Robert R. Downs

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 491 citations indexed

About

Robert R. Downs is a scholar working on Information Systems, Information Systems and Management and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert R. Downs has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 491 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Information Systems, 39 papers in Information Systems and Management and 20 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Robert R. Downs's work include Research Data Management Practices (39 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (37 papers) and Data Quality and Management (20 papers). Robert R. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Research Data Management Practices (39 papers), Scientific Computing and Data Management (37 papers) and Data Quality and Management (20 papers). Robert R. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Robert R. Downs's co-authors include Robert S. Chen, H. K. Ramapriyan, Ruth Duerr, Ingrid Dillo, Marisa Raquel De Giusti, Dawei Lin, Rorie Edmunds, Jonathan Crabtree, Reyna Jenkyns and Martina Stockhause and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Eos and Information Processing & Management.

In The Last Decade

Robert R. Downs

56 papers receiving 458 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.

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    2020 189 citations Dawei Lin, Jonathan Crabtree et al. Scientific Data 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 R. Downs United States 11 304 245 126 76 44 60 491
Andrew Treloar Australia 11 284 0.9× 229 0.9× 119 0.9× 45 0.6× 31 0.7× 52 434
P. Bryan Heidorn United States 9 371 1.2× 262 1.1× 155 1.2× 79 1.0× 32 0.7× 33 576
Nicholas Weber United States 12 180 0.6× 157 0.6× 87 0.7× 54 0.7× 41 0.9× 58 459
Shelley Stall United States 9 234 0.8× 173 0.7× 79 0.6× 84 1.1× 12 0.3× 32 563
Jillian C. Wallis United States 12 629 2.1× 536 2.2× 298 2.4× 76 1.0× 33 0.8× 28 788
Donatella Castelli Italy 16 409 1.3× 332 1.4× 125 1.0× 164 2.2× 160 3.6× 62 765
Paolo Manghi Italy 14 365 1.2× 287 1.2× 146 1.2× 213 2.8× 129 2.9× 88 669
Melissa H. Cragin United States 12 511 1.7× 387 1.6× 247 2.0× 49 0.6× 27 0.6× 31 740
David Giaretta United Kingdom 10 242 0.8× 168 0.7× 64 0.5× 68 0.9× 67 1.5× 43 458
Ruth Duerr United States 10 207 0.7× 175 0.7× 113 0.9× 65 0.9× 20 0.5× 42 367

Countries citing papers authored by Robert R. Downs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert R. Downs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert R. Downs

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All Works

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O’Brien, Margaret, Ruth Duerr, Andrew Martinez, et al.. (2024). Earth Science Data Repositories: Implementing the CARE Principles. Data Science Journal. 23. 6 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R., Qi Xu, Juanle Wang, et al.. (2023). Harvestable Metadata Services Development: Analysis of Use Cases from the World Data System. Data Science Journal. 22. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Ge, Robert R. Downs, H. K. Ramapriyan, et al.. (2022). Global Community Guidelines for Documenting, Sharing, and Reusing Quality Information of Individual Digital Datasets. Data Science Journal. 21. 14 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R., et al.. (2021). Documentation to Foster Sharing and Use of Open Earth Science Data: Quality Information. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R., et al.. (2021). A Review of Open Research Data Policies and Practices in China. Data Science Journal. 20. 13 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R.. (2021). Improving Opportunities for New Value of Open Data: Assessing and Certifying Research Data Repositories. Data Science Journal. 20. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, Dawei, Jonathan Crabtree, Ingrid Dillo, et al.. (2020). The TRUST Principles for digital repositories. Scientific Data. 7(1). 144–144. 189 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ramapriyan, H. K., Jonathan Hobbs, Robert R. Downs, et al.. (2019). Understanding the Various Perspectives of Earth Science Observational Data Uncertainty. Figshare. 2 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R.. (2019). International Standards for Trustworthy Data Repositories. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 1 indexed citations
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Dillo, Ingrid, Hervé L’Hours, Robert R. Downs, et al.. (2019). CoreTrustSeal Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements 2020–2022 : CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations
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Dillo, Ingrid, Hervé L’Hours, Robert R. Downs, et al.. (2019). CoreTrustSeal Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements: Extended Guidance 2020–2022. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations
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Dillo, Ingrid, et al.. (2017). The Perceived Value of Acquiring Data Seals of Approval. Revista Catalana de Dret Públic. 12(1). 130–151. 6 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R.. (2015). Progress on the Management, Curation, and Preservation of Geospatial Data. Journal of Map & Geography Libraries. 11(3). 267–270. 2 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R., et al.. (2013). Assessing the Interdisciplinary Use of Socioeconomic and Remote Sensing Data in the Earth Sciences. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R. & Robert S. Chen. (2010). Self-Assessment of a Long-Term Archive for Interdisciplinary Scientific Data as a Trustworthy Digital Repository. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 11(1). 4. 12 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R., et al.. (2009). Measuring Software Reusability for Scientific Data Systems. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Robert S. & Robert R. Downs. (2009). Conducting a Self-Assessment of a Long-Term Archive for Interdisciplinary Scientific Data as a Trustworthy Digital Repository. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Burrows, Hugh D., Robert R. Downs, Stephan Falke, et al.. (2007). A Community-Developed Measurement of the Reusability of Software Through Reuse Readiness Levels. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations
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Downs, Robert R., et al.. (2006). The Software Reuse Portal: A Case Study in Packaging Software to Contribute to Reuse Practices. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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