James Willenbring

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 782 citations indexed

About

James Willenbring is a scholar working on Information Systems and Management, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, James Willenbring has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 782 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Information Systems and Management, 8 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 6 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in James Willenbring's work include Scientific Computing and Data Management (10 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers) and Software System Performance and Reliability (3 papers). James Willenbring is often cited by papers focused on Scientific Computing and Data Management (10 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers) and Software System Performance and Reliability (3 papers). James Willenbring collaborates with scholars based in United States. James Willenbring's co-authors include Michael A. Heroux, Roscoe Bartlett, Richard B. Lehoucq, Robert J. Hoekstra, Andrew G. Salinger, Ray Tuminaro, K.R. Long, Alan Williams, K. Stanley and Heidi Thornquist and has published in prestigious journals such as Future Generation Computer Systems, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software and Computing in Science & Engineering.

In The Last Decade

James Willenbring

12 papers receiving 721 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.

  1. An overview of the Trilinos project
    2005 671 citations Michael A. Heroux, Roscoe Bartlett et al. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Willenbring United States 5 302 195 172 160 119 14 782
Heidi Thornquist United States 10 419 1.4× 269 1.4× 209 1.2× 228 1.4× 167 1.4× 17 1.0k
Roscoe Bartlett United States 12 377 1.2× 281 1.4× 192 1.1× 172 1.1× 145 1.2× 25 1.4k
Eric Phipps United States 15 449 1.5× 326 1.7× 191 1.1× 181 1.1× 139 1.2× 43 1.2k
Dominik Göddeke Germany 16 303 1.0× 217 1.1× 198 1.2× 305 1.9× 128 1.1× 36 773
Luke N. Olson United States 20 469 1.6× 257 1.3× 275 1.6× 301 1.9× 202 1.7× 62 1.1k
Zeyao Mo China 14 148 0.5× 129 0.7× 153 0.9× 140 0.9× 64 0.5× 73 625
Abdou Guermouche France 4 301 1.0× 179 0.9× 61 0.4× 80 0.5× 145 1.2× 10 804
Veselin Dobrev United States 15 697 2.3× 188 1.0× 79 0.5× 124 0.8× 128 1.1× 29 1.0k
James McKee United Kingdom 11 245 0.8× 463 2.4× 200 1.2× 175 1.1× 254 2.1× 32 1.2k
Xing Cai Norway 15 118 0.4× 77 0.4× 222 1.3× 206 1.3× 60 0.5× 85 908

Countries citing papers authored by James Willenbring

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Willenbring

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Willenbring

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Willenbring, James, Sameer Shende, & Todd Gamblin. (2024). Providing a Flexible and Comprehensive Software Stack Via Spack, an Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack, and Software Development Kits. Computing in Science & Engineering. 26(1). 20–30.
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Willenbring, James & Gursimran Walia. (2024). The utility of complexity metrics during code reviews for CSE software projects. Future Generation Computer Systems. 160. 65–75.
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Willenbring, James, et al.. (2023). E4S: Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations
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Willenbring, James & Gursimran Walia. (2022). Using Complexity Metrics with Hotspot Analysis to Support Software Sustainability. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2. 37–42. 1 indexed citations
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Bartlett, Roscoe, Glenn Hammond, Michael A. Heroux, et al.. (2017). xSDK Foundations: Toward an Extreme-scale Scientific Software Development Kit. Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations. 4(1). 14 indexed citations
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Bartlett, Robin, et al.. (2016). Testing of Scientific Software: Impacts on Research Credibility, Development productivity, Maturation, and Sustainability. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Willenbring, James. (2015). Replicated Computational Results (RCR) Report for “BLIS: A Framework for Rapidly Instantiating BLAS Functionality”. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 41(3). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Heroux, Michael A. & James Willenbring. (2012). A New Overview of The Trilinos Project. Scientific Programming. 20(2). 83–88. 52 indexed citations
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Heroux, Michael A. & James Willenbring. (2009). Barely sufficient software engineering: 10 practices to improve your CSE software. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 15–21. 26 indexed citations
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Heroux, Michael A., et al.. (2007). Improving the Development Process for CSE Software. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 11–17. 4 indexed citations
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Report, Sandia, Roscoe Bartlett, Scott Collis, et al.. (2007). ASC Vertical Integration Milestone. 2 indexed citations
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Willenbring, James, Michael A. Heroux, & Robert Heaphy. (2007). The Trilinos Software Lifecycle Model. 6–6. 5 indexed citations
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Heroux, Michael A., Roscoe Bartlett, Robert J. Hoekstra, et al.. (2005). An overview of the Trilinos project. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 31(3). 397–423. 671 indexed citations breakdown →

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