Joseph Weizenbaum

10.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
37 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Joseph Weizenbaum is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Weizenbaum has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 2 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joseph Weizenbaum's work include Algorithms and Data Compression (3 papers), semigroups and automata theory (2 papers) and DNA and Biological Computing (2 papers). Joseph Weizenbaum is often cited by papers focused on Algorithms and Data Compression (3 papers), semigroups and automata theory (2 papers) and DNA and Biological Computing (2 papers). Joseph Weizenbaum collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Joseph Weizenbaum's co-authors include John McCarthy, Benjamin Kuipers, Udo Rennert, John F. McCarthy, Edwin Kuh, Hayward R. Alker, Rose K. Goldsen, Rudolf Steiner, Christopher Stone and Jerry Mander and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Weizenbaum

32 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

ELIZA—a computer program for the study of natural languag... 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 1983 1976 1977 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. ELIZA—a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine
    1966 2.2k citations Joseph Weizenbaum Communications of the ACM profile →
  2. ELIZA — a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine
    1983 1.4k citations Joseph Weizenbaum Communications of the ACM profile →
  3. Computer power and human reason
    1976 625 citations Joseph Weizenbaum et al. profile →
  4. Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgement to Calculation.
    1977 469 citations Joseph Weizenbaum et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Weizenbaum United States 15 2.9k 1.0k 708 458 443 37 5.4k
Roger C. Schank United States 37 3.3k 1.1× 948 0.9× 917 1.3× 607 1.3× 108 0.2× 153 9.2k
John McCarthy Ireland 43 2.9k 1.0× 652 0.6× 1.3k 1.8× 591 1.3× 218 0.5× 180 8.1k
Youngme Moon United States 22 2.1k 0.7× 2.4k 2.3× 2.2k 3.0× 144 0.3× 404 0.9× 38 5.6k
Asbjørn Følstad Norway 28 1.7k 0.6× 686 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 288 0.6× 471 1.1× 96 3.7k
Gavriel Salomon Israel 46 565 0.2× 1.0k 1.0× 1.6k 2.2× 747 1.6× 167 0.4× 121 9.9k
Cristiano Castelfranchi Italy 39 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 2.0× 495 1.1× 132 0.3× 183 5.1k
James G. Greeno United States 43 1.0k 0.4× 684 0.7× 695 1.0× 279 0.6× 60 0.1× 128 8.7k
Adam Kramer United States 16 841 0.3× 772 0.7× 2.3k 3.3× 352 0.8× 265 0.6× 27 5.0k
Brian J. Reiser United States 40 1.7k 0.6× 846 0.8× 641 0.9× 624 1.4× 69 0.2× 89 10.6k
Yla Tausczik United States 13 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 1.4× 1.5k 2.1× 503 1.1× 273 0.6× 26 4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Weizenbaum

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph Weizenbaum. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph Weizenbaum 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 Joseph Weizenbaum. Joseph Weizenbaum 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
1.
Weizenbaum, Joseph. (2010). Computermacht und Gesellschaft.
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (2005). Information in the information society. 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph, et al.. (2001). Computermacht und Gesellschaft : Freie Reden. Suhrkamp eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1991). Against the imperialism of instrumental reason. 728–742. 1 indexed citations
5.
Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1991). Computer Power And Human Reason: From Judgement To Calculation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 208 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1986). Not without us. ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society. 16(2-3). 2–7. 2 indexed citations
7.
Steiner, Rudolf & Joseph Weizenbaum. (1985). The renewal of the social organism. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1983). ELIZA — a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine. Communications of the ACM. 26(1). 23–28. 1444 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1978). Once more—a computer revolution. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 34(7). 12–19. 3 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph, et al.. (1978). Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation.. American Mathematical Monthly. 85(5). 394–394. 42 indexed citations
11.
Weizenbaum, Joseph & Udo Rennert. (1977). Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft. Suhrkamp eBooks. 43 indexed citations
12.
Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1977). A response to Donald Michie. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 9(4). 503–505. 3 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph, et al.. (1972). Display use for man-machine dialog. 3 indexed citations
14.
Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1972). On the Impact of the Computer on Society. Science. 176(4035). 609–614. 66 indexed citations
15.
Alker, Hayward R., Edwin Kuh, & Joseph Weizenbaum. (1970). Social Science Research. Science. 167(3919). 819–820. 2 indexed citations
16.
Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1969). Recovery of reentrant list structures in SLIP. Communications of the ACM. 12(7). 370–372. 16 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1967). Contextual understanding by computers. Communications of the ACM. 10(8). 474–480. 75 indexed citations
18.
Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1966). On-line user languages. BIT Numerical Mathematics. 6(1). 58–65. 2 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1964). More on the reference counter method of erasing list structures. Communications of the ACM. 7(1). 38–38. 7 indexed citations
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Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1962). Knotted list structures. Communications of the ACM. 5(3). 161–165. 21 indexed citations

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