J. Postel

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

J. Postel is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Postel has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in J. Postel's work include IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security (9 papers), Mobile Agent-Based Network Management (6 papers) and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (4 papers). J. Postel is often cited by papers focused on IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security (9 papers), Mobile Agent-Based Network Management (6 papers) and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (4 papers). J. Postel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. J. Postel's co-authors include J.K. Reynolds, Danny Cohen, Carl A. Sunshine, Robert Cole, Barry M. Leiner, David L. Mills, Raphaël Rom, Stephen Crocker, Robert M. Metcalfe and Gregory G. Finn and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Magazine, ACM Transactions on Information Systems and eScholarship (California Digital Library).

In The Last Decade

J. Postel

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

User Datagram Protocol 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 1981 250 500 750
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. User Datagram Protocol
    1980 874 citations J. Postel profile →
  2. Internet Protocol
    1981 624 citations J. Postel profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Postel United States 16 2.1k 841 457 422 255 41 2.5k
Kenneth L. Calvert United States 22 2.9k 1.3× 627 0.7× 331 0.7× 247 0.6× 332 1.3× 100 3.2k
Kevin Jeffay United States 27 2.2k 1.0× 526 0.6× 369 0.8× 1.2k 2.8× 186 0.7× 97 2.8k
Craig Partridge United States 29 3.8k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 3.0× 720 1.7× 333 1.3× 91 4.3k
Luigi Rizzo Italy 26 3.4k 1.6× 982 1.2× 332 0.7× 472 1.1× 541 2.1× 77 3.7k
A. L. Narasimha Reddy United States 27 2.5k 1.2× 542 0.6× 588 1.3× 998 2.4× 526 2.1× 119 2.8k
S. Deering United States 15 3.0k 1.4× 728 0.9× 166 0.4× 246 0.6× 179 0.7× 19 3.3k
Frans Kaashoek United States 22 3.7k 1.8× 685 0.8× 901 2.0× 309 0.7× 683 2.7× 31 4.2k
Mischa Schwartz United States 13 1.5k 0.7× 902 1.1× 155 0.3× 163 0.4× 140 0.5× 32 1.9k
Neal Cardwell United States 21 3.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 423 0.9× 719 1.7× 396 1.6× 30 3.7k
Bruce S. Davie United States 18 1.8k 0.8× 741 0.9× 176 0.4× 358 0.8× 200 0.8× 50 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by J. Postel

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Postel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. Postel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. Postel 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. Postel. J. Postel 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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Schooler, Eve M., et al.. (2002). Multimedia conferencing: has it come of age?. iii. 707–716. 5 indexed citations
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Postel, J., et al.. (1988). An experimental multimedia mail system. ACM Transactions on Information Systems. 6(1). 63–81. 28 indexed citations
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Reynolds, J.K. & J. Postel. (1987). Internet numbers.
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Postel, J. & J.K. Reynolds. (1985). File Transfer Protocol. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 181 indexed citations
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Mockapetris, Paul V., et al.. (1984). Name Server Design for Distributed Systems.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 4 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1984). Domain name system implementation schedule - revised. 921. 1–13. 3 indexed citations
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Cohen, Danny & J. Postel. (1983). The Iso Reference Model and Other Protocol Architectures.. IFIP Congress. 29–34. 3 indexed citations
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Postel, J. & J.K. Reynolds. (1983). Telnet Echo Option. RFC. 857. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1983). Character Generator Protocol. RFC. 864. 1–3. 4 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1983). Echo Protocol. 8 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1981). NCP/TCP transition plan. RFC. 801. 1–21. 6 indexed citations
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Postel, J., et al.. (1980). Mail Transfer Protocol. 772. 1–31. 9 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1979). An internetwork message structure. 1–7. 10 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1979). An informal comparison of three protocols. Computer Networks (1976). 3(1). 67–76. 1 indexed citations
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Rom, Raphaël, et al.. (1977). Issues in Reliable Host-to-Host Protocols.. 89. 3 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1976). Consistent Access to Programs.. 98. 1 indexed citations
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Postel, J., et al.. (1976). ARPANET protocol handbook. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 77. 16237. 16 indexed citations
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Postel, J.. (1976). Frontend-Backend Split Programs.. 23(1). 115–94. 1 indexed citations
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Postel, J. & David J. Farber. (1976). Graph Modeling of computer communications protocols. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 8 indexed citations
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Crocker, Stephen, et al.. (1971). Function-oriented protocols for the ARPA computer network. 271–271. 69 indexed citations

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