--- title: "Allen Newell — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Allen Newell, Carnegie Mellon University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1956–1987), h-index 70 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allen-newell/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allen-newell/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Allen Newell # Allen Newell Allen Newell has 2 papers in our library, in 1956–1987. 2 papers in our library · 1956–1987 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5111461011) · [**h-index 70**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5111461011) · [290 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5111461011) · [46,223 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5111461011&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allen-newell/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 84 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allen-newell/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #1054](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/11/#star-1054) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Allen+Newell) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Allen+Newell) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Allen+Newell) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Allen+Newell) ## Affiliations [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 1956–2024 · 135 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [💡**RAND Corporation** Santa Monica · United States 1899–2011 · 16 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/thinktanks/rand-corporation/) · [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 1987–2002 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1949–1988 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🔬**Palo Alto Research Center** Palo Alto · United States 1986–1987 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/palo-alto-research-center/) · [🎓**University of Southern California** Los Angeles · United States 1989–2002 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southern-california/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 2 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Artificial intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/artificial-intelligence/) ## Works by year ### 1980s [**1987** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allen-newell/year/1987/) ### 1950s [**1956** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allen-newell/year/1956/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SOAR: An architecture for general intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/laird-1987-soar-architecture-general-intelligence/)** *(1987 · 2,440 citations)* Soar addresses a central goal of AI: a single fixed architecture that can handle the full range of cognitive tasks, from routine to hard problems, and that improves with experience. 2. **[The logic theory machine: A complex information processing system](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/newell-1956-logic-theory-machine-complex-information/)** *(1956 · 875 citations)* Note: The supplied PDF extraction contains only empty page markers (pp. 1–64) and no text. This summary is based on the paper's widely documented content and has not been checked against the source. Please verify it, especially any figures, before adding it to the library. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[SOAR: An architecture for general intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/laird-1987-soar-architecture-general-intelligence/) [Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/)**John E. Laird, Allen Newell, Paul S. Rosenbloom*1987 · 2,440 citations* 2. [**The logic theory machine: A complex information processing system**Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon*1956 · 875 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/newell-1956-logic-theory-machine-complex-information/) 3. **[Report on a general problem-solving program ↗](http://iiif.library.cmu.edu/file/Newell_box00005_fld00314_doc0003/Newell_box00005_fld00314_doc0003.pdf) IFIP Congress · no summary yet**Allen Newell, J. C. Shaw, Herbert A. Simon*1959 · 482 citations* ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/): [Artificial Intelligence 1987](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/1987/) - IEEE Transactions on Information Theory - IFIP Congress ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 84 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [14 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allen-newell/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026