Alan J. Perlis

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alan J. Perlis is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan J. Perlis has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 12 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 6 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Alan J. Perlis's work include Logic, programming, and type systems (8 papers), Algorithms and Data Compression (7 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (5 papers). Alan J. Perlis is often cited by papers focused on Logic, programming, and type systems (8 papers), Algorithms and Data Compression (7 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (5 papers). Alan J. Perlis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Alan J. Perlis's co-authors include Richard J. Lipton, K. Samelson, Chaim Katz, A. van Wijngaarden, Bernard Vauquois, Friedrich L. Bauer, John McCarthy, John Backus, Heinz Rutishauser and J. H. Wegstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Communications of the ACM and Mathematics of Computation.

In The Last Decade

Alan J. Perlis

54 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Revised report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60

1963 562 citations Alan J. Perlis, K. Samelson et al. Communications of the ACM profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan J. Perlis United States	18	972	609	331	312	283	57	1.9k
John Backus United States	14	1.7k 1.8×	961 1.6×	825 2.5×	333 1.1×	655 2.3×	18	3.0k
Kenneth E. Iverson United States	14	666 0.7×	346 0.6×	362 1.1×	136 0.4×	340 1.2×	57	1.3k
Julie Sussman United States	3	516 0.5×	226 0.4×	186 0.6×	197 0.6×	221 0.8×	5	928
Alan W. Biermann United States	16	1.1k 1.2×	288 0.5×	49 0.1×	385 1.2×	188 0.7×	67	1.5k
Claude Kirchner France	21	1.6k 1.6×	1.0k 1.6×	131 0.4×	223 0.7×	356 1.3×	163	2.0k
Luca de Alfaro United States	22	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	269 0.8×	707 2.3×	317 1.1×	80	2.5k
Alan Shaw United States	20	393 0.4×	472 0.8×	769 2.3×	108 0.3×	399 1.4×	59	1.7k
M. V. Wilkes United Kingdom	18	327 0.3×	151 0.2×	405 1.2×	208 0.7×	477 1.7×	114	1.1k
Jeremy Gow United Kingdom	13	950 1.0×	522 0.9×	122 0.4×	391 1.3×	313 1.1×	40	1.8k
Sampath Kannan United States	23	961 1.0×	745 1.2×	123 0.4×	223 0.7×	540 1.9×	67	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan J. Perlis

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Perlis, Alan J., Renato Iturriaga, & Thomas A. Standish. (2018). A preliminary sketch of Formula ALGOL. Figshare.

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Perlis, Alan J., Frederick Sayward, & Mary Shaw. (2018). Software Metrics: An Analysis and Evaluation. MIT Press eBooks. 47(6). 1069–75. 2 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J., et al.. (2018). A definition of formula ALGOL. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University).

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Biggerstaff, Ted J. & Alan J. Perlis. (1989). Software reusability: vol. 2, applications and experience. 16 indexed citations

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Biggerstaff, Ted J. & Alan J. Perlis. (1989). Applications and experience. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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Biggerstaff, Ted J. & Alan J. Perlis. (1989). Concepts and models. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 39 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J.. (1985). Another view of software (panel session). International Conference on Software Engineering. 395–396. 1 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J. & Spencer Rugaber. (1979). Programming with idioms in APL. 232–235. 9 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J. & Spencer Rugaber. (1979). Programming with idioms in APL. ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad. 9(4-P1). 232–235. 23 indexed citations

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DeMillo, Richard A., Richard J. Lipton, & Alan J. Perlis. (1977). Social processes and proofs of theorems and programs. 206–214. 33 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J.. (1977). In praise of APL. ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad. 8(2). 44–47. 1 indexed citations

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Cheatham, Thomas E., Wesley A. Clark, Anatol W. Holt, et al.. (1973). Computing in China: A Travel Report. Science. 182(4108). 134–140. 9 indexed citations

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Forsythe, George E., et al.. (1970). Computer science and mathematics. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. 2(4). 19–29. 29 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J.. (1969). Introduction to extensible languages. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 4(8). 3–5. 1 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J.. (1969). Identifying and developing curricula in software engineering. 540–540. 3 indexed citations

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Braden, Robert & Alan J. Perlis. (1965). An introductory course in computer programming. 3 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J.. (1959). Symposium on automatic programming.. IFIP Congress. 152–156. 2 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J.. (1959). Letters to the editor. Communications of the ACM. 2(5). 3–9. 3 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J., et al.. (1959). A visit to computation centers in the Soviet Union. Communications of the ACM. 2(6). 8–20. 6 indexed citations

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Perlis, Alan J. & K. Samelson. (1958). Preliminary report. Communications of the ACM. 1(12). 8–22. 41 indexed citations

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