J. Nievergelt

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

J. Nievergelt is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Nievergelt has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 10 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 8 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in J. Nievergelt's work include Algorithms and Data Compression (8 papers), Data Management and Algorithms (5 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (3 papers). J. Nievergelt is often cited by papers focused on Algorithms and Data Compression (8 papers), Data Management and Algorithms (5 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (3 papers). J. Nievergelt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. J. Nievergelt's co-authors include Kenneth C. Sevcik, Hans Hinterberger, Edward M. Reingold, F. P. Preparata, Bernhard Plattner, Ulrich W. Suter, Martin Müller, Klaus Hinrichs, H. Abdel-Wahab and Chris K.C. Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

J. Nievergelt

49 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. The Grid File
    1984 717 citations J. Nievergelt, Hans Hinterberger et al. ACM Transactions on Database Systems profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
J. Nievergelt 778 676 518 337 239 50 1.7k
Clark D. Thompson 228 0.3× 770 1.1× 343 0.7× 149 0.4× 61 0.3× 28 1.5k
Jürg Nievergelt 256 0.3× 505 0.7× 493 1.0× 169 0.5× 115 0.5× 54 1.2k
Der-Tsai Lee 355 0.5× 180 0.3× 393 0.8× 158 0.5× 391 1.6× 17 1.1k
L.P. Cordella 399 0.5× 319 0.5× 739 1.4× 1.2k 3.5× 206 0.9× 53 1.9k
Alexandr Andoni 453 0.6× 368 0.5× 1.0k 1.9× 1.5k 4.4× 219 0.9× 57 2.4k
Stefan Berchtold 1.3k 1.7× 487 0.7× 677 1.3× 1.2k 3.6× 325 1.4× 26 2.1k
S. Rao Kosaraju 217 0.3× 440 0.7× 624 1.2× 286 0.8× 82 0.3× 78 1.6k
Torsten Suel 1.4k 1.8× 2.2k 3.3× 1.4k 2.6× 608 1.8× 1.4k 5.8× 108 3.7k
Frank Olaf Wagner 109 0.1× 225 0.3× 131 0.3× 162 0.5× 49 0.2× 89 1.2k
Nicola Santoro 142 0.2× 2.8k 4.1× 464 0.9× 241 0.7× 85 0.4× 206 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Nievergelt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Nievergelt

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kröger, Martin, et al.. (2003). A geometric embedding algorithm for efficiently generating semiflexible chains in the molten state. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 4(5). 559–569. 4 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J., et al.. (2000). Ein spielerischer Einstieg in die Programmierung mit Java. Informatik-Spektrum. 23(5). 309–315. 3 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Komei, et al.. (1999). The parallel search bench ZRAM and its applications. Annals of Operations Research. 90(0). 45–63. 35 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J.. (1991). Information content of chess positions: implications for game-specific knowledge of chess players. 283–289. 2 indexed citations
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Exner, K., et al.. (1989). [Plastic correction of thoracic wall burns with reference to the female breast].. PubMed. 871–4. 2 indexed citations
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Abdel-Wahab, H., et al.. (1988). Shared workspaces for group collaboration: an experiment using Internet and UNIX interprocess communications. IEEE Communications Magazine. 26(11). 10–16. 35 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J., et al.. (1987). Sites, modes, and trails: Telling the user of an interactive system where he is, what he can do, and how to get to places (excerpt). Human-Computer Interaction. 438–441. 21 indexed citations
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Exner, K., J. Nievergelt, Hans Lampe, & Gottfried Lemperle. (1987). 151. Chirurgische Therapiem�glichkeit bei ausgedehnter Thoraxwandund Rippenmetastasierung. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 372(1). 807–812. 3 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J.. (1986). Introduction to logic programming. 4(5). 174–174. 6 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J., et al.. (1985). Can an operating system support consistent user dialogs?. 476–483. 2 indexed citations
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Miyake, Yoshihiro, et al.. (1984). A comparative study of man-machine interfaces in interactive systems. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 16(2). 44–61. 1 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J., Hans Hinterberger, & Kenneth C. Sevcik. (1984). The Grid File. ACM Transactions on Database Systems. 9(1). 38–71. 717 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hinrichs, Klaus & J. Nievergelt. (1983). The Grid file: A data structure designed to support proximity queries on spatial objects. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 54. 24 indexed citations
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Fink, Philip W., et al.. (1982). XS-1: An integrated interactive system and its kernel. International Conference on Software Engineering. 340–349. 5 indexed citations
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Plattner, Bernhard & J. Nievergelt. (1981). Special Feature: Monitoring Program Execution: A Survey. Computer. 14(11). 76–93. 45 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J. & Edward M. Reingold. (1973). Binary Search Trees of Bounded Balance. SIAM Journal on Computing. 2(1). 33–43. 164 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J.. (1972). Binary search trees and file organization. 165–187. 3 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J. & Edward M. Reingold. (1972). Binary search trees of bounded balance. 137–142. 28 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J.. (1969). R69-13 Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry. IEEE Transactions on Computers. C-18(6). 572–572. 8 indexed citations
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Nievergelt, J.. (1964). Parallel methods for integrating ordinary differential equations. Communications of the ACM. 7(12). 731–733. 119 indexed citations

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