Alan D. Swain

2.1k total citations
16 papers, 243 citations indexed

About

Alan D. Swain is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan D. Swain has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 243 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 8 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and 4 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Alan D. Swain's work include Risk and Safety Analysis (11 papers), Occupational Health and Safety Research (8 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (3 papers). Alan D. Swain is often cited by papers focused on Risk and Safety Analysis (11 papers), Occupational Health and Safety Research (8 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (3 papers). Alan D. Swain collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alan D. Swain's co-authors include Robert G. Webster, Robert G. Easterling, G.J. Kolb and W.A. von Riesemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and Ergonomics.

In The Last Decade

Alan D. Swain

16 papers receiving 208 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan D. Swain United States 6 176 148 93 36 23 16 243
Kali Holcomb United States 6 227 1.3× 238 1.6× 198 2.1× 47 1.3× 38 1.7× 10 430
Jeremy C. Williams United Kingdom 5 310 1.8× 267 1.8× 139 1.5× 75 2.1× 45 2.0× 8 398
J. O'Hara United States 7 127 0.7× 109 0.7× 129 1.4× 27 0.8× 7 0.3× 20 186
John A. Forester United States 10 192 1.1× 161 1.1× 79 0.8× 56 1.6× 17 0.7× 25 246
A. Bloemhoff Netherlands 8 200 1.1× 234 1.6× 47 0.5× 58 1.6× 54 2.3× 14 312
Gyrd Skraaning Canada 11 74 0.4× 145 1.0× 320 3.4× 30 0.8× 18 0.8× 24 369
Anna‐Maria Teperi Finland 8 111 0.6× 165 1.1× 103 1.1× 15 0.4× 18 0.8× 21 252
M. Damen Netherlands 7 198 1.1× 234 1.6× 40 0.4× 47 1.3× 49 2.1× 12 335
Kamran Gholamizadeh Iran 11 269 1.5× 199 1.3× 18 0.2× 70 1.9× 14 0.6× 28 326
Dennis C. Bley United States 11 266 1.5× 178 1.2× 86 0.9× 71 2.0× 17 0.7× 29 324

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Swain, Alan D., et al.. (1993). Analysis of the LaSalle Unit 2 nuclear power plant: Risk Methods Integration and Evaluation Program (RMIEP): Parameter estimation analysis and screening human reliability analysis. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D.. (1991). Human Reliability Analysis:Needs, Status, Trends and Limitations. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 45. 301–313. 5 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D.. (1990). Human reliability analysis: Need, status, trends and limitations. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 29(3). 301–313. 123 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D., et al.. (1989). Comparative evaluation of methods for human reliability analysis. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 38 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D., et al.. (1988). An approach to the diagnosis and misdiagnosis of abnormal conditions in post-accident sequences in complex man-machine systems. 209–229. 6 indexed citations
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Easterling, Robert G., et al.. (1984). Review and evaluation of the Zion Probabilistic Safety Study. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D.. (1982). Modeling of response to nuclear-power-plant transients for probabilistic risk assessment. 2 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D., et al.. (1981). Overview of a procedure for human-reliability analysis. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 3 indexed citations
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Webster, Robert G., et al.. (1974). Reduction of Human Errors in Field Test Programs. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 16(3). 215–222. 2 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D., et al.. (1974). The human element in systems safety : a guide for modern management. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D.. (1973). Design of Industrial Jobs a Worker Can and Will Do. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 15(2). 129–136. 3 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D.. (1973). An Error-Cause Removal Program for Industry. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 15(3). 207–221. 12 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D., et al.. (1971). In-Flight Target Reporting—How Many is “A Bunch”?. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 13(2). 177–181. 2 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D., et al.. (1970). Maximum Torque for Small Knobs Operated with and without Gloves*. Ergonomics. 13(2). 201–208. 20 indexed citations
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Swain, Alan D.. (1964). Some Problems in the Measurement of Human Performance in Man–Machine Systems. Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. 6(6). 687–700. 16 indexed citations

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