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Joseph S. B. Mitchell

Joseph S. B. Mitchell

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
69
Citations
16759
World Ranking
294
National Ranking
164

Computer Science

D-Index
72
Citations
17667
World Ranking
1703
National Ranking
869

Joseph S. B. Mitchell publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph S. B. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 293 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Joseph S. B. Mitchell D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph S. B. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joseph S. B. Mitchell is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on specialized areas within these domains.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Their work further delves into several subfields, including:

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Joseph S. B. Mitchell has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Advanced Graph Theory Research
  • Data Management and Algorithms
  • 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
  • Optimization and Packing Problems
  • Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

Their recent publications include:

  • Minimum Membership Covering and Hitting, 2021, published in Theoretical Computer Science
  • ClinVar: updates to support classifications of both germline and somatic variants, 2024, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • Area-Optimal Simple Polygonalizations: The CG Challenge 2019, 2022, published in ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics
  • Symmetric assembly puzzles are hard, beyond a few pieces, 2020, published in Computational Geometry
  • Computing Coordinated Motion Plans for Robot Swarms: The CG:SHOP Challenge 2021, 2022, published in ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics

Joseph S. B. Mitchell has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sándor P. Fekete
  • Valentin Polishchuk
  • Dominik Krupke
  • Mayank Goswami
  • Erik D. Demaine

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics
  • Computational Geometry
  • Theoretical Computer Science

Best Publications

  • Efficient collision detection using bounding volume hierarchies of k-DOPs

    J.T. Klosowski;M. Held;J.S.B. Mitchell;H. Sowizral

  • An efficiently computable metric for comparing polygonal shapes

    E.M. Arkin;L.P. Chew;D.P. Huttenlocher;K. Kedem

  • The discrete geodesic problem

    Joseph S. B. Mitchell;David M. Mount;Christos H. Papadimitriou

  • Guillotine Subdivisions Approximate Polygonal Subdivisions: A Simple Polynomial-Time Approximation Scheme for Geometric TSP, k -MST, and Related Problems

    Joseph S. B. Mitchell

  • Boundary recognition in sensor networks by topological methods

    Yue Wang;Jie Gao;Joseph S.B. Mitchell

  • Geometric Shortest Paths and Network Optimization

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  • The weighted region problem: finding shortest paths through a weighted planar subdivision

    Joseph S. B. Mitchell;Christos H. Papadimitriou

  • Approximation algorithms for lawn mowing and milling

    Esther M. Arkin;Sándor P. Fekete;Joseph S. B. Mitchell

  • SHORTEST PATHS AMONG OBSTACLES IN THE PLANE

    Joseph S.B. Mitchell

  • BOXTREE: A Hierarchical Representation for Surfaces in 3D

    Gill Barequet;Bernard Chazelle;Leonidas J. Guibas;Joseph S.B. Mitchell

  • Evaluation of Collision Detection Methods for Virtual Reality Fly-Throughs

    Martin Held;J.T. Klosowski;J.S.B. Mitchell

  • Approximation algorithms for two optimal location problems in sensor networks

    A. Efrat;S. Har-Peled;J.S.B. Mitchell

  • An algorithmic approach to some problems in terrain navigation

    Joseph S. B. Mitchell

  • Approximate minimum enclosing balls in high dimensions using core-sets

    Piyush Kumar;Joseph S. B. Mitchell;E. Alper Yildirim

  • Shortest paths and networks

    Joseph S. B. Mitchell

  • Touring a sequence of polygons

    Moshe Dror;Alon Efrat;Anna Lubiw;Joseph S. B. Mitchell

  • L1 shortest paths among polygonal obstacles in the plane

    Joseph S. Mitchell

  • APPROXIMATING POLYGONS AND SUBDIVISIONS WITH MINIMUM-LINK PATHS

    Leonidas J. Guibas;John E. Hershberger;Joseph S.B. Mitchell;Jack Scott Snoeyink

  • Approximation algorithms for TSP with neighborhoods in the plane

    Adrian Dumitrescu;Joseph S. B. Mitchell

  • Voronoi Diagrams of Moving Points in the Plane

    Leonidas J. Guibas;Joseph S. B. Mitchell

  • On simultaneous planar graph embeddings

    Peter Brass;Eowyn Cenek;Cristian A. Duncan;Alon Efrat

Frequent Co-Authors

Esther M. Arkin
Esther M. Arkin Stony Brook University
Alon Efrat
Alon Efrat University of Arizona
Steven Skiena
Steven Skiena Stony Brook University
Michael A. Bender
Michael A. Bender Stony Brook University
Jie Gao
Jie Gao Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sándor P. Fekete
Sándor P. Fekete Technische Universität Braunschweig
Cláudio T. Silva
Cláudio T. Silva New York University
Jack Snoeyink
Jack Snoeyink University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leonidas J. Guibas
Leonidas J. Guibas Stanford University

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