James J. Downs

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

James J. Downs is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Downs has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 1 paper in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in James J. Downs's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (12 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (10 papers) and Process Optimization and Integration (5 papers). James J. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (12 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (10 papers) and Process Optimization and Integration (5 papers). James J. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. James J. Downs's co-authors include E. F. Vogel, Sigurd Skogestad, John W. Cox, Nina F. Thornhill, Margret Bauer, R. Bruce Eldridge, Michael Bâldea, Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, B. Wayne Bequette and Kenneth R. Muske and has published in prestigious journals such as Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and Computers & Chemical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

James J. Downs

14 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A plant-wide industrial process control problem

1993 2.5k citations James J. Downs, E. F. Vogel Computers & Chemical Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James J. Downs United States	9	2.7k	1.3k	795	619	411	14	2.9k
Yingwei Zhang China	27	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	868 1.1×	365 0.6×	199 0.5×	148	2.6k
Qingchao Jiang China	31	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	960 1.2×	683 1.1×	435 1.1×	114	3.4k
Kewen Yin United States	5	3.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	405 0.5×	666 1.1×	318 0.8×	8	3.3k
E. F. Vogel United States	7	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	730 0.9×	557 0.9×	380 0.9×	11	2.5k
Evan L. Russell United States	8	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	776 1.0×	527 0.9×	198 0.5×	14	2.3k
Dexian Huang China	22	2.0k 0.7×	912 0.7×	450 0.6×	355 0.6×	420 1.0×	80	2.4k
Haiyang Hao China	12	1.7k 0.6×	945 0.7×	410 0.5×	309 0.5×	249 0.6×	31	2.1k
Jong‐Min Lee South Korea	16	3.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.8×	739 1.2×	173 0.4×	53	3.5k
Shuai Tan China	22	1.1k 0.4×	748 0.6×	259 0.3×	244 0.4×	276 0.7×	108	1.6k
Thomas E. Marlin Canada	16	2.2k 0.8×	630 0.5×	479 0.6×	387 0.6×	110 0.3×	45	2.5k

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Downs, James J., et al.. (2023). An industrial case study on the combined identification and offset-free control of a chemical process. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 179. 108429–108429. 3 indexed citations

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Downs, James J., et al.. (2021). Validation of Differential Temperature Control for a Dividing Wall Distillation Column. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(3). 1341–1355. 8 indexed citations

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Downs, James J., et al.. (2019). Managing Trace Components in a Dividing Wall Distillation Column: An Experimental Study. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58(28). 12687–12701. 5 indexed citations

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Downs, James J., et al.. (2016). Dividing wall column control: Common practices and key findings. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. 107. 106–115. 43 indexed citations

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Downs, James J. & Sigurd Skogestad. (2011). An industrial and academic perspective on plantwide control. Annual Reviews in Control. 35(1). 99–110. 69 indexed citations

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Downs, James J. & Sigurd Skogestad. (2009). An Industrial and Academic Perspective on Plantwide Control. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 42(11). 117–128. 44 indexed citations

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Bauer, Margret, et al.. (2007). Finding the Direction of Disturbance Propagation in a Chemical Process Using Transfer Entropy. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 15(1). 12–21. 210 indexed citations

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Bauer, Margret, et al.. (2007). Nearest Neighbors Methods for Root Cause Analysis of Plantwide Disturbances. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 46(18). 5977–5984. 31 indexed citations

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Edgar, Thomas F., Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, James J. Downs, Kenneth R. Muske, & B. Wayne Bequette. (2006). Renovating the undergraduate process control course. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 30(10-12). 1749–1762. 33 indexed citations

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Moore, Charles F., et al.. (2003). A steady state distillation column control system sensitivity analysis technique. 296–300. 5 indexed citations

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Downs, James J., et al.. (1994). Industrial Viewpoint on Design/Control Tradeoffs. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 27(7). 105–115. 3 indexed citations

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Downs, James J. & E. F. Vogel. (1993). A plant-wide industrial process control problem. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 17(3). 245–255. 2457 indexed citations breakdown →

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Downs, James J. & E. F. Vogel. (1993). A PLANT-WIDE INDUSTRIAL PROCESS PROBLEM CONTROL. 8 indexed citations

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Downs, James J., et al.. (1988). Tuning and Sensitivity Study for Model Predictive Control. 2357–2361. 6 indexed citations

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