Paul McJones

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Paul McJones is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul McJones has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 2 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 2 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Paul McJones's work include Software System Performance and Reliability (2 papers), Advanced Database Systems and Queries (2 papers) and Distributed systems and fault tolerance (2 papers). Paul McJones is often cited by papers focused on Software System Performance and Reliability (2 papers), Advanced Database Systems and Queries (2 papers) and Distributed systems and fault tolerance (2 papers). Paul McJones collaborates with scholars based in United States. Paul McJones's co-authors include Jim Gray, Raymond A. Lorie, Irving L. Traiger, Patricia P. Griffiths, Michael W. Blasgen, J. W. Mehl, Bradford W. Wade, Victor Watson, Kapali P. Eswaran and William F. King and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, ACM Computing Surveys and ACM Transactions on Database Systems.

In The Last Decade

Paul McJones

10 papers receiving 938 citations

Hit Papers

System R 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 200 400 600
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. System R
    1976 680 citations M. M. Astrahan, Michael W. Blasgen et al. ACM Transactions on Database Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul McJones United States 7 1.1k 380 371 237 209 11 1.2k
Charles D. Cranor United States 13 1.1k 1.0× 335 0.9× 317 0.9× 231 1.0× 119 0.6× 30 1.1k
Jorge F. Garza United States 12 1.0k 1.0× 581 1.5× 465 1.3× 354 1.5× 76 0.4× 14 1.2k
Jacob Stein United States 10 782 0.7× 498 1.3× 351 0.9× 275 1.2× 63 0.3× 16 903
J. W. Mehl United States 7 1.2k 1.1× 511 1.3× 628 1.7× 277 1.2× 58 0.3× 8 1.3k
James B. Rothnie United States 11 946 0.9× 224 0.6× 413 1.1× 180 0.8× 107 0.5× 17 1.0k
Cristian Zamfir Switzerland 13 606 0.6× 273 0.7× 170 0.5× 598 2.5× 377 1.8× 20 1.2k
Dennis R. McCarthy United States 6 469 0.4× 271 0.7× 129 0.3× 238 1.0× 67 0.3× 8 637
Ronald A. Olsson United States 14 718 0.7× 440 1.2× 185 0.5× 297 1.3× 334 1.6× 60 1.0k
Theo Haerder Germany 4 858 0.8× 143 0.4× 112 0.3× 291 1.2× 171 0.8× 4 957
Mike Stonebraker United States 8 1.0k 0.9× 353 0.9× 386 1.0× 519 2.2× 79 0.4× 13 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul McJones

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul McJones

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul McJones

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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McJones, Paul. (2020). The Advent of Digital Typography. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 42(1). 41–50. 1 indexed citations
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McJones, Paul. (2017). In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 39(2). 81–88. 2 indexed citations
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McJones, Paul. (2017). The LISP 2 Project. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 39(4). 85–92. 1 indexed citations
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McJones, Paul. (2017). In Search of the Original Fortran Compiler. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 39(2). 81–88. 2 indexed citations
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Stepanov, Alexander A. & Paul McJones. (2009). Elements of Programming. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 22 indexed citations
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McJones, Paul & Garret Swart. (1997). Evolving the UNIX System Interface to Support Multithreaded Programs. 14 indexed citations
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Horning, J. J., et al.. (1996). Some Useful Modula-3 Interfaces. 8 indexed citations
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Gray, Jim, Paul McJones, Bruce G. Lindsay, et al.. (1981). The Recovery Manager of the System R Database Manager. ACM Computing Surveys. 13(2). 223–242. 284 indexed citations
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Redell, David D., et al.. (1980). Pilot. Communications of the ACM. 23(2). 81–92. 141 indexed citations
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Redell, David D., et al.. (1979). Pilot. 106–107. 6 indexed citations
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Astrahan, M. M., Michael W. Blasgen, Donald D. Chamberlin, et al.. (1976). System R. ACM Transactions on Database Systems. 1(2). 97–137. 680 indexed citations breakdown →

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