Frederick P. Brooks

12.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
111 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Frederick P. Brooks is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick P. Brooks has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 27 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 24 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Frederick P. Brooks's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (37 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (22 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (12 papers). Frederick P. Brooks is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (37 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (22 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (12 papers). Frederick P. Brooks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frederick P. Brooks's co-authors include Mary C. Whitton, Russell M. Taylor, Michael Meehan, Richard Superfine, S. Washburn, Ming Ouhyoung, Vernon Chi, M. R. Falvo, Gregory J. Clary and Mark Mine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Communications of the ACM and Biophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Frederick P. Brooks

108 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Bending and buckling of carbon nanotubes under large strain 1990 2026 2002 2014 1997 1999 1990 400 800 1.2k
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. Bending and buckling of carbon nanotubes under large strain
    1997 1.2k citations M. R. Falvo, Gregory J. Clary et al. Nature profile →
  2. Walking > walking-in-place > flying, in virtual environments
    1999 696 citations Mary C. Whitton, Frederick P. Brooks et al. profile →
  3. Project GROPEHaptic displays for scientific visualization
    1990 347 citations Frederick P. Brooks, Ming Ouhyoung 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
Frederick P. Brooks United States 44 4.2k 2.3k 2.2k 1.5k 1.5k 111 9.3k
Wojciech Matusik United States 67 2.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 7.8k 3.5× 1.4k 0.9× 162 0.1× 305 15.5k
Yongtian Wang China 59 1.6k 0.4× 672 0.3× 2.9k 1.3× 851 0.6× 1.9k 1.3× 711 14.1k
Russell M. Taylor United States 34 577 0.1× 444 0.2× 661 0.3× 741 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 108 5.4k
Thad Starner United States 53 5.4k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 3.6k 1.6× 2.0k 1.3× 208 0.1× 270 12.6k
Guoying Zhao Finland 69 1.7k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 11.5k 5.2× 578 0.4× 583 0.4× 355 18.2k
Joseph A. Paradiso United States 40 1.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 2.8k 1.8× 191 0.1× 243 8.1k
Andrew D. Wilson United States 47 6.8k 1.6× 3.8k 1.7× 4.2k 1.9× 696 0.5× 142 0.1× 146 8.9k
Hiroyuki Shinoda Japan 31 1.0k 0.2× 1.9k 0.8× 355 0.2× 640 0.4× 359 0.2× 410 4.6k
Sriram Subramanian United Kingdom 39 2.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 787 0.5× 51 0.0× 214 6.5k
Max Mühlhäuser Germany 35 1.5k 0.4× 793 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 203 0.1× 463 0.3× 583 6.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jerald, J., Mary C. Whitton, & Frederick P. Brooks. (2012). Scene-motion thresholds during head yaw for immersive virtual environments. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception. 9(1). 1–23. 10 indexed citations
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Feasel, Jeff, et al.. (2011). The Integrated Virtual Environment Rehabilitation Treadmill System. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 19(3). 290–297. 69 indexed citations
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Meehan, Michael, et al.. (2005). Review of Four Studies on the Use of Physiological Reaction as a Measure of Presence in StressfulVirtual Environments. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. 30(3). 239–258. 121 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frederick P.. (2002). No Silver Bullet – Essence and Accident in Software Engineering. 77 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frederick P.. (1999). What's real about virtual reality?. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 19(6). 16–27. 474 indexed citations
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Falvo, Michael R., Russell M. Taylor, A. Helser, et al.. (1999). Nanometre-scale rolling and sliding of carbon nanotubes. Nature. 397(6716). 236–238. 374 indexed citations
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Guthold, Martin, Atsuko Negishi, Russell M. Taylor, et al.. (1999). Quantitative manipulation of DNA and viruses with the nanomanipulator scanning force microscope. Surface and Interface Analysis. 27(5-6). 437–443. 33 indexed citations
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Falvo, Michael R., S. Washburn, Richard Superfine, et al.. (1997). Manipulation of individual viruses: friction and mechanical properties. Biophysical Journal. 72(3). 1396–1403. 81 indexed citations
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Falvo, M. R., Gregory J. Clary, Russell M. Taylor, et al.. (1997). Bending and buckling of carbon nanotubes under large strain. Nature. 389(6651). 582–584. 1207 indexed citations breakdown →
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Varshney, Amitabh, Frederick P. Brooks, Dinesh Manocha, William V. Wright, & David Richardson. (1995). Defining, computing, and visualizing molecular interfaces. IEEE Visualization. 36–43. 19 indexed citations
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Richardson, Jane S., et al.. (1994). Sculpting proteins interactively: Continual energy minimization embedded in a graphical modeling system. Protein Science. 3(2). 198–210. 65 indexed citations
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Varshney, Amitabh & Frederick P. Brooks. (1993). Fast analytical computation of Richards's smooth molecular surface. IEEE Visualization. 300–307. 23 indexed citations
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Minsky, Margaret, et al.. (1990). Feeling and seeing: issues in force display. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 24(2). 235–241. 200 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frederick P.. (1986). No Silver Bullet - Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (Invited Paper).. IFIP Congress. 1069–1076. 8 indexed citations
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Fuchs, Henry, Jack Goldfeather, Jeff P. Hultquist, et al.. (1985). Fast spheres, shadows, textures, transparencies, and imgage enhancements in pixel-planes. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 19(3). 111–120. 133 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frederick P.. (1977). The Computer "Scientist" as Toolsmith-Studies in Interactive Computer Graphics.. IFIP Congress. 52(3). 625–634. 33 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frederick P., et al.. (1971). GROPE-1: A Computer Display to the Sense of Feel.. IFIP Congress. 759–763. 33 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frederick P. & Kenneth E. Iverson. (1969). Automatic data processing : system/360 edition. Wiley eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frederick P., et al.. (1968). Organizational, financial and political aspects of a three-university computing center.. IFIP Congress. 923–927. 9 indexed citations

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