisław Migórski
Stanisław Migórski Jagiellonian University
Wing Kam Liu
Wing Kam Liu Northwestern University
Jinghuai Gao
Jinghuai Gao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Jiun-Shyan Chen
Jiun-Shyan Chen University of California, San Diego
Shaofan Li
Shaofan Li University of California, Berkeley
Jian Cao
Jian Cao Northwestern University

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