James Allan

15.4k citations
257 papers · 7.9k · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

    • Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
    • Web Data Mining and Analysis
    • Topic Modeling
    • Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
    • Natural Language Processing Techniques
    • Semantic Web and Ontologies
    • Text and Document Classification Technologies

Papers in

    • Topic Modeling 101
    • Natural Language Processing Techniques 54
    • Advanced Text Analysis Techniques 50
    • Semantic Web and Ontologies 28
    • Text and Document Classification Technologies 21
    • Information Retrieval and Search Behavior 89
    • Web Data Mining and Analysis 52

James Allan

246 papers receiving 7.1k citations

James Allan's Hit Papers

A comparison of statistical significance tests for information retrieval evaluation 2007 · 468 citations
4680+8+16Years since publication100200300400

Peers

James Allan
Comparison fields: 5 of 144
  • Information Systems 4.2k
  • Artificial Intelligence 5.5k
  • Signal Processing 922
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 918
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1.2k
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All Works

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Topic detection and tracking: event-based information organization
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A comparison of statistical significance tests for information retrieval evaluation
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Automatic Query expansion using SMART : TREC 3
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4 1998333
5 2004249
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7 1994195
8 2003186
9 2006165
10 2001164
11 2014164
12 2004161
13 1994151
14 2000148
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16 2008107
17 2018102
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About James Allan

James Allan is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing and Computer Networks and Communications, having authored 257 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Topic Modeling (101 papers), Information Retrieval and Search Behavior (89 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (54 papers), Web Data Mining and Analysis (52 papers), Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (50 papers), Semantic Web and Ontologies (28 papers), Data Management and Algorithms (23 papers) and Text and Document Classification Technologies (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Information Systems (4.2k citations), Artificial Intelligence (5.5k citations), Signal Processing (922 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (918 citations) and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (1.2k citations). James Allan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Gerard Salton, Chris Buckley, Ben Carterette, Victor Lavrenko, Giridhar Kumaran, Mark D. Smucker, Ron Papka, Russell Swan, Amit Singhal and W. Bruce Croft. Their work appears in journals such as Information Processing & Management, ACM SIGIR Forum, ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology and Information Retrieval.

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