Paul Vitanyi: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Paul Vitanyi's h-index is 55 (120 i10-index, 24,211+ total citations across 423+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Paul Vitanyi is affiliated with CWI and University of Amsterdam.
Paul Vitanyi is a researcher affiliated with CWI and University of Amsterdam, specializing in Theory of Computation, Pattern Recognition, Kolmogorov complexity. Their work has been cited 24,211 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United Kingdom.
Paul Vitanyi's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 423 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 55
- i10-Index
- 120
- Total Citations
- 24,211
- Citing Countries
- 7
As of June 2026.
Paul Vitanyi has an h-index of 55 and 24,211 total citations across 423 publications, with research cited by institutions in 7 countries.
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An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications
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About Paul Vitanyi's research
Paul Vitanyi is a researcher in Theory of Computation, Pattern Recognition and Kolmogorov complexity at CWI and University of Amsterdam. Their work has been cited 24,211 times across 423 publications (h-index 55), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications” (1997), has accumulated 8,743 citations. Other influential works include “The google similarity distance” (2007) with 2,416 citations and “Clustering by compression” (2003) with 1,768 citations.
Citations of Paul Vitanyi's research come primarily from United Kingdom, Germany and Iran, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
