Milton Abramowitz

66.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
30 papers, 51.4k citations indexed

About

Milton Abramowitz is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Applied Mathematics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Milton Abramowitz has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 51.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 3 papers in Applied Mathematics and 2 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Milton Abramowitz's work include Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (3 papers), Algebraic and Geometric Analysis (3 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (2 papers). Milton Abramowitz is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (3 papers), Algebraic and Geometric Analysis (3 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (2 papers). Milton Abramowitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Australia. Milton Abramowitz's co-authors include Irene A. Stegun, D. B. Owen, Juliette Florentin, Robert H. Romer, David S. Miller, Jacques E. Romain, Julius Adams Stratton, L. J. Chu, John D. C. Little and F. J. Corbató and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Technometrics and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Milton Abramowitz

29 papers receiving 47.9k citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs,... 1964 2026 1984 2005 1965 1965 1972 1966 1964 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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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. Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables
    1965 14.9k citations Milton Abramowitz, Irene A. Stegun et al. Mathematics of Computation profile →
  2. Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables
    1965 12.3k citations D. B. Owen, Milton Abramowitz et al. Technometrics profile →
  3. Handbook of Mathematical Functions
    1972 12.1k citations Milton Abramowitz et al. profile →
  4. Handbook of Mathematical Functions.
    1966 5.9k citations Juliette Florentin, Milton Abramowitz et al. American Mathematical Monthly profile →
  5. Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables.
    1964 2.1k citations Milton Abramowitz, Irene A. Stegun et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
  6. Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables
    1988 1.2k citations Milton Abramowitz, Irene A. Stegun et al. American Journal of Physics profile →
  7. Handbook of Mathematical Functions With Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables (National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series No. 55)
    1965 1.1k citations Milton Abramowitz, Irene A. Stegun et al. Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →
  8. Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards
    1965 383 citations Milton Abramowitz, Irene A. Stegun et al. Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute profile →
  9. Handbook of Mathematical Functions, with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables
    1966 362 citations Milton Abramowitz, Jacques E. Romain et al. Physics Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Milton Abramowitz United States 21 11.4k 10.5k 5.5k 5.4k 4.7k 30 51.4k
Irene A. Stegun United States 12 9.1k 0.8× 7.0k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 3.8k 0.8× 19 38.0k
I. S. Gradshteyn United States 7 10.1k 0.9× 8.9k 0.8× 5.6k 1.0× 4.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.5× 8 32.0k
Donald A. McQuarrie United States 32 5.1k 0.4× 11.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.3× 4.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.5× 109 35.2k
William H. Press United States 60 5.6k 0.5× 9.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.4× 6.5k 1.2× 893 0.2× 183 74.4k
I.M. RYZHIK United States 4 6.9k 0.6× 4.8k 0.5× 3.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.3× 6 19.7k
Gene H. Golub United States 84 5.1k 0.5× 6.9k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 4.3k 0.9× 294 45.6k
William T. Vetterling United States 24 4.4k 0.4× 5.9k 0.6× 1.8k 0.3× 4.2k 0.8× 574 0.1× 62 47.5k
Brian P. Flannery United States 33 4.5k 0.4× 5.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.3× 4.2k 0.8× 582 0.1× 79 49.1k
M. N. Rosenbluth United States 72 4.1k 0.4× 9.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.2× 3.4k 0.6× 695 0.1× 298 48.4k
Saul A. Teukolsky United States 66 5.5k 0.5× 9.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.4× 6.2k 1.2× 963 0.2× 233 74.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1988). Pocketbook of Mathematical Functions--Abridged Edition of Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun.. Mathematics of Computation. 50(182). 646–646. 10 indexed citations
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Abramowitz, Milton, Irene A. Stegun, & Robert H. Romer. (1988). Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. American Journal of Physics. 56(10). 958–958. 1178 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1984). Pocketbook of mathematical functions. 348 indexed citations
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1977). Table Errata. Mathematics of Computation. 31(138). 614–616.
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1972). Handbook of Mathematical Functions. 12139 indexed citations breakdown →
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Florentin, Juliette, Milton Abramowitz, & Irene A. Stegun. (1966). Handbook of Mathematical Functions.. American Mathematical Monthly. 73(10). 1143–1143. 5875 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1966). Handbook of Mathematical Functions, with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. Physics Today. 19(1). 120–121. 362 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1966). Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables.. Mathematics of Computation. 20(93). 167–167. 95 indexed citations
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Owen, D. B., Milton Abramowitz, & Irene A. Stegun. (1965). Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. Technometrics. 7(1). 78–78. 12341 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, Irene A. Stegun, & David S. Miller. (1965). Handbook of Mathematical Functions With Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables (National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series No. 55). Journal of Applied Mechanics. 32(1). 239–239. 1054 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1965). Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. Mathematics of Computation. 19(89). 147–147. 14853 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1965). Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs and Mathematical Tables. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards. Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute. 33(2). 324–324. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1964). Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 59(308). 1324–1324. 2109 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abramowitz, Milton, et al.. (1959). Heat transfer in laminar flow through a tube. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 62(3). 101–101. 3 indexed citations
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Stegun, Irene A. & Milton Abramowitz. (1957). Generation of Bessel Functions on High Speed Computers. Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation. 11(60). 255–255. 41 indexed citations
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Stegun, Irene A. & Milton Abramowitz. (1956). Pitfalls in Computation. Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 4(4). 207–219. 13 indexed citations
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Stegun, Irene A. & Milton Abramowitz. (1955). Generation of Coulomb Wave Functions by Means of Recurrence Relations. Physical Review. 98(6). 1851–1852. 26 indexed citations
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Abramowitz, Milton & H. A. Antosiewicz. (1954). Coulomb Wave Functions in the Transition Region. Physical Review. 96(1). 75–77. 4 indexed citations
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Abramowitz, Milton. (1954). On the Practical Evaluation of Integrals. Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 2(1). 20–35. 15 indexed citations
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Abramowitz, Milton. (1954). Regular and Irregular Coulomb Wave Functions Expressed in Terms of Bessel‐Clifford Functions. Journal of Mathematics and Physics. 33(1-4). 111–116. 13 indexed citations

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