Joel Spencer

14.3k citations
155 papers · 7.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 33

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Joel Spencer

147 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Explosive Percolation in Random Networks 2009 · 424 citations
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Joel Spencer
Comparison fields: 5 of 136
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2.6k
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics 3.7k
  • Geometry and Topology 1.4k
  • Mathematical Physics 1.2k
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 466
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Joel Spencer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20180
2 201410
3 200717
4 200512
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Succinct Definitions in the First Order Theory of Graphs II: No Quantifier Alternation
20041
6 20037
7 20023
8 19972
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Real time asymtotic packing
19971
10 199120
11 199027
12 198840
13 19883
14
Sequences with small discrepancy relative to n events
19824
15 198130
16 19811
17 197730
18 197518
19 197232
20 196824

About Joel Spencer

Joel Spencer is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology and Theoretical Computer Science, having authored 155 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Limits and Structures in Graph Theory (53 papers), Advanced Graph Theory Research (37 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (26 papers), graph theory and CDMA systems (21 papers), Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems (14 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (14 papers), semigroups and automata theory (12 papers) and Graph theory and applications (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics (2.6k citations), Computational Theory and Mathematics (3.7k citations), Geometry and Topology (1.4k citations), Mathematical Physics (1.2k citations) and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (466 citations). Joel Spencer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Noga Alon, Raissa M. D’Souza, Dimitris Achlioptas, Béla Bollobás, Oliver Riordan, Gábor Tusnády, Nicholas Wormald, P. Erdös, Boris Pittel and Daniel J. Kleitman. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A, Random Structures and Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics, COMBINATORICA and Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B.

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