M. D. Atkinson

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

M. D. Atkinson is a scholar working on Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. D. Atkinson has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, 36 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 36 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in M. D. Atkinson's work include Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (28 papers), graph theory and CDMA systems (22 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (21 papers). M. D. Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics (28 papers), graph theory and CDMA systems (22 papers) and semigroups and automata theory (21 papers). M. D. Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada. M. D. Atkinson's co-authors include Catherine Chinoy, Katrien M. Devos, J. W. Wilesmith, John J. Ryan, Sinéad Brophy, M. D. Gale, William A. Tiller, Rollin McCraty, Michael Albert and Yun Lü and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Genetics and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

M. D. Atkinson

141 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Algorithms for the Capture and Adjudication of Prevalent ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Algorithms for the Capture and Adjudication of Prevalent and Incident Diabetes in UK Biobank
    2016 310 citations Sophie V. Eastwood, Rohini Mathur et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. D. Atkinson United Kingdom 34 1.7k 993 721 433 424 146 5.0k
H. D. Patterson United Kingdom 24 1.9k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 303 0.4× 14 0.0× 241 0.6× 72 6.1k
David Barton United Kingdom 41 237 0.1× 1.2k 1.2× 2.6k 3.7× 67 0.2× 85 0.2× 182 6.7k
David Carter United States 38 381 0.2× 856 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 55 0.1× 27 0.1× 184 5.6k
Tom Britton Sweden 28 243 0.1× 1.3k 1.3× 1.4k 2.0× 36 0.1× 75 0.2× 112 7.5k
Eran Halperin United States 42 388 0.2× 2.8k 2.8× 3.1k 4.3× 48 0.1× 502 1.2× 147 7.7k
Robert Griffiths United States 46 445 0.3× 3.6k 3.6× 2.6k 3.6× 28 0.1× 64 0.2× 171 9.0k
Jason C. Hsu United States 29 297 0.2× 173 0.2× 538 0.7× 18 0.0× 141 0.3× 113 3.9k
R. A. Bailey United Kingdom 27 141 0.1× 91 0.1× 164 0.2× 267 0.6× 669 1.6× 145 2.4k
Michael A. Langston United States 33 102 0.1× 549 0.6× 1.5k 2.1× 118 0.3× 906 2.1× 182 4.2k
James A. Foster United States 34 222 0.1× 641 0.6× 2.2k 3.1× 14 0.0× 142 0.3× 122 4.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. D. Atkinson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Copeland, Lauren, et al.. (2021). Public awareness in Wales of the UK Yellow Card scheme for reporting suspected adverse drug reactions. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 87(8). 3344–3348. 6 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., et al.. (2019). Do carers care for themselves? A population-based study. International Journal for Population Data Science. 4(3). 4 indexed citations
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Demmler, Joanne, M. D. Atkinson, Emma Reinhold, et al.. (2019). Diagnosed prevalence of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder in Wales, UK: a national electronic cohort study and case–control comparison. BMJ Open. 9(11). e031365–e031365. 160 indexed citations
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Eastwood, Sophie V., Rohini Mathur, M. D. Atkinson, et al.. (2016). Algorithms for the Capture and Adjudication of Prevalent and Incident Diabetes in UK Biobank. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162388–e0162388. 310 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cooksey, Roxanne, Sinéad Brophy, Michael Dennis, et al.. (2015). Severe flare as a predictor of poor outcome in ankylosing spondylitis: a cohort study using questionnaire and routine data linkage. Lara D. Veeken. 54(9). 1563–1572. 14 indexed citations
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Albert, Michael, M. D. Atkinson, & Vincent Vatter. (2014). Inflations of geometric grid classes: three case studies.. Australas. J Comb.. 58. 27–47. 3 indexed citations
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Albert, Michael H., M. D. Atkinson, Mathilde Bouvel, Nik Ruškuc, & Vincent Vatter. (2013). Geometric grid classes of permutations. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 365(11). 5859–5881. 18 indexed citations
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Brophy, Sinéad, Kerina Jones, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, et al.. (2013). Incidence of Campylobacter and Salmonella Infections Following First Prescription for PPI: A Cohort Study Using Routine Data. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 108(7). 1094–1100. 40 indexed citations
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Husain, Muhammad Jami, Sinéad Brophy, Steven Macey, et al.. (2012). HERALD (Health Economics using Routine Anonymised Linked Data). BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 12(1). 24–24. 12 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., Bruce E. Sagan, & Vincent Vatter. (2011). Counting (3 + 1)-avoiding permutations. European Journal of Combinatorics. 33(1). 49–61. 3 indexed citations
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Aldred, R. E. L., et al.. (2010). Avoiding consecutive patterns in permutations. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 45(3). 449–461. 3 indexed citations
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Albert, Michael & M. D. Atkinson. (2005). Simple permutations and pattern restricted permutations. Discrete Mathematics. 300(1-3). 1–15. 62 indexed citations
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Kettlewell, P. S., et al.. (2003). The impact of winter nao on summer rainfall in nw europe. EAEJA. 12398. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., et al.. (2002). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Sambucus nigra L.. Journal of Ecology. 90(5). 5–923. 8 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., et al.. (2002). Sorting with two ordered stacks in series. Theoretical Computer Science. 289(1). 205–223. 12 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., et al.. (1997). Permutations generated by token passing in graphs. Theoretical Computer Science. 178(1-2). 103–118. 9 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., et al.. (1997). Bounded capacity priority queues. Theoretical Computer Science. 182(1-2). 145–157. 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., et al.. (1986). A reliable method for distinguishing between Betula pendula and B. pubescens.. New Journal of Botany. 16(1). 75–87. 17 indexed citations
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Atkinson, M. D., et al.. (1980). Regular fault-free rectangles. The Mathematical Gazette. 64(428). 99–106.
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Atkinson, M. D.. (1975). An algorithm for finding the blocks of a permutation group. Mathematics of Computation. 29(131). 911–913. 34 indexed citations

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