Richard S. Sutton Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Richard S. Sutton's h-index is 102 (259 i10-index, 193,366+ total citations across 100+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Richard S. Sutton is affiliated with Keen, Amii, and University of Alberta.
Richard S. Sutton is a researcher affiliated with Keen, Amii, and University of Alberta, specializing in AI & Machine Learning. Their work has been cited 193,366 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Richard S. Sutton's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 100 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 102
- i10-Index
- 259
- Total Citations
- 193,366
- Citing Countries
- 59
As of October 2026.
Richard S. Sutton has an h-index of 102 and 193,366 total citations across 100 publications, with research cited by institutions in 59 countries.
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Reinforcement learning: An introduction
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About Richard S. Sutton's research
Richard S. Sutton is a researcher in AI & Machine Learning at Keen, Amii, and University of Alberta. Their work has been cited 193,366 times across 100 publications (h-index 102), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Reinforcement learning: An introduction” (1998), has accumulated 94,390 citations. Other influential works include “Policy gradient methods for reinforcement learning with function approximation” (1999) with 11,661 citations and “Learning to predict by the methods of temporal differences” (1988) with 9,522 citations.
Citations of Richard S. Sutton'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.











