R.B. Newell

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 930 citations indexed

About

R.B. Newell is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Pollution and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R.B. Newell has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 930 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 12 papers in Pollution and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R.B. Newell's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (16 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (11 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (7 papers). R.B. Newell is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (16 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (11 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (7 papers). R.B. Newell collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and Singapore. R.B. Newell's co-authors include D. Grant Fisher, F.Y. Wang, Damien J. Batstone, Jürg Keller, Paul Lant, Ben J. Woodcroft, Gene W. Tyson, G. R. Sullivan, Samuel T. N. Aroney and Antônio Pedro Camargo and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Water Research and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

R.B. Newell

41 papers receiving 874 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

CoverM: read alignment statistics for metagenomics

2025 68 citations Samuel T. N. Aroney, R.B. Newell et al. Bioinformatics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.B. Newell Australia	16	358	177	169	111	103	43	930
Min Chen China	25	368 1.0×	113 0.6×	16 0.1×	72 0.6×	119 1.2×	107	1.8k
Torsten Wik Sweden	24	502 1.4×	169 1.0×	38 0.2×	113 1.0×	63 0.6×	104	2.4k
Yuanping Li China	15	42 0.1×	109 0.6×	48 0.3×	173 1.6×	306 3.0×	46	997
Abdelhamid Ajbar Saudi Arabia	19	133 0.4×	39 0.2×	41 0.2×	234 2.1×	299 2.9×	98	1.1k
Junaid Ahmad Pakistan	16	39 0.1×	60 0.3×	86 0.5×	50 0.5×	700 6.8×	59	1.3k
James A. Olson Canada	19	46 0.1×	22 0.1×	147 0.9×	48 0.4×	334 3.2×	115	1.4k
Mauricio Sales‐Cruz Mexico	15	227 0.6×	39 0.2×	7 0.0×	41 0.4×	254 2.5×	38	589
Ronan O’Kennedy United Kingdom	14	37 0.1×	107 0.6×	13 0.1×	51 0.5×	202 2.0×	23	810
Yan Yu China	19	190 0.5×	39 0.2×	322 1.9×	10 0.1×	275 2.7×	55	1.1k
Furong Li China	16	192 0.5×	15 0.1×	89 0.5×	87 0.8×	75 0.7×	66	860

Countries citing papers authored by R.B. Newell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.B. Newell

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Aroney, Samuel T. N., R.B. Newell, Gene W. Tyson, & Ben J. Woodcroft. (2025). Bin Chicken: targeted metagenomic coassembly for the efficient recovery of novel genomes. Nature Methods. 22(12). 2516–2524.

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Aroney, Samuel T. N., R.B. Newell, Jakob Nybo Nissen, et al.. (2025). CoverM: read alignment statistics for metagenomics. Bioinformatics. 41(4). 68 indexed citations breakdown →

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McIlroy, Simon Jon, Andy O Leu, Xueqin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens’ has a pleomorphic life cycle. Nature Microbiology. 8(2). 321–331. 31 indexed citations

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Ni, Gaofeng, Lin Yang, Ian Hosegood, et al.. (2022). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern with Tiling Amplicon Sequencing from Wastewater. ACS ES&T Water. 2(11). 2185–2193. 6 indexed citations

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Newell, R.B., et al.. (2021). ChIP-R: Assembling reproducible sets of ChIP-seq and ATAC-seq peaks from multiple replicates. Genomics. 113(4). 1855–1866. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, F.Y., et al.. (2006). Advances in distributed parameter approach to the dynamics and control of activated sludge processes for wastewater treatment. Water Research. 40(5). 853–869. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, F.Y., et al.. (2003). Robust multivariable control of complex biological processes. Journal of Process Control. 14(2). 193–209. 11 indexed citations

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Batstone, Damien J., et al.. (2000). Modelling anaerobic degradation of complex wastewater. II: parameter estimation and validation using slaughterhouse effluent. Bioresource Technology. 75(1). 75–85. 36 indexed citations

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Batstone, Damien J., et al.. (2000). MODELING ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF COMPLEX WASTEWATER. 75(1). 67–74. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, F.Y., et al.. (1999). Dynamic simulation of bioreactor systems using orthogonal collocation on finite elements. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 23(9). 1247–1262. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, F.Y., et al.. (1999). Dynamic modelling and simulation of activated sludge process using orthogonal collocation approach. Water Research. 33(1). 73–86. 13 indexed citations

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Newell, R.B., et al.. (1998). On the Evaluation of the Exit Boundary Condition for the Axial Dispersion Bioreactor System. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 21(11). 901–910. 8 indexed citations

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Lant, Paul, et al.. (1994). MODEL-REDUCTION FOR REGULATORY CONTROL - AN FCCU CASE-STUDY. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 72(107). 402–407. 1 indexed citations

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Lant, Paul, et al.. (1994). A lumped parameter model for ‘Model IV’ fluid catalytic cracking units. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 18. S177–S181. 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, David I., P.L. Lee, Edward T. White, & R.B. Newell. (1991). Advanced control of a sugar crystallizer. Journal of Process Control. 1(4). 197–206. 5 indexed citations

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Newell, R.B., et al.. (1991). Further developments in output structural controllability and an assessment of structural techniques. Journal of Process Control. 1(5). 283–292. 2 indexed citations

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Newell, R.B., et al.. (1988). THE USE OF SILICA FOR IMPROVING TREAD GRIP IN WINTER TYRES. 19(1). 6 indexed citations

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Newell, R.B., et al.. (1985). Epoxidized Natural Rubber. Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 58(1). 67–85. 173 indexed citations

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Newell, R.B., et al.. (1980). The use of krasovskii's stability technique for control strategy evaluation and system design. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 58(3). 389–392. 2 indexed citations

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Newell, R.B. & D. Grant Fisher. (1972). Model Development, Reduction, and Experimental Evaluation for an Evaporator. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 11(2). 213–221. 40 indexed citations

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