Michael Doob

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Doob is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Doob has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Geometry and Topology, 14 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Doob's work include Graph theory and applications (14 papers), Advanced Graph Theory Research (7 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (6 papers). Michael Doob is often cited by papers focused on Graph theory and applications (14 papers), Advanced Graph Theory Research (7 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (6 papers). Michael Doob collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Serbia and Netherlands. Michael Doob's co-authors include H. Sachs, Dragoš Cvetković, Mikhina Vs, Willem H. Haemers, Slobodan Simić, Paul K. Stockmeyer, Mark E. Watkins, Brian Alspach and James Oxley and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Linear Algebra and its Applications and Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B.

In The Last Decade

Michael Doob

22 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Spectra of graphs : theory and application 1980 2026 1995 2010 1995 1980 400 800 1.2k
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. Spectra of graphs : theory and application
    1995 1.3k citations Dragoš Cvetković, Michael Doob et al. profile →
  2. Spectra of graphs
    1980 1.1k citations Mikhina Vs, Michael Doob et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Doob Canada 12 2.1k 1.7k 688 682 305 23 2.8k
H. Sachs Germany 15 2.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 678 1.0× 724 1.1× 290 1.0× 57 3.0k
Russell Merris United States 24 2.3k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 669 1.0× 936 1.4× 264 0.9× 102 3.6k
Slobodan Simić Serbia 14 1.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 574 0.8× 541 0.8× 139 0.5× 23 1.8k
Willem H. Haemers Netherlands 25 2.4k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 1.4k 2.0× 664 1.0× 653 2.1× 105 3.4k
Dragoš Cvetković Serbia 33 4.4k 2.1× 3.3k 1.9× 1.3k 1.9× 1.8k 2.7× 412 1.4× 124 5.5k
Robert Grone United States 13 831 0.4× 907 0.5× 176 0.3× 366 0.5× 219 0.7× 43 1.6k
R.B. Bapat India 21 907 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 166 0.2× 219 0.3× 231 0.8× 123 1.8k
Wilfried Imrich Austria 20 937 0.4× 1.7k 1.0× 601 0.9× 103 0.2× 460 1.5× 107 2.3k
Thomas Zasĺavsky United States 24 833 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 913 1.3× 84 0.1× 448 1.5× 92 2.2k
Mikhina Vs 2 856 0.4× 700 0.4× 301 0.4× 203 0.3× 131 0.4× 2 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Doob

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Doob

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Doob. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Doob 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 Michael Doob. Michael Doob 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
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Doob, Michael. (2014). Scripta Manent: Open Texts on the Web, Taking the Next Step. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 61(7). 756–756. 1 indexed citations
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Watkins, Mark E., et al.. (2003). Algebraic Graph Theory. 484–609. 1 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael & Willem H. Haemers. (2002). The complement of the path is determined by its spectrum. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 356(1-3). 57–65. 50 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (2002). Circulant graphs with det(−A(G))=−deg(G): codeterminants with Kn. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 340(1-3). 87–96. 3 indexed citations
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Cvetković, Dragoš, Michael Doob, & H. Sachs. (1995). Spectra of graphs : theory and application. 1309 indexed citations breakdown →
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Doob, Michael. (1989). The limit points of eigenvalues of graphs. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 114-115. 659–662. 15 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1984). Applications of Graph Theory in Linear Algebra. Mathematics Magazine. 57(2). 67–67. 4 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1984). Applications of Graph Theory in Linear Algebra. Mathematics Magazine. 57(2). 67–76. 3 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1982). A surprising property of the least eigenvalue of a graph. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 46. 1–7. 10 indexed citations
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Cvetković, Dragoš, Michael Doob, & Slobodan Simić. (1981). Generalized line graphs. Journal of Graph Theory. 5(4). 385–399. 41 indexed citations
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Vs, Mikhina, et al.. (1980). Spectra of graphs. 1118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Doob, Michael & Dragoš Cvetković. (1979). On spectral characterizations and embeddings of graphs. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 27. 17–26. 40 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1978). Characterizations of regular magic graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 25(1). 94–104. 37 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1975). A spectral characterization of the line graph of a BIBD with λ=1. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 12(1). 11–20. 4 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1974). Eigenvalues of a graph and its imbeddings. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 17(3). 244–248. 6 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1974). Generalizations of magic graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 17(3). 205–217. 33 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1973). An interrelation between line graphs, eigenvalues, and matroids. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 15(1). 40–50. 37 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1970). On characterizing certain graphs with four eigenvalues by their spectra. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 3(4). 461–482. 18 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1970). GRAPHS WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF DISTINCT EIGENVALUES. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 175(1 The Impac of). 104–110. 2 indexed citations
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Doob, Michael. (1970). GRAPHS WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF DISTINCT EIGENVALUES. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 175(1). 104–110. 24 indexed citations

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