I'm surprised nobody mentioned MSR academic search in the comments yet. It is light-years better than Google Scholar. http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ h

I'm surprised nobody mentioned MSR academic search in the comments yet. It is light-years better than Google Scholar. http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ Example author page: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/1180211/hari-balakrishnan http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Author/1180211/hari-b... Example citation graph: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer#1180211&citation http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer#118021... Coauthor graph: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer#1180211 http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer#118021... And finally, the most addictive feature, coauthor path: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer#1180211&1112639 http://academic.research.microsoft.com/VisualExplorer#118021...