Neil Jacobstein

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Neil Jacobstein is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Jacobstein has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Neil Jacobstein's work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (3 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (3 papers) and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (2 papers). Neil Jacobstein is often cited by papers focused on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (3 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (3 papers) and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (2 papers). Neil Jacobstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Neil Jacobstein's co-authors include Guang‐Zhong Yang, Bradley J. Nelson, Russell H. Taylor, Marcia McNutt, Peer Fischer, Frederick Hayes‐Roth, Robert J. Full, Manuela Veloso, Jim Bellingham and Mariarosaria Taddeo and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Science Robotics and World Policy Journal.

In The Last Decade

Neil Jacobstein

8 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The grand challenges of Science Robotics

2018 845 citations Guang‐Zhong Yang, Jim Bellingham et al. Science Robotics profile →
Combating COVID-19—The role of robotics in managing public health and infectious diseases

2020 364 citations Guang‐Zhong Yang, Bradley J. Nelson et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil Jacobstein United States	8	557	352	252	215	152	9	1.4k
Robert Merrifield United Kingdom	12	600 1.1×	311 0.9×	241 1.0×	229 1.1×	97 0.6×	30	2.2k
Jim Bellingham United States	5	452 0.8×	309 0.9×	240 1.0×	95 0.4×	112 0.7×	5	1.0k
H.E. Stephanou United States	20	619 1.1×	434 1.2×	79 0.3×	198 0.9×	514 3.4×	104	1.6k
Henrik Hautop Lund Denmark	28	402 0.7×	927 2.6×	248 1.0×	599 2.8×	346 2.3×	167	3.2k
Koji Ikuta Japan	18	934 1.7×	254 0.7×	119 0.5×	88 0.4×	279 1.8×	109	1.7k
Roel Pieters Finland	13	282 0.5×	183 0.5×	140 0.6×	71 0.3×	251 1.7×	66	1.0k
Chris Rogers United States	29	928 1.7×	848 2.4×	58 0.2×	66 0.3×	350 2.3×	151	3.4k
Shraga Shoval Israel	20	192 0.3×	181 0.5×	84 0.3×	77 0.4×	246 1.6×	128	1.5k
Mustafa Emre Karagozler United States	11	571 1.0×	217 0.6×	78 0.3×	78 0.4×	44 0.3×	17	1.5k
Sabine Hauert United Kingdom	18	326 0.6×	361 1.0×	220 0.9×	155 0.7×	89 0.6×	80	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Neil Jacobstein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Jacobstein

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Jacobstein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Neil Jacobstein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Neil Jacobstein based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Neil Jacobstein. Neil Jacobstein is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

1.

Jacobstein, Neil. (2021). NASA’s Perseverance: Robot laboratory on Mars. Science Robotics. 6(52). 9 indexed citations

2.

Yang, Guang‐Zhong, Bradley J. Nelson, Robin R. Murphy, et al.. (2020). Combating COVID-19—The role of robotics in managing public health and infectious diseases. Science Robotics. 5(40). 364 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Jacobstein, Neil. (2019). Autonomous vehicles: An imperfect path to saving millions of lives. Science Robotics. 4(28). 13 indexed citations

4.

Yang, Guang‐Zhong, Robert J. Full, Neil Jacobstein, et al.. (2019). Ten robotics technologies of the year. Science Robotics. 4(26). 32 indexed citations

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Yang, Guang‐Zhong, Jim Bellingham, Pierre E. Dupont, et al.. (2018). The grand challenges of Science Robotics. Science Robotics. 3(14). 845 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Guang‐Zhong, James G. Bellingham, Howie Choset, et al.. (2016). Science for robotics and robotics for science. Science Robotics. 1(1). 27 indexed citations

7.

Jacobstein, Neil. (2013). Drones: A 360 Degree View. World Policy Journal. 30(3). 14–19. 8 indexed citations

8.

Hayes‐Roth, Frederick & Neil Jacobstein. (1994). The state of knowledge-based systems. Communications of the ACM. 37(3). 26–39. 109 indexed citations

9.

Kahn, Gary & Neil Jacobstein. (1988). Managing Expert Systems Projects. 1 indexed citations

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