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Erdős, and other small things

Like most academics I have an Erdős number, and like most academics I am quietly proud of it. It is four. The chain is below, along with a few other numbers I am asked about.

Erdős number: 4

Through Steve Helmreich → Frank Harary → Paul Erdős. The chain is mostly luck.

single paper citations: 3,810

Number of times people cited "Cognitive Status and the Form of Referring Expressions in Discourse" by Jeanette Gundel, Nancy Hedberg and me.

g-index: 70

I have 70 publications whose combined citations exceed 70 squared (4,900).

h-index: 19

I have 19 publications each of which are cited at least 19 times

States I've lived in: 9

WI, CT, MA, FL, TX, NY, VA, NM, and Scotland