James J. Kistler

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

James J. Kistler is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Kistler has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 7 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 3 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in James J. Kistler's work include Advanced Data Storage Technologies (13 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (12 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (7 papers). James J. Kistler is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Data Storage Technologies (13 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (12 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (7 papers). James J. Kistler collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. James J. Kistler's co-authors include Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Puneet Kumar, David C. Steere, Ellen H. Siegel, Brian F. Cooper, Utkarsh Srivastava, Rodrigo Fonseca, P. P. S. Narayan, Raghu Ramakrishnan and Raymie Stata and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Computers, ACM Transactions on Computer Systems and Lecture notes in computer science.

In The Last Decade

James J. Kistler

14 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Disconnected operation in the Coda File System

1992 749 citations James J. Kistler, Mahadev Satyanarayanan ACM Transactions on Computer Systems profile →
Coda: a highly available file system for a distributed workstation environment

1990 576 citations Mahadev Satyanarayanan, James J. Kistler et al. IEEE Transactions on Computers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James J. Kistler United States	9	1.7k	373	337	144	116	16	1.8k
R. Gummadi United States	8	1.9k 1.1×	373 1.0×	96 0.3×	107 0.7×	261 2.3×	10	2.1k
Ranjita Bhagwan United States	18	965 0.6×	342 0.9×	113 0.3×	63 0.4×	165 1.4×	40	1.2k
Dale Skeen United States	15	1.8k 1.0×	345 0.9×	308 0.9×	58 0.4×	173 1.5×	26	1.8k
Michael L. Kazar United States	7	1.2k 0.7×	289 0.8×	278 0.8×	28 0.2×	157 1.4×	8	1.3k
Bettina Kemme Canada	25	1.8k 1.1×	758 2.0×	219 0.6×	57 0.4×	190 1.6×	97	2.0k
Rob Strom United States	13	1.1k 0.7×	296 0.8×	332 1.0×	37 0.3×	177 1.5×	31	1.2k
Cristiana Amza Canada	21	1.5k 0.9×	700 1.9×	596 1.8×	66 0.5×	136 1.2×	76	1.6k
Gregory Chockler Israel	17	1.1k 0.7×	447 1.2×	141 0.4×	36 0.3×	137 1.2×	53	1.3k
Marc Shapiro France	14	1.2k 0.7×	520 1.4×	355 1.1×	70 0.5×	310 2.7×	68	1.5k
Pat Stephenson United States	6	1.0k 0.6×	320 0.9×	233 0.7×	29 0.2×	101 0.9×	6	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James J. Kistler

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

Steere, David C., James J. Kistler, & Mahadev Satyanarayanan. (2018). Efficient user-level file cache management on the Sun Vnode interface. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 325–332.

Cooper, Brian F., Rodrigo Fonseca, James J. Kistler, et al.. (2009). Challenges, Techniques and Directions in Building XSeek: an XML Search Engine.. IEEE Data(base) Engineering Bulletin. 32. 36–43. 31 indexed citations

Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, et al.. (2003). On the ubiquity of logging in distributed file systems. 122–125. 1 indexed citations

Kistler, James J.. (2002). Increasing file system availability through second-class replication. 23. 65–69.

Kistler, James J. & J.A. Webb. (2002). Connected components with split and merge. 194–201. 3 indexed citations

Kistler, James J.. (1995). Disconnected Operation in a Distributed File System. Lecture notes in computer science. 52 indexed citations

Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, et al.. (1994). Lightweight Recoverable Virtual Memory - Corrigendum.. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 12. 165–172. 4 indexed citations

Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, et al.. (1994). Lightweight recoverable virtual memory. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 12(1). 33–57. 53 indexed citations

Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, James J. Kistler, Lily Mummert, et al.. (1993). Experience with Disconnected Operation in a Mobile Environment. 35(14). i624–i633. 14 indexed citations

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Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, et al.. (1993). Lightweight recoverable virtual memory. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 27(5). 146–160. 4 indexed citations

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Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, et al.. (1993). Lightweight recoverable virtual memory. 146–160. 126 indexed citations

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Kistler, James J. & Mahadev Satyanarayanan. (1992). Disconnected operation in the Coda File System. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 10(1). 3–25. 749 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kistler, James J. & Mahadev Satyanarayanan. (1991). Disconnected operation in the Coda file system. 213–225. 190 indexed citations

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Kistler, James J. & Mahadev Satyanarayanan. (1991). Transparent disconnected operation for fault-tolerance. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 25(1). 77–80. 3 indexed citations

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Kistler, James J. & Mahadev Satyanarayanan. (1991). Disconnected operation in the Coda file system. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 25(5). 213–225. 9 indexed citations

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Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, et al.. (1990). Coda: a highly available file system for a distributed workstation environment. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 39(4). 447–459. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

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