Keir Fraser

15.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
25 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Keir Fraser is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Keir Fraser has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 13 papers in Information Systems and 13 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in Keir Fraser's work include Cloud Computing and Resource Management (12 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (11 papers) and Distributed systems and fault tolerance (9 papers). Keir Fraser is often cited by papers focused on Cloud Computing and Resource Management (12 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (11 papers) and Distributed systems and fault tolerance (9 papers). Keir Fraser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Keir Fraser's co-authors include Steven Hand, Tim Harris, Ian Pratt, Andrew Warfield, Rolf Neugebauer, Boris Dragovic, Paul Barham, Alex Ho, Eric Jul and Christopher J. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, ACM SIGPLAN Notices and ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review.

In The Last Decade

Keir Fraser

22 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

Xen and the art of virtualization 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2005 2003 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keir Fraser United Kingdom 17 8.6k 7.3k 3.0k 1.9k 746 25 9.9k
Steven Hand United Kingdom 31 9.9k 1.1× 8.7k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 85 11.9k
Ian Pratt United Kingdom 25 8.0k 0.9× 6.4k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 669 0.9× 59 9.2k
Andrew Warfield Canada 25 8.3k 1.0× 7.2k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 908 1.2× 62 9.7k
Andrew Birrell United States 23 4.7k 0.6× 2.4k 0.3× 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 216 0.3× 57 5.5k
Paul Barham United Kingdom 20 8.1k 0.9× 6.6k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 37 9.8k
Nickolai Zeldovich United States 38 3.1k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 3.3k 1.7× 911 1.2× 98 5.8k
Rolf Neugebauer United Kingdom 11 6.3k 0.7× 5.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 698 0.9× 14 7.5k
Robbert van Renesse United States 38 5.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.2× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 175 0.2× 166 6.0k
Christof Fetzer Germany 34 3.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.2× 1.3k 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 526 0.7× 219 4.2k
Mendel Rosenblum United States 47 8.6k 1.0× 4.5k 0.6× 4.9k 1.6× 2.8k 1.4× 1.6k 2.2× 118 10.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Keir Fraser

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keir Fraser

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keir Fraser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Keir Fraser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Keir Fraser 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 Keir Fraser. Keir Fraser 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.
Fraser, Keir, et al.. (2021). The Xenoserver computing infrastructure. CL Technical Reports. 1 indexed citations
2.
Fraser, Keir. (2021). Practical lock-freedom. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 30 indexed citations
3.
Mortier, Richard, Rebecca Isaacs, & Keir Fraser. (2021). Switchlets and resource-assured MPLS networks. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 1 indexed citations
4.
Cully, Brendan, et al.. (2014). Strata: High-Performance Scalable Storage on Virtualized Non-volatile Memory. File and Storage Technologies. 17–31. 13 indexed citations
5.
Cully, Brendan, et al.. (2014). Strata: scalable high-performance storage on virtualized non-volatile memory. File and Storage Technologies. 17–31. 21 indexed citations
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Harris, Tim & Keir Fraser. (2014). Language support for lightweight transactions. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 49(4S). 64–78. 61 indexed citations
7.
Fraser, Keir, Steven Hand, Rolf Neugebauer, et al.. (2007). Safe Hardware Access with the Xen Virtual Machine Monitor. 242 indexed citations
8.
Fraser, Keir & Tim Harris. (2007). Concurrent programming without locks. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 25(2). 5–5. 142 indexed citations
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Warfield, Andrew, et al.. (2005). Facilitating the development of soft devices. USENIX Annual Technical Conference. 22–22. 47 indexed citations
10.
Crowcroft, Jon, Keir Fraser, Steven Hand, Ian Pratt, & Andrew Warfield. (2005). The inevitability of Xen. 30(4). 10–13. 1 indexed citations
11.
Clark, Christopher J., Keir Fraser, Steven Hand, et al.. (2005). Live migration of virtual machines. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 273–286. 1908 indexed citations breakdown →
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Warfield, Andrew, et al.. (2005). Parallax: managing storage for a million machines. 4–4. 51 indexed citations
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Kotsovinos, Evangelos, et al.. (2004). Global-scale Service Deployment in the XenoServer Platform. 14 indexed citations
14.
Harris, Tim & Keir Fraser. (2003). Language support for lightweight transactions. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 38(11). 388–402. 42 indexed citations
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Harris, Tim & Keir Fraser. (2003). Language support for lightweight transactions. 13 indexed citations
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Barham, Paul, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, et al.. (2003). Xen and the art of virtualization. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 37(5). 164–177. 4124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barham, Paul, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, et al.. (2003). Xen 2002. 13 indexed citations
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Harris, Tim & Keir Fraser. (2003). Language support for lightweight transactions. 388–402. 322 indexed citations
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Barham, Paul, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, et al.. (2003). Xen and the art of virtualization. 164–177. 1400 indexed citations breakdown →
20.
Pratt, Ian & Keir Fraser. (2002). Arsenic: a user-accessible gigabit Ethernet interface. 1. 67–76. 74 indexed citations

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