David G. Schaeffer

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

David G. Schaeffer is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, David G. Schaeffer has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Computational Mechanics, 25 papers in Applied Mathematics and 21 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in David G. Schaeffer's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (31 papers), Landslides and related hazards (21 papers) and Navier-Stokes equation solutions (15 papers). David G. Schaeffer is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (31 papers), Landslides and related hazards (21 papers) and Navier-Stokes equation solutions (15 papers). David G. Schaeffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. David G. Schaeffer's co-authors include Martin Golubitsky, Ian Stewart, Michael Shearer, T. Barker, J. M. N. T. Gray, Daniel J. Gauthier, Elena G. Tolkacheva, E. Bruce Pitman, Wanda Krassowska and Patricio Bohorquez and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

David G. Schaeffer

91 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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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.

Singularities and Groups in Bifurcation Theory

1988 2.1k citations David G. Schaeffer et al. profile →
Instability in the evolution equations describing incompressible granular flow

1987 1000 citations David G. Schaeffer Journal of Differential Equations profile →
Singularities and Groups in Bifurcation Theory

1985 886 citations David G. Schaeffer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David G. Schaeffer United States	31	2.3k	1.3k	1.3k	641	613	96	6.1k
I. Goldhirsch Israel	31	3.1k 1.3×	896 0.7×	523 0.4×	1.5k 2.3×	142 0.2×	81	4.6k
Richard Fowler United States	14	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.6×	271 0.2×	408 0.6×	745 1.2×	39	6.8k
Thorsten Pöschel Germany	41	4.7k 2.0×	742 0.6×	238 0.2×	2.0k 3.0×	173 0.3×	229	7.7k
Julian D. Cole United States	22	2.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	365 0.3×	298 0.5×	945 1.5×	97	8.0k
S. Ciliberto France	46	2.4k 1.0×	3.5k 2.6×	1.1k 0.8×	345 0.5×	42 0.1×	169	8.6k
Uri M. Ascher Canada	40	3.7k 1.6×	916 0.7×	265 0.2×	576 0.9×	525 0.9×	119	9.9k
K. J. Whiteman United Kingdom	6	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	246 0.2×	357 0.6×	583 1.0×	11	5.5k
Herbert B. Keller United States	45	3.6k 1.6×	947 0.7×	662 0.5×	208 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	130	9.9k
Graham F. Carey United States	41	4.2k 1.8×	375 0.3×	267 0.2×	209 0.3×	218 0.4×	298	6.8k
S. Fauve France	40	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.6×	1.9k 1.5×	392 0.6×	25 0.0×	139	6.4k

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Barker, T., J. M. N. T. Gray, David G. Schaeffer, & Michael Shearer. (2023). Well-posedness and ill-posedness of single-phase models for suspensions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 954. 4 indexed citations

Chiou, Jian-geng, et al.. (2018). Principles that govern competition or co-existence in Rho-GTPase driven polarization. PLoS Computational Biology. 14(4). e1006095–e1006095. 48 indexed citations

Barker, T., David G. Schaeffer, Patricio Bohorquez, & J. M. N. T. Gray. (2015). Well-posed and ill-posed behaviour of the -rheology for granular flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 779. 794–818. 142 indexed citations

Kayıkçı, Ömür, et al.. (2013). Modeling mutant phenotypes and oscillatory dynamics in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cAMP-PKA pathway. BMC Systems Biology. 7(1). 40–40. 10 indexed citations

Schaeffer, David G., et al.. (2010). Chaos for cardiac arrhythmias through a one-dimensional modulation equation for alternans. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 20(2). 23131–23131. 6 indexed citations

Cain, John W. & David G. Schaeffer. (2008). Shortening of cardiac action potential duration near an insulating boundary. Mathematical Medicine and Biology A Journal of the IMA. 25(1). 21–36. 8 indexed citations

Schaeffer, David G., Wenjun Ying, & Xiaopeng Zhao. (2007). Asymptotic approximation of an ionic model for cardiac restitution. Nonlinear Dynamics. 51(1-2). 189–198. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaopeng, et al.. (2007). Period-Doubling Bifurcation to Alternans in Paced Cardiac Tissue: Crossover from Smooth to Border-Collision Characteristics. Physical Review Letters. 99(5). 58101–58101. 26 indexed citations

Schaeffer, David G., John W. Cain, Daniel J. Gauthier, et al.. (2007). An Ionically Based Mapping Model with Memory for Cardiac Restitution. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 69(2). 459–482. 18 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaopeng, et al.. (2006). Small-signal amplification of period-doubling bifurcations in smooth iterated maps. Nonlinear Dynamics. 48(4). 381–389. 9 indexed citations

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Dobrovolny, Hana M., et al.. (2005). Evidence for a Border-Collision Bifurcation in Paced Cardiac Tissue. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 72. 2 indexed citations

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Iverson, Richard M. & David G. Schaeffer. (2004). Regulation of Landslide Motion by Dilatancy and Pore-pressure Feedback. AGUFM. 2004. 3 indexed citations

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Tolkacheva, Elena G., David G. Schaeffer, Daniel J. Gauthier, & Wanda Krassowska. (2003). Condition for alternans and stability of the 1:1 response pattern in a “memory” model of paced cardiac dynamics. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 67(3). 31904–31904. 97 indexed citations

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Socolar, Joshua E. S., David G. Schaeffer, & Philippe Claudin. (2002). Directed force chain networks and stress response in static granular materials. The European Physical Journal E. 7(4). 353–370. 33 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, David G., Stephen Schecter, & Michael Shearer. (1993). Nonstrictly Hyperbolic Conservation Laws with a Parabolic Line. Journal of Differential Equations. 103(1). 94–126. 18 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, David G.. (1992). A mathematical model for localization in granular flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 436(1897). 217–250. 28 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, David G.. (1987). Instability in the evolution equations describing incompressible granular flow. Journal of Differential Equations. 66(1). 19–50. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schaeffer, David G.. (1977). Some examples of singularities in a free boundary. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 4(1). 133–144. 34 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, David G.. (1977). One-Sided estimates for the curvature of the free boundary in the obstacle problem. Advances in Mathematics. 24(1). 78–98. 9 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, David G.. (1976). A new proof of the infinite differentiability of the free boundary in the Stefan problem. Journal of Differential Equations. 20(1). 266–269. 41 indexed citations

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