John Warfield

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

John Warfield is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Warfield has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Warfield's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (18 papers), Advanced Research in Systems and Signal Processing (4 papers) and Data Visualization and Analytics (4 papers). John Warfield is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (18 papers), Advanced Research in Systems and Signal Processing (4 papers) and Data Visualization and Analytics (4 papers). John Warfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. John Warfield's co-authors include Jay W. Forrester, David K. Cohen, Charles E. Lindblom, Russell L. Ackoff, Ling Li, R.H. Atkin, Alexander N. Christakis, Ling Li, Wang Ying-luo and Lida Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Automatica, International Journal of Production Research and Computers & Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

John Warfield

66 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

World dynamics 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 1974 1980 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. World dynamics
    1973 975 citations Jay W. Forrester, John Warfield profile →
  2. Developing Interconnection Matrices in Structural Modeling
    1974 711 citations John Warfield IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics profile →
  3. Usable Knowledge, Social Science and Social Problem Solving
    1980 682 citations John Warfield et al. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Warfield United States 27 1.4k 1.1k 783 711 580 75 5.4k
John S. Edwards United Kingdom 34 768 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 835 1.2× 372 0.6× 169 5.7k
Daniel Power United States 30 806 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 590 0.8× 457 0.8× 106 5.3k
Jay W. Forrester United States 30 2.9k 2.1× 783 0.7× 460 0.6× 690 1.0× 303 0.5× 75 6.9k
Milan Zelený United States 31 2.1k 1.6× 483 0.5× 355 0.5× 341 0.5× 252 0.4× 127 5.2k
Jonathan Rosenhead United Kingdom 28 2.5k 1.8× 584 0.6× 436 0.6× 886 1.2× 258 0.4× 97 4.3k
A.G. López‐Herrera Spain 21 764 0.6× 930 0.9× 510 0.7× 886 1.2× 340 0.6× 41 6.0k
James C. Hershauer United States 12 775 0.6× 678 0.6× 855 1.1× 298 0.4× 232 0.4× 33 2.7k
Hepu Deng Australia 32 1.6k 1.2× 803 0.8× 404 0.5× 564 0.8× 383 0.7× 181 4.7k
Gary W. Dickson United States 25 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 1.7k 2.1× 763 1.1× 372 0.6× 97 4.9k
C. West Churchman United States 19 1.5k 1.1× 449 0.4× 507 0.6× 770 1.1× 220 0.4× 93 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John Warfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Warfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Warfield

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Warfield. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Warfield 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 Warfield. John Warfield 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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Zhou, Zude, et al.. (2011). Advances of operations research in service industry. Computers & Operations Research. 39(8). 1791–1792. 1 indexed citations
2.
Warfield, John. (2008). MULTICAUSALITY. Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science. 12(2). 27–29.
3.
Li, Ling, et al.. (2006). Advances in intelligent information processing. Information Systems. 32(7). 941–943. 14 indexed citations
4.
Warfield, John. (2006). Obstacles to systems science programs in higher education: overview. International Journal of General Systems. 36(1). 79–89. 1 indexed citations
5.
Warfield, John. (2003). A proposal for systems science. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 20(6). 507–520. 34 indexed citations
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Warfield, John, et al.. (1999). A Role for Formalisms in Integrative Studies. 19(8). 26–7. 1 indexed citations
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Warfield, John, et al.. (1996). Structural thinking: Organizing complexity through disciplined activity. Systems Research. 13(1). 47–67. 6 indexed citations
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Warfield, John. (1992). Complexity and Cognitive Equilibrium: Experimental Results and Their Implications1. Human Systems Management. 10(3). 195–202. 10 indexed citations
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Warfield, John. (1988). THE MAGICAL NUMBER THREE-PLUS OR MINUS ZERO. Cybernetics & Systems. 19(4). 339–358. 31 indexed citations
10.
Warfield, John, et al.. (1982). The Thought of C. S. Peirce. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. 12(5). 682–684. 7 indexed citations
11.
Warfield, John. (1977). Crossing Theory and Hierarchy Mapping. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. 7(7). 505–523. 114 indexed citations
12.
Warfield, John, et al.. (1974). Modularization of large econometric models: An application of structural modeling. 683–692. 1 indexed citations
13.
Warfield, John. (1974). Developing Interconnection Matrices in Structural Modeling. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. SMC-4(1). 81–87. 711 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Forrester, Jay W. & John Warfield. (1973). World dynamics. 975 indexed citations breakdown →
15.
Warfield, John, et al.. (1972). Correction to “the delta chart: A method for R&D project Portrayal”. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. EM-19(2). 74–74. 2 indexed citations
16.
Warfield, John. (1963). Principles of logic design. 3 indexed citations
17.
Warfield, John. (1959). Introduction to electronic analog computers. Prentice Hall eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Warfield, John, et al.. (1958). Synthesis of linear communication networks : volume 1 and 2. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Warfield, John. (1958). A Note on the Reduction of Switching Functions. IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers. EC-7(2). 180–181. 2 indexed citations
20.
Warfield, John, et al.. (1958). Synthesis of linear communication networks. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 94 indexed citations

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