Robert Neches

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Robert Neches is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Neches has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 14 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Robert Neches's work include Advanced Database Systems and Queries (12 papers), Semantic Web and Ontologies (11 papers) and AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (10 papers). Robert Neches is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Database Systems and Queries (12 papers), Semantic Web and Ontologies (11 papers) and AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (10 papers). Robert Neches collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Slovenia. Robert Neches's co-authors include William Swartout, Richard Fikes, Tim Finin, Ramesh S. Patil, Tom Gruber, Ted E. Senator, Pedro Szekely, Ping Luo, Johanna D. Moore and Azad M. Madni and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Robert Neches

51 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Enabling technology for knowledge sharing 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 250 500 750
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. Enabling technology for knowledge sharing
    1991 780 citations Robert Neches, Richard Fikes et al. AI Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Neches United States 16 1.1k 572 347 194 166 57 1.7k
Alessandro Ricci Italy 20 1.1k 1.0× 395 0.7× 529 1.5× 340 1.8× 44 0.3× 148 1.9k
Tiziana Catarci Italy 23 766 0.7× 535 0.9× 789 2.3× 127 0.7× 263 1.6× 174 2.0k
Carlos Lucena Brazil 23 1.4k 1.3× 1.5k 2.6× 611 1.8× 260 1.3× 163 1.0× 319 2.5k
Austin Tate United Kingdom 24 1.6k 1.5× 439 0.8× 620 1.8× 248 1.3× 35 0.2× 131 2.2k
Besmira Nushi United States 13 1.0k 0.9× 382 0.7× 159 0.5× 207 1.1× 197 1.2× 19 2.1k
Craig Larman United States 9 855 0.8× 1.7k 3.0× 414 1.2× 366 1.9× 110 0.7× 13 2.6k
Brooks United Kingdom 7 689 0.6× 1.4k 2.4× 266 0.8× 291 1.5× 100 0.6× 14 2.0k
Daniel L. Moody Australia 19 745 0.7× 1.1k 1.9× 368 1.1× 795 4.1× 155 0.9× 48 2.0k
Ludwik Kuźniarz Sweden 10 474 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 393 1.1× 183 0.9× 83 0.5× 31 2.0k
Luís Ferreira Pires Netherlands 18 573 0.5× 715 1.3× 240 0.7× 436 2.2× 41 0.2× 151 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Neches

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Neches

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Neches. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Neches 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 Robert Neches. Robert Neches 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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Burke, Rita V., et al.. (2012). Using robotic telecommunications to triage pediatric disaster victims. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 47(1). 221–224. 37 indexed citations
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Burke, Rita V., Tatyana Ryutov, Robert Neches, & Jeffrey S. Upperman. (2010). Health Informatics for Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Planning. Applied Clinical Informatics. 1(3). 256–264. 5 indexed citations
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Burke, Rita V., Ellen Iverson, Catherine J. Goodhue, Robert Neches, & Jeffrey S. Upperman. (2010). Disaster and mass casualty events in the pediatric population. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 19(4). 265–270. 35 indexed citations
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Maheswaran, Rajiv, Pedro Szekely, Michael Becker, et al.. (2008). Predictability & criticality metrics for coordination in complex environments. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 647–654. 17 indexed citations
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Szekely, Pedro, et al.. (2006). An Examination of Criticality-Sensitive Approaches to Coordination.. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 136–142. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Martin, et al.. (2002). Webscripter: world-wide grassroots ontology translation via implicit end user alignment. International Semantic Web Conference. 22–28. 2 indexed citations
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Neches, Robert, et al.. (1999). GeoWorlds: A Geographically Based Information System for Situation Understanding and Management. 0–0. 8 indexed citations
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Kim, Jihie, et al.. (1998). Active Catalogs: Integrated Support for Component Engineering. 9 indexed citations
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Patil, Ramesh S., Richard Fikes, Peter F. Patel‐Schneider, et al.. (1997). The DARPA knowledge sharing effort: progress report. Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. 243–254. 135 indexed citations
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Moriyón, Roberto, Pedro Szekely, & Robert Neches. (1994). Automatic generation of help from interface design models. 215–215. 2 indexed citations
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Neches, Robert, et al.. (1994). Electronic Commerce on the Internet.. 12 indexed citations
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Neches, Robert, Peter Åberg, David Benjamin, et al.. (1993). The Integrated User-Support Environment (IN-USE) Group at USC/ISI. 53–54. 1 indexed citations
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Neches, Robert, Richard Fikes, Tim Finin, et al.. (1991). Enabling technology for knowledge sharing. AI Magazine. 12(3). 36–56. 780 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yen, J., Robert Neches, & Robert M. MacGregor. (1991). CLASP: integrating term subsumption systems and production systems. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 3(1). 25–32. 27 indexed citations
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Neches, Robert, et al.. (1989). Classification-Based Programming: A Deep Integration of Frames and Rules. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 6 indexed citations
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Yen, John, et al.. (1988). Specification by reformulation: a paradigm for building integrated user support environments. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 814–818. 7 indexed citations
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Yen, John, et al.. (1988). BACKBORD. ACM SIGCHI Bulletin. 20(1). 77–77. 3 indexed citations
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Swartout, William & Robert Neches. (1986). The shifting terminological space: an impediment to evolvability. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 936–941. 13 indexed citations
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Neches, Robert, William Swartout, & Johanna D. Moore. (1985). Explainable (and maintainable) expert systems. 382–389. 26 indexed citations
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Neches, Robert. (1981). HPM: a computational formalism for heuristic procedure modification. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 21(2). 283–288. 5 indexed citations

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