Ph. Robert

3.4k citations

58 papers · 2.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 17

Impact in

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation top 0.2%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition top 2%
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems

Papers in ⓘ

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32
- Photonic and Optical Devices 17
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors 13
- Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications 9
- Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies 8
Biomedical Engineering 20
- Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies 7
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring 6

Co-authors: Kamiar Aminian (19 shared papers)Bijan Najafi (14 shared papers)Christophe Büla (3 shared papers)François Loew (5 shared papers)P.-F. Leyvraz (3 shared papers)Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu (5 shared papers)Y. Blanc (4 shared papers)Daniel Hayoz (2 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Lightwave Technology (3 papers)Optics Letters (3 papers)Electronics Letters (3 papers)Gait & Posture (2 papers)IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland France Italy

In The Last Decade

Ph. Robert

56 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Ambulatory system for human motion analysis using a kinematic sensor: monitoring of daily physical activity in the elderly 2003 · 576 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2003 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
2002 Journal of Biomechanics

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1	Spatio-temporal parameters of gait measured by an ambulatory system using miniature gyroscopes Journal of Biomechanics ·Kamiar Aminian, Bijan Najafi, Christophe Büla, P.-F. Leyvraz, Ph. Robert Hit paper breakdown →	2002	652
2	Ambulatory system for human motion analysis using a kinematic sensor: monitoring of daily physical activity in the elderly IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Bijan Najafi, Kamiar Aminian, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, François Loew, Christophe Büla, Ph. Robert Hit paper breakdown →	2003	576
3	Measurement of stand-sit and sit-stand transitions using a miniature gyroscope and its application in fall risk evaluation in the elderly IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering ·Bijan Najafi, Kamiar Aminian, François Loew, Y. Blanc, Ph. Robert	2002	336
4	Physical activity monitoring based on accelerometry: validation and comparison with video observation Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing ·Kamiar Aminian, Ph. Robert, Eric Buchser, Blaise Rutschmann, Daniel Hayoz, Michèle Depairon	1999	242
5	Evaluation of an ambulatory system for gait analysis in hip osteoarthritis and after total hip replacement Gait & Posture ·Kamiar Aminian, C. Trevisan, Bijan Najafi, H. Dejnabadi, C. Frigo, E. Pavan, Alessandro Telonio, F. Cerati, E Marinoni, Ph. Robert, P.-F. Leyvraz	2003	134
6	CMOS compatible fully integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer in SOI technology IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·P. Dainesi, A. Küng, M. Chabloz, A. Lagos, P. Fluckiger, Adrian M. Ionescu, P. Fazan, M. Declerq, Philippe Renaud, Ph. Robert	2000	70
7	M&NEMS: A new approach for ultra-low cost 3D inertial sensor Ph. Robert, van Nghi Nguyen, Sébastien Hentz, Laurent Duraffourg, Guillaume Jourdan, Julien Arcamone, S. Harrisson	2009	68
8	Stabilised current sensor using Sagnac interferometer Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments ·P.-A. Nicati, Ph. Robert	1988	41
9	Integrated RF-MEMS switch based on a combination of thermal and electrostatic actuation Ph. Robert, D. Saias, C. Billard, S. Boret, N. Sillon, C. Maeder-Pachurka, P.L. Charvet, G. Bouche, P. Ancey, P. Berruyer	2004	39
10	High-accuracy measurement of the linewidth ofa Brillouin fibre ring laser Electronics Letters ·Jacques Boschung, Luc Thévenaz, Ph. Robert	1994	39
11	Level, downhill and uphill walking identification using neural networks Electronics Letters ·Kamiar Aminian, Ph. Robert, E Jéquier, Y. Schütz	1993	29
12	Temperature dependence of bend- and twist-induced birefringence in a low-birefringence fiber Optics Letters ·Z. B. Ren, Ph. Robert, P.-A. Paratte	1988	27
13	An above IC MEMS RF switch IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ·D. Saias, Ph. Robert, S. Boret, C. Billard, G. Bouche, Didier Belot, P. Ancey	2003	26
14	Theory and experiment of a single-mode diode laser subject to external light injection from several lasers Journal of Lightwave Technology ·J. Troger, Luc Thévenaz, P.-A. Nicati, Ph. Robert	1999	25
15	An ambulatory system for physical activity monitoring in elderly Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·Bijan Najafi, Kamiar Aminian, François Loew, Y. Blanc, Ph. Robert	2002	23
16	Filtering by adaptive sampling (FAS) Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing ·Kamiar Aminian, C. Ruffieux, Ph. Robert	1988	23
17	Piezoelectric Micro-pump with PZT Thin Film for Low Consumption Microfluidic Devices Procedia Engineering ·P.-H. Cazorla, Olivier Fuchs, M. Cochet, S. Maubert, G. Le Rhun, Ph. Robert, Yves Fouillet, Emmanuel Defaÿ	2014	17
18	Polarization multiplexing applied to a fiber current sensor Optics Letters ·Z. B. Ren, Ph. Robert	1989	16
19	Optical fiber ring resonator characterization by optical time-domain reflectometry Optics Letters ·A. Küng, J. Budin, Luc Thévenaz, Ph. Robert	1997	16
20	Source separation in strong noisy mixtures: A study of wavelet de-noising pre-processing IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing ·Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, Christian Jutten, Kamiar Aminian, Bijan Najafi, Ph. Robert	2002	16

About Ph. Robert

Ph. Robert is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Ocean Engineering and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, having authored 58 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photonic and Optical Devices (17 papers), Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (13 papers), Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications (9 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (8 papers), Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies (8 papers), Geophysics and Sensor Technology (8 papers), Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies (7 papers) and Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (952 citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (635 citations), Biomedical Engineering (1.2k citations), Rehabilitation (156 citations) and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (339 citations). Ph. Robert has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Kamiar Aminian, Bijan Najafi, Christophe Büla, François Loew, P.-F. Leyvraz, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, Y. Blanc, Daniel Hayoz, Eric Buchser and Blaise Rutschmann. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Lightwave Technology, Optics Letters, Electronics Letters, Gait & Posture and IEEE Photonics Technology Letters.

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