Albert M. Cook

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 985 citations indexed

About

Albert M. Cook is a scholar working on Occupational Therapy, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert M. Cook has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 985 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Occupational Therapy, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Albert M. Cook's work include Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (16 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (7 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (6 papers). Albert M. Cook is often cited by papers focused on Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (16 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (7 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (6 papers). Albert M. Cook collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Colombia. Albert M. Cook's co-authors include Janice M. Polgar, Kim Adams, John G. Webster, Joanne Volden, Albert R. Cavalier, Lawrence S. Meyers, Kristin Baker, Pedro Encarnação, Liliana Alvarez and Alfred R. Potvin and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Journal of the Franklin Institute and Control Engineering Practice.

In The Last Decade

Albert M. Cook

36 papers receiving 883 citations

Hit Papers

Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice
    1995 631 citations Albert M. Cook, Janice M. Polgar Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Albert M. Cook Canada 12 534 284 242 151 119 40 985
Janice M. Polgar Canada 10 478 0.9× 234 0.8× 278 1.1× 151 1.0× 227 1.9× 14 1.1k
D. Jeffery Higginbotham United States 23 692 1.3× 435 1.5× 96 0.4× 291 1.9× 187 1.6× 64 1.4k
Lorenzo Desideri Italy 16 268 0.5× 737 2.6× 127 0.5× 202 1.3× 92 0.8× 73 1.1k
Melanie Fried‐Oken United States 25 711 1.3× 1.2k 4.1× 240 1.0× 349 2.3× 222 1.9× 93 2.0k
Ching‐Hsiang Shih Taiwan 22 674 1.3× 584 2.1× 406 1.7× 340 2.3× 70 0.6× 65 1.2k
Kim Adams Canada 14 248 0.5× 597 2.1× 176 0.7× 138 0.9× 72 0.6× 73 1.0k
Don D. McMahon United States 13 249 0.5× 251 0.9× 39 0.2× 133 0.9× 59 0.5× 30 722
Kevin Caves United States 14 166 0.3× 181 0.6× 63 0.3× 160 1.1× 44 0.4× 39 676
Michael Clarke United Kingdom 19 422 0.8× 164 0.6× 117 0.5× 49 0.3× 212 1.8× 62 901
Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf Italy 11 177 0.3× 437 1.5× 65 0.3× 160 1.1× 43 0.4× 28 683

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Albert M. Cook

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cook, Albert M., Kim Adams, Pedro Encarnação, & Liliana Alvarez. (2012). The role of assisted manipulation in cognitive development. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 15(2). 136–148. 5 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M. & Janice M. Polgar. (2012). Essentials of Assistive Technologies. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M.. (2011). Case Studies in Pre-Service AAC Instruction: Comforting the Client While Stressing the Student. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 20(2). 75–80. 2 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (2010). Using Lego robots to estimate cognitive ability in children who have severe physical disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology. 6(4). 338–346. 38 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M.. (2010). The future of assistive technologies. 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (2008). Cook & Hussey's assistive technologies : principles and practice. Elsevier eBooks. 68 indexed citations
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Gu, Jason, Max Q.‐H. Meng, Albert M. Cook, & Peter Liu. (2004). Intelligent Sensor Fusion in Robotic Prosthetic Eye System. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics. 8(3). 313–323. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Lili, Albert M. Cook, Stanley Varnhagen, & Masako Miyazaki. (2004). Rehabilitation Professionals' Satisfaction With Continuing Education Delivered at a Distance Using Different Technologies. Assistive Technology. 16(2). 104–115. 5 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M. & Albert R. Cavalier. (1999). Young Children using Assistive Robotics for Discovery and Control. Teaching Exceptional Children. 31(5). 72–78. 6 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (1993). A Study of the Application of Fitts' Law to Selected Cerebral Palsied Adults. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 77(3_suppl). 1107–1117. 19 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (1990). Robotic Arm Use by Very Young Motorically Disabled Children. Assistive Technology. 2(2). 51–57. 18 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (1987). Selecting Augmentative Communication Systems by Matching Client Skills and Needs to System Characteristics. Seminars in Speech and Language. 8(2). 153–167. 7 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M.. (1982). Improving objectivity in training centres for mentally handicapped adults. Journal of the British Institute of Mental Handicap (APEX). 10(4). 111–112. 1 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M. & John G. Webster. (1982). Therapeutic medical devices, application and design. 8 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (1980). Assessing Non-Oral Clients for Assistive Communication Devices. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. 45(4). 515–526. 14 indexed citations
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Webster, John G. & Albert M. Cook. (1979). Clinical engineering : principles and practices. Prentice Hall eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M.. (1979). Biomedical Engineering Education: Its Current Status.. 69(8). 1 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M.. (1978). Medicine and clinical engineering. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 305(6). 363–365. 11 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (1977). Digital Electronic Control of Automatic Ventilators. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. BME-24(2). 188–190. 1 indexed citations
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Cook, Albert M., et al.. (1972). A Simple Heart Model Designed to Demonstrate Biological System Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. BME-19(2). 97–100. 5 indexed citations

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