Ilya Sutskever Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Ilya Sutskever's h-index is 109 (177 i10-index, 850,876+ total citations across 100+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Ilya Sutskever is affiliated with Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Safe Superintelligence Inc.
Ilya Sutskever is a researcher affiliated with Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Safe Superintelligence Inc, specializing in Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence. Their work has been cited 850,876 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Ilya Sutskever's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 100 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 109
- i10-Index
- 177
- Total Citations
- 850,876
- Citing Countries
- 67
As of October 2026.
Ilya Sutskever has an h-index of 109 and 850,876 total citations across 100 publications, with research cited by institutions in 67 countries.
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ImageNet Classification with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
2012194,282
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The researcher pioneered the application of deep convolutional neural networks to large-scale image classification, establishing a foundational architecture that significantly advanced the field of computer vision.
The researcher introduced Dropout, a simple regularization technique that prevents neural networks from overfitting, establishing a foundational method for improving model generalization in deep learning.
The researcher demonstrated that large-scale language models can perform complex tasks with minimal examples, establishing few-shot learning as a foundational capability in modern AI.
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About Ilya Sutskever's research
Ilya Sutskever is a researcher in Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence at Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Safe Superintelligence Inc. Their work has been cited 850,876 times across 100 publications (h-index 109), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “ImageNet Classification with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks” (2012), has accumulated 194,282 citations. Other influential works include “ImageNet Classification with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks” (2012) with 194,282 citations and “Language models are few-shot learners” (2020) with 71,602 citations.
Citations of Ilya Sutskever's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
