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Computer Science

D-Index
84
Citations
55799
World Ranking
822
National Ranking
446

Mathematics

D-Index
84
Citations
56125
World Ranking
108
National Ranking
60

Ron Graham 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 Ron Graham sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 441 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ron Graham 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 Ron Graham sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 174 scientists 31 D-Index: 151 scientists 32 D-Index: 174 scientists 33 D-Index: 117 scientists 34 D-Index: 136 scientists 35 D-Index: 127 scientists 36 D-Index: 145 scientists 37 D-Index: 153 scientists 38 D-Index: 150 scientists 39 D-Index: 150 scientists 40 D-Index: 137 scientists 41 D-Index: 136 scientists 42 D-Index: 93 scientists 43 D-Index: 108 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 112 scientists 46 D-Index: 103 scientists 47 D-Index: 75 scientists 48 D-Index: 59 scientists 49 D-Index: 67 scientists 50 D-Index: 60 scientists 51 D-Index: 57 scientists 52 D-Index: 59 scientists 53 D-Index: 62 scientists 54 D-Index: 60 scientists 55 D-Index: 50 scientists 56 D-Index: 42 scientists 57 D-Index: 54 scientists 58 D-Index: 50 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 41 scientists 61 D-Index: 35 scientists 62 D-Index: 40 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 31 scientists 65 D-Index: 27 scientists 66 D-Index: 29 scientists 67 D-Index: 19 scientists 68 D-Index: 25 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 18 scientists 71 D-Index: 12 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 13 scientists 74 D-Index: 18 scientists 75 D-Index: 9 scientists 76 D-Index: 11 scientists 77 D-Index: 10 scientists 78 D-Index: 9 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 10 scientists 82 D-Index: 5 scientists 83 D-Index: 5 scientists 84 D-Index: 13 scientists 85 D-Index: 6 scientists 86+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2003 - Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
  • 1999 - ACM Fellow For seminal contributions to the analysis of algorithms, in particular the worst-case analysis of heuristics, the theory of scheduling, and computational geometry.
  • 1985 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1971 - George Pólya Prize

Overview

Ron Graham was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the field of Computer Science, with particular focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Economics and Econometrics, Computer Networks and Communications, and Statistics and Probability.

The scientist contributed to multiple main topics within their work, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Games
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Algorithms and Data Compression
  • Random Matrices and Applications
  • Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms

Recent publications demonstrated a focus on combinatorics, probability, and scheduling, with notable works including:

  • Card guessing with partial feedback, 2021, Combinatorics Probability Computing
  • Guessing about Guessing: Practical Strategies for Card Guessing with Feedback, 2022, American Mathematical Monthly
  • Guessing about Guessing: Practical Strategies for Card Guessing with Feedback, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • On Levine's Notorious Hat Puzzle, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Lower bounds for online scheduling on four processors, 2025, Journal of Scheduling

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with Ron Graham included:

  • Persi Diaconis
  • Sam Spiro
  • Xiaoyu He
  • Joe Buhler
  • Chris Freiling

Publishing venues where the scientist's work appeared include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Combinatorics Probability Computing
  • American Mathematical Monthly
  • Journal of Scheduling

Their career was recognized through several awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2003)
  • ACM Fellow (1999) for contributions to the analysis of algorithms, particularly in worst-case analysis of heuristics, scheduling theory, and computational geometry
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1985)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1984)
  • George Pólya Prize (1971)

Best Publications

  • Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science

    Ronald L. Graham;Donald E. Knuth;Oren Patashnik

  • Optimization and Approximation in Deterministic Sequencing and Scheduling: a Survey

    R.L. Graham;E.L. Lawler;Jan Karel Lenstra;A.H.G. Rinnooy Kan

  • Bounds on Multiprocessing Timing Anomalies

    Ronald L. Graham

  • An efficient algorith for determining the convex hull of a finite planar set

    Ronald L. Graham

  • Bounds for certain multiprocessing anomalies

    R. L. Graham

  • Ramsey Theory

    Ronald L. Graham

  • Worst-Case Performance Bounds for Simple One-Dimensional Packing Algorithms

    David S. Johnson;Alan J. Demers;Jeffrey D. Ullman;M. R. Garey

  • On the History of the Minimum Spanning Tree Problem

    R.L. Graham;Pavol Hell

  • Handbook of Combinatorics

    Ronald L. Graham;Martin Grötschel;László Lovász

  • Optimal scheduling for two-processor systems

    E. G. Coffman;R. L. Graham

  • Spearman's Footrule as a Measure of Disarray

    Persi Diaconis;R. L. Graham

  • Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science.

    Edward A. Bender;Ronald Lewis Graham;Donald Ervin Knuth;Oren Patashnik

  • The Complexity of Computing Steiner Minimal Trees

    M. R. Garey;R. L. Graham;D. S. Johnson

  • On the addressing problem for loop switching

    R. L. Graham;H. O. Pollak

  • Quasi-random graphs

    Fan R. K. Chung;Ronald L. Graham;Richard M. Wilson

  • The steiner problem in phylogeny is NP-complete

    L. R. Foulds;R. L. Graham

  • Old and new problems and results in combinatorial number theory

    Paul Erdős;Ronald L. Graham

  • On Additive Bases and Harmonious Graphs

    Ronald L. Graham;Neil J. A. Sloane

  • Some NP-complete geometric problems

    M. R. Garey;R. L. Graham;D. S. Johnson

  • Resource constrained scheduling as generalized bin packing

    M. R. Garey;Ronald L. Graham;David S. Johnson;Andrew Chi-Chih Yao

Frequent Co-Authors

Fan Chung
Fan Chung University of California, San Diego
Persi Diaconis
Persi Diaconis Stanford University
Chung-Kuan Cheng
Chung-Kuan Cheng University of California, San Diego
Michael Randolph Garey
Michael Randolph Garey Nokia (United States)
Paul Erdös
Paul Erdös Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Peter Frankl
Peter Frankl Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
Joel Spencer
Joel Spencer Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Ding-Zhu Du
Ding-Zhu Du The University of Texas at Dallas
Frances F. Yao
Frances F. Yao City University of Hong Kong
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao Tsinghua University

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