Stephen Brookes

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 920 citations indexed

About

Stephen Brookes is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Brookes has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 920 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 17 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 16 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Stephen Brookes's work include Logic, programming, and type systems (24 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (12 papers) and Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (9 papers). Stephen Brookes is often cited by papers focused on Logic, programming, and type systems (24 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (12 papers) and Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (9 papers). Stephen Brookes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Stephen Brookes's co-authors include A. W. Roscoe, C. A. R. Hoare, William C. Rounds, Peter W. O’Hearn, Glynn Winskel, Michael Peter Kennedy, Michael Connor, Uday S. Reddy, Austin Melton and Michael Mislove and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits and Journal of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Brookes

36 papers receiving 812 citations

Hit Papers

A Theory of Communicating Sequential Processes 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 Theory of Communicating Sequential Processes
    1984 526 citations Stephen Brookes, A. W. Roscoe et al. profile →

Peers

Stephen Brookes
Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog Germany
Michaël Rusinowitch France
R. J. R. Back Finland
He Jifeng United Kingdom
Derek C. Oppen United States
Eric C. R. Hehner Canada
Patricia Bouyer France
Vasco T. Vasconcelos Portugal
Martin Hofmann Germany
Olaf Owe Norway
Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog Germany
Stephen Brookes
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Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Brookes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Brookes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Brookes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Brookes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Brookes 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 Stephen Brookes. Stephen Brookes 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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Brookes, Stephen, et al.. (2019). A Denotational Semantics for SPARC TSO. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen, et al.. (2018). A cartesian closed category of parallel algorithms between Scott domains. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 127–157.
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Brookes, Stephen. (2018). Reasoning about synchronous systems. KiltHub Repository.
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Brookes, Stephen. (2011). A Revisionist History of Concurrent Separation Logic. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. 276. 5–28. 3 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (2007). A semantics for concurrent separation logic. Theoretical Computer Science. 375(1-3). 227–270. 92 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (2006). A Grainless Semantics for Parallel Programs with Shared Mutable Data. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. 155. 277–307. 11 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (2005). Retracing the semantics of CSP. 3 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen, et al.. (2003). A denotational approach to measuring complexity in functional programs. 6 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (2002). The Essence of Parallel Algol. Information and Computation. 179(1). 118–149. 10 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (2002). Full abstraction for a shared variable parallel language. 8 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen, et al.. (1998). Intensional investigations. 1 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (1996). Full Abstraction for a Shared-Variable Parallel Language. Information and Computation. 127(2). 145–163. 67 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen, et al.. (1996). A denotational framework for fair communicating processes. 4 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen, et al.. (1995). Full Abstraction for Strongly Fair Communicating Processes. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. 1. 46–65. 4 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (1994). Fair communicating processes. 59–74. 7 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (1993). Historical introduction to “concrete domains” by G. Kahn and G.D. Plotkin. Theoretical Computer Science. 121(1-2). 179–186. 3 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen. (1986). A Semantically Based Proof System for Partial Correctness and Deadlock in CSP. 58–65. 2 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen, Michael G. Main, Austin Melton, Michael Mislove, & David A. Schmidt. (1985). Proceedings of the international conference on Mathematical foundations of programming semantics. 249. 1–490. 2 indexed citations
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Brookes, Stephen, A. W. Roscoe, & Glynn Winskel. (1984). Seminar on Concurrency, Carnegie-Mellon University. 1 indexed citations

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