John A. Roberson

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 759 citations indexed

About

John A. Roberson is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Roberson has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 759 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 5 papers in Computational Mechanics and 4 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in John A. Roberson's work include Hydraulic flow and structures (5 papers), Blind Source Separation Techniques (3 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (3 papers). John A. Roberson is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic flow and structures (5 papers), Blind Source Separation Techniques (3 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (3 papers). John A. Roberson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. John A. Roberson's co-authors include G S Rutherford, Zhi Ding, Steven J. Wright, Sushil Kumar, C. T. Crowe, Joseph Bae, Prateek Prasanna, David Payne, K. Kesava Rao and Jack Schuster and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Hydraulic Research and Transactions of the ASAE.

In The Last Decade

John A. Roberson

21 papers receiving 692 citations

Hit Papers

Engineering Fluid Mechanics 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
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. Engineering Fluid Mechanics
    2001 608 citations John A. Roberson Staffordshire Online Repository (Staffordshire University) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John A. Roberson United States 7 187 178 158 133 125 21 759
R. L. Daugherty United States 3 114 0.6× 179 1.0× 196 1.2× 65 0.5× 95 0.8× 6 685
Joseph B. Franzini United States 7 122 0.7× 189 1.1× 282 1.8× 77 0.6× 107 0.9× 16 816
R. Kahawita Canada 16 491 2.6× 225 1.3× 275 1.7× 77 0.6× 60 0.5× 45 1.1k
。 Wang China 15 315 1.7× 212 1.2× 489 3.1× 62 0.5× 150 1.2× 289 1.2k
A. O. Demuren United States 16 666 3.6× 223 1.3× 126 0.8× 151 1.1× 68 0.5× 51 896
Qin Zhang China 19 211 1.1× 128 0.7× 261 1.7× 177 1.3× 191 1.5× 96 1.3k
Michael C. Johnson United States 14 130 0.7× 105 0.6× 492 3.1× 272 2.0× 161 1.3× 47 814
Nicolas Rivière France 15 141 0.8× 75 0.4× 168 1.1× 200 1.5× 42 0.3× 61 700
Roland W. Jeppson United States 11 96 0.5× 105 0.6× 438 2.8× 25 0.2× 98 0.8× 57 729
Stefano Malavasi Italy 19 587 3.1× 285 1.6× 274 1.7× 158 1.2× 420 3.4× 111 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John A. Roberson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John A. Roberson

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All Works

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Elger, Donald, et al.. (2014). Engineering fluid dynamics, SI version, 10th edition. 1 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A. & Zhi Ding. (2006). A BICM Approach to Type-II Hybrid ARQ. 54. IV–IV. 4 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A. & Zhi Ding. (2005). Joint channel estimation and detection of partial ARQ in OFDM. 1. 662–666. 1 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A. & Zhi Ding. (2004). Joint channel identification in punctured hybrid ARQ retransmissions. 35. 2099–2104 Vol.4. 4 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A. & Zhi Ding. (2004). Joint semi-blind channel identification in punctured ARQ retransmissions. 43. ii–421. 2 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A.. (2001). Engineering Fluid Mechanics. Staffordshire Online Repository (Staffordshire University). 608 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberson, John A. & C. T. Crowe. (1993). Engineering fluid mechanics . Roberson, Clayton T. Crowe. Houghton Mifflin eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sushil & John A. Roberson. (1980). General Algorithm for Rough Conduit Resistance. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 106(11). 1745–1764. 2 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1976). A Theory of Flow Resistance for Vegetated Channels. Transactions of the ASAE. 19(2). 288–293. 53 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1974). Turbulence in Wakes of Roughness Elements. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 100(1). 53–67. 10 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1974). A GENERAL THEORY FOR FLOW IN ROUGH CONDUITS. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 12(2). 223–240. 8 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A. & Steven J. Wright. (1973). Analysis of Flow in Channels with Gravel Beds. 63–72. 2 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1972). Turbulence Effects on Drag of Sharp-Edged Bodies. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 98(7). 1187–1203. 24 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1970). Flow in Conduits with Low Roughness Concentration. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 96(4). 941–957. 14 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A. & G S Rutherford. (1969). Turbulence Effect on Drag of Angular Blunt Bodies. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 95(2). 781–785. 1 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1965). Discussion of “Large-Scale Roughness in Open-Channel Flow”. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 91(5). 242–262. 2 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1961). Discussion of “Design Methods for Flow in Rough Conduits”. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 126(1). 474–484. 1 indexed citations
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Roberson, John A., et al.. (1961). The use of a dimensionless unit hydrograph to derive unit hydrographs for some Pacific Northwest basins. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 66(2). 521–521. 15 indexed citations
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Escobar, Julio, et al.. (1954). Discussion of “Escobar on Manifold Flow”. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 119(1). 1119–1140. 2 indexed citations

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