Ray E. Schafer
Impact in
- Statistics and Probability top 0.1%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
- Statistical Methods and Inference
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- Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
- Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring
Papers in
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- Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications 10
- Advanced Statistical Methods and Models 6
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- Reliability and Maintenance Optimization 14
- Co-authors
- Nozer D. Singpurwalla (5 shared papers)Nancy R. Mann (3 shared papers)John R. Collins (1 shared paper)J. M. Finkelstein (4 shared papers)Ray A. Waller (1 shared paper)Harry F. Martz (1 shared paper)Z. A. Łomnicki (1 shared paper)John E. Angus (11 shared papers)
- Journals
- Technometrics (18 papers)IEEE Transactions on Reliability (6 papers)The American Statistician (4 papers)Biometrika (2 papers)Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United States
In The Last Decade
Ray E. Schafer
43 papers receiving 3.4k citations
Ray E. Schafer's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 189
- Statistics and Probability 1.7k
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1.2k
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 777
- Software 206
- Management Science and Operations Research 335
Countries citing papers authored by Ray E. Schafer
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ray E. Schafer
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Co-authors
The 14 scholars most cited alongside Ray E. Schafer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Methods for Statistical Analysis of Reliability and Life Data. Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 977 |
| 2 | Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 967 |
| 3 | Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 547 |
| 4 | 1983 | 270 | |
| 5 | 1971 | 247 | |
| 6 | 1983 | 167 | |
| 7 | 1976 | 121 | |
| 8 | 1981 | 56 | |
| 9 | ACCELERATED TESTING TECHNOLOGY | 1967 | 24 |
| 10 | 1976 | 22 | |
| 11 | 1984 | 22 | |
| 12 | 1976 | 20 | |
| 13 | 1972 | 19 | |
| 14 | 1972 | 16 | |
| 15 | 1984 | 13 | |
| 16 | 1970 | 12 | |
| 17 | 1974 | 10 | |
| 18 | 1973 | 9 | |
| 19 | 1985 | 8 | |
| 20 | 1979 | 7 |
About Ray E. Schafer
Ray E. Schafer is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Software and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 44 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (14 papers), Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (10 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (6 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (6 papers), Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (6 papers), Risk and Safety Analysis (5 papers), Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring (3 papers) and Engineering Diagnostics and Reliability (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistics and Probability (1.7k citations), Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (1.2k citations), Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (777 citations), Software (206 citations) and Management Science and Operations Research (335 citations). Ray E. Schafer has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Nozer D. Singpurwalla, Nancy R. Mann, John R. Collins, J. M. Finkelstein, Ray A. Waller, Harry F. Martz, Z. A. Łomnicki, John E. Angus, B. K. Kale and Sanjeev Sinha. Their work appears in journals such as Technometrics, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, The American Statistician, Biometrika and Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation.
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