David Kilburn

967 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 669 citations indexed

About

David Kilburn is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kilburn has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 669 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 2 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Kilburn's work include Tunneling and Rock Mechanics (2 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (2 papers) and Ethics in Business and Education (1 paper). David Kilburn is often cited by papers focused on Tunneling and Rock Mechanics (2 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (2 papers) and Ethics in Business and Education (1 paper). David Kilburn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. David Kilburn's co-authors include Nick Johns, Jeffery Bray, Sean M. Gross, Michel Nederlof, Mark Dane, Elmar Bucher, Damir Sudar, James E. Korkola, Laura M. Heiser and Kaylyn L. Devlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Visualized Experiments and Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

David Kilburn

3 papers receiving 623 citations

Hit Papers

An Exploratory Study into the Factors Impeding Ethical Co... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. An Exploratory Study into the Factors Impeding Ethical Consumption
    2010 623 citations Jeffery Bray, Nick Johns et al. Journal of Business Ethics profile →

Peers

David Kilburn
Yaeri Kim South Korea
Kevin Burchell United Kingdom
Barbara Seegebarth Germany
Amrut Sadachar United States
Demetra Andrews United States
Mathias Peyer Germany
Leïla Elgaaïed‐Gambier France
Aaron R. Brough United States
Mohamed Akli Achabou France
Chiu‐chi Angela Chang United States
Yaeri Kim South Korea
David Kilburn
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Countries citing papers authored by David Kilburn

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Kilburn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Kilburn

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

All Works

4 of 4 papers shown
1.
Devlin, Kaylyn L., David Kilburn, Sean M. Gross, et al.. (2019). Using Microarrays to Interrogate Microenvironmental Impact on Cellular Phenotypes in Cancer. Journal of Visualized Experiments.
2.
Kilburn, David, et al.. (2014). Overview of underpinning and caisson shaft-sinking techniques. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering. 168(1). 3–15. 14 indexed citations
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Bray, Jeffery, Nick Johns, & David Kilburn. (2010). An Exploratory Study into the Factors Impeding Ethical Consumption. Journal of Business Ethics. 98(4). 597–608. 623 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kilburn, David, et al.. (2009). Examples of open caisson sinking in Scotland. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering. 162(1). 59–70. 32 indexed citations

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