1. ^{{cite web|url=http://sch57.ru/people/alumni/#y1988|title= Alumni list|publisher=Moscow School 57}}
2. ^Khovanov's PhD dissertation, "Graphical calculus, canonical bases and Kazhdan-Lusztig theory" (1997).
3. ^{{MathGenealogy|id=14936}}
4. ^{{Citation | last1=Bar-Natan | first1=Dror | title=On Khovanov's categorification of the Jones polynomial | doi=10.2140/agt.2002.2.337 |mr=1917056 | year=2002 | journal=Algebraic & Geometric Topology | issn=1472-2747 | volume=2 | pages=337–370| arxiv=math/0201043 }}

"Our hope for the week was to understand and improve Khovanov's seminal work on the categorification of the Jones polynomial" (Page 337).

5. ^{{Citation | last1=Khovanov | first1=Mikhail | author1-link=Mikhail Khovanov | title=A categorification of the Jones polynomial | doi=10.1215/S0012-7094-00-10131-7 |mr=1740682 | year=2000 | journal=Duke Mathematical Journal | issn=0012-7094 | volume=101 | issue=3 | pages=359–426| arxiv=math/9908171 }}
6. ^"Mathematics", UC Davis Wiki, 4 April 2007.

"Mikhail Khovanov was in the department when he developed the famous homology theory that bears his name."

7. ^[https://arxiv.org/find/grp_math/1/ti:+khovanov/0/1/0/all/0/1?per_page=100 ArXiv search] showing more than 50 papers mention the Khovanov homology by name in their titles.