Van Jacobson

49.6k total citations · 16 hit papers
71 papers, 25.9k citations indexed

About

Van Jacobson is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Van Jacobson has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 25.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Van Jacobson's work include Network Traffic and Congestion Control (31 papers), Caching and Content Delivery (21 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (13 papers). Van Jacobson is often cited by papers focused on Network Traffic and Congestion Control (31 papers), Caching and Content Delivery (21 papers) and Software-Defined Networks and 5G (13 papers). Van Jacobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Van Jacobson's co-authors include Sally Floyd, Steven McCanne, Diana K. Smetters, James D. Thornton, Michael F. Plass, Rebecca Braynard, Martin Vetterli, Lixia Zhang, Kathleen Nichols and Beichuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Van Jacobson

69 papers receiving 23.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Van Jacobson 24.6k 8.6k 1.8k 1.5k 1.5k 71 25.9k
Lixia Zhang 19.2k 0.8× 5.3k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 332 0.2× 560 0.4× 276 20.1k
Jim Kurose 10.7k 0.4× 4.1k 0.5× 958 0.5× 595 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 217 12.0k
Sally Floyd 18.8k 0.8× 8.0k 0.9× 2.4k 1.4× 2.1k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 80 20.2k
Raj Jain 11.2k 0.5× 5.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 616 0.4× 781 0.5× 277 14.0k
T. V. Lakshman 9.0k 0.4× 4.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 603 0.4× 741 0.5× 191 10.2k
Nick McKeown 28.3k 1.2× 10.0k 1.2× 3.9k 2.2× 299 0.2× 1.7k 1.1× 216 30.1k
Leandros Tassiulas 16.2k 0.7× 11.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 570 0.4× 534 0.4× 531 19.3k
Larry Peterson 18.6k 0.8× 5.2k 0.6× 2.8k 1.6× 264 0.2× 638 0.4× 191 20.0k
Azer Bestavros 7.5k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 1.0k 0.6× 643 0.4× 436 0.3× 244 8.5k
Jennifer Rexford 30.0k 1.2× 9.1k 1.0× 5.8k 3.2× 131 0.1× 972 0.6× 356 31.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Van Jacobson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Van Jacobson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Van Jacobson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Van Jacobson 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 Van Jacobson. Van Jacobson 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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Yeganeh, Soheil Hassas, Neal Cardwell, Van Jacobson, et al.. (2023). Fathom: Understanding Datacenter Application Network Performance. 394–405.
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Wetherall, David, Abdul Kabbani, Van Jacobson, et al.. (2023). Improving Network Availability with Protective ReRoute. 684–695. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuchung, Neal Cardwell, Van Jacobson, & Soheil Hassas Yeganeh. (2017). BBR Congestion Control. 45 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Van, Lixia Zhang, Beichuan Zhang, & Kim Clay. (2015). Named Data Networking Next Phase (NDN-NP) Project May 2014 - April 2015 Annual Report Principal Investigators. 4 indexed citations
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Nichols, Kathleen & Van Jacobson. (2012). Controlling queue delay. Communications of the ACM. 55(7). 42–50. 404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jacobson, Van, et al.. (2011). Networking named content. Communications of the ACM. 55(1). 117–124. 331 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cerf, Vinton G., et al.. (2011). BufferBloat: What’s Wrong with the Internet?. Queue. 9(12). 10–20. 24 indexed citations
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Casner, S. & Van Jacobson. (1999). Compressing IP/UDP/RTP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links. RFC. 2508. 1–24. 180 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Khoi Khac, et al.. (1998). Adaptive web caching: towards a new global caching architecture. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems. 30(22-23). 2169–2177. 203 indexed citations
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Wakeman, Ian, et al.. (1995). Implementing real time packet forwarding policies using streams. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 7–7. 28 indexed citations
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Deering, S., et al.. (1995). Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM): Motivation and Architecture. 22 indexed citations
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Deering, S., Dino Farinacci, Van Jacobson, & Deborah Estrin. (1993). IGMP Router Extensions for Routing to Sparse Multicast-Groups. 22(2). 401–7. 3 indexed citations
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Floyd, Sally & Van Jacobson. (1993). The synchronization of periodic routing messages. 33–44. 41 indexed citations
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Floyd, Sally & Van Jacobson. (1993). The synchronization of periodic routing messages. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 23(4). 33–44. 8 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Van, et al.. (1991). Distributed visualization using workstations, supercomputers, and high speed networks. IEEE Visualization. 379–382. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Van. (1988). Congestion avoidance and control. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 18(4). 314–329. 1353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paxson, Vern, et al.. (1987). A scientific workstation operator-interface for accelerator control. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 556. 5 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Van, et al.. (1987). THE IMPACT OF NEW COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY ON ACCELERATOR CONTROL. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 529. 3 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Van, et al.. (1975). The Feasibility and Advantages of Commercial Process I/O Systems for Accelerator Control. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 22(3). 1036–1041. 2 indexed citations

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