Top institutions in the United States for Numerical & Computational Mathematics

Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Numerical & Computational Mathematics?

105 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Numerical & Computational Mathematics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.1% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 47 countries in the subfield. 46 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Texas A&M University has the most (4), followed by Department of Computer Science (3) and University of Iowa (3). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
105
0.1% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
46
43.8% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 47 countries in Numerical & Computational Mathematics
Highest-ranked
#539
Wazwaz, Abdul Majid 1.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Texas A&M University43#2Guermond, Jean Luc #27,763
2Department of Computer Science31#10Stewart, G. W.Pete #46,163
3University of Iowa31#11Han, Weimin #65,013
4George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing30#13Rivière, Béatrice M. #138,615

The top 100 in Numerical & Computational Mathematics in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Wazwaz, Abdul Majid 1.
    Saint Xavier University
  2. 2
    Shu, Chi Wang
    Brown University
  3. 3
    Trefethen, Lloyd Nick
    Harvard University
  4. 4
    Fornberg, Bengt
    University of Colorado Boulder
  5. 5
    Du, Qiang
    Columbia University
  6. 6
    Tadmor, Eitan
    College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
  7. 7
    Golub, Gene H.
    Stanford Engineering
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
    Peherstorfer, Benjamin
    Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  11. 11
    Shampine, Lawrence F.
    Southern Methodist University
  12. 12
    Lim, Lek Heng
    The University of Chicago
  13. 13
    Rokhlin, Vladimir
    Yale University
  14. 14
    Saad, Youcef
    College of Science and Engineering
  15. 15
    Guermond, Jean Luc
    Texas A&M University
  16. 16
    DeVore, Ronald A.
    Texas A&M University
  17. 17
    Demmel, James Weldon
    University of California, Berkeley
  18. 18
    Mickens, Ronald Elbert
    Clark Atlanta University
  19. 19
    LeVeque, Randall J.
    University of Washington
  20. 20
    Gunzburger, Max D.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  21. 21
    Zhang, Xiangxiong
    College of Science
  22. 22
    Brenner, Susanne Cecelia
    Louisiana State University
  23. 23
    Liu, Xudong
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  24. 24
    Stewart, G. W.Pete
    Department of Computer Science
  25. 25
    Wise, Steven M.
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  26. 26
    Adomian, George
    General Analytics Corporation
  27. 27
    Edelman, Alan
    MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  28. 28
    Ainsworth, Mark
    Brown University
  29. 29
    Beylkin, Gregory
    University of Colorado Boulder
  30. 30
    Arnold, Douglas N.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  31. 31
    Boyd, John P.
    School of Natural Resources & Environment
  32. 32
    Han, Weimin
    University of Iowa
  33. 33
    Zhang, Fuzhen
    Nova Southeastern University
  34. 34
    Moré, Jorge J.
    Argonne National Laboratory
  35. 35
    Layton, William J.
    University of Pittsburgh
  36. 36
    Loan, Charles F.Van
    Cornell University
  37. 37
    Fasshauer, Gregory Eric
    Colorado School of Mines
  38. 38
    Feng, Xiaobing
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  39. 39
    Li, Zhilin
    NC State University
  40. 40
    Gottlieb, Sigal
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  41. 41
    Metropolis, Nicholas C.
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
  42. 42
    Martinsson, Per Gunnar
    The University of Texas at Austin
  43. 43
    Scott, Larkin Ridgway
    Department of Computer Science, The University of Chicago
  44. 44
    Wang, Cheng
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  45. 45
    Friedland, Shmuel
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  46. 46
    Foucart, Simon
    Texas A&M University
  47. 47
    Ju, Lili
    University of South Carolina
  48. 48
    Nochetto, Ricardo H.
    College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
  49. 49
    de Boor, C.
    School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
  50. 50
    Ye, Xiu
    Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  51. 51
    Falk, Richard S.
    Department of Mathematics
  52. 52
    Kilmer, Misha E.
    Tufts University
  53. 53
    Zhang, Zhimin Min
    Wayne State University
  54. 54
    Olshanskii, Maxim A.
    University of Houston
  55. 55
    Mu, Lin
    University of Georgia
  56. 56
    Monk, Peter B.
    University of Delaware
  57. 57
    Barnett, Alex H.
    Simons Foundation
  58. 58
    Cao, Shuhao
    University of Missouri-Kansas City
  59. 59
    Micchelli, Charles A.E.
    State University of New York Albany
  60. 60
    Xing, Yulong
    The Ohio State University
  61. 61
    Mhaskar, Hrushikesh N.
    Claremont Graduate University
  62. 62
    Bramble, James H.
    Texas A&M University
  63. 63
    O'Leary, Díanne Prost
    Department of Computer Science
  64. 64
    Bai, Zhaojun
    College of Engineering
  65. 65
    Rivière, Béatrice M.
    George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
  66. 66
    Plemmons, Robert Jame
    Wake Forest University
  67. 67
    Petzold, Linda Ruth
    The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering
  68. 68
    Zhang, Shangyou
    University of Delaware
  69. 69
    Merris, Russell L.
    California State University, East Bay
  70. 70
    Lehoucq, Richard B.
    Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
  71. 71
    Mandel, Jan
    University of Colorado Denver
  72. 72
    Kopriva, David A.
    San Diego State University
  73. 73
    Xu, Yuesheng
    Old Dominion University
  74. 74
    Li, Chikwong
    William & Mary
  75. 75
    Gautschi, Walter
    Department of Computer Science
  76. 76
  77. 77
    Hao, Wenrui
    Pennsylvania State University
  78. 78
    Pan, Victor Ya
    Lehman College
  79. 79
    Reichel, Lothar
    Kent State University
  80. 80
    Chen, Long
    University of California, Irvine
  81. 81
    Meza, J. C.
    UC Merced
  82. 82
    Saunders, Michael A.
    Stanford Engineering
  83. 83
    Katugampola, Udita N.
    Indiana University East
  84. 84
    Sandu, Adrian
    Virginia Tech College of Engineering
  85. 85
    Wang, Hong
    University of South Carolina
  86. 86
    Kelley, Carl Tim
    NC State University
  87. 87
    Gear, Charles William
    School of Engineering and Applied Science
  88. 88
    Chui, Charles Kam Tai
    Stanford University
  89. 89
    Skeel, Robert D.
    Arizona State University
  90. 90
    Falgout, Robert D.
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  91. 91
    Razzaghi, Mohsen
    College of Arts & Sciences
  92. 92
    Xu, Yuan
    University of Oregon
  93. 93
    Stewart, David E.
    University of Iowa
  94. 94
    Iyiola, Olaniyi S.
    Morgan State University
  95. 95
    Hoeffding, Wassily
    College of Arts & Sciences
  96. 96
    Calvetti, Daniela
    Case Western Reserve University
  97. 97
    Neilan, Michael
    University of Pittsburgh
  98. 98
    Warburton, T. C.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  99. 99
    Freund, Roland W.
    University of California, Davis
  100. 100
    Atkinson, Kendall E.
    University of Iowa

105 listed scientists in Numerical & Computational Mathematics in the United States

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