R. Ash

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

R. Ash is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Ash has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 11 papers in Radiation and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in R. Ash's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (11 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (4 papers). R. Ash is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (11 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Lung Cancer Research Studies (4 papers). R. Ash collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. R. Ash's co-authors include Kenneth A. Ross, Catherine Doléans-Dade, George Rodrigues, Glenn Bauman, A.D. Wyner, Craig Lewis, Aaron Fenster, Varagur Venkatesan, David D’Souza and Dónal B. Downey and has published in prestigious journals such as Technometrics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

R. Ash

43 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Information Theory 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 1975 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Information Theory
    1966 2.4k citations R. Ash profile →
  2. Real Analysis and Probability.
    1975 512 citations R. Ash et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. Ash United States 15 1.1k 502 491 479 387 44 4.1k
Alex M. Andrew United Kingdom 17 1.6k 1.4× 567 1.1× 364 0.7× 658 1.4× 188 0.5× 152 5.3k
L. A. Shepp United States 45 774 0.7× 313 0.6× 407 0.8× 457 1.0× 850 2.2× 168 10.6k
George Marsaglia United States 36 1.5k 1.3× 440 0.9× 904 1.8× 400 0.8× 802 2.1× 87 6.3k
Makoto Matsumoto Japan 19 1.2k 1.1× 561 1.1× 868 1.8× 437 0.9× 173 0.4× 92 5.1k
Takuji Nishimura Japan 6 1.0k 0.9× 487 1.0× 577 1.2× 377 0.8× 153 0.4× 12 3.9k
James E. Gentle United States 22 703 0.6× 234 0.5× 267 0.5× 306 0.6× 522 1.3× 65 3.5k
R. W. Hamming United States 21 720 0.6× 353 0.7× 766 1.6× 941 2.0× 164 0.4× 53 5.8k
Manfred Opper Germany 32 3.3k 3.0× 364 0.7× 391 0.8× 338 0.7× 351 0.9× 155 5.3k
C. L. Mallows United States 34 2.1k 1.9× 361 0.7× 463 0.9× 453 0.9× 1.4k 3.6× 94 6.6k
PE United States 15 941 0.8× 727 1.4× 510 1.0× 531 1.1× 1.1k 2.8× 25 5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Ash

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Ash

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. Ash. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. Ash 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 R. Ash. R. Ash is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lock, Michael, Ellen Cusano, R. Ash, et al.. (2017). The Utility of Penile Bulb Contouring to Localise the Prostate Apex as Compared to Urethrography. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences. 49(1). 76–83. 2 indexed citations
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Ash, R.. (2011). Statistical Inference: A Concise Course. 2 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, George, Slav Yartsev, Brian Yaremko, et al.. (2010). Phase I Trial of Simultaneous In-Field Boost With Helical Tomotherapy for Patients With One to Three Brain Metastases. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 80(4). 1128–1133. 41 indexed citations
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Ash, R.. (2010). A Course in Algebraic Number Theory. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Wendy, Craig Lewis, Glenn Bauman, et al.. (2007). Prostate volume contouring: A 3D analysis of segmentation using 3DTRUS, CT, and MR. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 67(4). 1238–1247. 160 indexed citations
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Bauman, Glenn, Slav Yartsev, George Rodrigues, et al.. (2007). A Prospective Evaluation of Helical Tomotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 68(2). 632–641. 44 indexed citations
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Song, William Y., Bernard Chiu, Glenn Bauman, et al.. (2006). Prostate contouring uncertainty in megavoltage computed tomography images acquired with a helical tomotherapy unit during image-guided radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 65(2). 595–607. 62 indexed citations
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Videtic, Gregory M.M., Pauline T. Truong, R. Ash, et al.. (2005). Does Sex Influence the Impact That Smoking, Treatment Interruption and Impaired Pulmonary Function Have on Outcomes in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment?. Canadian Respiratory Journal. 12(5). 245–250. 14 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, George, David D’Souza, John Radwan, et al.. (2005). Assessing the Prognostic Significance of Transrectal Ultrasound Extracapsular Extension in Prostate Cancer. Clinical Oncology. 18(2). 117–124. 2 indexed citations
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Videtic, Gregory M.M., Larry Stitt, R. Ash, et al.. (2004). Impaired diffusion capacity predicts for decreased treatment tolerance and survival in limited stage small cell lung cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation. Lung Cancer. 43(2). 159–166. 21 indexed citations
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Ash, R., et al.. (1993). The Calculus Tutoring Book. 13 indexed citations
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McEliece, Robert J., et al.. (1988). Introduction to discrete mathematics. 11 indexed citations
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Ash, R., et al.. (1975). Topics in stochastic processes. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 189 indexed citations
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Ash, R.. (1966). Information Theory. 2427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ash, R.. (1964). Further discussion of a time-continuous Gaussian channel. Information and Control. 7(1). 78–83. 6 indexed citations
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Wyner, A.D. & R. Ash. (1963). Analysis of recurrent codes. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 9(3). 143–156. 58 indexed citations
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Ash, R., et al.. (1959). Increasing Reliability by the Use of Redundant Machines. IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers. EC-8(2). 125–130. 11 indexed citations

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