Samuel Eilenberg

11.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Samuel Eilenberg is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Algebra and Number Theory and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Eilenberg has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 11 papers in Algebra and Number Theory and 10 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Samuel Eilenberg's work include Advanced Algebra and Logic (10 papers), Advanced Topics in Algebra (8 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (8 papers). Samuel Eilenberg is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Algebra and Logic (10 papers), Advanced Topics in Algebra (8 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (8 papers). Samuel Eilenberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Samuel Eilenberg's co-authors include Norman Steenrod, John C. Moore, Henry Cartan, Saunders MacLane, Saunders Mac Lane, M. P. Schützenberger, Tadasi Nakayama, Tudor Ganea, Jesse B. Wright and G. M. Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annals of Mathematics and Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Eilenberg

41 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Foundations of Algebraic Topology 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 200 400 600
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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. Foundations of Algebraic Topology
    1952 719 citations Samuel Eilenberg, Norman Steenrod Princeton University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samuel Eilenberg United States 26 1.8k 1.7k 1.5k 893 315 43 3.2k
Irving Kaplansky United States 27 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.5k 1.7× 1.0k 1.2× 179 0.6× 80 4.0k
Alexander Grothendieck France 19 2.4k 1.3× 1.8k 1.1× 957 0.7× 524 0.6× 87 0.3× 34 2.9k
Richard G. Swan United States 28 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 481 0.5× 220 0.7× 72 2.9k
Jean Dieudonné United States 27 1.1k 0.6× 986 0.6× 742 0.5× 434 0.5× 251 0.8× 113 2.7k
Norman Steenrod United States 13 1.7k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 730 0.5× 500 0.6× 69 0.2× 20 3.4k
A. Baker United Kingdom 23 1.0k 0.6× 731 0.4× 842 0.6× 514 0.6× 200 0.6× 42 2.0k
Edwin H. Spanier United States 24 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 529 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 650 2.1× 53 3.5k
John Tate United States 30 3.5k 1.9× 2.3k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 700 0.8× 445 1.4× 71 4.3k
Barry Mitchell United States 11 920 0.5× 761 0.5× 697 0.5× 469 0.5× 105 0.3× 25 1.7k
George M. Bergman United States 21 1.7k 0.9× 762 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 737 0.8× 111 0.4× 94 2.4k

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All Works

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Eilenberg, Samuel & M. P. Schützenberger. (1976). On pseudovarieties. Advances in Mathematics. 19(3). 413–418. 64 indexed citations
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Heller, Alex, Myles Tierney, & Samuel Eilenberg. (1976). Algebra, topology, and category theory: A collection of papers in honor of Samuel Eilenberg. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 34 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel, Calvin C. Elgot, & J. C. Shepherdson. (1969). Sets recognized by n-tape automata. Journal of Algebra. 13(4). 447–464. 23 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & M. P. Schützenberger. (1969). Rational sets in commutative monoids. Journal of Algebra. 13(2). 173–191. 120 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel. (1966). Proceedings of the Conference on Categorical Algebra, La Jolla, 1965. Springer eBooks. 49 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & G. M. Kelly. (1966). A generalization of the functorial calculus. Journal of Algebra. 3(3). 366–375. 47 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & John C. Moore. (1965). Homology and fibrations I Coalgebras, cotensor product and its derived functors. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 40(1). 199–236. 153 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & Casimir Kuratowski. (1962). A remark on duality. Fundamenta Mathematicae. 50(5). 515–517. 4 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & John C. Moore. (1962). Limits and spectral sequences. Topology. 1(1). 1–23. 48 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel. (1960). Abstract Description of some Basic Functors. Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society. 24. 231–234. 21 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & Tudor Ganea. (1957). On the Lusternik-Schnirelmann Category of Abstract Groups. Annals of Mathematics. 65(3). 517–517. 85 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel, Alex Rosenberg, & Daniel Zelinsky. (1957). On the Dimension of Modules and Algebras, VIII. Dimension of Tensor Products. Nagoya Mathematical Journal. 12. 71–93. 40 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel, et al.. (1956). On the Dimension of Modules and Algebras, IV: Dimension of Residue Rings of Hereditary Rings. Nagoya Mathematical Journal. 10. 87–95. 34 indexed citations
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Cartan, Henry & Samuel Eilenberg. (1956). Homological Algebra (PMS-19). Princeton University Press eBooks. 381 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & Norman Steenrod. (1952). Foundations of Algebraic Topology. Princeton University Press eBooks. 719 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eilenberg, Samuel. (1951). Exposition des théories de Morse et Lusternik-Schnirelmann. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 1. 301–306. 1 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & Saunders MacLane. (1951). Homology Theories for Multiplicative Systems. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 71(2). 294–294. 6 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & Saunders MacLane. (1951). Homology theories for multiplicative systems. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 71(2). 294–330. 17 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel. (1951). Homologie des groupes. I : axiomes et unicité. French digital mathematics library (Numdam). 3. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Eilenberg, Samuel & Saunders MacLane. (1951). Cohomology Theory of Abelian Groups and Homotopy Theory III. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 37(5). 307–310. 4 indexed citations

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