Mads Tofte

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Mads Tofte is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Hardware and Architecture and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mads Tofte has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 14 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 11 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Mads Tofte's work include Logic, programming, and type systems (18 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (14 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (9 papers). Mads Tofte is often cited by papers focused on Logic, programming, and type systems (18 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (14 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (9 papers). Mads Tofte collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Mads Tofte's co-authors include Robin Milner, Robert Harper, David MacQueen, Jean-Pierre Talpin, Lars Birkedal, Colin Stirling, Gordon Plotkin, Martin Elsman, Morten Heine Sørensen and Fritz Henglein and has published in prestigious journals such as Theoretical Computer Science, ACM SIGPLAN Notices and ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems.

In The Last Decade

Mads Tofte

28 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

The Definition of Standard ML

1997 1.1k citations Robin Milner, Robert Harper et al. The MIT Press eBooks profile →
The Definition of Standard ML (Revised)

1997 594 citations Robin Milner, Robert Harper et al. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mads Tofte	2.6k	1.3k	1.2k	832	605	29	3.2k
Daniel P. Friedman	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	878 0.7×	710 0.9×	775 1.3×	88	2.9k
Flemming Nielson	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	548 0.5×	758 0.9×	785 1.3×	147	2.7k
Hanne Riis Nielson	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	494 0.4×	728 0.9×	754 1.2×	140	2.5k
Gilles Kahn	1.0k 0.4×	762 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	928 1.1×	387 0.6×	29	2.3k
Jens Palsberg	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	202	3.6k
Frank Pfenning	3.8k 1.5×	2.3k 1.7×	521 0.4×	639 0.8×	582 1.0×	166	4.1k
Peter W. O’Hearn	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	555 0.5×	995 1.2×	480 0.8×	79	3.1k
Peter Sewell	1.7k 0.7×	537 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	459 0.8×	110	2.7k
Gilad Bracha	2.0k 0.8×	434 0.3×	541 0.5×	788 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	27	2.5k
F. Kenneth Zadeck	1.4k 0.5×	640 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	737 0.9×	481 0.8×	15	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mads Tofte

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mads Tofte

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mads Tofte

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tofte, Mads. (2009). Standard ML language. Scholarpedia. 4(2). 7515–7515. 1 indexed citations

Elsman, Martin, et al.. (2002). Combining region inference and garbage collection. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 37(5). 141–152. 5 indexed citations

Elsman, Martin, et al.. (2002). Combining region inference and garbage collection. 141–152. 65 indexed citations

Birkedal, Lars & Mads Tofte. (2001). A constraint-based region inference algorithm. Theoretical Computer Science. 258(1-2). 299–392. 15 indexed citations

Plotkin, Gordon, Colin Stirling, & Mads Tofte. (2000). Proof, language, and interaction: essays in honour of Robin Milner. MIT Press eBooks. 169 indexed citations

Plotkin, Gordon, Colin Stirling, & Mads Tofte. (2000). The Foundations of Esterel. 425–454. 4 indexed citations

Plotkin, Gordon, Colin Stirling, & Mads Tofte. (2000). The Tile Model. 133–166. 1 indexed citations

Henglein, Fritz, et al.. (1999). AnnoDomini. 1–14. 37 indexed citations

Tofte, Mads. (1998). A brief introduction to regions. 186–195. 21 indexed citations

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Tofte, Mads. (1998). A brief introduction to regions. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 34(3). 186–195. 2 indexed citations

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Milner, Robin, Robert Harper, David MacQueen, & Mads Tofte. (1997). The Definition of Standard ML (Revised). Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tofte, Mads & Jean-Pierre Talpin. (1997). Region-Based Memory Management. Information and Computation. 132(2). 109–176. 383 indexed citations

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Milner, Robin, Robert Harper, David MacQueen, & Mads Tofte. (1997). The Definition of Standard ML. The MIT Press eBooks. 1085 indexed citations breakdown →

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Birkedal, Lars, et al.. (1996). From region inference to von Neumann machines via region representation inference. 171–183. 88 indexed citations

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Tofte, Mads. (1994). Principal signatures for higher-order program modules. Journal of Functional Programming. 4(3). 285–335. 5 indexed citations

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Tofte, Mads. (1992). Principal signatures for higher-order program modules. 189–199. 18 indexed citations

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Milner, Robin & Mads Tofte. (1991). Co-induction in relational semantics. Theoretical Computer Science. 87(1). 209–220. 78 indexed citations

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Tofte, Mads. (1990). Type inference for polymorphic references. Information and Computation. 89(1). 1–34. 104 indexed citations

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Milner, Robin & Mads Tofte. (1990). Commentary on Standard ML. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 75 indexed citations

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Tofte, Mads. (1990). Compiler Generators: What They Can Do, What They Might Do, and What They Will Probably Never Do. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations

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