Boris Dragovic

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Boris Dragovic is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Boris Dragovic has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 5 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Boris Dragovic's work include Security and Verification in Computing (6 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (3 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (3 papers). Boris Dragovic is often cited by papers focused on Security and Verification in Computing (6 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (3 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (3 papers). Boris Dragovic collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Boris Dragovic's co-authors include Steven Hand, Rolf Neugebauer, Keir Fraser, Paul Barham, Tim Harris, Alex Ho, Andrew Warfield, Ian Pratt, Jon Crowcroft and Iulia Ion and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review and Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database.

In The Last Decade

Boris Dragovic

9 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Xen and the art of virtualization 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2003 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Xen and the art of virtualization
    2003 4.1k citations Paul Barham, Boris Dragovic et al. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review profile →
  2. Xen and the art of virtualization
    2003 1.4k citations Paul Barham, Boris Dragovic et al. profile →
  3. Xen and the art of virtualization
    2003 1.3k citations Paul Barham, Boris Dragovic et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Boris Dragovic United Kingdom 7 5.8k 5.2k 2.0k 1.6k 673 10 6.9k
Alex Ho United Kingdom 7 5.8k 1.0× 5.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 755 1.1× 10 7.0k
Rolf Neugebauer United Kingdom 11 6.3k 1.1× 5.6k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.1× 698 1.0× 14 7.5k
Keir Fraser United Kingdom 17 8.6k 1.5× 7.3k 1.4× 3.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.2× 746 1.1× 25 9.9k
Ian Pratt United Kingdom 25 8.0k 1.4× 6.4k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 669 1.0× 59 9.2k
Andrew Warfield Canada 25 8.3k 1.4× 7.2k 1.4× 2.6k 1.3× 2.0k 1.3× 908 1.3× 62 9.7k
Paul Barham United Kingdom 20 8.1k 1.4× 6.6k 1.3× 3.0k 1.5× 2.6k 1.7× 1.3k 1.9× 37 9.8k
Werner Vogels United States 19 4.9k 0.9× 2.8k 0.5× 906 0.4× 548 0.4× 282 0.4× 48 5.3k
Carl A. Waldspurger United States 23 3.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 794 0.5× 333 0.5× 46 4.1k
Darrell D. E. Long United States 39 5.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.4× 1.0k 0.5× 871 0.6× 253 0.4× 212 5.7k
Russell Sears United States 14 3.5k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 830 0.4× 828 0.5× 481 0.7× 19 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Boris Dragovic

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Fields of papers citing papers by Boris Dragovic

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Boris Dragovic. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Boris Dragovic. The network helps show where Boris Dragovic may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boris Dragovic

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Boris Dragovic. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Boris Dragovic based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Boris Dragovic. Boris Dragovic is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
1.
Ion, Iulia, Boris Dragovic, & Bruno Crispo. (2007). Extending the Java Virtual Machine to Enforce Fine-Grained Security Policies in Mobile Devices. 3 indexed citations
2.
Ion, Iulia, Boris Dragovic, & Bruno Crispo. (2007). Extending the Java Virtual Machine to Enforce Fine-Grained Security Policies in Mobile Devices. 233–242. 20 indexed citations
3.
Dragovic, Boris & Jon Crowcroft. (2005). Information exposure control through data manipulation for ubiquitous computing. 57–57. 13 indexed citations
4.
Dragovic, Boris & Jon Crowcroft. (2005). Containment: From context awareness to contextual effects awareness. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 6 indexed citations
5.
Dragovic, Boris & Jon Crowcroft. (2004). Context-Adaptive Information Security for UbiComp Environments. 1 indexed citations
6.
Dragovic, Boris, Evangelos Kotsovinos, Steven Hand, & Peter Pietzuch. (2004). XenoTrust: event-based distributed trust management. 1550. 410–414. 22 indexed citations
7.
Barham, Paul, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, et al.. (2003). Xen and the art of virtualization. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 37(5). 164–177. 4124 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Barham, Paul, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, et al.. (2003). Xen 2002. 13 indexed citations
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Barham, Paul, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, et al.. (2003). Xen and the art of virtualization. 164–177. 1400 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Barham, Paul, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, et al.. (2003). Xen and the art of virtualization. 1333 indexed citations breakdown →

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