Edward A. Bender

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
126 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Edward A. Bender is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Mathematical Physics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward A. Bender has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, 44 papers in Mathematical Physics and 34 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Edward A. Bender's work include Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (36 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (31 papers) and Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals (23 papers). Edward A. Bender is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (36 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (31 papers) and Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals (23 papers). Edward A. Bender collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Edward A. Bender's co-authors include E. Rodney Canfield, Ted J. Case, Michael E. Gilpin, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik, Ronald Graham, L. Bruce Richmond, Frederick H. Silver, Charles J. Doillon and Nicholas Wormald and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Ecology and Journal of Marketing Research.

In The Last Decade

Edward A. Bender

121 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science. 1978 2026 1994 2010 1991 1984 1978 250 500 750
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. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science.
    1991 980 citations Edward A. Bender, Donald E. Knuth et al. profile →
  2. Perturbation Experiments in Community Ecology: Theory and Practice
    1984 896 citations Edward A. Bender et al. profile →
  3. The asymptotic number of labeled graphs with given degree sequences
    1978 536 citations Edward A. Bender, E. Rodney Canfield Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward A. Bender United States 25 1.2k 1.0k 926 746 698 126 4.8k
Svante Janson Sweden 41 2.0k 1.7× 2.1k 2.0× 3.7k 4.0× 1.5k 2.0× 1.3k 1.8× 302 8.7k
Richard Durrett United States 40 125 0.1× 489 0.5× 2.4k 2.6× 161 0.2× 673 1.0× 111 7.4k
John Harer United States 35 299 0.3× 3.1k 3.0× 1.8k 1.9× 1.3k 1.7× 233 0.3× 66 6.0k
David G. Kendall United Kingdom 35 65 0.1× 561 0.5× 741 0.8× 1.5k 2.0× 772 1.1× 120 7.3k
Charles M. Newman United States 50 114 0.1× 295 0.3× 2.8k 3.1× 201 0.3× 376 0.5× 204 6.2k
Richard E. Crandall United States 27 172 0.1× 318 0.3× 207 0.2× 233 0.3× 319 0.5× 90 2.3k
K. J. Falconer United Kingdom 31 217 0.2× 1.6k 1.5× 5.4k 5.8× 1.8k 2.4× 537 0.8× 120 9.7k
Morris W. Hirsch United States 34 127 0.1× 982 0.9× 2.7k 2.9× 2.7k 3.6× 552 0.8× 120 8.5k
A. T. Bharucha-Reid United States 13 86 0.1× 513 0.5× 850 0.9× 492 0.7× 790 1.1× 46 5.5k
Geoffrey Grimmett United Kingdom 29 259 0.2× 696 0.7× 2.4k 2.6× 294 0.4× 733 1.1× 123 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Edward A. Bender

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Edward A. Bender'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 Edward A. Bender with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Edward A. Bender more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Edward A. Bender

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Edward A. Bender. 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 Edward A. Bender. The network helps show where Edward A. Bender may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward A. Bender

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Edward A. Bender. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Edward A. Bender based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Edward A. Bender. Edward A. Bender is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Bender, Edward A. & Susan Williamson. (2005). A short course in discrete mathematics. CERN Bulletin. 8 indexed citations
2.
Bender, Edward A., E. Rodney Canfield, & Brendan D. McKay. (1997). The Asymptotic Number of Labeled Graphs withnVertices,qEdges, and No Isolated Vertices. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 80(1). 124–150. 14 indexed citations
3.
Bender, Edward A., L. Bruce Richmond, & Nicholas Wormald. (1993). Submaps of maps IV: Degree restricted nonplanar maps. Ars Combinatoria. 35. 135–142. 1 indexed citations
4.
Bender, Edward A., E. Rodney Canfield, & L. Bruce Richmond. (1993). The asymptotic number of rooted maps on a surface.. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 63(2). 318–329. 24 indexed citations
5.
Bender, Edward A., et al.. (1993). The Distribution of Subword Counts is Usually Normal. European Journal of Combinatorics. 14(4). 265–275. 27 indexed citations
6.
Bender, Edward A., E. Rodney Canfield, & Brendan D. McKay. (1992). The asymptotic number of labelled weakly-connected digraphs with a given number of vertices and edges.. Australas. J Comb.. 6. 119–124. 1 indexed citations
7.
Bender, Edward A. & S. Gill Williamson. (1991). Foundations of applied combinatorics. 12 indexed citations
8.
Bender, Edward A. & E. Rodney Canfield. (1991). The number of rooted maps on an orientable surface. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 53(2). 293–299. 36 indexed citations
9.
Bender, Edward A. & E. Rodney Canfield. (1989). Face sizes of 3-polytopes. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 46(1). 58–65. 10 indexed citations
10.
Bender, Edward A. & Robert W. Robinson. (1988). The asymptotic number of acyclic digraphs, II. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 44(3). 363–369. 13 indexed citations
11.
Bender, Edward A. & E. Rodney Canfield. (1986). The asymptotic number of rooted maps on a surface. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 43(2). 244–257. 85 indexed citations
12.
Bender, Edward A. & L. Bruce Richmond. (1984). The asymptotic enumeration of rooted convex polyhedra. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 36(3). 276–283. 15 indexed citations
13.
Bender, Edward A. & L. Bruce Richmond. (1984). An asymptotic expansion for the coefficients of some power series II: Lagrange inversion. Discrete Mathematics. 50. 135–141. 10 indexed citations
14.
Bender, Edward A., L. Bruce Richmond, & S. Gill Williamson. (1983). Central and local limit theorems applied to asymptotic enumeration. III. Matrix recursions. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 35(3). 263–278. 17 indexed citations
15.
Bender, Edward A. & E. Rodney Canfield. (1978). The asymptotic number of labeled graphs with given degree sequences. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 24(3). 296–307. 536 indexed citations breakdown →
16.
Bender, Edward A.. (1974). On Buckhiester's enumeration of n × n matrices. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 17(2). 273–274. 4 indexed citations
17.
Bender, Edward A.. (1973). A lifting formula for the Hilbert symbol. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 40(1). 63–65. 6 indexed citations
18.
Bender, Edward A.. (1973). Central and local limit theorems applied to asymptotic enumeration. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 15(1). 91–111. 210 indexed citations
19.
Bender, Edward A. & Donald E. Knuth. (1972). Enumeration of plane partitions. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 13(1). 40–54. 109 indexed citations
20.
Bender, Edward A.. (1968). Classes of matrices and quadratic fields. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 1(2). 195–201. 3 indexed citations

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.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Svante Janson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Richard Durrett Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by John Harer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David G. Kendall Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Charles M. Newman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Richard E. Crandall Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by K. J. Falconer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Morris W. Hirsch Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by A. T. Bharucha-Reid Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Geoffrey Grimmett
Rankless by CCL
2026