Robert B. Abernethy

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Abernethy is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Biomedical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Abernethy has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Abernethy's work include Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation (6 papers), Advanced Sensor Technologies Research (4 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (2 papers). Robert B. Abernethy is often cited by papers focused on Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation (6 papers), Advanced Sensor Technologies Research (4 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (2 papers). Robert B. Abernethy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Robert B. Abernethy's co-authors include R. B. Dowdell, C. Scott Baker, Oswaldo Vásquez, Mason Weinrich, John R. Lien, John Calambokidis, Anjanette Perry, Richard H. Lambertsen, Robert Slade and J. L. Bannister and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Ecology and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Abernethy

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

ASME Measurement Uncertainty 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 200 400 600
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. ASME Measurement Uncertainty
    1985 605 citations Robert B. Abernethy, R. B. Dowdell et al. Journal of Fluids Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert B. Abernethy United States 8 387 375 299 226 175 16 1.5k
John L. Schroeder United States 28 209 0.5× 87 0.2× 230 0.8× 367 1.6× 60 0.3× 93 2.4k
George Mathew India 24 255 0.7× 59 0.2× 192 0.6× 119 0.5× 342 2.0× 132 2.1k
Timothy Cameron United States 15 273 0.7× 228 0.6× 86 0.3× 71 0.3× 53 0.3× 31 1.1k
Xiao Chen China 27 510 1.3× 34 0.1× 155 0.5× 271 1.2× 113 0.6× 137 2.4k
R. W. Thresher United States 14 71 0.2× 296 0.8× 82 0.3× 265 1.2× 25 0.1× 55 1.3k
Jan Sundberg Sweden 24 107 0.3× 345 0.9× 356 1.2× 367 1.6× 50 0.3× 95 2.1k
Ke Chen China 18 181 0.5× 212 0.6× 62 0.2× 74 0.3× 47 0.3× 66 1.0k
Marco Grasso Italy 31 1.8k 4.5× 60 0.2× 206 0.7× 116 0.5× 342 2.0× 110 3.4k
Gregory J. Hancock Australia 45 1.4k 3.6× 39 0.1× 760 2.5× 409 1.8× 635 3.6× 276 8.7k
S.K. Ghosh India 28 1.2k 3.2× 27 0.1× 217 0.7× 152 0.7× 395 2.3× 102 3.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Abernethy, Robert B.. (2010). Discussion of the Papers by Olteanu and Freeman, and Genshel and Meeker. Quality Engineering. 22(4). 281–283. 1 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B.. (2006). The new Weibull handbook : reliability & statistical analysis for predicting life, safety, risk, support costs, failures, and forecasting warranty claims, substantiation and accelerated testing, using Weibull, Log normal, Crow-AMSAA, probit, and Kaplan-Meier models. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B.. (2004). The New Weibull handbook : reliability and statistical analysis for predicting life, safety, supportability, risk, cost and warranty claims. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 109 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B., et al.. (2002). Likelihood adjustment: a simple method for better forecasting from small samples. 536. 150–154. 7 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B., et al.. (1996). A Simple Method for Comparing Designs…Are Two Data Sets Significantly Different?. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 2 indexed citations
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Baker, C. Scott, Robert Slade, J. L. Bannister, et al.. (1994). Hierarchical structure of mitochondrial DNA gene flow among humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae, world‐wide. Molecular Ecology. 3(4). 313–327. 160 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B.. (1993). The new Weibull handbook. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 299 indexed citations
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Baker, C. Scott, Anjanette Perry, Mason Weinrich, et al.. (1993). Abundant mitochondrial DNA variation and world-wide population structure in humpback whales.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(17). 8239–8243. 279 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B., et al.. (1986). Uncertainty of in-flight thrust determination. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B., et al.. (1985). ASME Measurement Uncertainty. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 107(2). 161–164. 605 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thompson, J. W., et al.. (1983). Uncertainty Methodology for In-Flight Thrust Determination. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B.. (1982). Discussion: “Contributions to the Theory of Single-Sample Uncertainty Analysis” (Moffat, R. J., 1982, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 104, pp. 250–258). Journal of Fluids Engineering. 104(2). 258–259. 2 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B.. (1977). Tutorial, test measurement accuracy. 78. 5–15. 1 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B., et al.. (1973). Uncertainty in gas turbine measurements. 29 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Robert B., et al.. (1970). ICRPG measurement uncertainty model for liquid rockets. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 7(1). 95–97. 2 indexed citations

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