Tzanio Kolev

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Tzanio Kolev is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tzanio Kolev has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Computational Mechanics, 20 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tzanio Kolev's work include Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (43 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (21 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (18 papers). Tzanio Kolev is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (43 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (21 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (18 papers). Tzanio Kolev collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Tzanio Kolev's co-authors include Veselin Dobrev, Robert N. Rieben, Robert D. Falgout, Allison H. Baker, Alexander Grayver, Ulrike Meier Yang, Vladimir Tomov, Jacob B. Schroder, Scott MacLachlan and Stephanie Friedhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Computational Physics and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Tzanio Kolev

68 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. MFEM: A modular finite element methods library
    2020 273 citations Julian Andrej, Andrew T. Barker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tzanio Kolev United States 24 1.2k 469 388 286 259 72 1.9k
John N. Shadid United States 32 1.9k 1.5× 703 1.5× 362 0.9× 619 2.2× 207 0.8× 122 2.8k
Roger P. Pawlowski United States 22 835 0.7× 411 0.9× 276 0.7× 237 0.8× 165 0.6× 68 1.8k
Barry Smith United States 22 919 0.7× 488 1.0× 267 0.7× 196 0.7× 128 0.5× 69 1.6k
Ray Tuminaro United States 15 984 0.8× 610 1.3× 222 0.6× 273 1.0× 207 0.8× 32 1.6k
Jacko Koster United Kingdom 4 723 0.6× 653 1.4× 379 1.0× 237 0.8× 366 1.4× 7 1.8k
Chao Yang China 25 682 0.6× 349 0.7× 225 0.6× 173 0.6× 177 0.7× 134 2.0k
Jonathan Joseph Hu United States 14 690 0.6× 415 0.9× 245 0.6× 147 0.5× 176 0.7× 31 1.3k
Patrick Amestoy France 14 927 0.7× 862 1.8× 583 1.5× 259 0.9× 487 1.9× 34 2.8k
Patrick Amestoy France 8 678 0.5× 528 1.1× 405 1.0× 183 0.6× 245 0.9× 14 1.8k
Luc Giraud France 20 423 0.3× 583 1.2× 501 1.3× 172 0.6× 629 2.4× 72 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tzanio Kolev

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All Works

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Mittal, Ketan, et al.. (2025). General field evaluation in high-order meshes on GPUs. Computers & Fluids. 295. 106606–106606. 1 indexed citations
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Andrej, Julian, Jean‐Sylvain Camier, Veselin Dobrev, et al.. (2024). High-performance finite elements with MFEM. The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications. 8 indexed citations
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Campos, Alejandro, Tzanio Kolev, Philip Mocz, et al.. (2024). Performance Portable Graphics Processing Unit Acceleration of a High-Order Finite Element Multiphysics Application. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 146(4). 2 indexed citations
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Kolev, Tzanio, et al.. (2023). High-Order Mesh Morphing for Boundary and Interface Fitting to Implicit Geometries. Computer-Aided Design. 158. 103499–103499. 6 indexed citations
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Pazner, Will, Tzanio Kolev, & Clark R. Dohrmann. (2023). Low-Order Preconditioning for the High-Order Finite Element de Rham Complex. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 45(2). A675–A702. 11 indexed citations
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Brown, Jed, Ahmad Abdelfattah, Jean‐Sylvain Camier, et al.. (2021). libCEED: Fast algebra for high-order element-based discretizations. The Journal of Open Source Software. 6(63). 2945–2945. 10 indexed citations
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Barker, Andrew T. & Tzanio Kolev. (2020). Matrix‐free preconditioning for high‐orderH(curl) discretizations. Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications. 28(2). 3 indexed citations
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Fischer, Paul, Misun Min, Thilina Rathnayake, et al.. (2020). Scalability of high-performance PDE solvers. The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications. 34(5). 562–586. 38 indexed citations
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Dobrev, Veselin, Patrick Knupp, Tzanio Kolev, et al.. (2020). Simulation-driven optimization of high-order meshes in ALE hydrodynamics. Computers & Fluids. 208. 104602–104602. 14 indexed citations
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Kolev, Tzanio, et al.. (2020). A matrix-free hyperviscosity formulation for high-order ALE hydrodynamics. Computers & Fluids. 205. 104577–104577. 4 indexed citations
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Bonoli, P. T., E. D’Azevedo, N. Bertelli, et al.. (2019). Recent Results from the SciDAC Center for Simulation of Fusion Relevant RF Actuators. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Dobrev, Veselin, Jack Dongarra, Jed Brown, et al.. (2017). CEED ECP Milestone Report: Identify initial kernels, bake-off problems (benchmarks) and miniapps. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Dobrev, Veselin, Tzanio Kolev, Robert N. Rieben, & Vladimir Tomov. (2016). Multi‐material closure model for high‐order finite element Lagrangian hydrodynamics. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 82(10). 689–706. 17 indexed citations
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Grayver, Alexander & Tzanio Kolev. (2015). Large-scale 3D geoelectromagnetic modeling using parallel adaptive high-order finite element method. Geophysics. 80(6). E277–E291. 120 indexed citations
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Falgout, Robert D., Stephanie Friedhoff, Tzanio Kolev, Scott MacLachlan, & Jacob B. Schroder. (2014). Parallel Time Integration with Multigrid. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 36(6). C635–C661. 152 indexed citations
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Baker, Allison H., Robert D. Falgout, Tzanio Kolev, & Ulrike Meier Yang. (2011). Multigrid Smoothers for Ultraparallel Computing. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 33(5). 2864–2887. 104 indexed citations
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Kolev, Tzanio, Joseph E. Pasciak, & Panayot S. Vassilevski. (2006). H(curl) Auxiliary Mesh Preconditioning. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Bramble, James H., Tzanio Kolev, & Joseph E. Pasciak. (2005). A least-squares approximation method for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations. Journal of Numerical Mathematics. 13(4). 237–263.
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Haddad, Sami, et al.. (2000). Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations Using Wavelet Approximation Space. 1 indexed citations

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