2026 Rajeev Thakur: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	55	4262	4144	2009	1939	253	14159

Rajeev Thakur 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 Rajeev Thakur sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 253 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rajeev Thakur 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 Rajeev Thakur sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rajeev Thakur is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Management, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses various topics in computing and technology. These include:

Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
Scientific Computing and Data Management
Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Advanced Data Storage Technologies
Interconnection Networks and Systems

Rajeev Thakur has contributed to multiple publication venues, particularly those focused on high-performance computing and related areas. Frequent venues for their work are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
Computing in Science & Engineering
2021 Fifth International Conference on I-SMAC (IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) (I-SMAC)
Materials Today Proceedings

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rajeev Thakur include:

Co-design Center for Exascale Machine Learning Technologies (ExaLearn), 2021, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
Performance Portability in the Exascale Computing Project: Exploration Through a Panel Series, 2021, Computing in Science & Engineering
VLSI implementation of lightweight cryptography technique for FPGA-IOT application, 2023, Materials Today Proceedings
Employing artificial intelligence to steer exascale workflows with colmena, 2024, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
Preparing MPICH for exascale, 2025, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

The scientist often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including Yanfei Guo, Ken Raffenetti, Hui Zhou, Ryan Chard, and Ian Foster. These collaborations reflect a network of research in high-performance and distributed computing systems.

Best Publications

PVFS: a parallel file system for linux clusters

Philip H. Carns;Walter B. Ligon;Robert B. Ross;Rajeev Thakur

1471
Citations
Optimization of Collective Communication Operations in MPICH

Rajeev Thakur;Rolf Rabenseifner;William Gropp

1127
Citations
The International Exascale Software Project roadmap

Jack Dongarra;Pete Beckman;Terry Moore;Patrick Aerts

965
Citations
Using MPI-2: Advanced Features of the Message Passing Interface

William Gropp;Ewing Lusk;Rajeev Thakur

922
Citations
Data sieving and collective I/O in ROMIO

R. Thakur;W. Gropp;W. Gropp;E. Lusk

744
Citations
On implementing MPI-IO portably and with high performance

Rajeev Thakur;William Gropp;Ewing Lusk

530
Citations
Parallel netCDF: A High-Performance Scientific I/O Interface

Jianwei Li;Wei-keng Liao;Alok Choudhary;Robert Ross

522
Citations
Improving the Performance of Collective Operations in MPICH

Rajeev Thakur;William D. Gropp

350
Citations
An abstract-device interface for implementing portable parallel-I/O interfaces

R. Thakur;W. Gropp;E. Lusk

258
Citations
Users guide for ROMIO: A high-performance, portable MPI-IO implementation

R. Thakur;E. Lusk;W. Gropp

227
Citations
Parallel I/O prefetching using MPI file caching and I/O signatures

Surendra Byna;Yong Chen;Xian-He Sun;Rajeev Thakur

199
Citations
An extended two-phase method for accessing sections of out-of-core arrays

Rajeev Thakur;Alok Choudhary

176
Citations
Passion: Optimized I/O for Parallel Applications

Rajeev Thakur;Alok Choudhary;Rajesh Bordawekar;Rajesh Bordawekar;Sachin More

172
Citations
Optimizing noncontiguous accesses in MPI – IO

Rajeev Thakur;William Gropp;Ewing Lusk

166
Citations
Using Advanced MPI: Modern Features of the Message-Passing Interface

William Gropp;Torsten Hoefler;Rajeev Thakur;Ewing Lusk

159
Citations
MPI on a Million Processors

Pavan Balaji;Darius Buntinas;David Goodell;William Gropp

156
Citations
Method and apparatus for real-time parallel delivery of segments of a large payload file

Desmond Cho-Hung Chan;Siew Young Sim;Rajeev Thakur;Trygve Isaacson

153
Citations
MPI + MPI: a new hybrid approach to parallel programming with MPI plus shared memory

Torsten Hoefler;James Dinan;Darius Buntinas;Pavan Balaji

136
Citations
Remote Memory Access Programming in MPI-3

Torsten Hoefler;James Dinan;Rajeev Thakur;Brian Barrett

129
Citations
A Case for Using MPI's Derived Datatypes to Improve I/O Performance

Rajeev Thakur;William Gropp;Ewing Lusk

127
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William Gropp University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Pavan Balaji Argonne National Laboratory

Ewing Lusk Argonne National Laboratory

Alok Choudhary Northwestern University

Xian-He Sun Illinois Institute of Technology

Robert Ross Argonne National Laboratory

Torsten Hoefler ETH Zurich

Ganesh Gopalakrishnan University of Utah

Wu-chun Feng Virginia Tech

Robert M. Kirby University of Utah

External Links

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