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1035

Kimberly C. Claffy 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 Kimberly C. Claffy sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 282 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kimberly C. Claffy 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 Kimberly C. Claffy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kimberly C. Claffy is affiliated with the University of California San Diego in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on computer science, with a specialization in computer networks and communications. Their work spans a range of subfields including artificial intelligence, sociology and political science, hardware and architecture, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics covered in Kimberly Claffy's research include:

  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Network Traffic and Congestion Control
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Network Packet Processing and Optimization
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data

Some of Kimberly Claffy's recent papers include:

  • "The impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on internet interconnection," 2020, Telecommunications Policy
  • "RIPE IPmap active geolocation," 2020, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
  • "The DNS in IoT: Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges," 2020, IEEE Internet Computing
  • "The Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Interconnection," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Characterization of Anycast Adoption in the DNS Authoritative Infrastructure," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kimberly Claffy include:

  • David D. Clark
  • Bradley Huffaker (12 collaborations)
  • Matthew Luckie (11 collaborations)
  • Ricky K. P. Mok (10 collaborations)
  • Alexander Marder (6 collaborations)

The majority of Kimberly Claffy's publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) - 8 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal - 6 publications
  • ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review - 5 publications
  • Journal of Information Policy - 3 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Named data networking

    Lixia Zhang;Alexander Afanasyev;Jeffrey Burke;Van Jacobson

  • Remote physical device fingerprinting

    T. Kohno;A. Broido;K.C. Claffy

  • Code-Red: a case study on the spread and victims of an internet worm

    David Moore;Colleen Shannon;k claffy

  • Transport layer identification of P2P traffic

    Thomas Karagiannis;Andre Broido;Michalis Faloutsos;Kc claffy

  • Bandwidth estimation: metrics, measurement techniques, and tools

    R. Prasad;C. Dovrolis;M. Murray;K. Claffy

  • Internet traffic classification demystified: myths, caveats, and the best practices

    Hyunchul Kim;KC Claffy;Marina Fomenkov;Dhiman Barman

  • Is P2P dying or just hiding? [P2P traffic measurement]

    T. Karagiannis;A. Broido;N. Brownlee;K.C. Claffy

  • Issues and future directions in traffic classification

    Alberto Dainotti;A. Pescape;K. C. Claffy

  • Analysis of country-wide internet outages caused by censorship

    Alberto Dainotti;Claudio Squarcella;Emile Aben;Kimberly C. Claffy

  • Navigability of complex networks

    Marián Boguñá;Dmitri V. Krioukov;Kimberly C. Claffy

  • A parameterizable methodology for Internet traffic flow profiling

    K.C. Claffy;H.-W. Braun;G.C. Polyzos

  • Trends in wide area IP traffic patterns - A view from Ames Internet Exchange

    Sean McCreary;kc claffy

  • The internet AS-level topology: three data sources and one definitive metric

    Priya Mahadevan;Dmitri Krioukov;Marina Fomenkov;Xenofontas Dimitropoulos

  • Application of sampling methodologies to network traffic characterization

    Kimberly C. Claffy;George C. Polyzos;Hans-Werner Braun

  • AS relationships: inference and validation

    Xenofontas Dimitropoulos;Dmitri Krioukov;Marina Fomenkov;Bradley Huffaker

  • Understanding Internet traffic streams: dragonflies and tortoises

    N. Brownlee;K.C. Claffy

  • ICP and the Squid web cache

    D. Wessels;K. Claffy

  • AS relationships, customer cones, and validation

    Matthew Luckie;Bradley Huffaker;Amogh Dhamdhere;Vasileios Giotsas

  • Topology discovery by active probing

    B. Huffaker;D. Plummer;D. Moore;K. Claffy

  • The Internet AS-Level Topology: Three Data Sources and One Definitive Metric

    Priya Mahadevan;Dmitri Krioukov;Marina Fomenkov;Bradley Huffaker

  • Named Data Networking

    Lixia Zhang;Van Jacobson;St Louis;Lan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradley Huffaker
Bradley Huffaker University of California, San Diego
George C. Polyzos
George C. Polyzos Athens University of Economics and Business
Dmitri Krioukov
Dmitri Krioukov Northeastern University
Tarek Abdelzaher
Tarek Abdelzaher University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Van Jacobson
Van Jacobson University of California, Los Angeles
Lixia Zhang
Lixia Zhang University of California, Los Angeles
Beichuan Zhang
Beichuan Zhang University of Arizona
Lan Wang
Lan Wang University of Memphis
Jeff Burke
Jeff Burke University of California, Los Angeles
David J. Moore
David J. Moore University of California, San Diego

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