F. N. David

26.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
152 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

F. N. David is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Artificial Intelligence and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, F. N. David has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Statistics and Probability, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in F. N. David's work include Statistics Education and Methodologies (7 papers), Graph theory and applications (5 papers) and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (5 papers). F. N. David is often cited by papers focused on Statistics Education and Methodologies (7 papers), Graph theory and applications (5 papers) and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (5 papers). F. N. David collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. F. N. David's co-authors include John W. Tukey, J. H. Torrie, R. G. D. Steel, R. J. H. Beverton, Sidney J. Holt, Wassily Hoeffding, Henry B. Mann, William G. Madow, Ingram Olkin and S. G. Ghurye and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Marketing and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

F. N. David

142 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

Exploratory Data Analysis 1959 2026 1981 2003 1977 1961 1961 1959 1967 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Exploratory Data Analysis
    1977 9.6k citations F. N. David et al. Biometrics profile →
  2. Principles and Procedures of Statistics.
    1961 2.1k citations F. N. David et al. Biometrika profile →
  3. Contributions to Probability and Statistics: Essays in Honor of Harold Hotelling.
    1961 1.5k citations F. N. David et al. profile →
  4. On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations.
    1959 961 citations F. N. David et al. Biometrika profile →
  5. LINEAR STATISTICAL INFERENCE AND ITS APPLICATION
    1967 369 citations F. N. David profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. N. David United Kingdom 39 2.3k 2.1k 1.6k 1.5k 1.3k 152 19.5k
William Kruskal United States 35 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 84 16.9k
M. B. Wilk United States 21 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.7× 1.7k 1.3× 44 19.9k
Samuel S. Shapiro United States 18 1.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 2.6k 1.8× 1.8k 1.3× 35 20.6k
Joseph B. Kruskal United States 24 783 0.3× 3.6k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.6× 49 20.5k
M. G. Kendall United Kingdom 47 4.1k 1.7× 3.0k 1.4× 6.1k 3.8× 820 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 161 29.9k
W. J. Conover United States 31 1.8k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 2.7k 1.7× 1.4k 1.0× 2.8k 2.1× 71 29.2k
Norman R. Draper United States 48 3.2k 1.4× 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 243 29.8k
R. Mead United Kingdom 21 934 0.4× 2.4k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 645 0.5× 49 23.6k
Donald W. Marquardt United States 19 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 859 0.6× 721 0.5× 37 30.0k
Olive Jean Dunn United States 37 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 645 0.4× 550 0.4× 966 0.7× 65 12.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. N. David

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lori, Martina, R. Leitão, F. N. David, et al.. (2025). Response of soil biota to agricultural management practices: A systematic quantitative meta-data-analysis and method selection framework. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 207. 109815–109815. 1 indexed citations
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David, F. N. & D. B. Owen. (1976). On the History of Statistics and Probability.. Biometrics. 32(3). 701–701. 2 indexed citations
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David, F. N., Lucien LeCam, Jerzy Neyman, & Elizabeth L. Scott. (1973). Proceedings of the Sixth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability.. Biometrics. 29(2). 416–416. 309 indexed citations
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David, F. N. & D. J. Finney. (1973). An Introduction to Statistical Science in Agriculture.. Biometrics. 29(1). 230–230. 3 indexed citations
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David, F. N.. (1970). Systems of Frequency Curves. Technometrics. 12(1). 173–174. 11 indexed citations
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Göbel, F., F. N. David, M. G. Kendall, & D. E. Barton. (1967). Symmetric Function and Allied Tables.. Biometrika. 54(1/2). 335–335. 9 indexed citations
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Riordan, John, F. N. David, M. G. Kendall, & D. E. Barton. (1967). Symmetric Function and Allied Tables.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 62(317). 301–301. 6 indexed citations
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David, F. N., A. E. Sarhan, & Bernard Greenberg. (1964). Contributions to Order Statistics.. Biometrika. 51(1/2). 294–294. 9 indexed citations
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David, F. N., et al.. (1963). Elements of Mathematical Statistics.. Biometrika. 50(1/2). 228–228. 16 indexed citations
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David, F. N., James S. Coleman, Ernest W. Adams, & Herbert Solomon. (1962). Mathematical Thinking in the Measurement of Behaviour.. Biometrika. 49(1/2). 291–291. 9 indexed citations
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David, F. N.. (1961). Testing Statistical Hypotheses. By E. L. Lehmann. Pp. 361. 88s. 1959. (John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York. Chapman and Hall, London). The Mathematical Gazette. 45(352). 164–165. 1 indexed citations
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David, F. N. & Gunnar Blom. (1960). Statistical Estimates and Transformed Beta-Variables.. Biometrika. 47(1/2). 210–210. 113 indexed citations
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David, F. N., Palmer O. Johnson, & R.W. Jackson. (1960). Modern Statistical Methods.. Biometrika. 47(3/4). 487–487. 17 indexed citations
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David, F. N. & E. J. Gumbel. (1960). Statistics of Extremes.. Biometrika. 47(1/2). 209–209. 30 indexed citations
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David, F. N.. (1959). THE z-TEST AND SYMMETRICALLY DISTRIBUTED RANDOM VARIABLES. Biometrika. 46(1-2). 123–129. 2 indexed citations
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Barton, D. E. & F. N. David. (1959). Combinatorial extreme value distributions. Mathematika. 6(1). 63–76. 17 indexed citations
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Barton, David & F. N. David. (1958). Runs in a ring. Biometrika. 45(3-4). 572–578. 22 indexed citations
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Barton, David & F. N. David. (1957). MULTIPLE RUNS. Biometrika. 44(1-2). 168–178. 20 indexed citations
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Barton, David & F. N. David. (1956). Some Notes on Ordered Random Intervals. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology). 18(1). 79–94. 83 indexed citations
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David, F. N. & Norman L. Johnson. (1952). The Truncated Poisson. Biometrics. 8(4). 275–275. 96 indexed citations

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