John E. Osborn

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

John E. Osborn is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Osborn has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Computational Mechanics, 27 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 21 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in John E. Osborn's work include Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (30 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (25 papers) and Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering (14 papers). John E. Osborn is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (30 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (25 papers) and Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering (14 papers). John E. Osborn collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. John E. Osborn's co-authors include Ivo Babuška, Uday Banerjee, Gabriel Caloz, R. Bruce Kellogg, Richard S. Falk, James H. Bramble, Jacques Rappaz, Bertrand Mercier, Juhani Pitkäranta and Stuart S. Antman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Neurology and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

John E. Osborn

51 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Special Finite Element Methods for a Class of Second Orde... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400
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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. Special Finite Element Methods for a Class of Second Order Elliptic Problems with Rough Coefficients
    1994 452 citations Ivo Babuška, John E. Osborn et al. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John E. Osborn United States 27 2.4k 2.1k 1.4k 705 394 55 3.3k
Juhani Pitkäranta Finland 21 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 880 0.6× 485 0.7× 612 1.6× 60 2.7k
Richard S. Falk United States 33 3.7k 1.6× 2.3k 1.1× 2.6k 1.8× 943 1.3× 772 2.0× 79 5.2k
Manil Suri United States 23 2.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 880 0.6× 571 0.8× 439 1.1× 56 2.5k
Christine Bernardi France 29 3.0k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 792 1.1× 524 1.3× 143 3.7k
R. Verfürth Germany 27 4.0k 1.7× 1.8k 0.9× 1.9k 1.3× 906 1.3× 792 2.0× 42 4.3k
A. H. Schatz United States 34 3.4k 1.4× 1.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.5× 990 1.4× 917 2.3× 59 4.0k
Pavel Bochev United States 29 2.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 800 0.6× 658 0.9× 485 1.2× 116 3.3k
Todd Dupont United States 27 2.0k 0.9× 930 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 471 0.7× 1.0k 2.5× 42 2.7k
T. Strouboulis United States 31 2.9k 1.2× 3.0k 1.5× 722 0.5× 1.2k 1.6× 232 0.6× 54 4.1k
Daniele Boffi Italy 25 2.8k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 899 1.3× 311 0.8× 97 3.4k

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All Works

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Osborn, John E., et al.. (2019). Moment Representations of Type I X2 Exceptional Laguerre Polynomials. 14(1). 49–49.
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Osborn, John E., et al.. (2017). Moment representations of exceptional X1 orthogonal polynomials. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 455(2). 1848–1869. 2 indexed citations
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Knyazev, Andrew, Volker Mehrmann, John E. Osborn, & Jinchao Xu. (2010). Linear and Nonlinear Eigenproblems for PDEs. Oberwolfach Reports. 6(3). 2025–2114. 2 indexed citations
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Babuška, Ivo, et al.. (2008). Quadrature for meshless methods. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 76(9). 1434–1470. 44 indexed citations
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Knyazev, Andrew & John E. Osborn. (2006). New A Priori FEM Error Estimates for Eigenvalues. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 43(6). 2647–2667. 34 indexed citations
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Osborn, John E. & Kaiming Zhao. (1999). Infinite-dimensional Lie algebras of generalized Block type. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 127(6). 1641–1650. 31 indexed citations
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Coombes, Kevin R., Ronald L. Lipsman, Brian R. Hunt, John E. Osborn, & Garrett Stuck. (1996). Differential Equations with Matlab. 7 indexed citations
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Falk, Richard S. & John E. Osborn. (1994). Remarks on Mixed Finite Element Methods for Problems with Rough Coefficients. Mathematics of Computation. 62(205). 1–1. 10 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Uday & John E. Osborn. (1989). Estimation of the effect of numerical integration in finite element eigenvalue approximation. Numerische Mathematik. 56(8). 735–762. 36 indexed citations
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Mercier, Bertrand, et al.. (1981). Eigenvalue approximation by mixed and hybrid methods. Mathematics of Computation. 36(154). 427–453. 110 indexed citations
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Mercier, Bertrand, et al.. (1981). Eigenvalue Approximation by Mixed and Hybrid Methods. Mathematics of Computation. 36(154). 427–427. 123 indexed citations
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Arnold, Douglas N., Ivo Babuška, & John E. Osborn. (1981). Selection of Finite Element Methods.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations
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Babuška, Ivo & John E. Osborn. (1978). Numerical treatment of eigenvalue problems for differential equations with discontinuous coefficients. Mathematics of Computation. 32(144). 991–1023. 25 indexed citations
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Babuška, Ivo & John E. Osborn. (1978). Numerical Treatment of Eigenvalue Problems for Differential Equations with Discontinuous Coefficients. Mathematics of Computation. 32(144). 991–991. 26 indexed citations
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Kellogg, R. Bruce & John E. Osborn. (1976). A regularity result for the Stokes problem in a convex polygon. Journal of Functional Analysis. 21(4). 397–431. 239 indexed citations
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Osborn, John E. & D. Sather. (1975). Alternative problems for nonlinear equations. Journal of Differential Equations. 17(1). 12–31. 9 indexed citations
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Osborn, John E. & D. Sather. (1975). Alternative problems and monotonicity. Journal of Differential Equations. 18(2). 393–410. 5 indexed citations
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Bramble, James H. & John E. Osborn. (1973). Rate of Convergence Estimates for Nonselfadjoint Eigenvalue Approximations. Mathematics of Computation. 27(123). 525–525. 47 indexed citations
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Bramble, James H. & John E. Osborn. (1973). Rate of convergence estimates for nonselfadjoint eigenvalue approximations. Mathematics of Computation. 27(123). 525–549. 112 indexed citations
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Osborn, John E.. (1967). Approximation of the Eigenvalues of a Class of Unbounded, Nonself-Adjoint Operators. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 4(1). 45–54. 5 indexed citations

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