Robert E. Tarjan

63.2k total citations · 17 hit papers
332 papers, 36.0k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Tarjan is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Tarjan has authored 332 papers receiving a total of 36.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 127 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 123 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Tarjan's work include Advanced Graph Theory Research (103 papers), Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (94 papers) and Algorithms and Data Compression (92 papers). Robert E. Tarjan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Graph Theory Research (103 papers), Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (94 papers) and Algorithms and Data Compression (92 papers). Robert E. Tarjan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Robert E. Tarjan's co-authors include Daniel D. Sleator, John E. Hopcroft, Andrew V. Goldberg, Michael L. Fredman, Harold N. Gabow, Richard J. Lipton, Donald J. Rose, M. R. Garey, Robert Paige and Mihalis Yannakakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Tarjan

320 papers receiving 32.2k citations

Hit Papers

Depth-First Search and Linear Graph Algorithms 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 1987 1983 1985 1988 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert E. Tarjan United States 86 15.4k 13.8k 9.6k 4.8k 4.3k 332 36.0k
David S. Johnson United States 45 12.7k 0.8× 16.6k 1.2× 8.5k 0.9× 3.0k 0.6× 7.3k 1.7× 113 41.8k
M. R. Garey United States 43 11.2k 0.7× 16.2k 1.2× 7.7k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 7.0k 1.6× 77 40.7k
Donald E. Knuth United States 61 9.6k 0.6× 7.7k 0.6× 15.2k 1.6× 1.2k 0.2× 3.9k 0.9× 266 36.7k
Richard M. Karp United States 73 7.1k 0.5× 14.6k 1.1× 6.2k 0.6× 850 0.2× 2.3k 0.5× 263 28.9k
John E. Hopcroft United States 56 8.0k 0.5× 4.7k 0.3× 6.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 171 18.3k
Ronald L. Rivest United States 55 6.2k 0.4× 13.4k 1.0× 22.3k 2.3× 1.2k 0.2× 5.2k 1.2× 179 40.9k
Charles E. Leiserson United States 46 3.9k 0.3× 13.0k 0.9× 5.9k 0.6× 938 0.2× 4.7k 1.1× 142 25.1k
Alfred V. Aho United States 43 6.6k 0.4× 6.1k 0.4× 10.7k 1.1× 604 0.1× 1.7k 0.4× 116 21.1k
Thomas H. Cormen United States 16 2.8k 0.2× 6.5k 0.5× 4.8k 0.5× 796 0.2× 2.9k 0.7× 44 16.3k
Mihalis Yannakakis United States 61 8.0k 0.5× 5.9k 0.4× 4.7k 0.5× 818 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 205 14.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brodal, Gerth Stølting, et al.. (2024). Strict Fibonacci Heaps. ACM Transactions on Algorithms. 21(2). 1–18.
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Georgiadis, Loukas, Robert E. Tarjan, & Renato F. Werneck. (2006). Design of data structures for mergeable trees. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 394–403. 4 indexed citations
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Tarjan, Robert E. & Renato F. Werneck. (2005). Self-adjusting top trees. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 813–822. 20 indexed citations
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Georgiadis, Loukas & Robert E. Tarjan. (2005). Dominator tree verification and vertex-disjoint paths. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 433–442. 7 indexed citations
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Georgiadis, Loukas & Robert E. Tarjan. (2004). Finding Dominators Revisited. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 16 indexed citations
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Georgiadis, Loukas & Robert E. Tarjan. (2004). Finding dominators revisited: extended abstract. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 869–878. 30 indexed citations
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Tarjan, Robert E., et al.. (2002). Maximum flow techniques for network clustering. Physical Review Letters. 105(8). 81801–81801. 1 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Haim, et al.. (2002). Union-find with deletions. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 19–28. 17 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Haim, Robert E. Tarjan, & Kostas Tsioutsiouliklis. (2001). Faster kinetic heaps and their use in broadcast scheduling. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 836–844. 11 indexed citations
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Cole, Richard, Philip N. Klein, & Robert E. Tarjan. (1994). A linear-work parallel algorithm for finding minimum spanning trees.. 11–15. 17 indexed citations
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Driscoll, James R., Daniel D. Sleator, & Robert E. Tarjan. (1991). Fully persistent lists with catenation. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 89–99. 6 indexed citations
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Eppstein, David, Giuseppe F. Italiano, Roberto Tamassia, et al.. (1990). Maintenance of a minimum spanning forest in a dynamic planar graph. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 13(1). 1–11. 42 indexed citations
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Sleator, Daniel D., Robert E. Tarjan, & William P. Thurston. (1988). Rotation distance, triangulations, and hyperbolic geometry. Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 1(3). 647–681. 156 indexed citations
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Sleator, Daniel D., Robert E. Tarjan, & William P. Thurston. (1988). Rotation Distance, Triangulations, and Hyperbolic Geometry. Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 1(3). 647–647. 40 indexed citations
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Tarjan, Robert E. & Uzi Vishkin. (1984). Finding Biconnected Components and Computing Tree Functions in Logarithmic Parallel Time (Extended Summary). 12–20. 25 indexed citations
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Sleator, Daniel D. & Robert E. Tarjan. (1983). A data structure for dynamic trees. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 26(3). 362–391. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Even, Shimon & Robert E. Tarjan. (1976). Computing an st-numbering. Theoretical Computer Science. 2(3). 339–344. 127 indexed citations
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Winter, Michael, et al.. (1971). The effect of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol on the bone of vitamin D deficient rats.. Nutrition reports international. 4(3). 119–126. 1 indexed citations
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Hopcroft, John E. & Robert E. Tarjan. (1971). Planarity testing in V log V steps: extended abstract. IFIP Congress. 85–90. 10 indexed citations
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Tarjan, Robert E.. (1958). The problem of carotene metabolism.. Voprosy Pitaniya. 17(4). 3–8. 1 indexed citations

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