Harold Abelson

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Harold Abelson is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold Abelson has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 9 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 7 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Harold Abelson's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (5 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (4 papers) and Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (4 papers). Harold Abelson is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (5 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (4 papers) and Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (4 papers). Harold Abelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Sudan. Harold Abelson's co-authors include Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman, Andrea A. diSessa, Siu Cheung Kong, Edward M. Glaser, Daniel J. Weitzner, James Hendler, Tim Berners‐Lee, George K. Francis and Joan Feigenbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Communications of the ACM and Journal of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Harold Abelson

41 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Structure and Interpretat... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 250 500 750

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Harold Abelson 957 478 437 414 382 44 2.5k
Richard Stallman 679 0.7× 517 1.1× 188 0.4× 424 1.0× 298 0.8× 66 2.1k
Kellogg S. Booth 513 0.5× 477 1.0× 918 2.1× 565 1.4× 274 0.7× 111 4.2k
Kristen Nygaard 832 0.9× 416 0.9× 255 0.6× 545 1.3× 162 0.4× 30 2.1k
Peter Wegner 2.1k 2.2× 1.1k 2.4× 873 2.0× 1000 2.4× 161 0.4× 134 3.6k
Mordechai Ben‐Ari 788 0.8× 342 0.7× 497 1.1× 741 1.8× 2.3k 6.0× 118 3.6k
Hal Abelson 700 0.7× 215 0.4× 282 0.6× 393 0.9× 535 1.4× 50 1.8k
Tad Hogg 1.6k 1.7× 1.4k 2.9× 523 1.2× 533 1.3× 81 0.2× 142 4.8k
C. Aragon 751 0.8× 671 1.4× 420 1.0× 219 0.5× 105 0.3× 80 2.9k
Alan Bundy 2.4k 2.5× 655 1.4× 1.1k 2.5× 621 1.5× 84 0.2× 206 3.6k
Maria Klawe 371 0.4× 332 0.7× 452 1.0× 200 0.5× 265 0.7× 85 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harold Abelson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harold Abelson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abelson, Harold, Ross Anderson, Steven M. Bellovin, et al.. (2024). Bugs in our pockets: the risks of client-side scanning. arXiv (Cornell University). 10(1). 3 indexed citations
2.
Weitzner, Daniel J., Harold Abelson, Tim Berners‐Lee, et al.. (2006). Transparent Accountable Data Mining: New Strategies for Privacy Protection. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 141. 39 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold, Gerald Jay Sussman, & Julie Sussman. (2001). Struktur und Interpretation von Computerprogrammen. Springer-Lehrbuch. 4 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold, et al.. (2000). Amorphous computing. Complexity. 5(3). 22–25. 8 indexed citations
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Garfinkel, Simson & Harold Abelson. (1999). Architects of the Information Society: 35 Years of the Laboratory for Computer Science at Mit. MIT Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold & Gerald Jay Sussman. (1987). LISP: a language for stratified design. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 13(2). 207–218. 6 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold, et al.. (1985). LOGO para Apple II. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 1 indexed citations
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Glaser, Edward M., et al.. (1983). Putting Knowledge to Use: Facilitating the Diffusion of Knowledge and the Implementation of Planned Change. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 86 indexed citations
9.
Abelson, Harold. (1982). Logo for the Apple II. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 99(7). 228–228. 12 indexed citations
10.
Abelson, Harold, Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, James W. Fickett, & Jan Mycielski. (1982). Compositional complexity of Boolean functions. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 4(1). 1–10. 4 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold & Peter Andreae. (1980). Information transfer and area-time tradeoffs for VLSI multiplication. Communications of the ACM. 23(1). 20–23. 48 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold. (1979). A note on time-space tradeoffs for computing continuous functions. Information Processing Letters. 8(4). 215–217. 19 indexed citations
13.
Abelson, Harold. (1978). Towards a theory of local and global in computation. Theoretical Computer Science. 6(1). 41–67. 16 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold. (1978). Lower bounds on information transfer in distributed computations. 151–158. 33 indexed citations
15.
Abelson, Harold. (1977). Computational geometry of linear threshold functions. Information and Control. 34(1). 66–92. 3 indexed citations
16.
Abelson, Harold, et al.. (1976). Student Science Training Program in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
17.
Abelson, Harold. (1976). Logo graphics as a mathematical environment. 159–163. 1 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold. (1976). On the Euler characteristic of real varieties.. The Michigan Mathematical Journal. 23(3). 2 indexed citations
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Abelson, Harold, Andrea A. diSessa, & Lee Rudolph. (1975). Velocity space and the geometry of planetary orbits. American Journal of Physics. 43(7). 579–589. 10 indexed citations
20.
Abelson, Harold. (1974). Topologically distinct conjugate varieties with finite fundamental group. Topology. 13(2). 161–176. 13 indexed citations

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