Daniel Quillen

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Daniel Quillen is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Algebra and Number Theory and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Quillen has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Mathematical Physics, 28 papers in Algebra and Number Theory and 19 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Quillen's work include Advanced Topics in Algebra (26 papers), Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (14 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (13 papers). Daniel Quillen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Topics in Algebra (26 papers), Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (14 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (13 papers). Daniel Quillen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Slovakia. Daniel Quillen's co-authors include Joachim Cuntz, Jean-Louis Loday, Varghese Mathai, Victor Guillemin, Boris Venkov, Shlomo Sternberg, Edward B. Curtis, A. K. Bousfield, David L. Rector and D Kan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annals of Mathematics and Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Quillen

42 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Rational Homotopy Theory 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 1976 1971 200 400 600
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. Rational Homotopy Theory
    1969 622 citations Daniel Quillen profile →
  2. Projective modules over polynomial rings
    1976 356 citations Daniel Quillen profile →
  3. The Spectrum of an Equivariant Cohomology Ring: I
    1971 328 citations Daniel Quillen profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Quillen United States 28 3.6k 3.5k 2.3k 496 393 43 4.7k
Bertram Kostant United States 33 3.2k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 836 1.7× 1.1k 2.7× 76 4.7k
C. T. C. Wall United Kingdom 36 2.9k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 964 0.4× 628 1.3× 257 0.7× 148 4.7k
Graeme Segal United Kingdom 25 2.7k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 192 0.4× 971 2.5× 48 3.9k
James Stasheff United States 20 1.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 229 0.5× 333 0.8× 35 2.6k
Claudio Procesi Italy 29 1.6k 0.4× 2.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 949 1.9× 435 1.1× 80 3.3k
Murray Gerstenhaber United States 24 1.8k 0.5× 2.3k 0.6× 2.3k 1.0× 220 0.4× 342 0.9× 77 2.8k
Irving Kaplansky United States 27 1.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 336 0.7× 261 0.7× 80 4.0k
Jean-Louis Loday France 27 2.1k 0.6× 2.8k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 539 1.1× 294 0.7× 51 3.3k
Pierre Deligne France 34 6.2k 1.7× 7.2k 2.0× 2.7k 1.2× 1.3k 2.7× 547 1.4× 107 8.8k
Michèle Vergne France 26 2.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 505 1.0× 467 1.2× 83 3.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Quillen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Quillen, Daniel, Timothy M. Hughes, Suzanne Craft, et al.. (2023). Levels of Soluble Interleukin 6 Receptor and Asp358Ala Are Associated With Cognitive Performance and Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 10(3). 14 indexed citations
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Cuntz, Joachim & Daniel Quillen. (1995). Algebra Extensions and Nonsingularity. Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 8(2). 251–251. 53 indexed citations
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Cuntz, Joachim & Daniel Quillen. (1995). Algebra extensions and nonsingularity. Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 8(2). 251–289. 139 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1995). Bivariant cyclic cohomology and models for cyclic homology types. Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra. 101(1). 1–33. 4 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel, et al.. (1990). The interface of mathematics and particle physics : based on the proceedings of a conference organized by the institute of mathematics and its applications on the interface of mathematics and particle physics held at the University of Oxford in September 1988. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1988). Superconnection character forms and the Cayley transform. Topology. 27(2). 211–238. 27 indexed citations
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Mathai, Varghese & Daniel Quillen. (1986). Superconnections, thom classes, and equivariant differential forms. Topology. 25(1). 85–110. 174 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1985). Superconnections and the Chern character. Topology. 24(1). 89–95. 214 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1978). Homotopy properties of the poset of nontrivial p-subgroups of a group. Advances in Mathematics. 28(2). 101–128. 297 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel & Boris Venkov. (1972). Cohomology of finite groups and elementary Abelian subgroups. Topology. 11(3). 317–318. 43 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1971). Elementary proofs of some results of cobordism theory using Steenrod operations. Advances in Mathematics. 7(1). 29–56. 158 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1971). A cohomological criterion for p-nilpotence. Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra. 1(4). 361–372. 41 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1971). The adams conjecture. Topology. 10(1). 67–80. 126 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1968). The geometric realization of a Kan fibration is a Serre fibration. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 19(6). 1499–1500. 19 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1968). The Geometric Realization of a Kan Fibration is a Serre Fibration. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 19(6). 1499–1499. 5 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1968). Some remarks on etale homotopy theory and a conjecture of Adams. Topology. 7(2). 111–116. 11 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1968). On the associated graded ring of a group ring. Journal of Algebra. 10(4). 411–418. 107 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1967). Homotopical Algebra. Lecture notes in mathematics. 343 indexed citations
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Quillen, Daniel. (1966). Spectral sequences of a double semi-simplical group. Topology. 5(2). 155–157. 35 indexed citations
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Bousfield, A. K., et al.. (1966). The mod-p lower central series and the Adams spectral sequence. Topology. 5(4). 331–342. 92 indexed citations

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