Robert MacPherson

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Robert MacPherson is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert MacPherson has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Geometry and Topology, 28 papers in Mathematical Physics and 15 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Robert MacPherson's work include Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (15 papers), Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (14 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Geometry (14 papers). Robert MacPherson is often cited by papers focused on Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (15 papers), Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (14 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Geometry (14 papers). Robert MacPherson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Türkiye. Robert MacPherson's co-authors include Mark Goresky, David J. Srolovitz, William Fulton, Robert Kottwitz, Israel M. Gelfand, Emanuel A. Lazar, Jeremy K. Mason, Kari Vilonen, Vera Serganova and Tom Braden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Robert MacPherson

51 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Stratified Morse Theory 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 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. Stratified Morse Theory
    1988 426 citations Mark Goresky, Robert MacPherson CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) 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 MacPherson United States 23 1.7k 1.3k 684 563 407 52 2.6k
Andrew Pressley United Kingdom 18 1.8k 1.1× 726 0.6× 220 0.3× 1.4k 2.4× 41 0.1× 31 2.4k
Daisuke Takahashi Japan 25 478 0.3× 232 0.2× 43 0.1× 72 0.1× 309 0.8× 87 2.1k
Charles Radin United States 24 139 0.1× 496 0.4× 85 0.1× 27 0.0× 462 1.1× 90 1.5k
Gang Tian United States 41 5.2k 3.1× 1.5k 1.1× 169 0.2× 101 0.2× 241 0.6× 181 5.9k
Dan Edidin United States 14 497 0.3× 422 0.3× 100 0.1× 100 0.2× 51 0.1× 48 1.2k
L. Lewin United States 19 121 0.1× 110 0.1× 117 0.2× 309 0.5× 62 0.2× 91 2.2k
Song He China 27 430 0.3× 126 0.1× 86 0.1× 173 0.3× 131 0.3× 111 2.9k
Frank Morgan United States 23 644 0.4× 295 0.2× 30 0.0× 19 0.0× 419 1.0× 126 2.0k
Theodore Frankel United States 11 427 0.3× 234 0.2× 24 0.0× 54 0.1× 100 0.2× 17 1.3k
Leon Simon United States 23 1.3k 0.8× 716 0.5× 29 0.0× 25 0.0× 1.1k 2.8× 43 3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert MacPherson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kahle, Matthew, et al.. (2023). Asymptotic Betti Numbers for Hard Squares in the Homological Liquid Regime. International Mathematics Research Notices. 2024(10). 8240–8263.
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Bauer, Ulrich, et al.. (2023). Homology of configuration spaces of hard squares in a rectangle. Algebraic & Geometric Topology. 23(6). 2593–2626. 1 indexed citations
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Lazar, Emanuel A., Jeremy K. Mason, Robert MacPherson, & David J. Srolovitz. (2020). Distribution of Topological Types in Grain-Growth Microstructures. Physical Review Letters. 125(1). 15501–15501. 8 indexed citations
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Lutz, Frank H., Jeremy K. Mason, Emanuel A. Lazar, & Robert MacPherson. (2017). Roundness of grains in cellular microstructures. Physical review. E. 96(2). 23001–23001. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, Jeremy K., Emanuel A. Lazar, Robert MacPherson, & David J. Srolovitz. (2015). Geometric and topological properties of the canonical grain-growth microstructure. Physical Review E. 92(6). 63308–63308. 49 indexed citations
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Mason, Jeremy K., Emanuel A. Lazar, Robert MacPherson, & David J. Srolovitz. (2012). Statistical topology of cellular networks in two and three dimensions. Physical Review E. 86(5). 51128–51128. 21 indexed citations
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Lazar, Emanuel A., Jeremy K. Mason, Robert MacPherson, & David J. Srolovitz. (2012). Complete Topology of Cells, Grains, and Bubbles in Three-Dimensional Microstructures. Physical Review Letters. 109(9). 95505–95505. 45 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Robert & David J. Srolovitz. (2007). The von Neumann relation generalized to coarsening of three-dimensional microstructures. Nature. 446(7139). 1053–1055. 238 indexed citations
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Goresky, Mark & Robert MacPherson. (2003). The topological trace formula. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal). 2003(560). 9 indexed citations
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Goresky, Mark, et al.. (2002). Local Intersection Cohomology of Baily–Borel Compactifications. Compositio Mathematica. 134(3). 243–268. 2 indexed citations
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Ji, Lizhen & Robert MacPherson. (2002). Geometry of compactifications of locally symmetric spaces. Annales de l’institut Fourier. 52(2). 457–559. 24 indexed citations
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Fulton, William & Robert MacPherson. (1994). A Compactification of Configuration Spaces. Annals of Mathematics. 139(1). 183–183. 221 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Robert, et al.. (1993). Geometric construction of polylogarithms. Duke Mathematical Journal. 70(3). 6 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Israel M. & Robert MacPherson. (1992). A combinatorial formula for the Pontrjagin classes. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 26(2). 304–309. 25 indexed citations
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Goresky, Mark, et al.. (1988). On the geometry of quadrics and their degenerations. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 63(1). 337–413. 12 indexed citations
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Goresky, Mark & Robert MacPherson. (1988). Stratified Morse Theory. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 426 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gelfand, Israel M., et al.. (1987). Combinatorial geometries, convex polyhedra, and schubert cells. Advances in Mathematics. 63(3). 301–316. 153 indexed citations
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Gelfand, Israel M. & Robert MacPherson. (1982). Geometry in Grassmannians and a generalization of the dilogarithm. Advances in Mathematics. 44(3). 279–312. 70 indexed citations
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Borho, Walter, J. J. Duistermaat, Michel Raynaud, et al.. (1978). Séminaire Bourbaki vol. 1976/77 Exposés 489–506. Lecture notes in mathematics. 3 indexed citations
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Hartshorne, Robin, Paul Baum, William Fulton, et al.. (1975). On the de Rham cohomology of algebraic varieties . Riemann-Roch for singular varieties . Rational equivalence on singular varieties . Cohomology of finite groups of Lie type, I . Minimal injective resolutions with applications to dualizing modules and Gorenstein modules. 1 indexed citations

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