R. E. Bedford

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 980 citations indexed

About

R. E. Bedford is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. E. Bedford has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 980 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. E. Bedford's work include Calibration and Measurement Techniques (24 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (8 papers) and Electric Motor Design and Analysis (7 papers). R. E. Bedford is often cited by papers focused on Calibration and Measurement Techniques (24 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (8 papers) and Electric Motor Design and Analysis (7 papers). R. E. Bedford collaborates with scholars based in Canada, India and United States. R. E. Bedford's co-authors include Günter Wyszecki, Franco Pavese, G Bonnier, Han L. J. van der Maas, Christine Kirby, M. Durieux, C R Barber, H. Preston-Thomas, Shouren Chen and A. Moser and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Review of Scientific Instruments and Measurement.

In The Last Decade

R. E. Bedford

47 papers receiving 845 citations

Hit Papers

Axial Chromatic Aberration of the Human Eye 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 50 100 150 200 250
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. Axial Chromatic Aberration of the Human Eye
    1957 251 citations R. E. Bedford et al. Journal of the Optical Society of America 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. E. Bedford Canada 14 357 227 164 134 117 49 980
J.M. Burch United Kingdom 19 129 0.4× 223 1.0× 617 3.8× 294 2.2× 22 0.2× 37 1.7k
Yoshi Ohno United States 15 269 0.8× 172 0.8× 556 3.4× 124 0.9× 10 0.1× 52 1.3k
Daniel Malacara Mexico 19 77 0.2× 21 0.1× 520 3.2× 300 2.2× 32 0.3× 76 1.5k
Francis A. Jenkins United States 2 54 0.2× 14 0.1× 295 1.8× 209 1.6× 19 0.2× 2 979
Joaquín Campos Acosta Spain 16 311 0.9× 24 0.1× 288 1.8× 131 1.0× 8 0.1× 116 863
Sheryl M. Gracewski United States 21 51 0.1× 75 0.3× 161 1.0× 665 5.0× 8 0.1× 70 1.3k
Philip J.W. Hands United Kingdom 20 59 0.2× 145 0.6× 870 5.3× 547 4.1× 15 0.1× 54 2.1k
Hideya Nishiyama Japan 21 364 1.0× 67 0.3× 355 2.2× 359 2.7× 16 0.1× 256 2.0k
Giuseppe Molesini Italy 15 17 0.0× 17 0.1× 232 1.4× 238 1.8× 21 0.2× 107 851
Jearl Walker United States 14 55 0.2× 29 0.1× 122 0.7× 134 1.0× 6 0.1× 125 798

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. E. Bedford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. E. Bedford

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bedford, R. E., G Bonnier, Han L. J. van der Maas, & Franco Pavese. (1996). Recommended values of temperature on the International Temperature Scale of 1990 for a selected set of secondary reference points. Metrologia. 33(2). 133–154. 152 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1989). Measurement of size-of-source effects in an optical pyrometer. Measurement. 7(1). 2–6. 5 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., G Bonnier, Han L. J. van der Maas, & Franco Pavese. (1984). Recommended Values of Temperature for a Selected Set of Secondary Reference Points. Metrologia. 20(4). 145–155. 32 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1983). Effect of uncertainties in detector responsivity on thermodynamic temperatures measured with an optical pyrometer. NPARC. 3 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E.. (1982). The Reporting of Thermodynamic Temperature Intervals Measured with an Optical Pyrometer. Metrologia. 18(3). 169–170. 2 indexed citations
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Krishnamurthy, K., et al.. (1980). REGENERATIVE OPERATION OF A DC SERIES MOTOR FED FROM A TWO PULSE CONVERTER. Electric Machines & Power Systems. 5(1). 87–100. 1 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1979). A Note on the Temperature Dependent Transmittance of Residual Films on Glasses. Metrologia. 15(3). 165–166. 2 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1978). Transformation between Foster and Cauer equivalent networks. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. 25(4). 238–239. 24 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1977). Extended List of Secondary Reference Points. Metrologia. 13(4). 197–206. 19 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1975). Emissivities of diffuse cavities, II: Isothermal and nonisothermal cylindro-cones. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 65(5). 565–565. 40 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1974). Emissivities of diffuse cavities: Isothermal and nonisothermal cones and cylinders. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 64(3). 339–339. 72 indexed citations
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Kirby, Christine & R. E. Bedford. (1972). A Proposed Reformulation of the IPTS-68 Reference Function. Metrologia. 8(4). 157–157.
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1970). Analysis and Performance of a Three-Phase Ring Inverter. IEEE Transactions on Industry and General Applications. IGA-6(5). 488–496. 1 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1970). Voltage Control of the Three-Phase Induction Motor by Thyristor Switching: a Time-Domain Analysis Using the α--β--0 Transformation. IEEE Transactions on Industry and General Applications. IGA-6(6). 553–562. 8 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E.. (1965). Reference Tables for Platinum-40% Rhodium/Platinum-20% Rhodium Thermocouples. Review of Scientific Instruments. 36(11). 1571–1580. 10 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1963). Fields and circuits in electrical machines. 2 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E.. (1959). A Study of the Spectral Dependence of the Fading of Dyed Textiles. Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. 75(1). 37–44. 5 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1958). The circuit theory and calculations of polyphase induction machines. Proceedings of the IEE Part C Monographs. 105(8). 499–499. 1 indexed citations
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Bedford, R. E., et al.. (1955). THE HYPERFINE STRUCTURE OF MERCURY EXTRACTED FROM NEUTRON-IRRADIATED GOLD. Canadian Journal of Physics. 33(1). 25–33. 4 indexed citations

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