Subfield · Theoretical Computer Science
Top Theoretical Computer Science Researchers
Andrew Zisserman ranks first, out of 3,219 ranked researchers.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.
The ranking
- 1 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom · #3 worldwide 25k citations · 241 works
- 2 Kenneth J. Arrow United States · #26 worldwide 5.4k citations · 176 works
- 3 Niklas Luhmann Germany · #53 worldwide 2.3k citations · 277 works
- 4 Stephan Ramon Garcia United States · #107 worldwide 4k citations · 136 works
- 5 Fritz Stern United States · #126 worldwide 1.2k citations · 183 works
- 6 Jean Piaget Switzerland · #208 worldwide 1.6k citations · 144 works
- 7 E. P. Wigner United States · #214 worldwide 2.8k citations · 203 works
- 8 Steven J. Miller United States · #283 worldwide 3.8k citations · 110 works
- 9 Eric R. Ziegel United States · #512 worldwide 3.7k citations · 223 works
- 10 Julian Schwinger United States · #684 worldwide 2.6k citations · 109 works
- 11 Ian Hacking Canada · #791 worldwide 1.3k citations · 118 works
- 12 N. J. A. Sloane United States · #887 worldwide 2.8k citations · 116 works
- 13 Ivo Babuška United States · #975 worldwide 2.7k citations · 110 works
- 14 N. David Mermin United States · #1,111 worldwide 2.1k citations · 120 works
- 15 W. V. Quine United States · #1,177 worldwide 1.1k citations · 105 works
- 16 H. S. M. Coxeter Canada · #1,398 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
- 17 Peter D. Lax United States · #1,685 worldwide 2k citations · 82 works
- 18 David Hilbert Germany · #2,136 worldwide 666 citations · 113 works
- 19 Michael Atiyah United Kingdom · #2,229 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
- 20 David Newman United States · #2,375 worldwide 1.8k citations · 117 works
- 21 John von Neumann Israel · #2,385 worldwide 3.2k citations · 71 works
- 22 Terence Tao United States · #2,469 worldwide 3.1k citations · 215 works
- 23 Bernt Øksendal Norway · #2,498 worldwide 2k citations · 82 works
- 24 G. H. Hardy United Kingdom · #2,515 worldwide 939 citations · 96 works
- 25 I. J. Good United States · #2,525 worldwide 1.7k citations · 170 works
- 26 Bernard Williams United Kingdom · #2,529 worldwide 773 citations · 81 works
- 27 Lord Rayleigh Italy · #2,594 worldwide 2.5k citations · 69 works
- 28 Richard H. Popkin United States · #2,754 worldwide 484 citations · 97 works
- 29 Gilbert Strang United States · #2,821 worldwide 1k citations · 99 works
- 30 Paul T. Costa United States · #2,868 worldwide 2.7k citations · 74 works
- 31 Henri Poincaré France · #2,870 worldwide 596 citations · 96 works
- 32 Jean-Pierre Serre France · #3,009 worldwide 1.5k citations · 158 works
- 33 Murray Gell‐Mann United States · #3,023 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
- 34 Patrick Suppes United States · #3,155 worldwide 1.7k citations · 154 works
- 35 Róbert Hermann Finland · #3,293 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
- 36 Lutz Nasdala Austria · #3,363 worldwide 1.4k citations · 93 works
- 37 J. H. van Lint Netherlands · #3,370 worldwide 980 citations · 102 works
- 38 Lars Hörmander Sweden · #3,455 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
- 39 F. Y. Edgeworth United Kingdom · #3,460 worldwide 753 citations · 99 works
- 40 Vladimir I. Arnold Russia · #3,467 worldwide 1.5k citations · 136 works
- 41 G. Efstathiou United Kingdom · #3,690 worldwide 3.3k citations · 106 works
- 42 G. Herzberg Canada · #3,884 worldwide 1.2k citations · 71 works
- 43 Herbert Robbins United States · #3,945 worldwide 1.7k citations · 64 works
- 44 Philip Kitcher United States · #4,131 worldwide 699 citations · 103 works
- 45 Shiing-Shen Chern United States · #4,300 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
- 46 Alain Connes France · #4,358 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
- 47 A. Lasenby United Kingdom · #4,360 worldwide 3.3k citations · 167 works
- 48 Mark Kac United States · #4,498 worldwide 881 citations · 74 works
- 49 Robert M. Corless Canada · #4,613 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
- 50 Claudio Canuto Italy · #4,823 worldwide 934 citations · 69 works
- 51 Persi Diaconis United States · #5,021 worldwide 1.5k citations · 100 works
- 52 Nelson Goodman United States · #5,115 worldwide 1.3k citations · 59 works
- 53 Ronald Graham United States · #5,303 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
- 54 Philip J. Davis United States · #5,382 worldwide 721 citations · 74 works
- 55 Barry Simon United States · #5,405 worldwide 1.6k citations · 145 works
- 56 R. N. Cahn United States · #5,441 worldwide 2.7k citations · 144 works
- 57 Karl Sigmund Austria · #5,666 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
- 58 Ingram Olkin United States · #5,677 worldwide 2k citations · 168 works
- 59 I. J. Schoenberg United States · #5,723 worldwide 1k citations · 87 works
- 60 Claude Brezinski France · #5,795 worldwide 1.1k citations · 109 works
- 61 Robert B. Wallace United States · #5,797 worldwide 1.9k citations · 184 works
- 62 John Milnor United States · #5,951 worldwide 1.7k citations · 57 works
- 63 Michael R. Hamblin United States · #6,078 worldwide 2.8k citations · 248 works
- 64 P. A. M. Dirac United States · #6,394 worldwide 1.7k citations · 55 works
- 65 Rudolf Carnap United States · #6,425 worldwide 1.1k citations · 56 works
- 66 Solomon W. Golomb United States · #6,768 worldwide 776 citations · 89 works
- 67 John Κ. Fairbank United States · #6,986 worldwide 258 citations · 99 works
- 68 Pierre‐Louis Lions France · #7,137 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
- 69 Jacques Tits France · #7,140 worldwide 588 citations · 72 works
- 70 Irving Kaplansky United States · #7,572 worldwide 514 citations · 69 works
- 71 J. W. S. Cassels United Kingdom · #7,741 worldwide 510 citations · 63 works
- 72 Peter Whittle United Kingdom · #7,775 worldwide 892 citations · 76 works
- 73 Ernst Cassirer Mexico · #7,828 worldwide 345 citations · 69 works
- 74 F. D. Murnaghan United States · #7,895 worldwide 2.1k citations · 51 works
- 75 Kai Lai Chung United States · #8,016 worldwide 748 citations · 96 works
- 76 Irving Fisher United States · #8,019 worldwide 669 citations · 58 works
- 77 Victor Shoup United States · #8,034 worldwide 1.3k citations · 60 works
- 78 John H. Gardner United States · #8,065 worldwide 491 citations · 60 works
- 79 Hilary Putnam United States · #8,127 worldwide 688 citations · 123 works
- 80 Ivan Niven United States · #8,315 worldwide 604 citations · 59 works
- 81 László Lovász Hungary · #8,402 worldwide 1.2k citations · 114 works
- 82 Gian‐Carlo Rota United States · #8,408 worldwide 1.8k citations · 243 works
- 83 Barry Mazur United States · #8,590 worldwide 671 citations · 70 works
- 84 Jean Zinn‐Justin France · #8,805 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
- 85 Claude Cohen‐Tannoudji France · #8,824 worldwide 863 citations · 72 works
- 86 George B. Arfken United States · #8,828 worldwide 879 citations · 52 works
- 87 Garrett Birkhoff United States · #8,872 worldwide 646 citations · 85 works
- 88 Richard Courant United States · #8,962 worldwide 370 citations · 78 works
- 89 H. Davenport United Kingdom · #9,074 worldwide 512 citations · 79 works
- 90 Ubiratan D’Ambrósio Brazil · #9,080 worldwide 349 citations · 69 works
- 91 David Ruelle France · #9,400 worldwide 933 citations · 112 works
- 92 Hermann Weyl Switzerland · #9,751 worldwide 429 citations · 69 works
- 93 W.T. Welford United Kingdom · #9,819 worldwide 656 citations · 55 works
- 94 David Merritt United States · #9,929 worldwide 1.6k citations · 88 works
- 95 Edsger W. Dijkstra United States · #10,052 worldwide 484 citations · 62 works
- 96 J. L. Doob United States · #10,107 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
- 97 P. Erdös Hungary · #10,229 worldwide 815 citations · 99 works
- 98 Hyman Bass United States · #10,448 worldwide 853 citations · 55 works
- 99 Edmund Husserl Netherlands · #10,731 worldwide 451 citations · 286 works
- 100 Carlo Ginzburg Italy · #10,862 worldwide 218 citations · 70 works
authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Theoretical Computer Science, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.