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.
Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization
Countries citing papers authored by James C. Spall
Since Specialization
Citations
This map shows the geographic impact of James C. Spall's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by James C. Spall with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites James C. Spall more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by James C. Spall. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by James C. Spall. The network helps show where James C. Spall may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of James C. Spall
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James C. Spall.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James C. Spall 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 James C. Spall. James C. Spall is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
James C. Spall is a scholar working on Biophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing, having authored 4 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Optical Network Technologies (3 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (2 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (159 citations), Management Science and Operations Research (269 citations) and Computational Theory and Mathematics (234 citations). James C. Spall has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Xianxin Guo and A. I. Lvovsky. Their work appears in journals such as Optica and Advanced Photonics.
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