| Ethernet: Distributed packet switching for local computer networks RM Metcalfe, DR Boggs Communications of the ACM 19 (7), 395-404, 1976 | 2769 | 1976 |
| Reverse path forwarding of broadcast packets YK Dalal, RM Metcalfe Communications of the ACM 21 (12), 1040-1048, 1978 | 654 | 1978 |
| Multipoint data communication system with collision detection RM Metcalfe, DR Boggs, CP Thacker, BW Lampson US Patent 4,063,220, 1977 | 375 | 1977 |
| Metcalfe's law after 40 years of ethernet B Metcalfe Computer 46 (12), 26-31, 2013 | 310 | 2013 |
| Metcalfe’s law: A network becomes more valuable as it reaches more users B Metcalfe Infoworld 17 (40), 53-54, 1995 | 293 | 1995 |
| Pup: An internetwork architecture D Boggs, J Shoch, E Taft, R Metcalfe IEEE Transactions on Communications 28 (4), 612-624, 1980 | 279 | 1980 |
| Beyond calculation: The next fifty years of computing PJ Denning, RM Metcalfe Springer Science & Business Media, 1998 | 266 | 1998 |
| Fibernet: Multimode optical fibers for local computer networks E Rawson, R Metcalfe IEEE Transactions on Communications 26 (7), 983-990, 1978 | 151 | 1978 |
| Function-oriented protocols for the Arpa computer network SD Crocker, JF Heafner, RM Metcalfe, JB Postel Proceedings of the May 16-18, 1972, spring joint computer conference, 271-279, 1971 | 150 | 1971 |
| Packet communication RM Metcalfe | 145 | 1973 |
| The dynamics of innovation D Tsichritzis Beyond calculation: the next fifty years, 259-265, 1997 | 129 | 1997 |
| An Experimental Service for Adaptable Data Reconfiguration V Cerf, E Harslem, J Heafner, R Metcalfe, J White IEEE Transactions on Communications 20 (3), 557-564, 1972 | 107 | 1972 |
| Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing M Weiser, JS Brown, PJ Denning, RM Metcalfe Copernicus, 1998 | 65 | 1998 |
| Communications network repeater DR Boggs, RM Metcalfe US Patent 4,099,024, 1978 | 60 | 1978 |
| How we will learn PJ Denning Beyond calculation: The next fifty years of computing, 267-286, 1997 | 34 | 1997 |
| Computer/network interface design: Lessons from Arpanet and Ethernet RM Metcalfe IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 11 (2), 173-180, 1993 | 34 | 1993 |
| Ethernet: Distributed packet switching for local computer networks RM Metcalfe, DR Boggs Communications of the ACM 26 (1), 90-95, 1983 | 31 | 1983 |
| Invention Is a Flower, Innovation Is a Weed. B Metcalfe Technology Review 102 (6), 54-57, 1999 | 29 | 1999 |
| The tide, not the waves EW Dijkstra Beyond calculation: the next fifty years, 59-64, 1997 | 27 | 1997 |
| It's All in Your Head The latest supercomputer is way faster than the human brain. But guess which is smarter? RM Metcalfe Forbes 179 (10), 52, 2007 | 26 | 2007 |
