John McCarthy

19.5k citations
180 papers · 8.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

    • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
    • Persona Design and Applications
    • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
    • Semantic Web and Ontologies
    • AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
    • Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation

Papers in

    • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction 48
    • Persona Design and Applications 14
    • Interactive and Immersive Displays 9
    • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge 25
    • Semantic Web and Ontologies 15
    • AI-based Problem Solving and Planning 13

John McCarthy

170 papers receiving 7.3k citations

John McCarthy's Hit Papers

Configuring participation 2013 · 279 citations
2790+15+30Years since publication2505007501000

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John McCarthy
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  • Human-Computer Interaction 2.4k
  • Artificial Intelligence 2.9k
  • Management of Technology and Innovation 402
  • Demography 601
  • Applied Psychology 205
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside John McCarthy, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Circumscription—A form of non-monotonic reasoning
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19801111
2
Technology as experience
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2004626
3
Programs with common sense
1960458
4
Notes on formalizing context
1993414
5 2008305
6 2004292
7
Configuring participation
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2013279
8 1996239
9 2007215
10 1987196
11 2013165
12 2008151
13
Formalizing Context (Expanded Notes)
1994137
14
Ascribing Mental Qualities to Machines
1979124
15 1999111
16 2013111
17
First Order Theories of Individual Concepts and Propositions.
1979106
18 200597
19 201393
20 201382

About John McCarthy

John McCarthy is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Sociology and Political Science, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Demography, having authored 180 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (48 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (25 papers), Technology Use by Older Adults (16 papers), Semantic Web and Ontologies (15 papers), Persona Design and Applications (14 papers), AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (13 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (10 papers) and Interactive and Immersive Displays (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human-Computer Interaction (2.4k citations), Artificial Intelligence (2.9k citations), Management of Technology and Innovation (402 citations), Demography (601 citations) and Applied Psychology (205 citations). John McCarthy has collaborated with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Peter Wright, Jayne Wallace, Patrick Olivier, Peter E. Wright, Rachel Clarke, Peter C. Wright, John Vines, Paul Sullivan, Kellie Morrissey and Nadia Pantidi. Their work appears in journals such as Artificial Intelligence, Mobilization An International Quarterly, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies and Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.

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