Robert J. McCann

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Robert J. McCann is a scholar working on Applied Mathematics, Geometry and Topology and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. McCann has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Applied Mathematics, 19 papers in Geometry and Topology and 13 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Robert J. McCann's work include Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (36 papers), Point processes and geometric inequalities (20 papers) and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (16 papers). Robert J. McCann is often cited by papers focused on Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (36 papers), Point processes and geometric inequalities (20 papers) and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (16 papers). Robert J. McCann collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Robert J. McCann's co-authors include Wilfrid Gangbo, Cédric Villani, José A. Carrillo, Mikhail Feldman, Young‐Heon Kim, Luis Caffarelli, Michael Schmuckenschläger, Dario Cordero–Erausquin, Pierre‐André Chiappori and Lars Nesheim and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IEEE Communications Magazine and Communications in Mathematical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. McCann

67 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The geometry of optimal transportation 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400
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. The geometry of optimal transportation
    1996 443 citations Robert J. McCann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert J. McCann Canada 24 2.3k 919 523 421 293 72 3.3k
Wilfrid Gangbo United States 23 1.3k 0.6× 548 0.6× 456 0.9× 332 0.8× 138 0.5× 54 2.0k
Nicola Gigli Italy 20 1.9k 0.8× 832 0.9× 435 0.8× 459 1.1× 189 0.6× 55 2.5k
Giuseppe Savaré Italy 28 2.3k 1.0× 722 0.8× 1.1k 2.0× 709 1.7× 343 1.2× 81 3.6k
Alessio Figalli United States 30 1.9k 0.8× 587 0.6× 651 1.2× 664 1.6× 217 0.7× 124 2.5k
Feng‐Yu Wang China 37 2.5k 1.1× 441 0.5× 1.0k 1.9× 1.4k 3.4× 321 1.1× 293 4.5k
William B. Jones United States 20 1.5k 0.7× 758 0.8× 1.2k 2.2× 856 2.0× 307 1.0× 91 4.4k
Tom M. Apostol United States 23 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 998 1.9× 1.3k 3.1× 129 0.4× 125 6.8k
В. И. Богачев Russia 28 1.7k 0.7× 457 0.5× 1.1k 2.0× 1.8k 4.4× 192 0.7× 226 3.9k
Michel Ledoux France 30 2.1k 0.9× 640 0.7× 531 1.0× 1.3k 3.1× 60 0.2× 114 4.6k
L. C. Evans United States 25 1.4k 0.6× 307 0.3× 1.2k 2.4× 548 1.3× 269 0.9× 34 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCann, Robert J.. (2024). A Synthetic Null Energy Condition. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 405(2). 4 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2024). A duality and free boundary approach to adverse selection. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 34(12). 2351–2394.
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2023). Correction to: Asymptotics Near Extinction for Nonlinear Fast Diffusion on a Bounded Domain. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 247(2). 2 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2023). Asymptotics Near Extinction for Nonlinear Fast Diffusion on a Bounded Domain. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 247(2). 16–16. 8 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2022). Classifying Minimum Energy States for Interacting Particles: Regular Simplices. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 399(2). 577–598. 6 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2022). Classifying Minimum Energy States for Interacting Particles: Spherical Shells. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 82(4). 1520–1536. 6 indexed citations
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Cavalletti, Fabio, et al.. (2020). Independence of synthetic Curvature Dimension conditions on transport\n distance exponent. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Ketterer, C., et al.. (2020). Inscribed Radius Bounds for Lower Ricci Bounded Metric Measure Spaces with Mean Convex Boundary. Symmetry Integrability and Geometry Methods and Applications. 4 indexed citations
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Ding, Gavin Weiguang, et al.. (2018). Dimensionality Reduction has Quantifiable Imperfections: Two Geometric Bounds. Neural Information Processing Systems. 31. 8453–8463. 2 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2015). Academic wages and pyramid schemes: A mathematical model. Journal of Functional Analysis. 269(9). 2709–2746. 2 indexed citations
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Dafni, Galia, Robert J. McCann, & Alina Stancu. (2013). Analysis and Geometry of Metric Measure Spaces. 13 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2013). Dual measures for capacity constrained optimal transport. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J., et al.. (2013). The Organization of the Labor Market with Communication and Cognitive Skills. 2 indexed citations
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Figalli, Alessio, Young‐Heon Kim, & Robert J. McCann. (2013). Regularity of optimal transport maps on multiple products of spheres. Journal of the European Mathematical Society. 15(4). 1131–1166. 18 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J.. (2010). Hölder continuity for optimal multivalued mappings. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Young‐Heon & Robert J. McCann. (2010). Continuity, curvature, and the general covariance of optimal transportation. Journal of the European Mathematical Society. 12(4). 1009–1040. 65 indexed citations
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Alberti, Giovanni, Robert J. McCann, & Tristan Rivière. (2007). Calculus of Variations. Oberwolfach Reports. 3(3). 1879–1940. 1 indexed citations
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Caffarelli, Luis, Mikhail Feldman, & Robert J. McCann. (2001). Constructing optimal maps for Monge’s transport problem as a limit of strictly convex costs. Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 15(1). 1–26. 96 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J.. (1997). A Convexity Principle for Interacting Gases. Advances in Mathematics. 128(1). 153–179. 460 indexed citations
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McCann, Robert J.. (1994). A convexity theory for interacting gases and equilibrium crystals. UMI eBooks. 24 indexed citations

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