John Backus
Impact in
- Hardware and Architecture top 0.5%
- Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
- Embedded Systems Design Techniques
- Software top 2%
Papers in
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- Logic, programming, and type systems 11
- Algorithms and Data Compression 6
- Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge 2
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- Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms 11
- Formal Methods in Verification 4
- Co-authors
- John McCarthy (6 shared papers)Bernard Vauquois (5 shared papers)J. H. Wegstein (6 shared papers)M. Woodger (6 shared papers)K. Samelson (5 shared papers)A. van Wijngaarden (6 shared papers)Alan J. Perlis (6 shared papers)Heinz Rutishauser (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Communications of the ACM (3 papers)Numerische Mathematik (2 papers)ACM SIGPLAN Notices (1 paper)Journal of the ACM (1 paper)The Computer Journal (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesBrazilRussia
In The Last Decade
John Backus
25 papers receiving 3.3k citations
John Backus's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 128
- Hardware and Architecture 1.1k
- Software 387
- Computational Theory and Mathematics 1.4k
- Artificial Intelligence 2.4k
- Computer Networks and Communications 883
Countries citing papers authored by John Backus
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Fields of papers citing papers by John Backus
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Co-authors
The 16 scholars most cited alongside John Backus, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 25 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can programming be liberated from the von Neumann style? Hit paper breakdown → | 1978 | 1878 |
| 2 | Revised report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60 Hit paper breakdown → | 1963 | 686 |
| 3 | 1960 | 355 | |
| 4 | The syntax and semantics of the proposed international algebraic language of the Zurich ACM-GAMM Conference. | 1959 | 241 |
| 5 | 1957 | 126 | |
| 6 | 1963 | 107 | |
| 7 | 1960 | 81 | |
| 8 | 1962 | 76 | |
| 9 | 1997 | 67 | |
| 10 | 1981 | 59 | |
| 11 | 1983 | 56 | |
| 12 | 1978 | 47 | |
| 13 | 1973 | 46 | |
| 14 | 1979 | 36 | |
| 15 | 1954 | 23 | |
| 16 | 2007 | 22 | |
| 17 | An introduction to the programming language FL | 1990 | 21 |
| 18 | 1981 | 20 | |
| 19 | 1982 | 20 | |
| 20 | 1980 | 18 |
About John Backus
John Backus is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 25 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Logic, programming, and type systems (11 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (11 papers), Algorithms and Data Compression (6 papers), Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (5 papers), Formal Methods in Verification (4 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (2 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (2 papers) and graph theory and CDMA systems (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Hardware and Architecture (1.1k citations), Software (387 citations), Computational Theory and Mathematics (1.4k citations), Artificial Intelligence (2.4k citations) and Computer Networks and Communications (883 citations). John Backus has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Russia. Frequent co-authors include John McCarthy, Bernard Vauquois, J. H. Wegstein, M. Woodger, K. Samelson, A. van Wijngaarden, Alan J. Perlis, Heinz Rutishauser, Chaim Katz and Friedrich L. Bauer. Their work appears in journals such as Communications of the ACM, Numerische Mathematik, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Journal of the ACM and The Computer Journal.
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