Donald E. Knuth

61.7k total citations · 17 hit papers
266 papers, 36.7k citations indexed

About

Donald E. Knuth is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald E. Knuth has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 36.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 55 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 22 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Donald E. Knuth's work include Algorithms and Data Compression (28 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (19 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (17 papers). Donald E. Knuth is often cited by papers focused on Algorithms and Data Compression (28 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (19 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (17 papers). Donald E. Knuth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Donald E. Knuth's co-authors include Robert M. Corless, David J. Jeffrey, Gastón H. Gonnet, D. E. G. Hare, Oren Patashnik, Ronald Graham, Vaughan Pratt, James H. Morris, Stanley Yung‐Chuan Liu and Edward A. Bender and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Technometrics.

In The Last Decade

Donald E. Knuth

256 papers receiving 32.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Art of Computer Progr... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 1996 1977 1989 1968 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Donald E. Knuth 15.2k 9.6k 7.7k 3.9k 3.8k 266 36.7k
Robert E. Tarjan 9.6k 0.6× 15.4k 1.6× 13.8k 1.8× 4.3k 1.1× 4.3k 1.1× 332 36.0k
David S. Johnson 8.5k 0.6× 12.7k 1.3× 16.6k 2.2× 7.3k 1.9× 3.0k 0.8× 113 41.8k
M. R. Garey 7.7k 0.5× 11.2k 1.2× 16.2k 2.1× 7.0k 1.8× 2.8k 0.7× 77 40.7k
Richard M. Karp 6.2k 0.4× 7.1k 0.7× 14.6k 1.9× 2.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 263 28.9k
John E. Hopcroft 6.3k 0.4× 8.0k 0.8× 4.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 171 18.3k
Ronald L. Rivest 22.3k 1.5× 6.2k 0.6× 13.4k 1.7× 5.2k 1.3× 8.0k 2.1× 179 40.9k
Leslie G. Valiant 9.4k 0.6× 6.7k 0.7× 4.6k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 99 16.7k
Alfred V. Aho 10.7k 0.7× 6.6k 0.7× 6.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 116 21.1k
Rajeev Motwani 13.1k 0.9× 5.0k 0.5× 9.8k 1.3× 809 0.2× 6.0k 1.6× 170 29.9k
Richard Bellman 8.9k 0.6× 7.4k 0.8× 4.4k 0.6× 4.2k 1.1× 3.4k 0.9× 572 51.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald E. Knuth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Knuth, Donald E.. (2011). Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set. 10 indexed citations
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Greene, Daniel & Donald E. Knuth. (2007). Mathematics for the Analysis of Algorithms: Modern Birkhuser Classics. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (2005). The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 2: Generating All Tuples and Permutations (Art of Computer Programming). 61 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (2005). MMIX : a RISC computer for the new millennium. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (2000). Dancing links. arXiv (Cornell University). 100 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1998). The art of computer programming, volume 3: (2nd ed.) sorting and searching. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 916 indexed citations breakdown →
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1994). Leaper graphs. The Mathematical Gazette. 78(483). 274–297. 5 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E., Rajeev Motwani, & Boris Pittel. (1990). Stable husbands. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 397–404. 12 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E. & Boris Pittel. (1989). A Recurrence Related to Trees. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 105(2). 335–335. 5 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E. & Boris Pittel. (1989). A recurrence related to trees. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 105(2). 335–349. 38 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1987). The T E Xbook. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E., et al.. (1986). The Computers & Typesetting, Vol. A: The Texbook. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1977). The Computer as Master Mind. 9. 1–6. 56 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1974). Surreal numbers : how two ex-students turned on to pure mathematics and found total happiness : a mathematical novelette. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1973). Sorting and Searching. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 999 indexed citations breakdown →
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Knuth, Donald E., et al.. (1967). Computation of Tangent, Euler, and Bernoulli Numbers. Mathematics of Computation. 21(100). 663–663. 14 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E., et al.. (1967). Computation of tangent, Euler, and Bernoulli numbers. Mathematics of Computation. 21(100). 663–688. 55 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1965). A class of projective planes. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 115(0). 541–549. 30 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1965). A Class of Projective Planes. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 115. 541–541. 2 indexed citations
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Knuth, Donald E.. (1965). A list of the remaining trouble spots in ALGOL60. 29–38. 2 indexed citations

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