William H. Lawton

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

William H. Lawton is a scholar working on Analytical Chemistry, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Lawton has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Analytical Chemistry, 4 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 4 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in William H. Lawton's work include Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (6 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (3 papers). William H. Lawton is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (6 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (3 papers). William H. Lawton collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. William H. Lawton's co-authors include E. A. Sylvestre, Mary S. Maggio, Peter E. Castro, Richard L. Reeves, Robert Kaiser, J. Edward Jackson, John Figueras, Edward Muka, R N Rand and R. R. Hocking and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Technometrics and Clinical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William H. Lawton

28 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Self Modeling Curve Resolution 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 200 400 600
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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. Self Modeling Curve Resolution
    1971 726 citations William H. Lawton, E. A. Sylvestre Technometrics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William H. Lawton United States 15 742 409 261 253 193 28 1.7k
E. A. Sylvestre United States 11 726 1.0× 393 1.0× 242 0.9× 211 0.8× 188 1.0× 15 1.5k
Ildiko E. Frank United States 17 606 0.8× 199 0.5× 199 0.8× 213 0.8× 142 0.7× 31 2.1k
Mary Beth Seasholtz United States 15 1.0k 1.4× 263 0.6× 404 1.5× 83 0.3× 257 1.3× 22 1.8k
Rolf Manne Norway 31 1.0k 1.4× 736 1.8× 393 1.5× 150 0.6× 230 1.2× 68 3.6k
T. L. Isenhour United States 28 998 1.3× 1.0k 2.5× 616 2.4× 49 0.2× 134 0.7× 118 2.5k
Peter D. Wentzell Canada 30 1.3k 1.8× 423 1.0× 619 2.4× 247 1.0× 307 1.6× 103 2.7k
G. Kateman Netherlands 29 1.6k 2.2× 1.0k 2.5× 659 2.5× 175 0.7× 463 2.4× 128 3.2k
Nicolaas M. Faber Netherlands 28 1.9k 2.6× 601 1.5× 699 2.7× 274 1.1× 446 2.3× 69 2.8k
C.B. Lucasius Netherlands 19 455 0.6× 237 0.6× 192 0.7× 34 0.1× 131 0.7× 27 1.3k
Paul J. Gemperline United States 29 2.0k 2.7× 755 1.8× 771 3.0× 135 0.5× 573 3.0× 74 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Green, Nancy L., William H. Lawton, & Boyd H. Davis. (2004). An Assistive Conversation Skills Training System for Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease.. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 44–49. 5 indexed citations
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Castro, Peter E., William H. Lawton, & E. A. Sylvestre. (1986). Principal Modes of Variation for Processes with Continuous Sample Curves. Technometrics. 28(4). 329–329. 112 indexed citations
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Boardman, Thomas J., Gerald J. Hahn, William J. Hill, et al.. (1980). Preparing Statisticians for Careers in Industry: Report of the ASA Section on Statistical Education Committee on Training of Statisticians for Industry. The American Statistician. 34(2). 65–65. 48 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H., et al.. (1979). An Autocatalytic Model for the Diffusion of Educational Innovations. Educational Administration Quarterly. 15(1). 19–46. 30 indexed citations
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Metzler, David E., et al.. (1977). Digital analysis of electronic absorption spectra. Analytical Chemistry. 49(11). 864A–874A. 22 indexed citations
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Sylvestre, E. A., William H. Lawton, & Mary S. Maggio. (1974). Curve Resolution Using a Postulated Chemical Reaction. Technometrics. 16(3). 353–368. 125 indexed citations
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Trabka, Eugene A. & William H. Lawton. (1974). Colour Granularity: A Layered Model. The Journal of Photographic Science. 22(3). 131–137. 3 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H.. (1973). Discussion No. 1. Technometrics. 15(1). 13–17. 1 indexed citations
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Reeves, Richard L., Robert Kaiser, Mary S. Maggio, E. A. Sylvestre, & William H. Lawton. (1973). Analysis of the Visual Spectrum of Methyl Orange in Solvents and in Hydrophobic Binding Sites. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 51(4). 628–635. 59 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H., E. A. Sylvestre, & Mary S. Maggio. (1972). Self Modeling Nonlinear Regression. Technometrics. 14(3). 513–513. 22 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H., E. A. Sylvestre, & Mary S. Maggio. (1972). Self Modeling Nonlinear Regression. Technometrics. 14(3). 513–532. 112 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H., et al.. (1972). Crowded Emulsions: Granularity Theory for Multilayers*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 62(5). 659–659. 5 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H. & E. A. Sylvestre. (1971). Self Modeling Curve Resolution. Technometrics. 13(3). 617–617. 142 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H. & E. A. Sylvestre. (1971). Self Modeling Curve Resolution. Technometrics. 13(3). 617–633. 726 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lawton, William H. & E. A. Sylvestre. (1971). Elimination of Linear Parameters in Nonlinear Regression. Technometrics. 13(3). 461–467. 112 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H. & E. A. Sylvestre. (1971). Elimination of Linear Parameters in Nonlinear Regression. Technometrics. 13(3). 461–461. 27 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H. & J. Edward Jackson. (1969). The Spectrum of a Model II Nested ANOVA and Its Applications. Technometrics. 11(1). 91–102. 4 indexed citations
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Jackson, J. Edward & William H. Lawton. (1969). Comarison of ANOVA and Harmonic Components of Variance. Technometrics. 11(1). 75–90. 4 indexed citations
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Lawton, William H.. (1968). Concentration of Random Quotients. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 39(2). 466–480. 5 indexed citations
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Jackson, J. Edward & William H. Lawton. (1967). Query 22: Regression Residual Analysis. Technometrics. 9(2). 339–339. 1 indexed citations

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