Chris Karlof

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
19 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Chris Karlof is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Karlof has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 7 papers in Information Systems and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Chris Karlof's work include Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (8 papers), Spam and Phishing Detection (5 papers) and User Authentication and Security Systems (5 papers). Chris Karlof is often cited by papers focused on Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (8 papers), Spam and Phishing Detection (5 papers) and User Authentication and Security Systems (5 papers). Chris Karlof collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Chris Karlof's co-authors include David Wagner, Naveen Sastry, Kamin Whitehouse, David Culler, David Wagner, Umesh Shankar, J. D. Tygar, Yaping Li, Alec Woo and Joseph Polastre and has published in prestigious journals such as Ad Hoc Networks, Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods and Network and Distributed System Security Symposium.

In The Last Decade

Chris Karlof

19 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and c... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2004 2003 500 1000 1.5k
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. Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and countermeasures
    2003 2.0k citations Chris Karlof, David Wagner Ad Hoc Networks profile →
  2. TinySec
    2004 1.1k citations Chris Karlof, Naveen Sastry et al. profile →
  3. Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and countermeasures
    2003 684 citations Chris Karlof, David Wagner profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris Karlof United States 13 4.0k 708 627 356 276 19 4.5k
Saurabh Ganeriwal United States 19 4.3k 1.1× 1.5k 2.2× 330 0.5× 118 0.3× 618 2.2× 36 4.7k
Mun Choon Chan Singapore 26 1.7k 0.4× 1.2k 1.7× 250 0.4× 206 0.6× 68 0.2× 153 2.4k
Francesco Gringoli Italy 26 1.8k 0.5× 889 1.3× 1.2k 1.9× 204 0.6× 108 0.4× 120 2.4k
Christina Pöpper United States 19 1.1k 0.3× 765 1.1× 512 0.8× 198 0.6× 90 0.3× 45 1.8k
Wen-Tsuen Chen Taiwan 27 1.7k 0.4× 1.3k 1.8× 258 0.4× 134 0.4× 150 0.5× 166 2.4k
Y. Charlie Hu United States 31 2.3k 0.6× 916 1.3× 325 0.5× 239 0.7× 125 0.5× 85 2.9k
Jeongkeun Lee United States 27 2.2k 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 395 0.6× 641 1.8× 35 0.1× 50 2.7k
Chalermek Intanagonwiwat Thailand 11 6.4k 1.6× 2.2k 3.1× 223 0.4× 97 0.3× 217 0.8× 30 6.6k
Cesar Vargas‐Rosales Mexico 19 932 0.2× 1.0k 1.4× 346 0.6× 112 0.3× 76 0.3× 121 1.7k
Scott F. Midkiff United States 27 2.3k 0.6× 1.6k 2.3× 121 0.2× 149 0.4× 99 0.4× 144 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Karlof

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Karlof

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Karlof

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Karlof. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Karlof 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 Chris Karlof. Chris Karlof is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Karlof, Chris, J. D. Tygar, & David Wagner. (2009). Conditioned-safe ceremonies and a user study of an application to web authentication. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 1–1. 9 indexed citations
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Tygar, Doug, David Wagner, & Chris Karlof. (2009). Human factors in web authentication. 7 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris, J. D. Tygar, & David Wagner. (2008). A user study design for comparing the security of registration protocols. 12. 6 indexed citations
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Whitehouse, Kamin, Chris Karlof, & David Culler. (2007). A practical evaluation of radio signal strength for ranging-based localization. ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review. 11(1). 41–52. 231 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris & Umesh Shankar. (2007). A Usability Study of Doppelganger, A Tool for Better Browser Privacy. UC Berkeley. 1 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris, Umesh Shankar, J. D. Tygar, & David Wagner. (2007). Dynamic pharming attacks and locked same-origin policies for web browsers. 58–71. 80 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris, Umesh Shankar, Doug Tygar, & David Wagner. (2007). Locked cookies: Web authentication security against phishing, pharming, and active attacks. UC Berkeley. 5 indexed citations
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Wagner, David M., David Jefferson, Matt Bishop, Chris Karlof, & Naveen Sastry. (2006). Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuBasic Interpreter. 25 indexed citations
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Shankar, Umesh & Chris Karlof. (2006). Doppelganger. 154–167. 35 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris, Naveen Sastry, & David Wagner. (2005). Cryptographic voting protocols: a systems perspective. USENIX Security Symposium. 3–3. 61 indexed citations
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Sharp, C., Alec Woo, Nishanth Sastry, et al.. (2005). Design and implementation of a sensor network system for vehicle tracking and autonomous interception. Research Portal (King's College London). 93–107. 82 indexed citations
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Whitehouse, Kamin, et al.. (2005). The effects of ranging noise on multihop localization: an empirical study. 73–80. 68 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris, Naveen Sastry, Yaping Li, Adrian Perrig, & J. D. Tygar. (2004). Distillation Codes and Applications to DoS Resistant Multicast Authentication. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 63 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris, Naveen Sastry, & David Wagner. (2004). TinySec. 162–175. 1104 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whitehouse, Kamin, Chris Karlof, Alec Woo, Xiaofan Jiang, & David Culler. (2004). Sensor Field Localization: A Deployment and Empirical Analysis. UC Berkeley. 21 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris, Yaping Li, & Joseph Polastre. (2003). ARRIVE: Algorithm for Robust Routing in Volatile Environments. UC Berkeley. 55 indexed citations
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Karlof, Chris & David Wagner. (2003). Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and countermeasures. 113–127. 684 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karlof, Chris & David Wagner. (2003). Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: attacks and countermeasures. Ad Hoc Networks. 1(2-3). 293–315. 1955 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bowman, K.O., L. R. Shenton, & Chris Karlof. (1995). Estimation problems associated with the three parameter gamma distribution. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 24(5). 1355–1376. 4 indexed citations

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