David S. Johnson

67.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
113 papers, 41.8k citations indexed

About

David S. Johnson is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Johnson has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 41.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 46 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 31 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in David S. Johnson's work include Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (29 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (26 papers) and Optimization and Packing Problems (21 papers). David S. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (29 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (26 papers) and Optimization and Packing Problems (21 papers). David S. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Germany. David S. Johnson's co-authors include M. R. Garey, Lyle A. McGeoch, E. G. Coffman, Larry Stockmeyer, Catherine A. Schevon, C. Aragon, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Mihalis Yannakakis, Ronald Graham and Robert E. Tarjan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Immunology and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

David S. Johnson

106 papers receiving 38.2k citations

Hit Papers

Computers and Intractabil... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1979 1974 1976 1989 1977 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k 25.0k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David S. Johnson 16.6k 12.7k 10.8k 8.5k 7.3k 113 41.8k
M. R. Garey 16.2k 1.0× 11.2k 0.9× 12.3k 1.1× 7.7k 0.9× 7.0k 1.0× 77 40.7k
Robert E. Tarjan 13.8k 0.8× 15.4k 1.2× 3.1k 0.3× 9.6k 1.1× 4.3k 0.6× 332 36.0k
Richard M. Karp 14.6k 0.9× 7.1k 0.6× 3.3k 0.3× 6.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.3× 263 28.9k
Fred Glover 6.6k 0.4× 6.3k 0.5× 16.3k 1.5× 10.4k 1.2× 4.1k 0.6× 400 37.2k
Ronald L. Rivest 13.4k 0.8× 6.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.1× 22.3k 2.6× 5.2k 0.7× 179 40.9k
Dimitri P. Bertsekas 16.5k 1.0× 7.9k 0.6× 1.9k 0.2× 8.8k 1.0× 11.4k 1.6× 262 45.9k
Donald E. Knuth 7.7k 0.5× 9.6k 0.8× 645 0.1× 15.2k 1.8× 3.9k 0.5× 266 36.7k
Charles E. Leiserson 13.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.3× 982 0.1× 5.9k 0.7× 4.7k 0.6× 142 25.1k
Marco Dorigo 12.9k 0.8× 8.4k 0.7× 11.1k 1.0× 22.8k 2.7× 5.7k 0.8× 354 53.2k
Jeffrey D. Ullman 14.3k 0.9× 7.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.1× 16.6k 1.9× 1.2k 0.2× 300 31.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Johnson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aruliah, A. L., et al.. (2017). Comparing High-Latitude Thermospheric Winds From FPI and CHAMP Accelerometer Measurements. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S.. (2016). Vector Bin Packing.. 2319–2323. 2 indexed citations
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Demetrescu, Camil, Andrew V. Goldberg, & David S. Johnson. (2009). The Shortest Path Problem. 64 indexed citations
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Cälinescu, Gruiă, et al.. (2007). Compressing rectilinear pictures and minimizing access control lists. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 1066–1075. 61 indexed citations
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Applegate, David, et al.. (2003). The Cutting-Stock Approach to Bin Packing: Theory and Experiments.. 1–15. 10 indexed citations
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Goldwasser, Michael H., David S. Johnson, & Catherine C. McGeoch. (2002). Data structures, near neibor searches, and methodology : fifth and sixth DIMACS implementation challenges : papers related to the DIMACS challenge on dictionaries and priority queues (1995-1996) and the DIMACS challenge on near neighbor searches (1998-1999). American Mathematical Society eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Csirik, János, David S. Johnson, & Claire Kenyon. (2001). Better approximation algorithms for bin covering. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 557–566. 28 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S., et al.. (2000). The prize collecting Steiner tree problem: theory and practice. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 760–769. 153 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S. & Márió Szegedy. (1999). What are the least tractable instances of max independent set. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 927–928. 17 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S. & Michael A. Trick. (1996). Cliques, Coloring, and Satisfiability. 295 indexed citations
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Coffman, E. G., M. R. Garey, & David S. Johnson. (1996). Approximation algorithms for bin packing: a survey. 46–93. 589 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnson, David S. & Catherine C. McGeoch. (1993). Network Flows and Matching: First DIMACS Implementation Challenge. 61 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S., Christos H. Papadimitriou, & Mihalis Yannakakis. (1988). How easy is local search?. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 37(1). 79–100. 346 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S., Christos H. Papadimitriou, & Mihalis Yannakakis. (1985). How Easy Is Local Search? (Extended Abstract). 39–42. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S. & M. R. Garey. (1985). A 7160 theorem for bin packing. Journal of Complexity. 1(1). 65–106. 49 indexed citations
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Megiddo, Nimrod, S. L. Hakimi, M. R. Garey, David S. Johnson, & Christos H. Papadimitriou. (1981). The Complexity of Searching a Graph (Preliminary Version). 376–385. 9 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S.. (1976). On property B. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 20(1). 64–66. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S.. (1974). Fast algorithms for bin packing. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 8(3). 272–314. 338 indexed citations
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Johnson, David S.. (1974). Approximation algorithms for combinatorial problems. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 9(3). 256–278. 1255 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnson, David S.. (1962). Satellites and Weather Forecasting. NASA Special Publication. 8. 167.

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