Alistair Smith

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alistair Smith is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alistair Smith has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Management Information Systems, 1 paper in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alistair Smith's work include Big Data and Business Intelligence (1 paper), Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (1 paper) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (1 paper). Alistair Smith is often cited by papers focused on Big Data and Business Intelligence (1 paper), Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (1 paper) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (1 paper). Alistair Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Netherlands. Alistair Smith's co-authors include Glenn Shafer, Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa, Robert Davies, Jon Sampedro, Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, Jenny Lieu, Hector Pollitt, Oscar van Vliet and Luis D. Virla and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Biometrics and Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

In The Last Decade

Alistair Smith

6 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs.

1977 1.2k citations Alistair Smith, Ralph L. Keeney et al. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) profile →
A Mathematical Theory of Evidence.

1976 1000 citations Alistair Smith, Glenn Shafer Biometrics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alistair Smith United Kingdom	5	796	713	330	260	197	6	2.4k
Denis Bouyssou France	25	1.6k 2.0×	620 0.9×	482 1.5×	492 1.9×	269 1.4×	91	2.8k
Philippe Vincke Belgium	19	1.2k 1.5×	427 0.6×	279 0.8×	317 1.2×	306 1.6×	72	2.2k
James Matheson United States	19	777 1.0×	971 1.4×	293 0.9×	102 0.4×	163 0.8×	28	2.6k
Alexis Tsoukiàs France	24	1.5k 1.9×	858 1.2×	345 1.0×	485 1.9×	285 1.4×	97	3.5k
Marc Pirlot Belgium	21	747 0.9×	445 0.6×	194 0.6×	438 1.7×	190 1.0×	96	1.7k
David Rı́os Insua Spain	27	665 0.8×	638 0.9×	259 0.8×	126 0.5×	222 1.1×	137	2.4k
Ahti Salo Finland	36	2.2k 2.8×	503 0.7×	790 2.4×	241 0.9×	560 2.8×	149	4.4k
Prakash P. Shenoy United States	27	1.1k 1.4×	1.9k 2.7×	230 0.7×	293 1.1×	141 0.7×	109	2.9k
Vincent Mousseau France	25	1.9k 2.4×	853 1.2×	290 0.9×	789 3.0×	380 1.9×	92	3.0k
F. Hutton Barron United States	14	896 1.1×	278 0.4×	385 1.2×	84 0.3×	185 0.9×	31	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Alistair Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alistair Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alistair Smith

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Virla, Luis D., Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, Jon Sampedro, et al.. (2021). Risk blindness in local perspectives about the Alberta oil sands hinders Canada's decarbonization. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 40. 569–585. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Alistair, et al.. (2020). Labour market forecasting scenario’s for automation risks: Approach and outcomes. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Davies, Robert, et al.. (2017). Review of Socio-technical Considerations to Ensure Successful Implementation of Industry 4.0. Procedia Manufacturing. 11. 1288–1295. 140 indexed citations

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Smith, Alistair, et al.. (1990). Modeling and Monitoring Biomedical Times Series. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 85(410). 328–328. 18 indexed citations

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Smith, Alistair, Ralph L. Keeney, & Howard Raiffa. (1977). Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 140(4). 556–556. 1249 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Alistair & Glenn Shafer. (1976). A Mathematical Theory of Evidence.. Biometrics. 32(3). 703–703. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →

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