Robert Simmons

16.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
170 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Simmons is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Simmons has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 44 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert Simmons's work include Sports Analytics and Performance (77 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (44 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (41 papers). Robert Simmons is often cited by papers focused on Sports Analytics and Performance (77 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (44 papers) and Sports, Gender, and Society (41 papers). Robert Simmons collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert Simmons's co-authors include A. F. Huxley, James A. Spudich, David Forrest, Jeffrey T. Finer, Lincoln E. Ford, Babatunde Buraimo, John Sleep, Yale E. Goldman, John Trinick and Larissa Tskhovrebova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Simmons

163 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

Proposed Mechanism of Force Generation in Striated Muscle 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 1994 1977 1997 1999 500 1000 1.5k
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. Proposed Mechanism of Force Generation in Striated Muscle
    1971 1.8k citations Robert Simmons et al. Nature profile →
  2. Single myosin molecule mechanics: piconewton forces and nanometre steps
    1994 1.4k citations Robert Simmons et al. Nature profile →
  3. Tension responses to sudden length change in stimulated frog muscle fibres near slack length
    1977 728 citations Robert Simmons et al. profile →
  4. Elasticity and unfolding of single molecules of the giant muscle protein titin
    1997 618 citations Robert Simmons et al. Nature profile →
  5. Single-Molecule Biomechanics with Optical Methods
    1999 511 citations Robert Simmons et al. profile →
  6. The relation between stiffness and filament overlap in stimulated frog muscle fibres.
    1981 399 citations Robert Simmons et al. profile →
  7. Quantitative measurements of force and displacement using an optical trap
    1996 372 citations Robert Simmons et al. 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 Simmons United Kingdom 53 5.0k 3.9k 3.1k 3.1k 3.0k 170 12.5k
Hongbin Li China 64 686 0.1× 5.2k 1.3× 5.7k 1.8× 1.8k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 380 18.3k
J. Paul Robinson United States 46 153 0.0× 3.1k 0.8× 269 0.1× 2.7k 0.9× 22 0.0× 249 10.6k
David Hume Australia 100 553 0.1× 15.6k 4.0× 57 0.0× 919 0.3× 296 0.1× 611 41.7k
Robert Josephs United States 44 189 0.0× 1.0k 0.3× 122 0.0× 277 0.1× 103 0.0× 136 9.5k
John Pearson United States 68 127 0.0× 1.6k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 99 0.0× 258 0.1× 318 17.5k
Paul Carter United States 62 270 0.1× 7.5k 1.9× 185 0.1× 816 0.3× 91 0.0× 335 16.5k
Stanley Cohen United States 83 345 0.1× 14.7k 3.8× 44 0.0× 342 0.1× 134 0.0× 323 30.1k
Eva Thulin Sweden 42 261 0.1× 4.7k 1.2× 294 0.1× 1.2k 0.4× 74 0.0× 140 9.2k
Marcos Sotomayor United States 28 105 0.0× 2.1k 0.5× 566 0.2× 462 0.1× 749 0.2× 59 4.8k
Bob S. Carter United States 75 446 0.1× 10.8k 2.8× 29 0.0× 2.4k 0.8× 137 0.0× 336 23.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Simmons

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Butler, David, et al.. (2024). Do sports analytics affect footballer pay?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 3 indexed citations
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Berri, David J., et al.. (2023). Salary determination in professional football: empirical evidence from goalkeepers. European Sport Management Quarterly. 24(3). 624–640. 7 indexed citations
3.
Simmons, Robert & David J. Berri. (2019). Los mercados de trabajo en el deporte de equipo profesional. Papeles de economía española. 148–164. 1 indexed citations
4.
Simmons, Robert, et al.. (2018). Moneyball and the baseball players’ labor market. International Journal of Sport Finance. 13(2). 3 indexed citations
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Simmons, Robert. (2018). Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM. 22 November 1917—30 May 2012. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 179–215. 2 indexed citations
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Elliott, Caroline, et al.. (2016). Substitution between leisure activities: a quasi-natural experiment using sports viewing and cinema attendance. Applied Economics. 48(40). 3848–3860. 16 indexed citations
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Buraimo, Babatunde & Robert Simmons. (2015). Uncertainty of Outcome or Star Quality? Television Audience Demand for English Premier League Football. International Journal of the Economics of Business. 22(3). 449–469. 112 indexed citations
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Frick, Bernd, et al.. (2013). The Hidden Costs of High-Performance Work Practices: Evidence from a Large German Steel Company. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 66(1). 198–224. 39 indexed citations
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Kahane, Leo H., Neil Longley, & Robert Simmons. (2011). The Effects of Coworker Heterogeneity on Firm-Level Output: Assessing the Impacts of Cultural and Language Diversity in the National Hockey League. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 95(1). 302–314. 80 indexed citations
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Simmons, Robert. (2010). Prohibition of gambling. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations
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Buraimo, Babatunde & Robert Simmons. (2009). Market size and attendance in English Premier League football. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing. 6(2). 200–200. 26 indexed citations
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Simmons, Robert. (2006). The Demand for Spectator Sports. Chapters. 11 indexed citations
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Simmons, Robert. (2005). Economics of gambling. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 3 indexed citations
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Forrest, David, O. David Gulley, & Robert Simmons. (2004). Substitution between games in the UK national lottery. Applied Economics. 36(7). 645–651. 23 indexed citations
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Forrest, David, O. David Gulley, & Robert Simmons. (2001). Elasticity of Demand for UK National Lottery Tickets. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Lucifora, Claudio & Robert Simmons. (2001). "Superstar Effects in Italian Football: an Empirical Analysis" (*). Journal of Sports Economics. 35–55. 6 indexed citations
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Simmons, Robert. (2000). Prophets without honour?. Nature. 407(6806). 839–839. 4 indexed citations
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Simmons, Robert. (1997). Implications of the Bosman ruling for football transfer markets. Economic Affairs. 17(3). 13–18. 55 indexed citations
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Simmons, Robert. (1996). Molecular motors: Single-molecule mechanics. Current Biology. 6(4). 392–394. 14 indexed citations
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Goldman, Yale E. & Robert Simmons. (1979). A diffraction system for measuring muscle sarcomere length [proceedings].. PubMed. 292. 5P–6P. 3 indexed citations

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