2026 Frank Tom Leighton: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	72	246	208	138	111	195	18997
Computer Science	84	839	809	456	437	244	33858

Frank Tom Leighton 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 Frank Tom Leighton sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 537+

This scientist: 195 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank Tom Leighton 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 Frank Tom Leighton sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

2018 - ACM Fellow For his leadership in the establishment of content delivery networks, and his contributions to algorithm design
2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the design of networks and circuits and for technology for Web content delivery.
2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the design of networks and circuits and for technology for Web content delivery.
2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Frank Tom Leighton is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their professional work centers around algorithm design and network technology, particularly related to content delivery networks and the design of networks and circuits.

Leighton's recognition includes several prestigious fellowships and memberships awarded by notable scientific and engineering organizations. In 2018, they were named an ACM Fellow for leadership in establishing content delivery networks and contributions to algorithm design.

They were designated as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2013. Earlier distinctions include becoming a SIAM Fellow in 2009, recognized for contributions to network and circuit design and technology for Web content delivery.

Leighton was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2008 and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004, the latter for contributions to network and circuit design as well as technology related to Web content delivery.

In 2003, they became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

Secure spread spectrum watermarking for multimedia

I.J. Cox;J. Kilian;F.T. Leighton;T. Shamoon

9703
Citations
Consistent hashing and random trees: distributed caching protocols for relieving hot spots on the World Wide Web

David Karger;Eric Lehman;Tom Leighton;Rina Panigrahy

3158
Citations
Multicommodity max-flow min-cut theorems and their use in designing approximation algorithms

Tom Leighton;Satish Rao

1047
Citations
A Secure, Robust Watermark for Multimedia

Ingemar J. Cox;Joe Kilian;Frank Thomson Leighton;Talal Shamoon

776
Citations
Secure spread spectrum watermarking for images, audio and video

I.J. Cox;J. Kilian;T. Leighton;T. Shamoon

737
Citations
An approximate max-flow min-cut theorem for uniform multicommodity flow problems with applications to approximation algorithms

T. Leighton;S. Rao

646
Citations
Protein folding in the hydrophobic-hydrophilic (HP) model is NP-complete.

Bonnie Berger;Tom Leighton

642
Citations
A FRAMEWORK FOR SOLVING VLSI GRAPH LAYOUT PROBLEMS

S. N. Bhatt;F. T. Leighton

635
Citations
Tight Bounds on the Complexity of Parallel Sorting

Tom Leighton

526
Citations
Method for executing transaction by certified user of personal identification card while using transaction terminal and method for issuing personal identification card to certified user

Frank T Leighton;Silvio Micali;シルヴィオ、ミカーリ;フランク、ティー、リータン

502
Citations
Packet routing and job-shop scheduling in O (congestion+dilation) steps

Frank Thomson Leighton;Bruce M. Maggs;Satish Rao

404
Citations
The value of knowing a demand curve: bounds on regret for online posted-price auctions

R. Kleinberg;T. Leighton

390
Citations
Wafer-scale integration of systolic arrays

Frank Thomson Leighton;Charles E. Leiserson

364
Citations
Embedding graphs in books: a layout problem with applications to VLSI design

F. R. K. Chung;F. T. Leighton;A. L. Rosenberg

361
Citations
Fast approximation algorithms for multicommodity flow problems

Tom Leighton;Clifford Stein;Fillia Makedon;Éva Tardos

313
Citations
Method for enabling users of a cryptosystem to generate and use a private pair key for enciphering communications between the users

Frank T. Leighton;Silvio Micali

294
Citations
Analysis of Backoff Protocols for Mulitiple AccessChannels

Johan H aringstad;Tom Leighton;Brian Rogoff

292
Citations
Resource discovery in distributed networks

Mor Harchol-Balter;Tom Leighton;Daniel Lewin

291
Citations
New lower bound techniques for VLSI

Frank Thomson Leighton

258
Citations
Improving performance on the internet

Tom Leighton

256
Citations
Protein folding in the hydrophobic-hydrophilic (HP) is NP-complete

Bonnie Berger;Tom Leighton

109
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi University of Maryland, College Park

Robert Kleinberg Cornell University

Baruch Awerbuch Johns Hopkins University

Satish Rao University of California, Berkeley

Matthew Andrews Nokia (United States)

Bruce M. Maggs Duke University

Fillia Makedon The University of Texas at Arlington

Bonnie Berger MIT

Ankur Moitra MIT

Arnold L. Rosenberg University of Massachusetts Amherst

External Links

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