Robert B. Randall

19.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
181 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Randall is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Randall has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 94 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 63 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Randall's work include Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques (79 papers), Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (76 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (57 papers). Robert B. Randall is often cited by papers focused on Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques (79 papers), Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (76 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (57 papers). Robert B. Randall collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and Belgium. Robert B. Randall's co-authors include Jérôme Antoni, Wade A. Smith, Nader Sawalhı, H. Endo, Zhongxiao Peng, Daniel Ho, Tomasz Barszcz, Pietro Borghesani, Mohamed El Badaoui and François Guillet and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Construction and Building Materials and Journal of the Operational Research Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Randall

177 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Rolling element bearing diagnostics—A tutorial

2010 1.9k citations Robert B. Randall, Jérôme Antoni Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
Rolling element bearing diagnostics using the Case Western Reserve University data: A benchmark study

2015 1.8k citations Wade A. Smith, Robert B. Randall Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
The spectral kurtosis: application to the vibratory surveillance and diagnostics of rotating machines

2004 1.0k citations Jérôme Antoni, Robert B. Randall Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECTRAL CORRELATION AND ENVELOPE ANALYSIS IN THE DIAGNOSTICS OF BEARING FAULTS AND OTHER CYCLOSTATIONARY MACHINE SIGNALS

2001 576 citations Robert B. Randall, Jérôme Antoni et al. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
Vibration‐based Condition Monitoring

2010 542 citations Robert B. Randall profile →
The enhancement of fault detection and diagnosis in rolling element bearings using minimum entropy deconvolution combined with spectral kurtosis

2007 486 citations Nader Sawalhı, Robert B. Randall et al. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
OPTIMISATION OF BEARING DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES USING SIMULATED AND ACTUAL BEARING FAULT SIGNALS

2000 407 citations Robert B. Randall et al. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
Vibration-based Condition Monitoring: Industrial, Aerospace and Automotive Applications

2011 394 citations Robert B. Randall profile →
Enhancement of autoregressive model based gear tooth fault detection technique by the use of minimum entropy deconvolution filter

2006 329 citations Robert B. Randall et al. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →
Application of spectral kurtosis for detection of a tooth crack in the planetary gear of a wind turbine

2008 323 citations Robert B. Randall et al. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. Randall Australia	51	11.2k	9.4k	3.4k	3.0k	812	181	14.7k
Jérôme Antoni France	46	10.7k 1.0×	8.0k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	3.5k 1.2×	701 0.9×	198	13.4k
Zhengjia He China	58	9.1k 0.8×	7.1k 0.8×	3.8k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	987 1.2×	187	13.1k
Fulei Chu China	63	9.5k 0.8×	8.1k 0.9×	5.7k 1.7×	4.4k 1.5×	1.6k 1.9×	488	16.9k
Yanyang Zi China	46	7.1k 0.6×	5.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	719 0.9×	177	9.2k
Jiawei Xiang China	53	5.4k 0.5×	4.5k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	784 1.0×	384	9.5k
Peter W. Tse Hong Kong	42	4.6k 0.4×	3.5k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	574 0.7×	166	7.2k
Baoping Tang China	44	5.6k 0.5×	3.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	940 0.3×	864 1.1×	209	7.7k
Yu Yang China	46	6.0k 0.5×	4.0k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	852 0.3×	581 0.7×	264	8.0k
Qingbo He China	46	3.9k 0.3×	2.6k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	684 0.8×	223	6.3k
Ming Zhao China	41	5.1k 0.5×	3.6k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	972 0.3×	447 0.6×	165	6.4k

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Randall, Robert B., Zhongxiao Peng, Pietro Borghesani, & Wade A. Smith. (2025). Synthesis of vibration analysis and tribology in machine health monitoring. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 232. 112754–112754.

Smith, Wade A., et al.. (2025). Cyclic filtering for EMI removal and a high central frequency resolution Kurtogram for rolling element bearing diagnostics. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 233. 112716–112716. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Dikang, Wade A. Smith, Robert B. Randall, et al.. (2024). Iterative improvement in tacholess speed estimation using instantaneous error estimation for machine condition monitoring in variable speed. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 216. 111488–111488. 4 indexed citations

Randall, Robert B. & Jérôme Antoni. (2024). Choosing the right signal processing tools for mechanical systems. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 224. 112090–112090. 4 indexed citations

Borghesani, Pietro, et al.. (2023). Monitoring gear wear with transmission error. Wear. 523. 204803–204803. 9 indexed citations

Randall, Robert B.. (2021). Vibration–based Condition Monitoring. 105 indexed citations

Antoni, Jérôme, Wade A. Smith, & Robert B. Randall. (2020). On the design of informative decompositions. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jian, Robert B. Randall, & Bart Peeters. (2016). Advanced diagnostic system for piston slap faults in IC engines, based on the non-stationary characteristics of the vibration signals. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 75. 434–454. 39 indexed citations

Chen, Jian & Robert B. Randall. (2016). Intelligent diagnosis of bearing knock faults in internal combustion engines using vibration simulation. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 104. 161–176. 37 indexed citations

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Chen, Jian & Robert B. Randall. (2015). Improved automated diagnosis of misfire in internal combustion engines based on simulation models. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 64-65. 58–83. 53 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B., et al.. (2013). Single and multi-stage phase demodulation based order-tracking. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 44(1-2). 86–117. 62 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B. & Wade A. Smith. (2012). Cepstrum-based operational modal analysis: regeneration of frequency response functions. 181. 8 indexed citations

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Sawalhı, Nader, et al.. (2012). Bearing fault simulation using finite element model updating and reduction techniques. 148. 1 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B. & Nader Sawalhı. (2011). A New Method for Separating Discrete Components from a Signal. Sound&Vibration. 45(5). 6–9. 39 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B., et al.. (2008). Vibration-based Approach to Lifetime Prediction of Washing Machines. 241. 2 indexed citations

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Sawalhı, Nader & Robert B. Randall. (2007). Simulation of Vibrations Produced by Localised Faults in Rolling Elements of Bearings in Gearboxes. 1. 496–501. 1 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B.. (2004). State of the Art in Monitoring Rotating Machinery-Part 1. Sound&Vibration. 38(3). 10–17. 71 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B., Yan Gao, & Jan Swevers. (1998). Updating modal models from response measurements. 1153–1160. 8 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B., et al.. (1996). A Comparison of Time-frequency Distributions Applied to Bearing Diagnostics. 813. 1 indexed citations

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Randall, Robert B., et al.. (1996). Gear Transmission Error Measurement Using Phase Demodulation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 210(3). 201–213. 50 indexed citations

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