Harold Widom
Impact in
- Statistics and Probability top 0.05%
- Random Matrices and Applications
-
- Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
Papers in
-
- Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics 38
- Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics 30
- Advanced Algebra and Geometry 15
-
- Random Matrices and Applications 58
- Co-authors
- Craig A. Tracy (47 shared papers)Henry J. Landau (1 shared paper)Estelle Basor (8 shared papers)Janko Gravner (3 shared papers)Albrecht Boettcher (7 shared papers)Alberto P. Calderón (1 shared paper)Frank Spitzer (1 shared paper)Herbert S. Wilf (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (18 papers)Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (16 papers)Journal of Statistical Physics (8 papers)Journal of Functional Analysis (7 papers)Indiana University Mathematics Journal (7 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanyFrance
In The Last Decade
Harold Widom
150 papers receiving 5.6k citations
Harold Widom's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 99
- Statistics and Probability 3.3k
- Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 1.2k
- Mathematical Physics 3.2k
- Applied Mathematics 1.8k
- Geometry and Topology 738
Countries citing papers authored by Harold Widom
This map shows the geographic impact of Harold Widom's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Harold Widom with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Harold Widom more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Harold Widom
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Harold Widom. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Harold Widom. The network helps show where Harold Widom may publish in the future.
Co-authors
The 20 scholars most cited alongside Harold Widom, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 156 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Level-spacing distributions and the Airy kernel Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 1096 |
| 2 | On Orthogonal and Symplectic Matrix Ensembles | 1995 | 485 |
| 3 | 1994 | 234 | |
| 4 | 1993 | 217 | |
| 5 | 1969 | 214 | |
| 6 | 1974 | 202 | |
| 7 | 2009 | 166 | |
| 8 | 1980 | 161 | |
| 9 | 1976 | 156 | |
| 10 | Correlation Functions, Cluster Functions, and Spacing Distributions for Random Matrices | 1998 | 136 |
| 11 | 1959 | 118 | |
| 12 | 2001 | 115 | |
| 13 | 1973 | 108 | |
| 14 | 1964 | 84 | |
| 15 | 2008 | 83 | |
| 16 | 2006 | 78 | |
| 17 | 1958 | 75 | |
| 18 | 1964 | 71 | |
| 19 | 1963 | 69 | |
| 20 | Introduction to Random Matrices | 1992 | 69 |
About Harold Widom
Harold Widom is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Statistics and Probability, Applied Mathematics, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, having authored 156 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Random Matrices and Applications (58 papers), Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (38 papers), Matrix Theory and Algorithms (33 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (30 papers), Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (20 papers), Mathematical functions and polynomials (16 papers), Advanced Algebra and Geometry (15 papers) and Holomorphic and Operator Theory (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistics and Probability (3.3k citations), Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics (1.2k citations), Mathematical Physics (3.2k citations), Applied Mathematics (1.8k citations) and Geometry and Topology (738 citations). Harold Widom has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Craig A. Tracy, Henry J. Landau, Estelle Basor, Janko Gravner, Albrecht Boettcher, Alberto P. Calderón, Frank Spitzer, Herbert S. Wilf, Marvin Rosenblum and B. Widom. Their work appears in journals such as Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Journal of Statistical Physics, Journal of Functional Analysis and Indiana University Mathematics Journal.
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.