Yurii Nesterov

18.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
93 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Yurii Nesterov is a scholar working on Numerical Analysis, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yurii Nesterov has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Numerical Analysis, 46 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 33 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Yurii Nesterov's work include Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (59 papers), Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques (33 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (28 papers). Yurii Nesterov is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (59 papers), Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques (33 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (28 papers). Yurii Nesterov collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Russia and United States. Yurii Nesterov's co-authors include Arkadi Nemirovski, Vladimir Spokoiny, B. T. Polyak, Paul Van Dooren, François Glineur, Claude Lemaréchal, Olivier Devolder, Vincent D. Blondel, Vincent Traag and Haihao Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Econometrica, Automatica and Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

Yurii Nesterov

85 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Interior-Point Polynomial Algorithms in Convex Programming

1994 2.9k citations Yurii Nesterov, Arkadi Nemirovski Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks profile →
Introductory Lectures on Convex Optimization

2004 1.7k citations Yurii Nesterov CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
A method for solving the convex programming problem with convergence rate O(1/k^2)

1983 1.3k citations Yurii Nesterov Proceedings of the USSR Academy of Sciences profile →
Lectures on Convex Optimization

2018 499 citations Yurii Nesterov profile →
Primal-dual subgradient methods for convex problems

2007 458 citations Yurii Nesterov Mathematical Programming profile →
Random Gradient-Free Minimization of Convex Functions

2015 407 citations Yurii Nesterov et al. profile →
Cubic regularization of Newton method and its global performance

2006 383 citations Yurii Nesterov et al. Mathematical Programming profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yurii Nesterov Belgium	28	3.5k	3.1k	3.1k	2.7k	1.5k	93	10.2k
Stephen J. Wright United States	47	5.1k 1.4×	2.1k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	3.5k 2.4×	201	15.7k
Pablo A. Parrilo United States	40	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	2.6k 1.7×	158	9.4k
Marc Teboulle Israel	39	6.8k 1.9×	2.5k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	3.2k 1.2×	779 0.5×	95	14.9k
Amir Beck Israel	32	6.1k 1.7×	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	724 0.5×	83	14.3k
B. T. Polyak Russia	25	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	87	6.7k
Jorge J. Morè United States	38	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	7.0k 2.2×	6.0k 2.2×	1.5k 1.0×	66	13.3k
Yinyu Ye United States	54	2.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	3.8k 1.2×	3.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	233	15.2k
Philippe L. Toint Belgium	48	3.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	6.7k 2.2×	5.5k 2.0×	1.6k 1.1×	215	11.2k
Kim-Chuan Toh Singapore	37	2.7k 0.8×	807 0.3×	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	142	6.9k
Bingsheng He Singapore	58	2.4k 0.7×	3.7k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	516 0.3×	428	13.7k

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All Works

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Nesterov, Yurii. (2025). Quartic Regularity. Vietnam Journal of Mathematics. 53(3). 553–575.

Bento, G. C., et al.. (2025). Convergence of Descent Optimization Algorithms under Polyak-Łojasiewicz-Kurdyka Conditions. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 207(3). 2 indexed citations

Illés, Tibor, et al.. (2025). Parabolic target-space interior-point algorithm for monotone weighted linear complementarity problem. Mathematical Programming.

Ahookhosh, Masoud & Yurii Nesterov. (2024). High-order methods beyond the classical complexity bounds: inexact high-order proximal-point methods. Mathematical Programming. 208(1-2). 365–407. 2 indexed citations

Nesterov, Yurii. (2023). Set-Limited Functions and Polynomial-Time Interior-Point Methods. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 202(1). 11–26.

Nesterov, Yurii, et al.. (2022). Subgradient ellipsoid method for nonsmooth convex problems. Mathematical Programming. 199(1-2). 305–341. 1 indexed citations

Nesterov, Yurii, et al.. (2021). New Results on Superlinear Convergence of Classical Quasi-Newton Methods. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 188(3). 744–769. 17 indexed citations

Gasnikov, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Efficient numerical methods to solve sparse linear equations with application to PageRank. Optimization methods & software. 37(3). 907–935. 2 indexed citations

Nesterov, Yurii. (2019). Implementable tensor methods in unconstrained convex optimization. Mathematical Programming. 186(1-2). 157–183. 43 indexed citations

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Nesterov, Yurii & Vladimir Shikhman. (2018). Computation of Fisher–Gale Equilibrium by Auction. Journal of the Operations Research Society of China. 6(3). 349–389. 6 indexed citations

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Dvurechensky, Pavel, Alexander Gasnikov, Gleb Gusev, et al.. (2016). Learning Supervised PageRank with Gradient-Based and Gradient-Free Optimization Methods. Neural Information Processing Systems. 29. 4914–4922. 1 indexed citations

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Traag, Vincent, Paul Van Dooren, & Yurii Nesterov. (2011). Narrow scope for resolution-limit-free community detection. Physical Review E. 84(1). 16114–16114. 195 indexed citations

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Nesterov, Yurii, et al.. (2008). A gradient-type algorithm optimizing the coupling between matrices. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 429(5-6). 1229–1242. 2 indexed citations

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Nesterov, Yurii. (2004). Introductory Lectures on Convex Optimization. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1727 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blondel, Vincent D., Yurii Nesterov, & Jacques Theys. (2004). On the accuracy of the ellipsoid norm approximation of the joint spectral radius. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 394. 91–107. 44 indexed citations

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Nesterov, Yurii. (2004). Fast Fourier Transform and its Applications to Integer Knapsack Problems. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Nesterov, Yurii. (2003). Random walk in a simplex and quadratic optimization over convex polytopes. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 16 indexed citations

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Nesterov, Yurii & André de Palma. (2000). Stable Dynamics in Transportation Systems. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 9 indexed citations

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Nesterov, Yurii & Arkadi Nemirovski. (1994). Interior-Point Polynomial Algorithms in Convex Programming. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks. 2898 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nesterov, Yurii. (1983). A method for solving the convex programming problem with convergence rate O(1/k^2). Proceedings of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 269. 543–547. 1333 indexed citations breakdown →

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