Edward A. Silver

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
234 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Edward A. Silver is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Education and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward A. Silver has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Management Information Systems, 67 papers in Education and 53 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Edward A. Silver's work include Supply Chain and Inventory Management (72 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (53 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (36 papers). Edward A. Silver is often cited by papers focused on Supply Chain and Inventory Management (72 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (53 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (36 papers). Edward A. Silver collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Edward A. Silver's co-authors include Graham K. Rand, Rein Peterson, Jinfa Cai, Péter Kelle, Mary Kay Stein, P. Dixon, Shuk-kwan S. Leung, Henrik Jönsson, Ilkyeong Moon and Margaret S. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Edward A. Silver

226 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning

1979 1.1k citations Edward A. Silver et al. profile →
Fostering creativity through instruction rich in mathematical problem solving and problem posing

1997 519 citations Edward A. Silver profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edward A. Silver Canada	53	4.2k	3.7k	2.2k	1.8k	1.6k	234	10.0k
Michail N. Giannakos Norway	48	711 0.2×	1.9k 0.5×	164 0.1×	28 0.0×	621 0.4×	243	8.2k
Gerhard Fischer United States	51	329 0.1×	656 0.2×	129 0.1×	361 0.2×	135 0.1×	199	7.9k
Dragan Gašević Australia	64	699 0.2×	6.0k 1.6×	121 0.1×	69 0.0×	61 0.0×	565	16.9k
Kar Yan Tam Hong Kong	36	1.0k 0.2×	292 0.1×	534 0.2×	40 0.0×	1.1k 0.7×	111	9.0k
Miltiadis D. Lytras Greece	45	477 0.1×	837 0.2×	106 0.0×	23 0.0×	416 0.3×	259	6.8k
David C. Yen United States	55	2.6k 0.6×	396 0.1×	385 0.2×	35 0.0×	1.9k 1.2×	308	13.1k
Dale L. Goodhue United States	30	3.0k 0.7×	371 0.1×	115 0.1×	28 0.0×	1.6k 1.0×	58	9.7k
John McDermott United States	32	224 0.1×	755 0.2×	317 0.1×	116 0.1×	68 0.0×	111	5.8k
Horst Treiblmaier Austria	44	1.2k 0.3×	182 0.0×	681 0.3×	25 0.0×	1.5k 1.0×	167	6.8k
Francisco José García‐Peñalvo Spain	54	318 0.1×	3.0k 0.8×	97 0.0×	21 0.0×	188 0.1×	917	12.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Edward A. Silver

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward A. Silver

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All Works

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Silver, Edward A., et al.. (2025). The Teaching and Assessing of Mathematical Problem Solving. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

Silver, Edward A., et al.. (2015). Pursuing excellence in mathematics education : essays in honor of Jeremy Kilpatrick. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

Silver, Edward A., et al.. (2014). Using PISA to Stimulate STEM Teacher Professional Learning in the United States: The Case of Mathematics.. Issues in teacher education. 23(1). 11–30. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yeping, Edward A. Silver, & Shiqi Li. (2014). Transforming mathematics instruction : multiple approaches and practices. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 34 indexed citations

Silver, Edward A.. (2008). An Overview of Inventory Management with Some Suggested Research Topics. Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers. 34(4). 373–385. 4 indexed citations

Silver, Edward A. & Thomas R. Rohleder. (2007). A more accurate representation of the expected number of false alarms in statistical quality control. International Journal of Production Research. 45(23). 5589–5599. 2 indexed citations

Silver, Edward A.. (2006). Formação de Professores de Matemática: desafios e direções. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 5 indexed citations

Zufferey, Nicolas, Martin Studer, & Edward A. Silver. (2006). Tabu search for a car sequencing problem. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 457–462. 6 indexed citations

Moon, Ilkyeong, et al.. (2006). Recycling and Purchasing Policies for Multiple Convertible Units. 6(2). 109–120. 1 indexed citations

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Silver, Edward A.. (2004). Ella Minnow Pea: An Allegory for Our Times?. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 35(3). 154–156. 9 indexed citations

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Silver, Edward A.. (2003). Reflections on Reviews and Reviewers. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 34(5). 370–372. 1 indexed citations

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Rohleder, Thomas R. & Edward A. Silver. (2002). Statistical process control subject to a labour resource constraint. International Journal of Production Research. 40(14). 3337–3356. 10 indexed citations

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Stein, Mary Kay, Margaret S. Smith, & Edward A. Silver. (1999). The Development of Professional Developers: Learning to Assist Teachers in New Settings in New Ways. Harvard Educational Review. 69(3). 237–270. 221 indexed citations

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Kenney, Patricia Ann, Judith S. Zawojewski, & Edward A. Silver. (1998). Marcy's Dot Pattern.. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. 3(7). 4 indexed citations

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Silver, Edward A. & Jinfa Cai. (1996). An Analysis of Arithmetic Problem Posing by Middle School Students. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 27(5). 521–521. 252 indexed citations

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Silver, Edward A.. (1994). On Mathematical Problem Posing.. for the learning of mathematics. 14(1). 19–28. 439 indexed citations

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Silver, Edward A., et al.. (1992). Referential Mappings and the Solution of Division Story Problems Involving Remainders.. Focus on learning problems in mathematics. 14(3). 29–39. 13 indexed citations

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Silver, Edward A.. (1990). Thinking through Mathematics: Fostering Inquiry and Communication in Mathematics Classrooms. The Thinking Series.. 1 indexed citations

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Jönsson, Henrik & Edward A. Silver. (1987). Modification of Demand Distributions on the Basis of Aggregate Information. IIE Transactions. 19(4). 379–384. 3 indexed citations

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Silver, Edward A.. (1981). Establishing reorder points in the ( S,c,s ) coordinated control system under compound Poisson demand. International Journal of Production Research. 19(6). 743–750. 49 indexed citations

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