M. Woodger

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

M. Woodger is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Woodger has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 3 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 2 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in M. Woodger's work include Algorithms and Data Compression (3 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (2 papers) and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (2 papers). M. Woodger is often cited by papers focused on Algorithms and Data Compression (3 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (2 papers) and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (2 papers). M. Woodger collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. M. Woodger's co-authors include Chaim Katz, A. van Wijngaarden, Bernard Vauquois, Heinz Rutishauser, Friedrich L. Bauer, J. H. Wegstein, K. Samelson, John McCarthy, Alan J. Perlis and John Backus and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Numerische Mathematik and The Computer Journal.

In The Last Decade

M. Woodger

10 papers receiving 767 citations

Hit Papers

Revised report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 100 200 300 400 500
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. Revised report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60
    1963 562 citations John Backus, Friedrich L. Bauer et al. Communications of the ACM profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Woodger United Kingdom 7 561 358 200 140 137 12 1.0k
Bernard Vauquois France 8 636 1.1× 354 1.0× 199 1.0× 134 1.0× 131 1.0× 17 1.0k
J. H. Wegstein United States 8 624 1.1× 396 1.1× 257 1.3× 177 1.3× 141 1.0× 11 1.2k
K. Samelson Germany 11 693 1.2× 468 1.3× 235 1.2× 161 1.1× 170 1.2× 19 1.2k
Chaim Katz Brazil 4 549 1.0× 347 1.0× 198 1.0× 134 1.0× 129 0.9× 8 947
C. Strachey United Kingdom 10 539 1.0× 327 0.9× 135 0.7× 169 1.2× 110 0.8× 14 816
Kenneth E. Iverson United States 14 666 1.2× 346 1.0× 362 1.8× 340 2.4× 136 1.0× 57 1.3k
Eugene E. Kohlbecker United States 10 909 1.6× 458 1.3× 379 1.9× 197 1.4× 259 1.9× 13 1.1k
Larry Masinter United States 11 388 0.7× 112 0.3× 125 0.6× 259 1.9× 249 1.8× 19 797
Carel S. Schölten Netherlands 3 526 0.9× 400 1.1× 399 2.0× 670 4.8× 116 0.8× 4 1.2k
M. D. McIlroy United States 13 376 0.7× 112 0.3× 94 0.5× 179 1.3× 166 1.2× 22 706

Countries citing papers authored by M. Woodger

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Woodger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Woodger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. Woodger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. Woodger 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 M. Woodger. M. Woodger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
1.
Woodger, M.. (1971). On Semantic Levels in Programming.. IFIP Congress. 402–407. 10 indexed citations
2.
Bell, Alexander Graham, F. R. A. Hopgood, & M. Woodger. (1967). Proposal to Standardise an Integer Representation for ALGOL Basic Symbols. 19–24.
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Woodger, M.. (1963). Supplement to the ALGOL 60 report. Communications of the ACM. 6(1). 18–20. 4 indexed citations
4.
Long, D. A., et al.. (1963). Force constant calculations—I. Spectrochimica Acta. 19(6). 937–949. 37 indexed citations
5.
Backus, John, Friedrich L. Bauer, Chaim Katz, et al.. (1963). Revised report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60. Communications of the ACM. 6(1). 1–17. 562 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woodger, M.. (1963). The description of computing processes: Some observations on automatic programming and ALGOL 60. Annual Review in Automatic Programming. 3. 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Clenshaw, C. W., G. F. Miller, & M. Woodger. (1962). Algorithms for Special Functions I. Numerische Mathematik. 4(1). 403–419. 17 indexed citations
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Backus, John, Friedrich L. Bauer, Chaim Katz, et al.. (1962). Revised report on the algorithmic languageAlgol 60. Numerische Mathematik. 4(1). 420–453. 63 indexed citations
9.
Woodger, M.. (1960). A comment on a function designator changing the value of a formal variable. 6–6. 1 indexed citations
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Woodger, M.. (1960). An Introduction to ALGOL 60. The Computer Journal. 3(2). 67–75. 1 indexed citations
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Backus, John, Friedrich L. Bauer, Chaim Katz, et al.. (1960). Report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60. Numerische Mathematik. 2(1). 106–136. 56 indexed citations
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Backus, John, Friedrich L. Bauer, Chaim Katz, et al.. (1960). Report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60. Communications of the ACM. 3(5). 299–311. 266 indexed citations

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