Bob Sproull

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 696 citations indexed

About

Bob Sproull is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Management Information Systems and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bob Sproull has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 696 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 5 papers in Management Information Systems and 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bob Sproull's work include Operations Management Techniques (6 papers), Quality and Supply Management (5 papers) and Low-power high-performance VLSI design (1 paper). Bob Sproull is often cited by papers focused on Operations Management Techniques (6 papers), Quality and Supply Management (5 papers) and Low-power high-performance VLSI design (1 paper). Bob Sproull collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bob Sproull's co-authors include Ivan E. Sutherland, David Harris, H. T. Kung, Guy L. Steele, Bob Nelson, D. Cohen and Bruce Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research), CERN Bulletin and Productivity Press eBooks.

In The Last Decade

Bob Sproull

12 papers receiving 636 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.

Logical Effort: Designing Fast CMOS Circuits

1999 551 citations Ivan E. Sutherland, Bob Sproull et al. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bob Sproull United States	6	541	263	121	113	85	14	696
Leon Stok United States	18	688 1.3×	661 2.5×	178 1.5×	96 0.8×	56 0.7×	50	905
Adnan Aziz United States	15	350 0.6×	354 1.3×	171 1.4×	378 3.3×	21 0.2×	55	812
Sani Nassif United States	15	622 1.1×	322 1.2×	94 0.8×	17 0.2×	61 0.7×	38	712
Erich Barke Germany	15	499 0.9×	386 1.5×	33 0.3×	199 1.8×	30 0.4×	94	664
S. Muddu United States	18	809 1.5×	376 1.4×	151 1.2×	58 0.5×	82 1.0×	29	1.0k
Mostafa Abd‐El‐Barr Saudi Arabia	14	252 0.5×	170 0.6×	263 2.2×	118 1.0×	24 0.3×	73	604
Henry Chang United States	8	240 0.4×	334 1.3×	140 1.2×	43 0.4×	47 0.6×	17	469
Priyadarsan Patra United States	11	286 0.5×	194 0.7×	91 0.8×	44 0.4×	16 0.2×	50	443
Kaushik Ravindran United States	12	751 1.4×	801 3.0×	252 2.1×	64 0.6×	56 0.7×	21	1.1k
B. Vinnakota United States	14	473 0.9×	308 1.2×	233 1.9×	27 0.2×	33 0.4×	54	606

Countries citing papers authored by Bob Sproull

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bob Sproull

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bob Sproull

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bob Sproull. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bob Sproull 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 Bob Sproull. Bob Sproull is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Sproull, Bob. (2019). Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma Improvement Methodology. Productivity Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

2.

Sproull, Bob. (2019). Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma Improvement Methodology: Making the Case for Integration. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations

3.

Sproull, Bob. (2018). The Problem-Solving, Problem-Prevention, and Decision-Making Guide. Productivity Press eBooks.

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Sproull, Bob & Bruce Nelson. (2015). Epiphanized : a novel on unifying theory of constraints, lean, and six sigma. CERN Bulletin. 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, Bruce & Bob Sproull. (2015). Focus and Leverage: The Critical Methodology for Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six SIGMA (Tls). CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Sproull, Bob. (2012). The Ultimate Improvement Cycle. Productivity Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Sproull, Bob. (2012). The Ultimate Improvement Cycle. Productivity Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Sproull, Bob. (2009). The Ultimate Improvement Cycle: Maximizing Profits through the Integration of Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints. 10 indexed citations

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Sproull, Bob. (2001). Process Problem Solving: A Guide for Maintenance and Operations Teams. 18 indexed citations

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Sproull, Bob & Bob Nelson. (2001). Cardiovascular Toxicology. 8 indexed citations

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Sproull, Bob. (2001). Process Problem Solving. Productivity Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

12.

Sutherland, Ivan E., Bob Sproull, & David Harris. (1999). Logical Effort: Designing Fast CMOS Circuits. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 551 indexed citations breakdown →

13.

Kung, H. T., Bob Sproull, & Guy L. Steele. (1981). VLSI Systems and Computations. 93 indexed citations

14.

Cohen, D., et al.. (1980). Trends in high performance graphic systems(Panel Session). 57–57. 2 indexed citations

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