N.C. Hutchinson

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

N.C. Hutchinson is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, N.C. Hutchinson has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 14 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 8 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in N.C. Hutchinson's work include Distributed systems and fault tolerance (19 papers), Advanced Data Storage Technologies (12 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (11 papers). N.C. Hutchinson is often cited by papers focused on Distributed systems and fault tolerance (19 papers), Advanced Data Storage Technologies (12 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (11 papers). N.C. Hutchinson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. N.C. Hutchinson's co-authors include Larry Peterson, Mike Feeley, Andrew Warfield, Geoffrey Lefebvre, Brendan Cully, Dutch T. Meyer, Henry M. Levy, Andrew P. Black, Eric Jul and Sean O’Malley and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and Computer.

In The Last Decade

N.C. Hutchinson

28 papers receiving 1.4k 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. The x-Kernel: an architecture for implementing network protocols
    1991 542 citations N.C. Hutchinson, Larry Peterson IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering profile →
  2. Remus: high availability via asynchronous virtual machine replication
    2008 448 citations Brendan Cully, Geoffrey Lefebvre et al. Networked Systems Design and Implementation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
N.C. Hutchinson Canada 14 1.4k 601 586 365 99 35 1.6k
Liuba Shrira United States 21 1.5k 1.1× 457 0.8× 378 0.6× 458 1.3× 35 0.4× 62 1.7k
Gil Neiger United States 17 1.3k 0.9× 677 1.1× 656 1.1× 423 1.2× 101 1.0× 32 1.6k
Norman C. Hutchinson Canada 15 1.4k 1.0× 533 0.9× 502 0.9× 405 1.1× 19 0.2× 45 1.6k
Garth R. Goodson United States 17 1.8k 1.2× 844 1.4× 324 0.6× 411 1.1× 59 0.6× 34 1.9k
Marc E. Fiuczynski United States 13 1.5k 1.0× 827 1.4× 552 0.9× 635 1.7× 84 0.8× 25 1.8k
Raju Rangaswami United States 19 1.2k 0.8× 700 1.2× 409 0.7× 170 0.5× 38 0.4× 64 1.3k
David Mosberger United States 10 1.1k 0.7× 437 0.7× 389 0.7× 230 0.6× 79 0.8× 18 1.2k
Ted Wobber United States 17 1.8k 1.2× 549 0.9× 612 1.0× 535 1.5× 90 0.9× 34 1.9k
David Golub United States 16 1.5k 1.0× 317 0.5× 1.1k 1.9× 481 1.3× 62 0.6× 29 1.8k
Rob Strom United States 13 1.1k 0.8× 296 0.5× 332 0.6× 177 0.5× 36 0.4× 31 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by N.C. Hutchinson

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Fields of papers citing papers by N.C. Hutchinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N.C. Hutchinson

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

All Works

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Lefebvre, Geoffrey, et al.. (2012). Execution mining. 145–158. 16 indexed citations
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Cully, Brendan, Geoffrey Lefebvre, Dutch T. Meyer, et al.. (2008). Remus: high availability via asynchronous virtual machine replication. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 161–174. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hutchinson, N.C., et al.. (2006). Networks without Borders: Communication despite Disconnection. 3234. 34–34.
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Coady, Yvonne, et al.. (2005). Aspect-oriented system structure. 166–166. 3 indexed citations
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Makaroff, Dwight, Gerald Neufeld, & N.C. Hutchinson. (2004). Performance evaluation for VBR Continuous Media File Server admission control. Software Practice and Experience. 34(12). 1187–1210. 2 indexed citations
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Druschel, Peter, Larry Peterson, & N.C. Hutchinson. (2003). Beyond micro-kernel design: decoupling modularity and protection in Lipto. 1. 512–520. 6 indexed citations
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Feeley, Michael J., et al.. (2003). Elephant: the file system that never forgets. 2–7. 29 indexed citations
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Druschel, Peter, Larry Peterson, & N.C. Hutchinson. (2003). Modularity and protection should be decoupled. 1. 95–97.
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Veitch, Alistair & N.C. Hutchinson. (2002). Dynamic service reconfiguration and migration in the Kea kernel. 156–163. 2 indexed citations
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Druschel, Peter, Larry Peterson, & N.C. Hutchinson. (2002). Service composition in Lipto. 108–111. 2 indexed citations
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Veitch, Alistair & N.C. Hutchinson. (2002). Kea-a dynamically extensible and configurable operating system kernel. 236–242. 16 indexed citations
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Makaroff, Dwight, Gerald Neufeld, & N.C. Hutchinson. (2001). Design and implementation of a VBR continuous media file server. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 27(1). 13–28. 4 indexed citations
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Wong, J.W., Kelly Lyons, David Evans, et al.. (1997). Enabling technology for distributed multimedia applications. IBM Systems Journal. 36(4). 489–507. 13 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, N.C. & Larry Peterson. (1991). The x-Kernel: an architecture for implementing network protocols. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 17(1). 64–76. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peterson, Larry, et al.. (1990). The x-kernel: a platform for accessing internet resources. Computer. 23(5). 23–33. 52 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, N.C. & Larry Peterson. (1988). Design of the x -kernel. 65–75. 43 indexed citations
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Black, Andrew P., et al.. (1987). Distrbution and Abstract Types in Emerald. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. SE-13(1). 65–76. 263 indexed citations
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Jul, Eric, Henry M. Levy, N.C. Hutchinson, & Andrew P. Black. (1987). Fine-grained mobility in the emerald system. 105–106. 23 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, N.C., et al.. (1986). The flooding sink — a new approach to local area networking. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems. 11(1). 1–14. 6 indexed citations

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