Ralph C. Merkle

medium confidence · 2 work(s) in this corpus · 10,207 citations across 71 works in OpenAlex

Ralph C. Merkle collaborator line weight = collaboration weight

Works in this corpus

Title	Position	Year	Cited
A Certified Digital Signature	first	2007	1,707
Protocols for Public Key Cryptosystems	first	1980	1,405

This record is probably one person, but at least one signal is weak. Check the evidence below before relying on the totals.

neutralNo ORCID on this record, so its identity rests on inference alone.
supports1 distinct name form(s) across this row's works, counting a spelled-out given name and its initial as one form.
supportsAt most 1 distinct institution(s) inside any five-year window, which is a normal career.
supports83% of this row's works sit in its single largest field.
neutralConfidence is judged on the 2 work(s) this corpus holds, not on the author's whole output. A single-work row carries little evidence either way.

Palo Alto Research Center (2007–2007), Tata Elxsi (India) (1980–1980)

h-index 2 over the works held here, which is a number about this corpus and not about a career.