Norman Biggs

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Norman Biggs is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Biggs has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 16 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics and 13 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Norman Biggs's work include Advanced Graph Theory Research (14 papers), Graph theory and applications (9 papers) and graph theory and CDMA systems (8 papers). Norman Biggs is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Graph Theory Research (14 papers), Graph theory and applications (9 papers) and graph theory and CDMA systems (8 papers). Norman Biggs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Norman Biggs's co-authors include Patricia Blanton, Arthur T. White, Martin Anthony, Clayton K. Collings, Terry D. Rees, William C. Hurt, Robert P. Lehr, John Shawe‐Taylor, Brian J. Wilson and Stephen Owens and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biomechanics and Journal of Dental Research.

In The Last Decade

Norman Biggs

68 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Algebraic Graph Theory

1974 2.1k citations Norman Biggs Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
SPECTRAL GRAPH THEORY (CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics 92)

1998 309 citations Norman Biggs Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Norman Biggs United Kingdom	25	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	914	822	77	4.2k
Gordon Royle Australia	21	975 0.7×	926 0.7×	812 0.7×	797 0.9×	603 0.7×	88	4.8k
Branko Grünbaum United States	32	1.5k 1.1×	859 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	599 0.7×	234 0.3×	153	4.1k
Robert Ghrist United States	24	1.3k 0.9×	49 0.0×	322 0.3×	147 0.2×	180 0.2×	79	2.6k
Yang Wang China	40	801 0.6×	54 0.0×	286 0.2×	505 0.6×	285 0.3×	313	5.8k
George Psihoyios Germany	20	553 0.4×	74 0.1×	102 0.1×	722 0.8×	148 0.2×	866	3.3k
J. Conway United Kingdom	26	183 0.1×	72 0.1×	51 0.0×	588 0.6×	517 0.6×	87	2.4k
Chandrajit Bajaj United States	42	664 0.5×	29 0.0×	91 0.1×	196 0.2×	177 0.2×	267	6.6k
Charles B. Morrey United States	22	1.6k 1.1×	11 0.0×	704 0.6×	180 0.2×	84 0.1×	51	4.0k
D. K. Arrowsmith United Kingdom	16	104 0.1×	37 0.0×	128 0.1×	142 0.2×	76 0.1×	61	1.7k
V. Yegnanarayanan India	7	219 0.2×	27 0.0×	59 0.1×	300 0.3×	150 0.2×	42	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norman Biggs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Norman Biggs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Norman Biggs 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 Norman Biggs. Norman Biggs is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Anthony, Martin & Norman Biggs. (2024). Mathematics for Economics and Finance. Cambridge University Press eBooks.

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Biggs, Norman. (2016). More seventeenth-century networks. 32(1). 30–39. 1 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (2011). Combinatorics: the Rota way. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 43(3). 613–614. 1 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (2002). Discrete mathematics - second edition. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 3 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (2002). Chromatic polynomials and representations of the symmetric group. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 356(1-3). 3–26. 7 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (2001). A Matrix Method for Chromatic Polynomials. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 82(1). 19–29. 17 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (1998). SPECTRAL GRAPH THEORY (CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics 92) By Fan R. K. Chung: 207 pp., US$25.00, ISBN 0 8218 0315 8 (American Mathematical Society, 1997). EIGENSPACES OF GRAPHS (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications 66) By Dragos Cvetkovic, Peter Rowlinson and Slobodan Simic: 258 pp., £45.00, ISBN 0 521 57352 1 (Cambridge University Press, 1997).. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 30(2). 196–223. 1 indexed citations

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Anthony, Martin & Norman Biggs. (1998). PAC learning and neural networks. MIT Press eBooks. 694–697. 2 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (1997). The CRC handbook of combinatorial designs, edited by Charles J. Colbourn and Jeffrey H. Dinitz. Pp. 784. $89.95. 1996. ISBN 0-8493-8948-8 (CRC).. The Mathematical Gazette. 81(490). 162–163. 1 indexed citations

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Anthony, Martin & Norman Biggs. (1992). Computational learning theory: an introduction. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 137 indexed citations

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Anthony, Martin, Norman Biggs, & John Shawe‐Taylor. (1990). The learnability of formal concepts. Conference on Learning Theory. 246–257. 21 indexed citations

12.

Biggs, Norman. (1980). Girth, valency, and excess. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 31. 55–59. 9 indexed citations

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Owens, Stephen, Robert P. Lehr, & Norman Biggs. (1975). The functional significance of centric relation as demonstrated by electromyography of the lateral pterygoid muscles. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 33(1). 5–9. 4 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (1975). DESIGNS, FACTORS AND CODES IN GRAPHS. The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics. 26(1). 113–119. 3 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (1973). Perfect codes in graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 15(3). 289–296. 146 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (1972). An Edge-Colouring Problem. American Mathematical Monthly. 79(9). 1018–1020. 11 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman. (1971). Spanning trees of dual graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 11(2). 127–131. 14 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman & Patricia Blanton. (1970). The role of paranasal sinuses as weight reducers of the head determined by electromyography of postural neck muscles. Journal of Biomechanics. 3(3). 255–262. 6 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman, et al.. (1969). Undergraduate projects in mathematics. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 1(3). 252–261. 10 indexed citations

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Biggs, Norman, et al.. (1963). Incidence of the ponticulus posticus of the first cervical vertebra between ages six to seventeen. The Anatomical Record. 145(3). 449–453. 48 indexed citations

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