W. Edwards Deming

25.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
67 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

W. Edwards Deming is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Management Science and Operations Research and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Edwards Deming has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Statistics and Probability, 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in W. Edwards Deming's work include Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring (4 papers), Census and Population Estimation (4 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (3 papers). W. Edwards Deming is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring (4 papers), Census and Population Estimation (4 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (3 papers). W. Edwards Deming collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Cyprus. W. Edwards Deming's co-authors include Annabeth L. Propst, C. Sekar, Gerald J. Glasser, Forman S. Acton, Otto Dykstra, L. Erlenmeyer‐Kimling, Susan E. Nicol, John D. Rainer, W. A. Shewhart and Richard S. Leavenworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Academy of Management Review and Journal of Marketing.

In The Last Decade

W. Edwards Deming

64 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Out of the Crisis 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 1982 1996 1986 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Out of the Crisis
    1982 5.1k citations W. Edwards Deming Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Quality, productivity, and competitive position
    1982 1.5k citations W. Edwards Deming Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  3. The New Economics: For Industry, Government, Education
    1996 864 citations W. Edwards Deming et al. profile →
  4. Out of the crisis : quality, productivity and competitive position
    1986 543 citations W. Edwards Deming Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers

W. Edwards Deming
Joseph M. Juran United States
Karlene H. Roberts United States
Charles Perrow United States
John Mingers United Kingdom
Harold A. Linstone United States
Peter Checkland United Kingdom
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe United States
Ralph L. Keeney United States
Howard Raiffa United States
Martha C. Cooper United States
Joseph M. Juran United States
W. Edwards Deming
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Countries citing papers authored by W. Edwards Deming

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Edwards Deming

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Edwards Deming

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Deming, W. Edwards. (2018). Out of the Crisis. The MIT Press eBooks. 63 indexed citations
2.
Deming, W. Edwards. (2006). On Errors in Surveys (An Excerpt). The American Statistician. 60(1). 34–38. 5 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (2000). Out of the Crisis. 1. 222 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (2000). The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education - 2nd Edition. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1. 3 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards, et al.. (1990). The Politz papers : science and truth in marketing research. 2 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (1986). Out of the crisis : quality, productivity and competitive position. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 543 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deming, W. Edwards. (1975). On Probability as a Basis for Action. The American Statistician. 29(4). 146–152. 110 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (1972). Code of Professional Conduct: A Personal View. International Statistical Review. 40(2). 215–215. 13 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (1972). In Memoriam: P. C. Mahalanobis (1893–1972). The American Statistician. 26(4). 49–50. 5 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (1968). A recursion formula for the proportion of persons having a first admission as schizophrenic. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 13(6). 467–476. 9 indexed citations
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Shewhart, W. A. & W. Edwards Deming. (1967). In Memoriam: Walter A. Shewhart, 1891–1967. The American Statistician. 21(2). 39–40. 12 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards, et al.. (1966). On Quality and Costs in Life Testing. Department of Statistics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute. 34(1). 112–112.
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Deming, W. Edwards, et al.. (1963). Contributions to the Theory of Estimation from Grouped and Partially Grouped Samples.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 58(304). 1164–1164. 10 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards, et al.. (1961). Sample Design in Business Research. OR. 12(3). 191–191. 126 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards & Gerald J. Glasser. (1959). On the Problem of Matching Lists by Samples. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 54(286). 403–415. 22 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards, Robert J. Trumpler, & Harold F. Weaver. (1955). Statistical Astronomy.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 50(270). 615–615. 15 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (1954). On the Presentation of the Results of Sample Surveys as Legal Evidence*. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 49(268). 814–825. 6 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards, et al.. (1953). On the Necessity to Present Consumer Preferences as Predictions. Journal of Marketing. 18(1). 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards, et al.. (1952). A Statistical Test of Significance Applied to a Sociological Problem: Variation in Accident Rates from Motor Vehicles. American Sociological Review. 17(6). 755–755. 1 indexed citations
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Deming, W. Edwards. (1952). Elementary principles of the statistical control of quality : a series of lectures. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 34 indexed citations

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