Burton Wendroff

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Burton Wendroff is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Burton Wendroff has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Computational Mechanics, 23 papers in Numerical Analysis and 21 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Burton Wendroff's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (35 papers), Numerical methods for differential equations (16 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (14 papers). Burton Wendroff is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (35 papers), Numerical methods for differential equations (16 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (14 papers). Burton Wendroff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and France. Burton Wendroff's co-authors include Peter D. Lax, Richard Liška, H.B. Stewart, Blair Swartz, Mikhail Shashkov, Hui Li, Andrew B. White, Stirling A. Colgate, Thomas A. Manteuffel and Vidar Thomée and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Journal of Computational Physics and Mathematics of Computation.

In The Last Decade

Burton Wendroff

74 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Systems of conservation laws 1960 2026 1982 2004 1960 1984 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Systems of conservation laws
    1960 1.8k citations Burton Wendroff et al. profile →
  2. Two-phase flow: Models and methods
    1984 420 citations Burton Wendroff et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Burton Wendroff United States 28 3.3k 1.6k 823 417 417 78 5.2k
K. W. Morton United Kingdom 28 2.4k 0.7× 550 0.4× 1.2k 1.5× 343 0.8× 545 1.3× 79 5.2k
Robert D. Richtmyer United States 13 3.3k 1.0× 951 0.6× 1.3k 1.6× 488 1.2× 597 1.4× 28 7.8k
Julian D. Cole United States 22 2.5k 0.8× 945 0.6× 1.4k 1.7× 516 1.2× 533 1.3× 97 8.0k
Heinz‐Otto Kreiss United States 28 2.0k 0.6× 889 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 578 1.4× 507 1.2× 72 4.0k
С. К. Годунов Russia 23 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 372 0.5× 160 0.4× 278 0.7× 91 3.3k
T. A. Zang United States 18 2.2k 0.7× 371 0.2× 957 1.2× 187 0.4× 346 0.8× 43 4.1k
Thomas A. Zang United States 27 4.5k 1.4× 859 0.6× 1.9k 2.4× 439 1.1× 907 2.2× 67 8.9k
Ami Harten Israel 24 7.5k 2.3× 3.0k 1.9× 989 1.2× 191 0.5× 219 0.5× 48 9.3k
Sigal Gottlieb United States 21 4.3k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 2.1× 181 0.4× 333 0.8× 48 5.9k
K. Stewartson United Kingdom 46 5.1k 1.6× 770 0.5× 466 0.6× 449 1.1× 230 0.6× 173 8.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liška, Richard, Mikhail Shashkov, Pavel Váchal, & Burton Wendroff. (2009). Optimization-based synchronized flux-corrected conservative interpolation (remapping) of mass and momentum for arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian methods. Journal of Computational Physics. 229(5). 1467–1497. 38 indexed citations
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Li, Hui, Shengtai Li, J. Koller, et al.. (2005). Potential Vorticity Evolution of a Protoplanetary Disk with an Embedded Protoplanet. The Astrophysical Journal. 624(2). 1003–1009. 74 indexed citations
3.
Li, Hui, Stirling A. Colgate, Burton Wendroff, & Richard Liška. (2001). Rossby Wave Instability of Thin Accretion Disks. III. Nonlinear Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal. 551(2). 874–896. 168 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton. (1999). A two-dimensional HLLE riemann solver and associated godunov-type difference scheme for gas dynamics. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 38(11-12). 175–185. 45 indexed citations
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Liška, Richard, L.G. Margolin, & Burton Wendroff. (1995). Nonhydrostatic two-layer models of incompressible flow. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 29(9). 25–37. 29 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton. (1991). The stability of MacCormack's method for the scalar advection equation. Applied Mathematics Letters. 4(2). 89–91. 6 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton, et al.. (1991). Iterated games and arms race models. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 15(9). 39–45.
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Wendroff, Burton. (1990). Cooperation in a three-way arms race. Applied Mathematics Letters. 3(3). 127–129. 2 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton & Andrew B. White. (1989). A supraconvergent scheme for nonlinear hyperbolic systems. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 18(8). 761–767. 21 indexed citations
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Kreiss, H.-, Thomas A. Manteuffel, Blair Swartz, Burton Wendroff, & Andrew B. White. (1986). Supra-Convergent Schemes on Irregular Grids. Mathematics of Computation. 47(176). 537–537. 90 indexed citations
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Swartz, Blair, et al.. (1980). A new inequality for symmetric functions. Advances in Mathematics. 38(2). 109–127. 7 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton, et al.. (1977). Computing a Two-Dimensional Quench Front. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 64(1). 187–191. 8 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton, et al.. (1975). Coerciveness inequalities for some nonelliptic differential and pseudodifferential operators. Journal of Differential Equations. 18(2). 244–257. 1 indexed citations
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Thomée, Vidar & Burton Wendroff. (1974). Convergence Estimates for Galerkin Methods for Variable Coefficient Initial Value Problems. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 11(5). 1059–1068. 72 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton. (1972). The Riemann problem for materials with nonconvex equations of state. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 38(3). 640–658. 63 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton. (1972). The Riemann problem for materials with nonconvex equations of state I: Isentropic flow. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 38(2). 454–466. 113 indexed citations
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Swartz, Blair & Burton Wendroff. (1969). Generalized finite-difference schemes. Mathematics of Computation. 23(105). 37–49. 63 indexed citations
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Swartz, Blair & Burton Wendroff. (1969). Generalized Finite-Difference Schemes. Mathematics of Computation. 23(105). 37–37. 14 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton. (1969). First principles of numerical analysis : an undergraduate text. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Wendroff, Burton. (1961). On orthogonal polynomials. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 12(4). 554–555. 47 indexed citations

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