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Gerald Jay Sussman

Gerald Jay Sussman

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 34 9113 8774 2543 2353 117 10386

Gerald Jay Sussman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gerald Jay Sussman between 1969 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gerald Jay Sussman published across 57 years, from 1969 to 2025, averaging 2.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2015. 5 of the 161 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1969 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 2015. 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 2 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 5 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 5 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 6 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 5 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 8 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 1 publication 2018: 2 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 4 publications 2025: 1 publication
1969 2025

161 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gerald Jay Sussman: publications per year, 1969 to 2025
Year Publications
1969 1
1970 0
1971 0
1972 2
1973 1
1974 0
1975 2
1976 0
1977 0
1978 3
1979 3
1980 5
1981 0
1982 1
1983 1
1984 1
1985 5
1986 4
1987 6
1988 7
1989 2
1990 2
1991 6
1992 4
1993 6
1994 3
1995 2
1996 7
1997 2
1998 7
1999 6
2000 1
2001 6
2002 2
2003 4
2004 3
2005 4
2006 3
2007 3
2008 4
2009 3
2010 2
2011 1
2012 5
2013 6
2014 1
2015 8
2016 1
2017 1
2018 2
2019 2
2020 3
2021 1
2022 0
2023 1
2024 4
2025 1
Total 161
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Gerald Jay Sussman publications per year - data summary

  • Gerald Jay Sussman, a Engineering and Technology scholar from MIT, has 161 publications recorded across 57 years, from 1969 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1969 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2015, with 8 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1969, 1973, 1982, 1983 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 7 of the 57 years in the span carry no publications at all (1970, 1971, 1974, 1976 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 2.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 3.2 per year counting only the 50 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 7 publications, 4% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1969-1987: 35 publications (1.8 per year); 1988-2006: 77 publications (4.1 per year); 2007-2025: 49 publications (2.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Gerald Jay Sussman publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald Jay Sussman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 108–117 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 117 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369 117
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Gerald Jay Sussman publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Gerald Jay Sussman, a Engineering and Technology scholar from MIT, records 117 publications - the 14th percentile of the discipline.
  • 14% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Gerald Jay Sussman, and about 86% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Gerald Jay Sussman ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Gerald Jay Sussman D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald Jay Sussman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 34 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200 34
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Gerald Jay Sussman D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Gerald Jay Sussman, a Engineering and Technology scholar from MIT, records 34 D-Index - the 7th percentile of the discipline.
  • 7% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Gerald Jay Sussman, and about 93% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Gerald Jay Sussman ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to artificial intelligence, computer languages, and computer science education.
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For applications of artificial intelligence and for computer science education.
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1994 - ACM Fellow For his important and pioneering work in teaching introductory computer science. Among his many contributions in this area ate the Scheme programming language, and the well known text Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, written with Harold Abelson.
  • 1990 - ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award For his important and pioneering work in teaching introductory computer science. Among his many contributions in this area are the Scheme programming language, and the well known text Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, written with Harold Abelson.
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

Overview

Gerald Jay Sussman is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed to the field of social sciences with a focus on communication, media technology, strategy and management, as well as sociology and political science. Their research covers a range of topics, primarily centered on smart cities and technologies, media studies and communication, social media and politics, political influence and corporate strategies, and Jewish and Middle Eastern studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Nakba and the US-Israel Imperial Regime," 2024, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology
  • "Propaganda and the Cold War," 2021, Journalism & Communication Monographs
  • "Vincent Mosco 2019: The Smart City in a Digital World. Bingley: Emerald Publishing," 2020, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
  • "Making Enemies: the Mainstream Media Spectacle and US Foreign Policy," 2020, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Their works have been published in several academic venues, particularly:

  • Perspectives on Global Development and Technology
  • International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
  • Journalism & Communication Monographs

Frequent co-authors do not appear in the data available, indicating independent contributions or a lack of recurring collaborators in recent works.

Sussman has been recognized with a number of awards across their career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
  • IEEE Fellow, 2002, for contributions to artificial intelligence, computer languages, and computer science education
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2000, for applications of artificial intelligence and for computer science education
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996
  • ACM Fellow, 1994, noted for pioneering work in teaching introductory computer science, particularly the Scheme programming language and the text Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
  • ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, 1990, with recognition for influential contributions to computer science education
  • Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 1990

Best Publications

  • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson;Gerald Jay Sussman;Julie Sussman

  • Amorphous computing

    Harold Abelson;Don Allen;Daniel Coore;Chris Hanson

  • Spin-induced orbital precession and its modulation of the gravitational waveforms from merging binaries.

    Theocharis A. Apostolatos;Curt Cutler;Gerald J. Sussman;Kip S. Thorne

  • A Computer Model of Skill Acquisition

    Gerald Jay Sussman

  • Information accountability

    Daniel J. Weitzner;Harold Abelson;Tim Berners-Lee;Joan Feigenbaum

  • Scheme: A Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus

    Gerald Jay Sussman;Guy L. Steele

  • Chaotic Evolution of the Solar System

    Gerald J. Sussman;Jack Wisdom

  • A Computational Model of Skill Acquisition

    Gerald J. Sussman

  • Numerical evidence that the motion of Pluto is chaotic

    Gerald Jay Sussman;Jack Wisdom

  • Games, Puzzles, and Computation

    Erik D. Demaine;Gerald J. Sussman;Robert Aubrey Hearn

  • Gravitational radiation from a particle in circular orbit around a black hole. II. Numerical results for the nonrotating case.

    Curt Cutler;Lee Samuel Finn;Eric Poisson;Gerald Jay Sussman

  • The Revised Report on SCHEME: A Dialect of LISP.

    Guy Lewis Steele;Gerald Jay Sussman

  • Botanical computing: a developmental approach to generating interconnect topologies on an amorphous computer

    Daniel N. Coore;Gerald J. Sussman;Harold Abelson

  • Programmable self-assembly: constructing global shape using biologically-inspired local interactions and origami mathematics

    Radhika Nagpal;Gerald Jay Sussman;Harold Abelson

  • Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

    Gerald Jay Sussman;Jack Wisdom

  • From PLANNER to CONNIVER: a genetic approach

    Gerald Jay Sussman;Drew Vincent McDermott

  • Intelligence in scientific computing

    Harold Abelson;Michael Eisenberg;Matthew Halfant;Jacob Katzenelson

  • Propagation of constraints applied to circuit synthesis

    Johan De Kleer;Gerald Jay Sussman

  • Cellular computation and communications using engineered genetic regulatory networks

    Ron Weiss;Thomas F. Knight;Gerald Jay Sussman;Harold Abelson

  • Criticality and parallelism in combinatorial optimization

    Athanassios G. Siapas;Gerald Jay Sussman

  • Communication, Technology, and Politics in the Information Age

    Gerald Sussman

  • The Outer Solar System for 210 Million Years

    James H. Applegate;Michael R. Douglas;Yekta Gursel;Gerald J Sussman

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy L. Steele
Guy L. Steele Oracle (United States)
Jacob Beal
Jacob Beal Raytheon (United States)
Radhika Nagpal
Radhika Nagpal Princeton University
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee University of Oxford
Mitchell Wand
Mitchell Wand Northeastern University
Daniel Friedman
Daniel Friedman Indiana University
Johan de Kleer
Johan de Kleer Palo Alto Research Center
James A. Hendler
James A. Hendler Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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