Forman S. Acton

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 793 citations indexed

About

Forman S. Acton is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Forman S. Acton has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 793 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 3 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Forman S. Acton's work include Diabetes Management and Research (2 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (2 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (2 papers). Forman S. Acton is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes Management and Research (2 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (2 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (2 papers). Forman S. Acton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Forman S. Acton's co-authors include David Beech, Otto Dykstra, W. Edwards Deming, J. Callaway, William L. Burke, W. R. Buckland, Frank Herman, W.N. JESSOP, Albert J. Stunkard and Edgar T. Irons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Technometrics.

In The Last Decade

Forman S. Acton

17 papers receiving 682 citations

Hit Papers

Numerical Methods that Work 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 100 200 300 400
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. Numerical Methods that Work
    1972 409 citations Forman S. Acton et al. Mathematics of Computation profile →

Peers

Forman S. Acton
J. B. Scarborough United States
D.H. Anderson United States
Donald B. Houghton United States
Donald H. Trahan United States
Cecil Hastings
Bertha Swirles United States
Mary L. Boas United States
David C. Young United States
F. James Switzerland
R. E. Miles Australia
J. B. Scarborough United States
Forman S. Acton
Citations per year, relative to Forman S. Acton Forman S. Acton (= 1×) peers J. B. Scarborough

Countries citing papers authored by Forman S. Acton

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Forman S. Acton's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Forman S. Acton with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Forman S. Acton more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Forman S. Acton

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Forman S. Acton. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Forman S. Acton. The network helps show where Forman S. Acton may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Forman S. Acton

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
1.
Acton, Forman S., et al.. (1997). Real Computing Made Real: Preventing Errors in Scientific and Engineering Calculations. Computers in Physics. 11(1). 45–45. 2 indexed citations
2.
Acton, Forman S. & William L. Burke. (1996). Real Computing Made Real: Preventing Errors in Scientific and Engineering Computations. American Journal of Physics. 64(9). 1213–1213. 16 indexed citations
3.
Acton, Forman S.. (1995). Real Computing Made Real. 30(1). 132–5. 6 indexed citations
4.
Acton, Forman S.. (1974). Recurrence relations for the Fresnel integral ∫ ∞ 0 exp(-ct)dt / √ t(1 + t 2 ) and Similar Integrals. Communications of the ACM. 17(8). 480–481. 2 indexed citations
5.
Acton, Forman S., et al.. (1974). Numerical Methods that Work.. American Mathematical Monthly. 81(1). 98–98. 17 indexed citations
6.
Acton, Forman S., et al.. (1972). Numerical Methods that Work. Mathematics of Computation. 26(117). 287–287. 409 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Dykstra, Otto, Forman S. Acton, & W. Edwards Deming. (1967). Analysis of Straight-Line Data. Technometrics. 9(3). 493–493. 42 indexed citations
8.
Acton, Forman S., et al.. (1962). A model for the appraisal of glucose metabolism. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 3(2). 191–215. 7 indexed citations
9.
Anderson, R. L. & Forman S. Acton. (1961). Analysis of Straight-Line Data.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 56(294). 414–414. 1 indexed citations
10.
Buckland, W. R. & Forman S. Acton. (1960). Analysis of Straight-Line Data.. Biometrika. 47(3/4). 486–486. 16 indexed citations
11.
Acton, Forman S., et al.. (1960). Improvement of the Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test. Nature. 186(4727). 808–808. 1 indexed citations
12.
Acton, Forman S., et al.. (1960). Analysis of Straight-Line Data.. American Mathematical Monthly. 67(6). 605–605. 5 indexed citations
13.
Beech, David, et al.. (1960). Analysis of Straight-Line Data.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics). 9(2). 130–130. 52 indexed citations
14.
JESSOP, W.N. & Forman S. Acton. (1960). Analysis of Straight-Line Data.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 123(1). 70–70. 6 indexed citations
15.
Irons, Edgar T. & Forman S. Acton. (1959). A proposed interpretation in ALGOL. Communications of the ACM. 2(12). 14–15. 3 indexed citations
16.
Acton, Forman S., et al.. (1959). Analysis of Straight-Line Data.. Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation. 13(68). 323–323. 175 indexed citations
17.
Herman, Frank, J. Callaway, & Forman S. Acton. (1954). Comparison of Various Approximate Exchange Potentials. Physical Review. 95(2). 371–373. 25 indexed citations
18.
Acton, Forman S.. (1953). Analyzing straight line data. Journal of Chemical Education. 30(3). 128–128. 2 indexed citations
19.
Acton, Forman S.. (1953). Nomography and Empirical Equations. Journal of Chemical Education. 30(1). 47–47. 6 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by J. B. Scarborough Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by D.H. Anderson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Donald B. Houghton Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Donald H. Trahan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cecil Hastings Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bertha Swirles Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mary L. Boas Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David C. Young Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by F. James Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by R. E. Miles
Rankless by CCL
2026