Karthik Ram

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Karthik Ram is a scholar working on Information Systems, Information Systems and Management and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Karthik Ram has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Information Systems, 14 papers in Information Systems and Management and 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Karthik Ram's work include Research Data Management Practices (13 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (13 papers) and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers). Karthik Ram is often cited by papers focused on Research Data Management Practices (13 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (13 papers) and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (5 papers). Karthik Ram collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Karthik Ram's co-authors include Jeffrey R. Spies, Philip E. Bourne, Erin C. McKiernan, Jennifer Lin, Brian A. Nosek, Kaitlin Thaney, C. Titus Brown, Stuart Buck, Tal Yarkoni and Kara Woo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Karthik Ram

37 papers receiving 1.2k 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. How open science helps researchers succeed
    2016 434 citations Karthik Ram 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
Karthik Ram United States 16 455 403 240 139 122 39 1.2k
Kara Woo United States 9 250 0.5× 257 0.6× 187 0.8× 117 0.8× 78 0.6× 16 1.0k
Peter Arzberger United States 17 284 0.6× 262 0.7× 43 0.2× 258 1.9× 86 0.7× 46 1.5k
Timothy D. Bowman United States 21 135 0.3× 272 0.7× 351 1.5× 35 0.3× 144 1.2× 64 1.3k
Daniel Mietchen Germany 19 206 0.5× 263 0.7× 38 0.2× 311 2.2× 109 0.9× 87 1.4k
Heather Piwowar United States 14 894 2.0× 1.1k 2.8× 564 2.4× 168 1.2× 150 1.2× 35 1.9k
Birgit Schmidt Germany 12 318 0.7× 333 0.8× 175 0.7× 146 1.1× 108 0.9× 45 1.3k
Matthew S. Mayernik United States 16 522 1.1× 635 1.6× 59 0.2× 41 0.3× 121 1.0× 79 1.0k
Neil Chue Hong United Kingdom 13 606 1.3× 474 1.2× 29 0.1× 217 1.6× 181 1.5× 63 1.3k
Arfon M. Smith United States 18 185 0.4× 186 0.5× 33 0.1× 79 0.6× 144 1.2× 34 1.9k
Duncan Hull United Kingdom 19 982 2.2× 646 1.6× 33 0.1× 526 3.8× 257 2.1× 50 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Karthik Ram

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karthik Ram

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Karthik Ram. 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 Karthik Ram. The network helps show where Karthik Ram may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karthik Ram

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karthik Ram. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karthik Ram 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 Karthik Ram. Karthik Ram 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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Ram, Karthik, et al.. (2023). Scheduling of Jobs Allocation for Apache Spark Using Kubernetes for Efficient Execution of Big Data Application. International journal of intelligent engineering and systems. 16(3). 519–531. 1 indexed citations
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McGlinn, Daniel J., David J. Harris, Hao Ye, et al.. (2021). Rdataretriever: R Interface to the Data Retriever. The Journal of Open Source Software. 6(57). 2800–2800. 3 indexed citations
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Tierney, Nicholas & Karthik Ram. (2021). Common-sense approaches to sharing tabular data alongside publication. Patterns. 2(12). 100368–100368. 2 indexed citations
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Sievert, Carson, et al.. (2021). Create Interactive Web Graphics via 'plotly.js' [R package plotly version 4.10.0]. 6 indexed citations
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Barker, Michelle, et al.. (2020). Response to US RFI: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Arfon M., Kyle E. Niemeyer, Daniel S. Katz, et al.. (2018). Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS): design and first-year review. PeerJ Computer Science. 4. e147–e147. 32 indexed citations
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Ram, Karthik, Carl Boettiger, Scott Chamberlain, et al.. (2018). A Community of Practice Around Peer Review for Long-Term Research Software Sustainability. Computing in Science & Engineering. 21(2). 59–65. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, Arfon M., Lorena A. Barba, George Githinji, et al.. (2017). The Journal of Open Source Software. Figshare. 78 indexed citations
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Chamberlain, Scott, et al.. (2016). Interface to the Global 'Biodiversity' Information Facility'API'. 6 indexed citations
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Boettiger, Carl, Scott Chamberlain, Edmund Hart, & Karthik Ram. (2015). Building Software, Building Community: Lessons from the rOpenSci Project. Journal of Open Research Software. 3(1). 8–8. 47 indexed citations
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Sievert, Carson, et al.. (2015). Create Interactive Web Graphics via Plotly's JavaScript GraphingLibrary. 37 indexed citations
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Ram, Karthik. (2013). rOpenSci - open tools for open science. AGUFM. 2013. 2 indexed citations
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Ram, Karthik. (2013). Git can facilitate greater reproducibility and increased transparency in science. PubMed. 8(1). 7–7. 118 indexed citations
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Desjardins-Proulx, Philippe, Ethan P. White, Joel Adamson, et al.. (2013). The Case for Open Preprints in Biology. PLoS Biology. 11(5). e1001563–e1001563. 47 indexed citations
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Ram, Karthik, et al.. (2012). Trends in Use of Scientific Workflows: Insights from a Public Repository and Recommendations for Best Practice. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(2). 92–100. 21 indexed citations
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Dugaw, Christopher J. & Karthik Ram. (2010). Individual heterogeneity in mortality mediates long-term persistence of a seasonal microparasite. Oecologia. 166(2). 317–325. 1 indexed citations
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Ram, Karthik & Durgesh Pant. (2010). A threat risk modeling framework for Geospatial Weather Information System (GWIS) a DREAD based study. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications. 1(3). 5 indexed citations
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Ram, Karthik, Evan L. Preisser, Daniel S. Gruner, & Donald R. Strong. (2008). METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS OVERRIDE LOCAL LIMITS ON LONG‐TERM PARASITE PERSISTENCE. Ecology. 89(12). 3290–3297. 15 indexed citations
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Gruner, Daniel S., Karthik Ram, & Donald R. Strong. (2006). Soil mediates the interaction of coexisting entomopathogenic nematodes with an insect host. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 94(1). 12–19. 15 indexed citations

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