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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Computer Science 82 938 907 512 493 420 37007

James E. Smith publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by James E. Smith between 1951 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. James E. Smith published across 76 years, from 1951 to 2026, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 55 publications in 2005. 11 of the 855 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1951 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 55. Peak 55 publications in 2005. 1951: 1 publication 1952: 0 publications 1953: 0 publications 1954: 1 publication 1955: 0 publications 1956: 1 publication 1957: 0 publications 1958: 0 publications 1959: 2 publications 1960: 2 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 1 publication 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 2 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 1 publication 1973: 3 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 3 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 2 publications 1979: 5 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 9 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 8 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 21 publications 1988: 10 publications 1989: 10 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 14 publications 1992: 16 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 14 publications 1997: 21 publications 1998: 22 publications 1999: 21 publications 2000: 21 publications 2001: 18 publications 2002: 43 publications 2003: 51 publications 2004: 37 publications 2005: 55 publications 2006: 39 publications 2007: 32 publications 2008: 38 publications 2009: 25 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 30 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 3 publications
1951 2026

855 publications in total across all disciplines

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James E. Smith: publications per year, 1951 to 2026
Year Publications
1951 1
1952 0
1953 0
1954 1
1955 0
1956 1
1957 0
1958 0
1959 2
1960 2
1961 0
1962 0
1963 1
1964 0
1965 0
1966 2
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 1
1973 3
1974 3
1975 3
1976 3
1977 1
1978 2
1979 5
1980 4
1981 5
1982 9
1983 6
1984 8
1985 4
1986 6
1987 21
1988 10
1989 10
1990 10
1991 14
1992 16
1993 9
1994 10
1995 8
1996 14
1997 21
1998 22
1999 21
2000 21
2001 18
2002 43
2003 51
2004 37
2005 55
2006 39
2007 32
2008 38
2009 25
2010 28
2011 30
2012 15
2013 10
2014 13
2015 25
2016 8
2017 18
2018 8
2019 2
2020 8
2021 12
2022 32
2023 9
2024 7
2025 8
2026 3
Total 855
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James E. Smith publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James E. Smith sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 32–41 to 991+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 609. Most scientists, 609, have 142–151 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 412–421 publications, is where this scientist sits. 32–41 publications: 7 scientists 42–51 publications: 22 scientists 52–61 publications: 82 scientists 62–71 publications: 134 scientists 72–81 publications: 249 scientists 82–91 publications: 324 scientists 92–101 publications: 421 scientists 102–111 publications: 420 scientists 112–121 publications: 497 scientists 122–131 publications: 544 scientists 132–141 publications: 555 scientists 142–151 publications: 609 scientists 152–161 publications: 559 scientists 162–171 publications: 534 scientists 172–181 publications: 556 scientists 182–191 publications: 583 scientists 192–201 publications: 519 scientists 202–211 publications: 508 scientists 212–221 publications: 490 scientists 222–231 publications: 437 scientists 232–241 publications: 423 scientists 242–251 publications: 408 scientists 252–261 publications: 377 scientists 262–271 publications: 301 scientists 272–281 publications: 335 scientists 282–291 publications: 320 scientists 292–301 publications: 293 scientists 302–311 publications: 250 scientists 312–321 publications: 238 scientists 322–331 publications: 206 scientists 332–341 publications: 209 scientists 342–351 publications: 208 scientists 352–361 publications: 162 scientists 362–371 publications: 176 scientists 372–381 publications: 127 scientists 382–391 publications: 158 scientists 392–401 publications: 128 scientists 402–411 publications: 104 scientists 412–421 publications: 94 scientists 422–431 publications: 99 scientists 432–441 publications: 83 scientists 442–451 publications: 108 scientists 452–461 publications: 73 scientists 462–471 publications: 77 scientists 472–481 publications: 69 scientists 482–491 publications: 84 scientists 492–501 publications: 62 scientists 502–511 publications: 54 scientists 512–521 publications: 57 scientists 522–531 publications: 51 scientists 532–541 publications: 51 scientists 542–551 publications: 32 scientists 552–561 publications: 38 scientists 562–571 publications: 28 scientists 572–581 publications: 43 scientists 582–591 publications: 33 scientists 592–601 publications: 41 scientists 602–611 publications: 32 scientists 612–621 publications: 28 scientists 622–631 publications: 25 scientists 632–641 publications: 27 scientists 642–651 publications: 17 scientists 652–661 publications: 20 scientists 662–671 publications: 17 scientists 672–681 publications: 15 scientists 682–691 publications: 14 scientists 692–701 publications: 21 scientists 702–711 publications: 13 scientists 712–721 publications: 12 scientists 722–731 publications: 19 scientists 732–741 publications: 14 scientists 742–751 publications: 12 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 10 scientists 772–781 publications: 11 scientists 782–791 publications: 10 scientists 792–801 publications: 11 scientists 802–811 publications: 8 scientists 812–821 publications: 8 scientists 822–831 publications: 7 scientists 832–841 publications: 11 scientists 842–851 publications: 10 scientists 852–861 publications: 5 scientists 862–871 publications: 9 scientists 872–881 publications: 4 scientists 882–891 publications: 6 scientists 892–901 publications: 3 scientists 902–911 publications: 6 scientists 912–921 publications: 3 scientists 922–931 publications: 2 scientists 932–941 publications: 2 scientists 942–951 publications: 2 scientists 952–961 publications: 3 scientists 962–971 publications: 3 scientists 972–981 publications: 3 scientists 982–990 publications: 5 scientists 991+ publications: 100 scientists
32–41 publications 991+

This scientist: 420 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

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Number of Computer Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
32–41 7
42–51 22
52–61 82
62–71 134
72–81 249
82–91 324
92–101 421
102–111 420
112–121 497
122–131 544
132–141 555
142–151 609
152–161 559
162–171 534
172–181 556
182–191 583
192–201 519
202–211 508
212–221 490
222–231 437
232–241 423
242–251 408
252–261 377
262–271 301
272–281 335
282–291 320
292–301 293
302–311 250
312–321 238
322–331 206
332–341 209
342–351 208
352–361 162
362–371 176
372–381 127
382–391 158
392–401 128
402–411 104
412–421 94 420
422–431 99
432–441 83
442–451 108
452–461 73
462–471 77
472–481 69
482–491 84
492–501 62
502–511 54
512–521 57
522–531 51
532–541 51
542–551 32
552–561 38
562–571 28
572–581 43
582–591 33
592–601 41
602–611 32
612–621 28
622–631 25
632–641 27
642–651 17
652–661 20
662–671 17
672–681 15
682–691 14
692–701 21
702–711 13
712–721 12
722–731 19
732–741 14
742–751 12
752–761 10
762–771 10
772–781 11
782–791 10
792–801 11
802–811 8
812–821 8
822–831 7
832–841 11
842–851 10
852–861 5
862–871 9
872–881 4
882–891 6
892–901 3
902–911 6
912–921 3
922–931 2
932–941 2
942–951 2
952–961 3
962–971 3
972–981 3
982–990 5
991+ 100
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James E. Smith D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James E. Smith sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 52 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 131+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 990. Most scientists, 990, have 36–37 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82–83 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

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Number of Computer Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 879
32–33 983
34–35 918
36–37 990
38–39 968
40–41 907
42–43 821
44–45 763
46–47 689
48–49 543
50–51 543
52–53 518
54–55 500
56–57 458
58–59 400
60–61 337
62–63 308
64–65 292
66–67 249
68–69 213
70–71 192
72–73 189
74–75 165
76–77 139
78–79 119
80–81 121
82–83 113 82
84–85 88
86–87 87
88–89 75
90–91 69
92–93 57
94–95 46
96–97 38
98–99 34
100–101 36
102–103 27
104–105 37
106–107 18
108–109 31
110–111 19
112–113 16
114–115 12
116–117 20
118–119 15
120–121 5
122–123 20
124–125 8
126–127 5
128–129 7
130 3
131+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1999 - ACM - IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award For fundamental contributions to high performance microarchitecture, including saturating counters for branch prediction, reorder buffers for precise exceptions, decoupled access/execute architectures, and vector supercomputer organization, memory, and interconnects.

Overview

James E. Smith is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a strong focus on Artificial Intelligence. The subfields of study include Cognitive Neuroscience, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Health Informatics, and Social Psychology.

The main topics of their work cover areas such as Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Neural dynamics and brain function, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Neural Networks and Applications, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI).

The scientist has contributed extensively to various publication venues. Frequently, their work appears in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • International Journal for Population Data Science

James E. Smith has worked with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Felix Ritchie
  • Emily Jefferson
  • Richard J. Preen
  • Esma Mansouri-Benssassi
  • Maeve Malone

Their recent papers include:

  • "Assessing and managing SARS-CoV-2 occupational health risk to workers handling residuals and biosolids," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Protein Structured Reservoir Computing for Spike-Based Pattern Recognition," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • "Disclosure control of machine learning models from trusted research environments (TRE): New challenges and opportunities," 2023, Heliyon
  • "Predicting downed woody material carbon stocks in forests of the conterminous United States," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Sentence encoding for Dialogue Act classification," 2021, Natural Language Engineering

James E. Smith has been recognized with awards including being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016. Earlier, in 1999, they received the ACM - IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award for contributions to high performance microarchitecture, including saturating counters for branch prediction, reorder buffers for precise exceptions, decoupled access/execute architectures, and vector supercomputer organization, memory, and interconnects.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to evolutionary computing

    Agoston E. Eiben;J. E. Smith

  • Virtual Machines: Versatile Platforms for Systems and Processes

    James E. Smith;Ravi Nair

  • Complexity-effective superscalar processors

    Subbarao Palacharla;Norman P. Jouppi;J. E. Smith

  • A study of branch prediction strategies

    James E. Smith

  • The architecture of virtual machines

    J.E. Smith;Ravi Nair

  • A tutorial for competent memetic algorithms: model, taxonomy, and design issues

    N. Krasnogor;J. Smith

  • Introduction to Evolutionary Computing

    A.E. Eiben;J.E. Smith

  • Trace cache: a low latency approach to high bandwidth instruction fetching

    Eric Rotenberg;Steve Bennett;James E. Smith

  • The predictability of data values

    Yiannakis Sazeides;James E. Smith

  • From evolutionary computation to the evolution of things

    Ágoston E. Eiben;James E. Smith

  • The microarchitecture of superscalar processors

    J.E. Smith;G.S. Sohi

  • Trace processors

    Eric Rotenberg;Quinn Jacobson;Yiannakis Sazeides;Jim Smith

  • Parameter Control in Evolutionary Algorithms

    A. E. Eiben;Zbigniew Michalewicz;Marc Schoenauer;James E. Smith

  • Data Cache Prefetching Using a Global History Buffer

    K.J. Nesbit;J.E. Smith

  • Managing multi-configuration hardware via dynamic working set analysis

    Ashutosh S. Dhodapkar;James E. Smith

  • Fair Queuing Memory Systems

    Kyle J. Nesbit;Nidhi Aggarwal;James Laudon;James E. Smith

  • Assigning confidence to conditional branch predictions

    Erik Jacobsen;Eric Rotenberg;J. E. Smith

  • Implementing precise interrupts in pipelined processors

    J.E. Smith;A.R. Pleszkun

  • Speculative versioning cache

    S. Gopal;T.N. Vijaykumar;J.E. Smith;G.S. Sohi

  • Decoupled access/execute computer architectures

    James E. Smith

  • A First-Order Superscalar Processor Model

    Tejas S. Karkhanis;James E. Smith

  • Implementation of precise interrupts in pipelined processors

    James E. Smith;Andrew R. Pleszkun

  • Comparing program phase detection techniques

    Ashutosh S. Dhodapkar;James E. Smith

  • Data cache prefetching using a global history buffer

    K.J. Nesbit;J.E. Smith

  • Retrospective: a study of branch prediction strategies

    James E. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Lieven Eeckhout
Lieven Eeckhout Ghent University
Mikko H. Lipasti
Mikko H. Lipasti University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mateo Valero
Mateo Valero Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Per Stenström
Per Stenström Chalmers University of Technology
Norman P. Jouppi
Norman P. Jouppi Google (United States)
Antonio Gonzalez
Antonio Gonzalez Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Gurindar S. Sohi
Gurindar S. Sohi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Howard Jay Siegel
Howard Jay Siegel Colorado State University
Pradip Bose
Pradip Bose IBM (United States)
Parthasarathy Ranganathan
Parthasarathy Ranganathan Google (United States)

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