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.
XSEDE: Accelerating Scientific Discovery
20142.5k citationsJohn Towns, T.M. Cockerill et al.Computing in Science & Engineeringprofile →
ACCESS: Advancing Innovation
2023169 citationsThomas R. Furlani, Shelley L. Knuth et al.Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computingprofile →
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This map shows the geographic impact of John Towns'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 John Towns with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites John Towns more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by John Towns. 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 John Towns. The network helps show where John Towns may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Towns
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Towns.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Towns 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 John Towns. John Towns is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Furlani, Thomas R., et al.. (2023). ACCESS: Advancing Innovation. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing. 173–176.169 indexed citations breakdown →
Furlani, Thomas R., Matthew D. Jones, John Towns, et al.. (2012). Data Analytics Driven Cyberinfrastructure Operations, Planning and Analysis Using XDMoD.3 indexed citations
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Towns, John. (2011). Evolving from TeraGrid to XSEDE. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 78.4 indexed citations
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Towns, John, Shawn T. Brown, & Daniel S. Katz. (2011). Proceedings of the 2011 TeraGrid Conference: Extreme Digital Discovery.11 indexed citations
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Katz, Daniel S., S. Callaghan, Robert P. Harkness, et al.. (2010). Science on the TeraGrid. Computational Methods in Science and Technology. Special Issue(1). 81–97.3 indexed citations
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Towns, John, Phil Andrews, Jay Boisseau, et al.. (2010). Project Summary: XSEDE: eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.2 indexed citations
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Towns, John, et al.. (2001). The alliance grid. Advances in Engineering Software. 32(5). 417–422.1 indexed citations
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