Benjamin Dobson

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Dobson is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Dobson has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 4 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Dobson's work include Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (4 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (3 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (2 papers). Benjamin Dobson is often cited by papers focused on Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (4 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (3 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (2 papers). Benjamin Dobson collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Benjamin Dobson's co-authors include Jason Hinkle, Howard A. MacEwen, Aaron Rindflesch and John H. Hollman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Sound and Vibration, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing and Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Dobson

11 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Vibration problems in engineering

1990 1.1k citations Benjamin Dobson Journal of Sound and Vibration profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Dobson United States	6	475	367	304	285	283	11	1.2k
Hui Zheng China	19	353 0.7×	353 1.0×	274 0.9×	353 1.2×	234 0.8×	76	1.1k
Antonio Carcaterra Italy	23	625 1.3×	363 1.0×	296 1.0×	344 1.2×	262 0.9×	100	1.4k
G. R. Heppler Canada	25	777 1.6×	597 1.6×	458 1.5×	311 1.1×	833 2.9×	121	2.0k
Hiroshi Yabuno Japan	20	449 0.9×	185 0.5×	253 0.8×	183 0.6×	703 2.5×	131	1.4k
Jon Juel Thomsen Denmark	23	521 1.1×	368 1.0×	368 1.2×	225 0.8×	645 2.3×	74	1.5k
Anders Boström Sweden	27	641 1.3×	970 2.6×	590 1.9×	328 1.2×	154 0.5×	109	1.7k
Daniel J. Segalman United States	19	527 1.1×	390 1.1×	406 1.3×	414 1.5×	354 1.3×	71	1.7k
S. V. Sorokin Russia	20	444 0.9×	514 1.4×	255 0.8×	680 2.4×	360 1.3×	248	2.0k
E.S. Ventsel United States	9	346 0.7×	535 1.5×	295 1.0×	160 0.6×	148 0.5×	18	930
Jerry H. Ginsberg United States	15	453 1.0×	342 0.9×	284 0.9×	350 1.2×	440 1.6×	104	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Dobson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Dobson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Dobson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benjamin Dobson. Benjamin Dobson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Rindflesch, Aaron, et al.. (2017). Student Physical Therapists Achieve Similar Patient Outcomes as Licensed Physical Therapists: A Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes of Patients With Low Back Pain. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. 31(4). 35–39. 3 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (2013). Experimental characterization of deployable outer barrel assemblies for large space telescopes. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8860. 886008–886008. 7 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (2009). Lightweight optical barrel assembly structures for large deployable space telescopes. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7436. 74360B–74360B. 5 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (2007). Experimental Characterization of an Extremely High Expansion Deployable Gossamer Structure. 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 1 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (2005). Experimental Characterization of Lightweight Strain Energy Deployment Hinges. 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference. 13 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (1995). Vibration Engineering in the Modernisation of a Luxury Motor Yacht. 129–140. 1 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (1991). Experimental investigation of the effects of temperature on the dynamic properties of a carbon fibre-reinforced plate. Composites. 22(3). 199–203. 3 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (1991). The direct measurement of structural mass, stiffness and damping properties. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 145(1). 61–81. 4 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin, et al.. (1990). A Review of the Indirect Calculation of Excitation Forces from Measured Structural Response Data. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 204(2). 69–75. 95 indexed citations

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Dobson, Benjamin. (1990). Vibration problems in engineering. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 143(3). 537–538. 1057 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dobson, Benjamin. (1987). A straight-line technique for extracting modal properties from frequency response data. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 1(1). 29–40. 26 indexed citations

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