W. E. Donath

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

W. E. Donath is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, W. E. Donath has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in W. E. Donath's work include VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques (9 papers), VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing (9 papers) and Low-power high-performance VLSI design (6 papers). W. E. Donath is often cited by papers focused on VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques (9 papers), VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing (9 papers) and Low-power high-performance VLSI design (6 papers). W. E. Donath collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. E. Donath's co-authors include Alan J. Hoffman, Kenneth S. Pitzer, W. R. Heller, Jane Cullum, Daniel C. Mattis, Jerome M. Kurtzberg, Sang Yong Han, Prabhakar Kudva, Paul G. Villarrubia and Leon Stok and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. E. Donath

29 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Placement and average interconnection lengths of computer logic

1979 334 citations W. E. Donath IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. E. Donath United States	18	919	593	257	242	195	31	1.9k
David E. Bernholdt United States	23	204 0.2×	516 0.9×	728 2.8×	794 3.3×	79 0.4×	103	2.5k
Jeff R. Hammond United States	25	131 0.1×	504 0.8×	403 1.6×	544 2.2×	109 0.6×	73	1.7k
Wim H. Hesselink Netherlands	26	120 0.1×	177 0.3×	340 1.3×	537 2.2×	366 1.9×	122	1.9k
Heinz Rutishauser Switzerland	22	189 0.2×	244 0.4×	194 0.8×	326 1.3×	1.2k 5.9×	62	2.7k
Daisuke Takahashi Japan	24	976 1.1×	566 1.0×	732 2.8×	210 0.9×	149 0.8×	137	2.2k
James C. Browne United States	34	191 0.2×	861 1.5×	1.5k 5.8×	1.2k 4.9×	234 1.2×	205	3.4k
Ralph C. Merkle United States	22	409 0.4×	110 0.2×	775 3.0×	328 1.4×	344 1.8×	53	3.1k
Rob H. Bisseling Netherlands	17	297 0.3×	511 0.9×	574 2.2×	1.1k 4.3×	190 1.0×	49	2.0k
Yuri Alexeev United States	24	127 0.1×	160 0.3×	168 0.7×	526 2.2×	208 1.1×	88	1.7k
Bruno Lang Germany	17	141 0.2×	251 0.4×	156 0.6×	261 1.1×	450 2.3×	95	1.2k

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All Works

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Newns, D. M., W. E. Donath, Glenn Martyna, M.E. Schabes, & Byron H. Lengsfield. (2004). Novel efficient techniques for computer simulation of magnetic recording. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 48(2). 173–182.

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Newns, D. M., W. E. Donath, Glenn Martyna, M.E. Schabes, & B. Lengsfield. (2004). Efficient techniques for the computer simulation of magnetic recording in complex layered materials. Journal of Applied Physics. 95(6). 3175–3201. 7 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E., Prabhakar Kudva, & Lakshmi Reddy. (2003). Performance driven optimization of network length in physical placement. 258–265.

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Donath, W. E., et al.. (2002). Transformational placement and synthesis. 194–201. 17 indexed citations

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Almási, George, Cǎlin Caşcaval, José G. Castaños, et al.. (2002). Demonstrating the Scalability of a Molecular Dynamics Application on a Petaflops Computer. International Journal of Parallel Programming. 30(4). 317–351. 10 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E., Prabhakar Kudva, Leon Stok, et al.. (2000). Transformational placement and synthesis. 194–201. 46 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E.. (1981). Wire Length Distribution for Placements of Computer Logic. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 25(3). 152–155. 134 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E.. (1980). Complexity theory and design automation. 412–419. 55 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E.. (1979). Placement and average interconnection lengths of computer logic. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. 26(4). 272–277. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heller, W. R., et al.. (1977). Prediction of wiring space requirements for LSI. Design Automation Conference. 127–136. 97 indexed citations

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Cullum, Jane & W. E. Donath. (1974). A block Lanczos algorithm for computing the q algebraically largest eigenvalues and a corresponding eigenspace of large, sparse, real symmetric matrices. 505–509. 66 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E. & Alan J. Hoffman. (1973). Lower Bounds for the Partitioning of Graphs. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 17(5). 420–425. 409 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E.. (1969). Algorithm and Average-value Bounds for Assignment Problems. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 13(4). 380–386. 22 indexed citations

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Cook, Peter W., et al.. (1967). Automatic Artwork Generation for Large Scale Integration. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 2(4). 190–196. 5 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E.. (1964). Pariser—Parr Calculations and Electro-Optical Effects in Benzene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 40(1). 77–80. 33 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E.. (1964). Vibrational Interactions in Pariser—Parr Theory. I. Bandwidths and Transition Intensities. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 41(3). 626–631. 29 indexed citations

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Mattis, Daniel C. & W. E. Donath. (1962). Role of Fermi Surface and Crystal Structure in Theory of Magnetic Metals. Physical Review. 128(4). 1618–1621. 31 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E.. (1961). Atomic Wave Functions for the Ground States of Na+, Ne, and F-. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 35(3). 817–820. 8 indexed citations

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Pitzer, Kenneth S. & W. E. Donath. (1959). Conformations and Strain Energy of Cyclopentane and its Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(13). 3213–3218. 296 indexed citations

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Donath, W. E. & Kenneth S. Pitzer. (1956). Electronic Correlation in Molecules. I. Hydrogen in the Triplet State¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 78(18). 4562–4565. 6 indexed citations

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