Brian Kernighan: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Brian Kernighan's h-index is 47 (110 i10-index, 42,594+ total citations across 262+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Brian Kernighan is affiliated with Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University.
Brian Kernighan is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 42,594 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Brian Kernighan's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 262 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 47
- i10-Index
- 110
- Total Citations
- 42,594
- Citing Countries
- 9
As of June 2026.
Brian Kernighan has an h-index of 47 and 42,594 total citations across 262 publications, with research cited by institutions in 9 countries.
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About Brian Kernighan's research
Brian Kernighan is a researcher at Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University. Their work has been cited 42,594 times across 262 publications (h-index 47), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “The C programming language” (1988), has accumulated 10,461 citations. Other influential works include “An efficient heuristic procedure for partitioning graphs” (1970) with 8,053 citations and “An effective heuristic algorithm for the traveling-salesman problem” (1973) with 6,161 citations.
Citations of Brian Kernighan's research come primarily from United States, China and Canada, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
