E. K. Blum

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

E. K. Blum is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Numerical Analysis. According to data from OpenAlex, E. K. Blum has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Numerical Analysis. Recurrent topics in E. K. Blum's work include Matrix Theory and Algorithms (7 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (6 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (5 papers). E. K. Blum is often cited by papers focused on Matrix Theory and Algorithms (7 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (6 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (5 papers). E. K. Blum collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. E. K. Blum's co-authors include W. Oettli, V. I. Krylov, Zvi Galil, Xin Wang, A. R. Curtis, Hartmut Ehrig, Francesco Parisi-Presicce, Peter Wegner, Garry Rodrigue and H. P. Edmundson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biomechanics, Mathematics of Computation and Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

E. K. Blum

39 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes.

1963 3.2k citations E. K. Blum et al. American Mathematical Monthly profile →
From optimization and variational inequalities to equilibrium problems

1994 1.6k citations E. K. Blum, W. Oettli Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Approximate Calculation of Integrals.

1965 566 citations E. K. Blum et al. American Mathematical Monthly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. K. Blum United States	16	2.5k	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	851	47	6.3k
Felix R. Gantmacher United States	9	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	836 0.8×	208 0.2×	9	6.9k
Jean‐Pierre Aubin France	27	2.6k 1.1×	931 0.5×	2.1k 1.7×	769 0.7×	300 0.4×	125	6.5k
Р. В. Гамкрелидзе Russia	17	1.0k 0.4×	657 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	392 0.4×	1.4k 1.6×	48	6.2k
L. S. Pontryagin Russia	11	970 0.4×	676 0.4×	1.6k 1.4×	353 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	29	6.8k
Josef Stoer Germany	27	2.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	859 0.7×	251 0.2×	642 0.8×	77	9.0k
Lamberto Cesari United States	24	1.3k 0.5×	823 0.5×	1000 0.8×	548 0.5×	381 0.4×	66	4.0k
V. G. Boltyanskiĭ Russia	9	953 0.4×	630 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	302 0.3×	1.3k 1.6×	22	5.8k
Peter Lancaster Canada	36	3.8k 1.5×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	507 0.5×	330 0.4×	184	10.3k
Richard S. Varga United States	32	4.7k 1.9×	3.6k 2.1×	455 0.4×	686 0.6×	191 0.2×	115	9.2k
Wendell H. Fleming United States	39	1.5k 0.6×	486 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	516 0.5×	382 0.4×	116	9.5k

Countries citing papers authored by E. K. Blum

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. K. Blum

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All Works

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Cassese, Salvatore, Tobias Lenz, E. K. Blum, et al.. (2025). Intravascular Imaging for Stent Failure - Current Status and Future Perspectives. Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports. 18(1).

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Blum, E. K., et al.. (2006). A musculo-skeletal model of rat ankle motion and its experimental test on rat. Journal of Biomechanics. 40(4). 891–899. 3 indexed citations

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Galil, Zvi & E. K. Blum. (1994). Proceedings of the 30th IEEE symposium on Foundations of computer science. 352 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K. & W. Oettli. (1994). From optimization and variational inequalities to equilibrium problems. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 63. 123–145. 1631 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blum, E. K.. (1989). Programming parallel numerical algorithms in Ada. 297–304. 2 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K., Hartmut Ehrig, & Francesco Parisi-Presicce. (1987). Algebraic specification of modules and their basic interconnections. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 34(2-3). 293–339. 26 indexed citations

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Belz, Frank C., E. K. Blum, & Dennis Heimbigner. (1980). A multi-processing implementation-oriented formal definition of Ada in SEMANOL. 202–212. 4 indexed citations

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Meyer, Matthias & E. K. Blum. (1978). Quantitative analysis of postural reactions to induced body oscillations.. PubMed. 19(A). 31–2. 3 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K. & Garry Rodrigue. (1974). Solution of eigenvalue problems in Hilbert spaces by a gradient method. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 8(2). 220–237. 11 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K.. (1969). Towards a theory of semantics and compilers for programming languages. 217–227. 1 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K.. (1967). The computation of eigenvalues and eigenvector of a completely continuous self-adjoint operator. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 1(4). 362–370. 3 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K.. (1967). Stationary points of functionals in pre-Hilbert spaces. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 1(1). 86–90. 4 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K., et al.. (1966). Introduction to FORTRAN. Mathematics of Computation. 20(93). 200–200.

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Blum, E. K.. (1965). Enumeration of Recursive Sets By Turing Machine. Mathematical logic quarterly. 11(3). 197–201.

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Blum, E. K. & Peter Wegner. (1965). Introduction to System Programming. Mathematics of Computation. 19(91). 526–526. 12 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K., et al.. (1964). Advanced Computer Programming. Mathematics of Computation. 18(88). 685–685.

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Blum, E. K., et al.. (1963). The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes.. American Mathematical Monthly. 70(10). 1114–1114. 3189 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blum, E. K.. (1962). A modification of the Runge-Kutta fourth-order method. Mathematics of Computation. 16(78). 176–187. 36 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K.. (1962). A Modification of the Runge-Kutta Fourth-Order Method. Mathematics of Computation. 16(78). 176–176. 4 indexed citations

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Blum, E. K.. (1956). Automatic Digital Encoding System, II (ADES II). 110–113. 2 indexed citations

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