T. Downs

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

T. Downs is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Downs has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 8 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 6 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in T. Downs's work include Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (6 papers), Matrix Theory and Algorithms (5 papers) and Statistical and numerical algorithms (4 papers). T. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (6 papers), Matrix Theory and Algorithms (5 papers) and Statistical and numerical algorithms (4 papers). T. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Norway. T. Downs's co-authors include S Katz, Jerome Liebman, Margaret Blenkner, Martin Bloom, LeRoy W. Matthews, Carl F. Doershuk, Amasa B. Ford, D. Manfield, K G Heiple and Steven M. Katz and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

T. Downs

61 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Progress in Development of the Index of ADL 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Progress in Development of the Index of ADL
    1970 3.2k citations T. Downs 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
T. Downs United States 15 919 795 723 640 620 69 4.0k
S Katz United States 12 1.0k 1.1× 856 1.1× 1.0k 1.4× 717 1.1× 821 1.3× 29 4.2k
Daniel Commenges France 45 623 0.7× 353 0.4× 1.9k 2.6× 1.1k 1.7× 577 0.9× 174 7.5k
Martin J. Connolly New Zealand 36 1.4k 1.5× 529 0.7× 345 0.5× 1.2k 1.8× 337 0.5× 161 5.0k
Eric B. Larson United States 45 948 1.0× 633 0.8× 2.4k 3.3× 1.7k 2.7× 593 1.0× 103 7.1k
Joris P. J. Slaets Netherlands 47 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 877 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 505 0.8× 143 6.4k
Susan Kirkland Canada 35 517 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 534 0.7× 1.6k 2.5× 557 0.9× 149 4.8k
Richard Madsen United States 43 1.4k 1.5× 454 0.6× 527 0.7× 483 0.8× 131 0.2× 175 5.5k
Jacqueline Dunbar‐Jacob United States 44 1.4k 1.6× 734 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 663 1.0× 202 0.3× 109 7.1k
S. Parker United Kingdom 33 1.3k 1.4× 1.6k 2.0× 312 0.4× 937 1.5× 187 0.3× 135 5.6k
Mark Oremus Canada 26 522 0.6× 248 0.3× 700 1.0× 593 0.9× 446 0.7× 147 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by T. Downs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Downs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of T. Downs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of T. Downs based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with T. Downs. T. Downs is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Downs, T., et al.. (2025). Valacyclovir Toxicity in ESRD Unmasked by Thorough History in Intubated Patient. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(Supplement_1). A3854–A3854.
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Downs, T., et al.. (2025). Immunosuppression, ARDS, and ECMO: A Case of Severe Respiratory Failure With Limited Treatment Options. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(Supplement_1). A5863–A5863.
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Saha, Tapan Kumar, et al.. (2003). Preliminary findings on usage allocation and loss allocation of electricity in a deregulated market. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1–6. 6 indexed citations
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Davis, Edward M., et al.. (2001). Significance of indicator bacteria in a regionalised wastewater treatment plant and receiving waters. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 15(4). 461–461. 6 indexed citations
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Chueh, Jane, et al.. (1998). Delayed-interval delivery in a quadruplet pregnancy after intrauterine death of a partial molar pregnancy and preterm delivery. A case report.. PubMed. 43(12). 1051–4. 8 indexed citations
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Cooper, Sharon P., Darwin R. Labarthe, T. Downs, et al.. (1997). Cancer mortality among petroleum refinery and chemical manufacturing workers in Texas.. PubMed. 16(1). 1–14. 12 indexed citations
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Haque, Abida K., et al.. (1996). Is There Transplacental Transfer of Asbestos? A Study of 40 Stillborn Infants. Pediatric Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 16(6). 877–892. 11 indexed citations
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Cooper, Sharon P., T. Downs, Keith D. Burau, et al.. (1994). A survey of actinic keratoses among paraquat production workers and a nonexposed friend reference group. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 25(3). 335–347. 7 indexed citations
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Everitt, D. & T. Downs. (1984). The Output of the M/M/s Queue. Operations Research. 32(4). 796–808. 3 indexed citations
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Downs, T., et al.. (1983). The Geometry of Biological Time.. Biometrics. 39(2). 537–537. 187 indexed citations
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Iyer, Ramaswamy R. & T. Downs. (1980). A variance minimization approach to tolerance design. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. 27(9). 737–747. 8 indexed citations
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Manfield, D. & T. Downs. (1979). Decomposition of Traffic in Loss Systems with Renewal Input. IRE Transactions on Communications Systems. 27(1). 44–58. 16 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Craig & T. Downs. (1978). A numerical accuracy consideration in polynomial deflation. Mathematics of Computation. 32(144). 1144–1146. 1 indexed citations
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Downs, T.. (1971). On the inversion of a matrix of rational functions. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 4(1). 1–10. 10 indexed citations
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Downs, T., et al.. (1971). Tongue Rolling Among Twins. Journal of Heredity. 62(2). 125–127. 8 indexed citations
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Downs, T.. (1970). Inversion of the nodal-admittance matrix in symbolic form. Electronics Letters. 6(3). 74–76. 3 indexed citations
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Weir, W. C. & T. Downs. (1968). The Optimal Time for Conception. Fertility and Sterility. 19(1). 64–73.
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Downs, T.. (1966). Some Relationships Among the Von Mises Distributions of Different Dimensions. Biometrika. 53(1/2). 269–269. 11 indexed citations
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