Donald G. Watts

13.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
74 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Donald G. Watts is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Management Science and Operations Research and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald G. Watts has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Statistics and Probability, 12 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 7 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Donald G. Watts's work include Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (9 papers), Optimal Experimental Design Methods (8 papers) and Statistical and numerical algorithms (6 papers). Donald G. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (9 papers), Optimal Experimental Design Methods (8 papers) and Statistical and numerical algorithms (6 papers). Donald G. Watts collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Donald G. Watts's co-authors include Douglas M. Bates, Gwilym M. Jenkins, Walter Freiberger, David A. Ratkowsky, D. W. Bacon, Paul H. Randolph, David C. Hamilton, George A. F. Seber, C. Wild and Robert E. Kass and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Technometrics.

In The Last Decade

Donald G. Watts

71 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Spectral Analysis and its Applications.

1969 3.8k citations Gwilym M. Jenkins, Donald G. Watts et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
Nonlinear Regression Analysis and Its Applications

1988 3.0k citations Douglas M. Bates, Donald G. Watts Wiley series in probability and statistics profile →
Nonlinear Regression Modeling: A Unified Practical Approach

1984 455 citations Donald G. Watts et al. Technometrics profile →
Estimating the transition between two intersecting straight lines

1971 338 citations D. W. Bacon, Donald G. Watts Biometrika profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald G. Watts Canada	25	1.1k	1.0k	838	708	706	74	9.7k
Frank J. Massey United States	27	1.1k 1.0×	689 0.7×	623 0.7×	336 0.5×	302 0.4×	53	15.5k
Robert H. Shumway United States	30	981 0.9×	728 0.7×	939 1.1×	722 1.0×	420 0.6×	99	10.3k
R. Mead United Kingdom	21	1.2k 1.0×	934 0.9×	608 0.7×	1.5k 2.1×	405 0.6×	49	23.6k
Susan J. Devlin United States	12	764 0.7×	712 0.7×	466 0.6×	273 0.4×	274 0.4×	15	5.9k
G. S. Watson United States	39	570 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.2×	332 0.5×	188 0.3×	139	9.6k
Richard J. Beckman United States	22	1.3k 1.1×	954 0.9×	651 0.8×	784 1.1×	168 0.2×	73	16.2k
George A. F. Seber New Zealand	33	2.1k 1.8×	2.9k 2.9×	345 0.4×	407 0.6×	351 0.5×	92	14.1k
David R. Brillinger United States	44	784 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	320 0.4×	1.4k 2.0×	337 0.5×	189	13.4k
Peter Bloomfield United States	31	1.4k 1.2×	693 0.7×	1.8k 2.2×	331 0.5×	403 0.6×	81	6.5k
Donald W. Marquardt United States	19	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.7k 2.4×	573 0.8×	37	30.0k

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Brooks, Ian, et al.. (1994). [21] Determining confidence intervals for parameters derived from analysis of equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation data. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 240. 459–478. 26 indexed citations

Watts, Donald G.. (1991). Why is Introductory Statistics Difficult to Learn? And What Can We Do to Make it Easier?. The American Statistician. 45(4). 290–291. 51 indexed citations

Milliken, George A., Douglas M. Bates, & Donald G. Watts. (1990). Nonlinear Regression Analysis and Its Applications. Technometrics. 32(2). 219–219. 47 indexed citations

Armstrong, Paul W., et al.. (1988). Randomized trial of prostacyclin infusion in acute myocardial infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 61(6). 455–457. 8 indexed citations

Bates, Douglas M. & Donald G. Watts. (1988). Nonlinear Regression Analysis and Its Applications. Wiley series in probability and statistics. 3010 indexed citations breakdown →

Beal, Stuart L., Lewis B. Sheiner, Douglas M. Bates, & Donald G. Watts. (1986). Discussion of Bates and Watts (1985). Technometrics. 28(4). 407–407. 1 indexed citations

Havriliak, S. & Donald G. Watts. (1986). Comparing graphical and statistical methods for analysing dielectric dispersions of polymers represented in the complex plane. Polymer. 27(10). 1509–1512. 36 indexed citations

Bates, Douglas M. & Donald G. Watts. (1985). Multiresponse Estimation With Special Application to Linear Systems of Differential Equations. Technometrics. 27(4). 329–339. 36 indexed citations

Watts, Donald G., et al.. (1984). Applications of Discrete and Continuous Fourier Analysis.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 79(387). 737–737. 84 indexed citations

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Bates, Douglas M., David C. Hamilton, & Donald G. Watts. (1983). Calculation of intrinsic and parameter-effects curvatures for nonlinear regression models. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 12(4). 469–477. 29 indexed citations

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Griffin, Malcolm, et al.. (1982). Deriving the Normal and Exponential Densities Using EDA Techniques. The American Statistician. 36(4). 373–373.

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Watts, Donald G.. (1981). A Task-Analysis Approach to Designing a Regression Analysis Course. The American Statistician. 35(2). 77–84. 1 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Paul W., et al.. (1979). Quantification of myocardial infarction: template model for serial creatine kinase analysis.. Circulation. 60(4). 856–865. 5 indexed citations

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Hamilton, David C. & Donald G. Watts. (1978). Interpreting partial autocorrelation functions of seasonal time series models. Biometrika. 65(1). 135–140. 29 indexed citations

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Watts, Donald G. & D. W. Bacon. (1974). Using an Hyperbola as a Transition Model to Fit Two-Regime Straight-Line Data. Technometrics. 16(3). 369–369. 10 indexed citations

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Watts, Donald G. & D. W. Bacon. (1974). Using An Hyperbola as a Transition Model to Fit Two-Regime Straight-Line Data. Technometrics. 16(3). 369–373. 38 indexed citations

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Jenkins, Gwilym M., et al.. (1971). Спектральный анализ и его приложения. 1 indexed citations

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Bacon, D. W. & Donald G. Watts. (1971). Estimating the Transition between Two Intersecting Straight Lines. Biometrika. 58(3). 525–525. 8 indexed citations

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Leuthold, Raymond M., et al.. (1970). Forecasting Daily Hog Prices and Quantities: A Study of Alternative Forecasting Techniques. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 65(329). 90–107. 40 indexed citations

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Pinsker, M.S., Amiel Feinstein, Yu. A. Rozanov, et al.. (1970). Information and Information Stabilility of Random Variables and Processes. Journal of Marketing Research. 7(3). 401–401. 1 indexed citations

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