A Note about E. W. Dijkstra

From www.Harzing.com, E W Dijkstra (1930 - 2002) has

25,267 Citations

to his work. See summary here.

His g-index=158, h-index=32 (who cares h-index?).
His top paper (sole-authored) dated 1959 has 8892 citations, entitled "A note on 2 problems in Connexion with Graphs".
His top 2nd paper (also sole-authored) dated 2002 has 1990 citations, entitled "Cooperating sequential processes".
His top 3rd paper (again sole-authored) dated 1974 has 1655 citations.
His top 4th paper (again sole-authored) dated 1975 has 1466 citations.
His top 5th paper (again sole-authored) dated 1968 has 1257 citations.

Message is clear:

E.W. Dijkstra is a clear contributor to his research and its resultant impact.

He is not a "manager-type" professor or researcher.

He does not hide in the shadows of his abled students.

One cannot deny his genius and he has left his competitors speechless when his record is as such.

A very well-deserved recipient of the ACM Turing Award!

An inspiration for all.

CK (2012)