Allen Kent

2.1k total citations
77 papers, 492 citations indexed

About

Allen Kent is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Library and Information Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Kent has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 492 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Information Systems, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Library and Information Sciences. Recurrent topics in Allen Kent's work include Library Collection Development and Digital Resources (6 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (4 papers). Allen Kent is often cited by papers focused on Library Collection Development and Digital Resources (6 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (4 papers). Allen Kent collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Allen Kent's co-authors include James W. Perry, Jack Belzer, James Williams, A. S. Iberall, Peter Kugel, K. D. Tocher, Jesse H. Shera, Edward M. Arnett, James G. Martin and Jacob Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Allen Kent

57 papers receiving 348 citations

Peers

Allen Kent
Bert R. Boyce United States
M. Carl Drott United States
Lois Mai Chan United States
William H. Mischo United States
Ching-chih Chen United States
M. S. Sridhar India
J. Mills United Kingdom
Simeon Warner United States
Vivien Petras Germany
Caimei Lu United States
Bert R. Boyce United States
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Countries citing papers authored by Allen Kent

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allen Kent

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allen Kent

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All Works

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Kent, Allen, et al.. (2021). Encyclopedia of Microcomputers. 1 indexed citations
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Perry, James W., et al.. (2012). Documentation In Action. 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen. (1987). Perspectives. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 38(3). 147–151. 5 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen. (1983). Encyclopedia of library and information science. Supplement. M. Dekker eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1982). Information technology : critical choices for library decision-makers. M. Dekker eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1978). On Line Revolution in Libraries. American libraries. 10(6). 2 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen. (1978). Crystal Gazing into the Future.. 11(4). 329–337. 2 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1977). Use of a University Library Collection; A Progress Report on a Pittsburgh Study.. Library journal. 15 indexed citations
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Arnett, Edward M. & Allen Kent. (1973). Computer-based chemical information. M. Dekker eBooks.
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1971). "Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science in 18 volumes", Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, William Z. Nasri, New York 1968-1969 : [recenzja] / Maria Skuratowicz.. Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki. 16(1). 4 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1967). Relevance Predictability in Information Retrieval Systems. Methods of Information in Medicine. 6(2). 45–51. 10 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1967). Electronic handling of information : testing & evaluation.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen. (1964). Education in Information Science. American Behavioral Scientist. 8(3). 31–32. 9 indexed citations
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Perry, James W. & Allen Kent. (1958). Tools for machine literature searching : semantic code dictionary, equipment, procedures. 4 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1958). Mechanized searching experiments using the wru searching selector. American Documentation. 9(4). 277–303. 2 indexed citations
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Kent, Allen & James W. Perry. (1957). New indexing‐abstracting system for formal reports, development and proof services, aberdeen proving ground. American Documentation. 8(1). 34–46. 2 indexed citations
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Perry, James W. & Allen Kent. (1956). The Russians have a machine for it, a review. American Documentation. 7(3). 233–234.
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Kent, Allen, et al.. (1955). Machine literature searching VII. Machine functions and organization of semantic units. American Documentation. 6(1). 33–39. 2 indexed citations
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Perry, James W., et al.. (1954). Machine literature searching I. A general approach. American Documentation. 5(1). 18–22. 1 indexed citations

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