James E. Mosimann

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

James E. Mosimann is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Mosimann has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Statistics and Probability, 10 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in James E. Mosimann's work include Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models (7 papers), Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers). James E. Mosimann is often cited by papers focused on Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models (7 papers), Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (6 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers). James E. Mosimann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. James E. Mosimann's co-authors include Frances C. James, J. N. Darroch, Robert Connor, Claire V. Wiseman, James J. Gray, Anthony H. Ahrens, Marvin B. Shapiro, Paul S. Martin, Henry Metzger and Harold C. Fritts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Biometrics.

In The Last Decade

James E. Mosimann

47 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Size Allometry: Size and Shape Variables with Characterizations of the Lognormal and Generalized Gamma Distributions

1970 624 citations James E. Mosimann Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
Cultural expectations of thinness in women: An update

1992 518 citations Claire V. Wiseman, James J. Gray et al. profile →
Canonical and principal components of shape

1985 394 citations J. N. Darroch, James E. Mosimann Biometrika profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James E. Mosimann United States	24	732	686	502	488	484	49	4.0k
Rolf Turner New Zealand	17	927 1.3×	145 0.2×	347 0.7×	24 0.0×	310 0.6×	41	4.8k
Peter Sprent United Kingdom	23	1.5k 2.1×	64 0.1×	272 0.5×	76 0.2×	112 0.2×	59	4.7k
L. L. Cavalli‐Sforza United States	45	979 1.3×	527 0.8×	175 0.3×	46 0.1×	56 0.1×	97	10.9k
David Welch New Zealand	27	279 0.4×	377 0.5×	318 0.6×	42 0.1×	55 0.1×	72	3.2k
John G. Clement Australia	47	549 0.8×	821 1.2×	105 0.2×	40 0.1×	433 0.9×	206	8.0k
R. L. Livezey Costa Rica	8	699 1.0×	315 0.5×	100 0.2×	49 0.1×	52 0.1×	13	3.7k
Neal L. Oden United States	37	893 1.2×	179 0.3×	66 0.1×	57 0.1×	60 0.1×	124	6.0k
Warren J. Ewens United States	34	714 1.0×	86 0.1×	659 1.3×	142 0.3×	76 0.2×	129	12.8k
L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza United States	36	391 0.5×	404 0.6×	91 0.2×	43 0.1×	62 0.1×	72	8.7k
Susan R. Wilson Australia	32	264 0.4×	705 1.0×	174 0.3×	28 0.1×	30 0.1×	122	3.7k

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Mosimann, James E., et al.. (2010). Lymphogranuloma venereum in Zurich Switzerland: Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 proctitis among men who have sex with men. Swiss Medical Weekly. 140(1314). 209–209. 11 indexed citations

Gray, James J., et al.. (2006). Cultural representations of thinness in women, redux: Playboy magazine's depiction of beauty from 1979 to 1999. Body Image. 3(3). 229–235. 59 indexed citations

Mosimann, James E., et al.. (1996). Uniform occurrence of digits for folded and mixture distributions on finite intervals. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 25(2). 481–506. 8 indexed citations

Mosimann, James E., et al.. (1990). On the normality of transformed beta and unit- gamma random variables. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 19(10). 3833–3854. 7 indexed citations

Turkeltaub, Paul C., Gerald A. Campbell, & James E. Mosimann. (1990). Comparative safety and efficacy of short ragweed extracts differing in potency and composition in the treatment of fall hay fever. Allergy. 45(7). 528–546. 18 indexed citations

Darroch, J. N. & James E. Mosimann. (1985). Canonical and principal components of shape. Biometrika. 72(2). 241–252. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

Blas, Angel L. De, et al.. (1981). Estimation of the number of monoclonal hybridomas in a cell fusion experiment. Effect of post-fusion cell dilution on hybridoma survival. Journal of Immunological Methods. 45(2). 109–115. 32 indexed citations

Kamel, Ismail A., Allen W. Cheever, Anwar M. Elwi, James E. Mosimann, & Ray Danner. (1977). Schistosoma Mansoni and S. Haematobium Infections in Egypt. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 26(4). 696–701. 42 indexed citations

Mosimann, James E. & Paul S. Martin. (1975). Simulating Overkill by Paleoindians. American Scientist. 63(3). 304–313. 130 indexed citations

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Mosimann, James E.. (1970). Size Allometry: Size and Shape Variables with Characterizations of the Lognormal and Generalized Gamma Distributions. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 65(330). 930–945. 624 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fritts, Harold C., et al.. (1969). A Revised Computer Program for Standardizing Tree-Ring Series. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 118 indexed citations

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Horn, Susan D. & James E. Mosimann. (1969). Elementary Probability for the Biological Sciences.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64(327). 1094–1094. 1 indexed citations

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Connor, Robert & James E. Mosimann. (1969). Concepts of Independence for Proportions with a Generalization of the Dirichlet Distribution. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64(325). 194–194. 51 indexed citations

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Schultz, Vincent & James E. Mosimann. (1969). Elementary Probability for the Biological Sciences. Copeia. 1969(2). 411–411. 6 indexed citations

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Mosimann, James E., et al.. (1966). Reconstruction of protein and nucleic acid sequences: IV. The algebra of free monoids and the fragmentation stratagem. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 28(2). 235–260. 6 indexed citations

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Mosimann, James E.. (1965). Cable in Trouble?. IEEE Transactions on Industry and General Applications. IGA-1(4). 294–300. 3 indexed citations

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Mosimann, James E.. (1962). On the Compound Multinomial Distribution, the Multivariate β- Distribution, and Correlations Among Proportions. Biometrika. 49(1/2). 65–65. 54 indexed citations

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Mosimann, James E.. (1956). Variation and relative growth in the plastral scutes of the turtle Kinosternon integrum Leconte. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 11 indexed citations

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Rabb, George B. & James E. Mosimann. (1955). The tadpole of Hyla robertsorum, with comments on the affinities of the species. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations

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Mosimann, James E. & George B. Rabb. (1953). A new subspecies of the turtle Geoemyda rubida (Cope) from western Mexico. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 2 indexed citations

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