J.D. Robson

3.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

J.D. Robson is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, J.D. Robson has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in J.D. Robson's work include Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (13 papers), Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (6 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (6 papers). J.D. Robson is often cited by papers focused on Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (13 papers), Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (6 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (6 papers). J.D. Robson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. J.D. Robson's co-authors include Colin J. Dodds, Geoffrey Burn, Simon Jones, K. Sobczyk and James W. Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Sound and Vibration, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics and International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J.D. Robson

31 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

Engineering applications of correlation and spectral analysis

1981 663 citations J.D. Robson Journal of Sound and Vibration profile →
Random vibration and statistical linearization

1990 649 citations J.D. Robson Journal of Sound and Vibration profile →
The description of road surface roughness

1973 480 citations Colin J. Dodds, J.D. Robson Journal of Sound and Vibration profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.D. Robson United Kingdom	16	1.4k	652	520	407	330	33	2.5k
David E. Newland United Kingdom	20	1.1k 0.8×	663 1.0×	180 0.3×	672 1.7×	149 0.5×	63	2.4k
W. D. Iwan United States	34	3.0k 2.1×	656 1.0×	655 1.3×	1.0k 2.5×	165 0.5×	111	4.2k
Brian F. Feeny United States	27	1.3k 0.9×	590 0.9×	400 0.8×	702 1.7×	374 1.1×	113	2.4k
Marc P. Mignolet United States	29	1.8k 1.3×	388 0.6×	756 1.5×	713 1.8×	109 0.3×	176	2.7k
S. Narayanan India	35	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	388 0.7×	807 2.0×	376 1.1×	157	3.7k
Matthew S. Allen United States	32	1.8k 1.3×	662 1.0×	375 0.7×	629 1.5×	127 0.4×	150	3.2k
Richard S. Pappa United States	20	2.4k 1.7×	580 0.9×	635 1.2×	732 1.8×	48 0.1×	89	3.3k
Haym Benaroya United States	23	1.0k 0.7×	489 0.8×	322 0.6×	1.0k 2.6×	93 0.3×	137	3.3k
Michel Géradin Belgium	27	1.4k 1.0×	796 1.2×	165 0.3×	1.8k 4.3×	186 0.6×	81	3.3k
Peter Van Overschee Belgium	23	2.9k 2.1×	847 1.3×	917 1.8×	3.9k 9.5×	166 0.5×	52	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by J.D. Robson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.D. Robson

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Robson, J.D.. (2014). ROAD SURFACE DESCRIPTION AND VEHICLE RESPONSE. International Journal of Vehicle Design. 1(1). 25–35. 27 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D.. (1990). Random vibration and statistical linearization. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 141(3). 532–533. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burn, Geoffrey, Simon Jones, & J.D. Robson. (1988). The spineless G-machine. 244–258. 38 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D.. (1985). An introduction to random vibrations and spectral analysis (second edition) 1984. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 99(4). 596–597. 2 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D.. (1984). Probabilistic methods in the theory of structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 92(4). 612–613. 58 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D.. (1981). A simplified quasi-Gaussian random process model based on non-linearity. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 76(2). 169–177. 2 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D.. (1981). Engineering applications of correlation and spectral analysis. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 74(4). 611–612. 663 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robson, J.D., et al.. (1980). Residual spectral densities: A matrix approach. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 68(2). 313–316.

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Robson, J.D.. (1980). The response relationships of random vibration analysis. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 73(2). 312–315. 1 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D.. (1978). The Role of the Parkhilovskii Model in Road Description. Vehicle System Dynamics. 7(3). 153–162. 2 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D., et al.. (1978). The application of isotropy in road surface modelling. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 57(1). 89–100. 54 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D., et al.. (1977). Road Surface Description in Relation to Vehicle Response. Vehicle System Dynamics. 6(2-3). 153–157. 19 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D. & Colin J. Dodds. (1977). Normal co-ordinates and residual spectra in the analysis of random vibration response. 323–345. 1 indexed citations

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Sobczyk, K., et al.. (1977). Response to profile-imposed excitation with randomly varying traversal velocity. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 52(1). 37–49. 26 indexed citations

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Roberts, James W. & J.D. Robson. (1975). The simulation of random vibration response by discrete frequency testing. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 42(4). 429–436. 2 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D., et al.. (1975). Partial coherence in multivariate random processes. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 42(2). 243–249. 55 indexed citations

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Dodds, Colin J. & J.D. Robson. (1973). The description of road surface roughness. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 31(2). 175–183. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robson, J.D.. (1973). Note on the harmonic analogy for random vibration response. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 31(3). 388–389. 4 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D.. (1968). Deductions from the spectra of vehicle response due to road profile excitation. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 7(2). 156–158. 4 indexed citations

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Robson, J.D. & James W. Roberts. (1965). A Theoretical Basis for the Practical Simulation of Random Motions. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 7(3). 246–251. 3 indexed citations

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