Matt Shields

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Matt Shields is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Management and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt Shields has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 15 papers in Information Systems and Management and 12 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matt Shields's work include Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (19 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (15 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (7 papers). Matt Shields is often cited by papers focused on Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (19 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (15 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (7 papers). Matt Shields collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Matt Shields's co-authors include Ian Taylor, Dennis Gannon, Ewa Deelman, Ian Wang, Kamran Mohseni, Andrew Harrison, Shalil Majithia, Omer Rana, Philipp Beiter and Gábor Gombás and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, AIAA Journal and Future Generation Computer Systems.

In The Last Decade

Matt Shields

39 papers receiving 1.9k 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. Workflows and e-Science: An overview of workflow system features and capabilities
    2008 550 citations Matt Shields, Ian Taylor 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
Matt Shields United States 18 1.3k 1.2k 838 194 140 42 2.0k
Morris Riedel Germany 14 208 0.2× 155 0.1× 123 0.1× 31 0.2× 276 2.0× 132 924
Lennart Johnsson United States 16 548 0.4× 149 0.1× 242 0.3× 12 0.1× 79 0.6× 48 887
Marian Bubak Poland 17 747 0.6× 475 0.4× 415 0.5× 6 0.0× 113 0.8× 137 1.1k
John Bresnahan United States 17 1.7k 1.3× 507 0.4× 465 0.6× 12 0.1× 131 0.9× 33 2.1k
Alexander V. Boukhanovsky Russia 18 209 0.2× 174 0.1× 159 0.2× 13 0.1× 146 1.0× 103 944
Pierre Lemarinier France 15 976 0.8× 47 0.0× 324 0.4× 12 0.1× 100 0.7× 30 1.5k
Hamid Arabnejad United Kingdom 12 859 0.7× 162 0.1× 754 0.9× 10 0.1× 108 0.8× 26 1.1k
Daniel Schlegel United States 9 179 0.1× 131 0.1× 43 0.1× 13 0.1× 121 0.9× 36 763
Yarden Livnat United States 18 167 0.1× 44 0.0× 95 0.1× 40 0.2× 240 1.7× 36 1.4k
Pete Beckman United States 24 1.1k 0.8× 186 0.2× 441 0.5× 31 0.2× 189 1.4× 74 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Matt Shields

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt Shields

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt Shields

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matt Shields. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matt Shields 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 Matt Shields. Matt Shields 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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Robertson, Amy, Walt Musial, Matt Shields, et al.. (2025). Considerations for the global commercialization of floating offshore wind energy. 1(10). 734–749.
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Shields, Matt, et al.. (2021). Impacts of turbine and plant upsizing on the levelized cost of energy for offshore wind. Applied Energy. 298. 117189–117189. 88 indexed citations
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Zalkind, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Open-Loop Control of Adjustable Tuned Mass Dampers for Floating Wind Turbine Platforms. 1 indexed citations
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Beiter, Philipp, Aubryn Cooperman, Eric Lantz, et al.. (2021). Wind power costs driven by innovation and experience with further reductions on the horizon. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. 10(5). 32 indexed citations
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Buster, Grant, Michael Rossol, Patrick Duffy, et al.. (2021). NRWAL (NLR formerly known as NREL Wind Analysis Library) [SWR-21-26]. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Shields, Matt, Rebecca Guy, Neisha Jeoffreys, Robert Finlayson, & Basil Donovan. (2012). A longitudinal evaluation of Treponema pallidumPCR testing in early syphilis. BMC Infectious Diseases. 12(1). 353–353. 60 indexed citations
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Shields, Matt & Kamran Mohseni. (2012). The influence of roll stall on the lateral control of Micro Aerial Vehicles. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 2 indexed citations
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Harrison, Andrew, Ian Taylor, Ian Wang, & Matt Shields. (2008). WS-RF Workflow in Triana. The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications. 22(3). 268–283. 23 indexed citations
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Shields, Matt, Alex T. Ford, & David Woolf. (2008). Ecological considerations for tidal energy development in Scotland. 4 indexed citations
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Taylor, Ian, Andrew Harrison, Carlo Mastroianni, & Matt Shields. (2007). Cache for workflows. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 13–20. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Ian, Ian Wang, Matt Shields, & Shalil Majithia. (2005). Distributed computing with Triana on the Grid: Research Articles. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience. 17(9). 1197–1214. 4 indexed citations
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Churches, D., Gábor Gombás, Andrew Harrison, et al.. (2005). Programming scientific and distributed workflow with Triana services. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience. 18(10). 1021–1037. 180 indexed citations
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Taylor, Ian, Ian Wang, Matt Shields, & Shalil Majithia. (2005). Distributed computing with Triana on the Grid. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience. 17(9). 1197–1214. 50 indexed citations
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Taylor, Ian, et al.. (2004). Distributed P2P computing within Triana: a galaxy visualization test case. 8–8. 51 indexed citations
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Taylor, Ian, Matt Shields, Ian Wang, & Omer Rana. (2003). Triana Applications within Grid Computing and Peer to Peer Environments. Journal of Grid Computing. 1(2). 199–217. 71 indexed citations
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Shields, Matt, et al.. (2002). Barriers and Enablers to Hospice Referrals: An Expert Overview. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 5(1). 73–84. 111 indexed citations
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Rana, Omer, et al.. (2000). Implementing Problem Solving Environments for Computational Science (Research Note). 1345–1350. 1 indexed citations
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Rana, Omer, et al.. (2000). A Wrapper Generator for Wrapping High Performance Legacy Codes as Java/CORBA Components. Conference on High Performance Computing (Supercomputing). 13–13. 14 indexed citations
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Shields, Matt, et al.. (2000). A Java/CORBA-based visual program composition environment for PSEs. Concurrency Practice and Experience. 12(8). 687–704. 8 indexed citations

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