R. S. Fabry

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 978 citations indexed

About

R. S. Fabry is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, R. S. Fabry has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 978 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 5 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in R. S. Fabry's work include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (4 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (4 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (4 papers). R. S. Fabry is often cited by papers focused on Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (4 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (4 papers) and Advanced Data Storage Technologies (4 papers). R. S. Fabry collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. S. Fabry's co-authors include Samuel J. Leffler, William N. Joy, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Manfred Ruschitzka and Robert B. Hagmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Gut, Communications of the ACM and ACM Transactions on Computer Systems.

In The Last Decade

R. S. Fabry

10 papers receiving 772 citations

Hit Papers

A fast file system for UNIX 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300 400 500
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. A fast file system for UNIX
    1984 569 citations Marshall Kirk McKusick, William N. Joy et al. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems profile →

Peers

R. S. Fabry
Charles S. Kline United States
R. Rashid United States
Rob Strom United States
W. Wulf United States
Roy Levin Israel
Przemysław Pardyak United States
William M. Corwin United States
Hans van Staveren Netherlands
Joshua Auerbach United States
Michael B. Jones United States
Charles S. Kline United States
R. S. Fabry
Citations per year, relative to R. S. Fabry R. S. Fabry (= 1×) peers Charles S. Kline

Countries citing papers authored by R. S. Fabry

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. S. Fabry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. S. Fabry

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. S. Fabry. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. S. Fabry 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 R. S. Fabry. R. S. Fabry 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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McKusick, Marshall Kirk, William N. Joy, Samuel J. Leffler, & R. S. Fabry. (1984). A fast file system for UNIX. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 2(3). 181–197. 569 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leffler, Samuel J., William N. Joy, & R. S. Fabry. (1983). 4.2bsd Networking Implementation Notes (Revised July, 1983). Gut. 53(8). 1109–16. 2 indexed citations
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Leffler, Samuel J., R. S. Fabry, & William N. Joy. (1983). A 4.2bsd Interprocess Communication Primer. 27 indexed citations
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McKusick, Marshall Kirk, William N. Joy, Samuel J. Leffler, & R. S. Fabry. (1983). A Fast File System for UNIX (Revised July 27, 1983). UC Berkeley. 1 indexed citations
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Hagmann, Robert B. & R. S. Fabry. (1982). Program page reference patterns. 20–20. 5 indexed citations
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Ruschitzka, Manfred & R. S. Fabry. (1977). A unifying approach to scheduling. Communications of the ACM. 20(7). 469–477. 22 indexed citations
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Fabry, R. S.. (1976). How to design a system in which modules can be changed on the fly. International Conference on Software Engineering. 470–476. 56 indexed citations
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Fabry, R. S., et al.. (1976). MIN—an optimal variable-space page replacement algorithm. Communications of the ACM. 19(5). 295–297. 45 indexed citations
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Fabry, R. S.. (1974). Capability-based addressing. Communications of the ACM. 17(7). 403–412. 224 indexed citations
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Fabry, R. S.. (1973). Dynamic verification of operating system decisions. Communications of the ACM. 16(11). 659–668. 21 indexed citations
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Fabry, R. S.. (1973). The case for capability based computers (Extended Abstract). 120–120. 6 indexed citations

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