Robert H. Somers

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 913 citations indexed

About

Robert H. Somers is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert H. Somers has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 913 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Statistics and Probability, 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Robert H. Somers's work include Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (6 papers), Statistics Education and Methodologies (3 papers) and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (2 papers). Robert H. Somers is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (6 papers), Statistics Education and Methodologies (3 papers) and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (2 papers). Robert H. Somers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Croatia and Belgium. Robert H. Somers's co-authors include Martín Shubik, Harrison C. White, Kenneth Keniston, Glen D. Mellinger, Dean I. Manheimer, Thomas Geurden, Pierre Dorny, J. Vercruysse, Morris Zelditch and Timothy R. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert H. Somers

29 papers receiving 764 citations

Hit Papers

A New Asymmetric Measure of Association for Ordinal Varia... 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. A New Asymmetric Measure of Association for Ordinal Variables
    1962 472 citations Robert H. Somers American Sociological Review profile →

Peers

Robert H. Somers
Ramon E. Henkel United States
Richard Goldstein United States
Stephen E. Fienberg United States
Tue Tjur Denmark
Monroe G. Sirken United States
Jeroen Pannekoek Netherlands
Timothy R. Johnson United States
Marco Marozzi Italy
L. I. Pettit United Kingdom
Anton K. Formann Austria
Ramon E. Henkel United States
Robert H. Somers
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Countries citing papers authored by Robert H. Somers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Somers, Robert H., et al.. (2010). The Scotch Banks and System of Issue: Including Translation of Les Banques D'Ecosse, by L. Wolowski: With Notes, Remarks and Appendix. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Geurden, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Parasitic infections in dairy cattle around Hanoi, northern Vietnam. Veterinary Parasitology. 153(3-4). 384–388. 50 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H., et al.. (1989). Managing and Disseminating Data Necessary for Coastal Wetland Management in South Carolina. 4125–4128. 2 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H. & Richard G. Braungart. (1981). Family Status, Socialization and Student Politics.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(4). 599–599. 5 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1980). Simple Approximations to Null Sampling Variances. Sociological Methods & Research. 9(1). 115–126. 6 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1978). Multiple Regression with a Categorical, Interval-Level Control Variable: The Between-Groups Component. Sociological Methodology. 9. 164–164. 2 indexed citations
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Mellinger, Glen D., et al.. (1976). THE AMOTIVATIONAL SYNDROME AND THE COLLEGE STUDENT. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 282(1). 37–55. 29 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1974). Analysis of Partial Rank Correlation Measures Based on the Product-Moment Model: Part One. Social Forces. 53(2). 229–229. 7 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1974). Analysis of Partial Rank Correlation Measures Based on the Product-Moment Model: Part One. Social Forces. 53(2). 229–246. 22 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1970). A PARTITIONING OF ORDINAL INFORMATION IN A THREE-WAY CROSS-CLASSIFICATION. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 5(2). 217–239. 2 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1968). On the measurement of association.. 22 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H., et al.. (1967). Elementary Applied Statistics: For Students in Behavioral Science. Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute. 35(2). 199–199. 1 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H. & Robert McGinnis. (1966). Mathematical Foundations for Social Analysis.. Social Forces. 45(1). 132–132. 3 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H. & Martín Shubik. (1965). Game Theory and Related Approaches to Social Behavior.. American Sociological Review. 30(5). 813–813. 77 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1964). Simple Measures of Association for the Triple Dichotomy. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 127(3). 409–409. 7 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H., Patrick Suppes, & Richard C. Atkinson. (1962). Markov Learning Models for Multiperson Interactions.. American Sociological Review. 27(1). 131–131. 3 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1962). A Similarity between Goodman and Kruskal's Tau and Kendall's Tau, with a Partial Interpretation of the Latter. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 57(300). 804–812. 17 indexed citations
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Somers, Robert H.. (1962). A New Asymmetric Measure of Association for Ordinal Variables. American Sociological Review. 27(6). 799–799. 472 indexed citations breakdown →
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Somers, Robert H.. (1962). The Rhetoric of Science: A Methodological Discussion of the Two-by-Two Table.Roy G. FrancisThe Predictive Process.Roy G. Francis. American Journal of Sociology. 67(5). 604–606. 1 indexed citations
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