Matthew Wilkes

798 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 492 citations indexed

About

Matthew Wilkes is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Science Applications and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Wilkes has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 492 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 2 papers in Computer Science Applications and 2 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matthew Wilkes's work include Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (2 papers), Teaching and Learning Programming (1 paper) and Distributed systems and fault tolerance (1 paper). Matthew Wilkes is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (2 papers), Teaching and Learning Programming (1 paper) and Distributed systems and fault tolerance (1 paper). Matthew Wilkes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Matthew Wilkes's co-authors include C. Strachey, Matt Kaufmann, Andrew L. Freedman, Daniel Cury Ribeiro and Sarah E Lamb and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Computer and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Wilkes

12 papers receiving 464 citations

Hit Papers

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3, Sorting and Se... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 100 200 300 400
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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. The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3, Sorting and Searching
    1974 453 citations Matthew Wilkes The Computer Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Wilkes United Kingdom 4 234 177 90 83 60 16 492
Udi Manber Israel 4 129 0.6× 190 1.1× 100 1.1× 101 1.2× 51 0.8× 5 454
J. Bitner United States 7 266 1.1× 243 1.4× 88 1.0× 218 2.6× 52 0.9× 18 585
Linda Pagli Italy 14 147 0.6× 244 1.4× 159 1.8× 248 3.0× 62 1.0× 74 613
Stephen Alstrup Denmark 14 281 1.2× 194 1.1× 94 1.0× 300 3.6× 56 0.9× 43 604
Ching Wong United States 10 424 1.8× 331 1.9× 42 0.5× 58 0.7× 85 1.4× 22 714
Yijie Han United States 16 183 0.8× 341 1.9× 58 0.6× 291 3.5× 84 1.4× 63 741
Hristo Djidjev United States 16 210 0.9× 174 1.0× 42 0.5× 232 2.8× 91 1.5× 64 605
Desh Ranjan United States 10 182 0.8× 186 1.1× 21 0.2× 187 2.3× 42 0.7× 30 500
F. Frances Yao United States 10 155 0.7× 114 0.6× 22 0.2× 144 1.7× 96 1.6× 16 460
Thomas C. Bartee United States 9 174 0.7× 72 0.4× 55 0.6× 144 1.7× 20 0.3× 24 408

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Wilkes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Wilkes

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

All Works

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Wilkes, Matthew. (2020). Advanced Python Development. Apress eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (2000). Introduction to "Babbage's analytical engine plans 28 and 28a - the programmer's interface" by Allan Bromley. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 22(4). 4–5. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (2000). The cogwheel brain: charles babbage and the quest to build the first computer [Book Review]. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 22(4). 62–63. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew, et al.. (2000). Was babbage caught in the act?. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 22(4). 69–70. 2 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (1998). A revisionist account of early language development. Computer. 31(4). 22–25. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (1997). Arithmetic on the EDSAC. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 19(1). 13–15. 1 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew & Matt Kaufmann. (1996). Computing Perspectives. IEEE Software. 13(5). 99–99. 3 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (1981). The Design of a Control Unit-Reflections on Reading Babbage's Notebooks. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 3(2). 116–120. 3 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (1974). The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3, Sorting and Searching. The Computer Journal. 17(4). 324–324. 453 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilkes, Matthew. (1967). The design of multiple-access computer systems. The Computer Journal. 10(1). 1–9. 10 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (1961). Data Transmission and the New Outlook for the Computer Field. The Computer Journal. 4(1). 1–9.
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Strachey, C. & Matthew Wilkes. (1961). Some proposals for improving the efficiency of ALGOL 60. Communications of the ACM. 4(11). 488–491. 6 indexed citations
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Wilkes, Matthew. (1958). The Second Decade of Computer Development. The Computer Journal. 1(3). 98–105. 2 indexed citations
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Freedman, Andrew L. & Matthew Wilkes. (1954). Elimination of waiting time in automatic computers with delay-type stores. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 50(3). 426–438. 1 indexed citations

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