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The Top 100

Researchers active on Goldbach and adjacent problems

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How it works. arXiv, OpenAlex and zbMATH each rank a researcher; the three ranks merge into one, weighted toward each person's strongest. Recent work counts more. Lower is better. Click any header to sort. A rank in [brackets] is an estimate, not measured. Full method.

#NameInstitutionCtryaXOAzMhSourceFrmTo
1Janos PintzAlfréd Rényi Institute of MathematicsHU711126all_three19851985
2Trevor D. WooleyPurdue University West LafayetteUS191028all_three19902026
3Jörg BrüdernUniversity of GöttingenDE[23]17219oa+zb19912024
4Jinjiang LiChina University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)CN27[48]6arx+oa20172026
5Joni TeräväinenUniversity of CambridgeGB421[48]9arx+oa20212021
6Jianya LiuShandong UniversityCN[36][55]314zb_only20072026
7Ján MózerComenius University BratislavaSK919[48]10arx+oa19722023
8Tianze WangHenan Academy of SciencesCN[36][55]42zb_only20212021
9Stephan BaierRamakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research InstituteIN541[48]14arx+oa20042024
10Igor E. ShparlinskiUNSW SydneyAU[10]15[48]42oa_only19892025
11V. N. ChubarikovLomonosov Moscow State UniversityRU[36][55]9-zb_only--
12Terence TaoUniversity of California, Los AngelesUS[10]20[48]101oa_only20042026
13Xuancheng ShaoUniversity of KentuckyUS6498210all_three20132025
14Alessandro LanguascoUniversity of PaduaIT15[81]1912arx+zb19942024
15Alessandro ZaccagniniUniversity of ParmaIT13[81]2614arx+zb20072026
16Min ZhangBeijing Information Science and Technology UniversityCN3[107][48]44arxiv_only20162026
17Jared Duker LichtmanStanford UniversityUS883[47]4arx+oa20252025
18Kaisa MatomäkiUniversity of TurkuFI10555416all_three20202020
19Glyn HarmanRoyal Holloway University of LondonGB[36][55]1719zb_only19911991
20Tao ZhanSouthwest UniversityCN[36][55]1817zb_only19932006
21Alexander P. MangerelDurham UniversityGB1276[48]6arx+oa20182018
22William D. BanksUniversity of MissouriUS1466[48]21arx+oa20242024
23Pan, ChengdongShandong UniversityCN[36][55]21-zb_only--
24András SárközyEötvös Loránd UniversityHU[36][55]2331zb_only19882023
25Angel KumchevTowson UniversityUS171531612all_three20232023
26Will SawinPrinceton UniversityUS16121[50]10arx+oa20182018
27Lasse GrimmeltUniversity of OxfordGB19[107][48]2arxiv_only20182024
28Gautami BhowmikUniversité de LilleFR24[81]459arx+zb20082024
29Jori MerikoskiUniversity of OxfordGB20[107][48]2arxiv_only20202024
30Yong-Gao ChenNanjing Normal UniversityCN[36][55]31-zb_only--
31Andrew GranvilleUniversité de MontréalCA28475632all_three20002000
32S. I. DimitrovSofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"BG11175[48]6arx+oa20172025
33G. I. ArkhipovSteklov Institute of MathematicsRU[36][55]32-zb_only19752004
34Kevin FordUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUS22[107][48]-arxiv_only20042024
35Hugh Lowell MontgomeryUniversity of MichiganUS[36][55]3332zb_only19712026
36Matteo BordignonKTH Royal Institute of TechnologySE21123[50]13arx+oa20182022
37Matt VisserVictoria University of WellingtonNZ25[107][48]-arxiv_only19812026
38Ade Irma SuriajayaKyushu UniversityJP23[81]714arx+zb20212025
39Daniel A. GoldstonSan Jose State UniversityUS[15]44[48]21oa_only19902022
40Akshat MudgalUniversity of BristolGB27[107][48]3arxiv_only20202024
41Kathrin BringmannUniversity of CologneDE[15]45[48]28oa_only20112025
42Fei XueUniversité du Québec à MontréalCA3095[47]6arx+oa20202024
43Jan-Christoph Schlage-PuchtaUniversity of RostockDE[36][55]3911zb_only20082019
44Hongze LiShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityCN64[86]27-arx+zb20072019
45Kevin HughesEdinburgh Napier UniversityGB29[107][48]8arxiv_only20152021
46Helmut MaierUniversität UlmDE36[86]3618arx+zb20062006
47Jean‐Marc DeshouillersCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR[36][55]4116zb_only20122012
48Karin HalupczokHeinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDE18193[50]5arx+oa20052021
49Kai-Man TsangUniversity of Hong KongHK[36][55]428zb_only19822017
50Doychin TolevSofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"BG35924810all_three19982017
51Cameron L. StewartUniversity of WaterlooCA[36][55]4420zb_only19912001
52Jiseong KimSogang UniversityKR32[117][48]20arxiv_only20202025
53Ofir GorodetskyTechnion - Israel Institute of TechnologyIL33[117][48]5arxiv_only20182024
54H. A. HelfgottUniversité Paris CitéFR38[86]4919arx+zb20182018
55Akio FujiiRikkyo UniversityJP[36][55]4714zb_only19682018
56Christian ElsholtzGraz University of TechnologyAT[36][55]5013zb_only20012026
57John B. FriedlanderUniversity of TorontoCA68[86]3734arx+zb20092009
58Xiumin RenShandong UniversityCN[36][55]5111zb_only20002015
59H. J. WeberUniversity of VirginiaUS39[117][47]-arxiv_only20112012
60Runbo LiUniversity of MichiganUS31[86]99-arx+zb20232025
61Chantal DavidConcordia UniversityCA40[117][47]14arxiv_only20102010
62Julia BrandesChalmers University of TechnologySE42[117][47]4arxiv_only20122024
63Zhi-Wei SunNanjing UniversityCN137[102]2531arx+zb20122014
64Stephan Ramon GarciaPomona CollegeUS44[117][47]27arxiv_only20112024
65H. J. J. te RieleCentrum Wiskunde & InformaticaNL[36][55]57-zb_only--
66Antal BalogBaltazar Zaprešić University of Applied SciencesHR[36][55]5818zb_only19852013
67Shuntaro YamagishiInstitute of Science and Technology AustriaAT46[117][47]5arxiv_only20182025
68Michael Th. RassiasHellenic Military AcademyGR371446624all_three20162025
69Jesse ThornerUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUS34198[50]9arx+oa20132025
70Tikao TatuzawaSaitama UniversityJP[36][55]60-zb_only19551955
71Roger C. BakerBrigham Young UniversityUS471364634all_three20172017
72Apoorva PanidapuMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUS49[117][47]-arxiv_only20202021
73Dieter WolkeUniversity of FreiburgDE[36][55]61-zb_only19931993
74Sary DrappeauCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR50[117][47]6arxiv_only20182025
75Nicolas RoblesRAND CorporationUS41178[49]7arx+oa20152025
76Weiping Li-CN[36][55]63-zb_only--
77Marek WolfUniversity of WrocławPL51[117][47]11arxiv_only20012011
78Brian CookVirginia TechUS52[117][47]5arxiv_only20122021
79Zhizhong HuangSouth China University of TechnologyCN48151[47]-arx+oa20212021
80Henryk IwaniecRutgers UniversityUS691813850all_three19752010
81J. P. KeatingUniversity of OxfordGB55[117][47]40arxiv_only20042004
82Melvyn B. NathansonLehman College, CUNYUS[36][55]68-zb_only19932025
83Kiseok YeonUniversity of California, DavisUS56[117][47]-arxiv_only20252026
84Imre Z. RuzsaAlfréd Rényi Institute of MathematicsHU127[100]4033arx+zb20032026
85Ping XiXi'an Jiaotong UniversityCN45194[49]9arx+oa20102025
86Greg MartinUniversity of British ColumbiaCA57[117][47]16arxiv_only19982025
87Ben KaneUniversity of Hong KongHK53146[49]12arx+oa20142026
88K. ThanigasalamPennsylvania State University, BeaverUS[36][55]70-zb_only19671967
89Vivian KuperbergUniversité de MontréalCA59[117][47]3arxiv_only20202025
90Olivier RamaréChâteau GombertFR58[86]7215arx+zb19992025
91Imre KátaiUniversité LavalCA[36][55]7315zb_only20072021
92Jordan SchettlerSan Jose State UniversityUS61[117][47]3arxiv_only20202023
93Ciprian DemeterIndiana University BloomingtonUS62[117][47]15arxiv_only20162017
94Gove EffingerSkidmore CollegeUS[36][55]748zb_only20022008
95Leo GoldmakherWilliams CollegeUS63[117][47]5arxiv_only20092025
96M. I. TulyaganovaTashkent State UniversityUZ[36][55]76-zb_only--
97Malvina BaicaUniversity of Wisconsin-WhitewaterUS[36][55]77-zb_only--
98Florian LucaStellenbosch UniversityZA86[86]5928arx+zb20022019
99Emmanuel KowalskiCCI Reprographics (United States)US66[117][47]29arxiv_only20002012
100A. PerettiUniversity of FerraraIT[36][55]78-zb_only--

Source column legend

The Source column records which of the three pipelines ranked each researcher directly. Where a pipeline did not rank someone, the rank shown for that pipeline is an interpolated estimate (in [square brackets]).

SourceCount
zb_only29
arxiv_only26
arx+oa17
arx+zb13
all_three10
oa_only4
oa+zb1

Limitations

This list reflects publication output and citation network density, not subjective importance. A starting point, not a verdict.