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Jerald F. Lawless

Jerald F. Lawless

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
53
Citations
27261
World Ranking
868
National Ranking
27

Jerald F. Lawless publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jerald F. Lawless sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 170 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Jerald F. Lawless D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jerald F. Lawless sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Jerald F. Lawless is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Mathematics, with a strong emphasis on Statistics and Probability. This body of work extends into related subfields such as Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, and Demography.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
  • Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Frequent publication venues for Jerald F. Lawless encompass:

  • Statistics in Medicine
  • PLoS Genetics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Rheumatology
  • Canadian Journal of Statistics

Frequent co-authors with whom the scientist has collaborated include:

  • Richard J. Cook
  • Andrew D. Paterson
  • Alexandra Bühler
  • Lei Sun
  • Jennifer D. Brooks

Recent publications by Jerald F. Lawless illustrate a focus on infectious diseases and statistical methodology in clinical and epidemiological settings. These papers include:

  • "Multistate models as a framework for estimand specification in clinical trials of complex processes," 2023, Statistics in Medicine
  • "Statistical power in COVID-19 case-control host genomic study design," 2020, Genome Medicine
  • "On testing for infections during epidemics, with application to Covid-19 in Ontario, Canada," 2021, Infectious Disease Modelling
  • "Life history analysis with multistate models: A review and some current issues," 2022, Canadian Journal of Statistics
  • "Canadian COVID-19 host genetics cohort replicates known severity associations," 2024, PLoS Genetics

Jerald F. Lawless has been recognized by professional societies, having been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2000 by the Academy of Science and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data

    Jerald F Lawless

  • Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data.

    B. Francis;J. F. Lawless

  • Negative binomial and mixed Poisson regression

    Jerald F. Lawless

  • The Statistical Analysis of Recurrent Events

    Richard J. Cook;Jerald F. Lawless

  • The Analysis of Panel Data under a Markov Assumption

    J. D. Kalbfleisch;J. F. Lawless

  • Some Simple Robust Methods for the Analysis of Recurrent Events

    J. F. Lawless;C. Nadeau

  • A simulation study of ridge and other regression estimators

    J F Lawless;Wang P

  • Tests for Detecting Overdispersion in Poisson Regression Models

    C. Dean;J. F. Lawless

  • Regression Methods for Poisson Process Data

    J. F. Lawless

  • Inference Based on Retrospective Ascertainment: An Analysis of the Data on Transfusion-Related AIDS

    J. D. Kalbfleisch;J. F. Lawless

  • Efficient Screening of Nonnormal Regression Models

    J. F. Lawless;K. Singhal

  • Semiparametric methods for response-selective and missing data problems in regression

    J. F. Lawless;J. D. Kalbfleisch;C. J. Wild

  • Multi-state Markov models for analysing incomplete disease history data with illustrations for hiv disease

    R. C. Gentleman;J. F. Lawless;J. C. Lindsey;P. Yan

  • Analysis of Variation Transmission in Manufacturing Processes—Part I

    J. F. Lawless;R. J. MacKay;J. A. Robinson

  • Marginal analysis of recurrent events and a terminating event

    Richard J. Cook;Jerald F. Lawless

  • Likelihood analysis of multi-state models for disease incidence and mortality

    J. D. Kalbfleisch;J. F. Lawless

  • A mixed poisson–inverse‐gaussian regression model

    C. Dean;J. F. Lawless;G. E. Willmot

  • Methods for the analysis and prediction of warranty claims

    J. D. Kalbfleisch;J. F. Lawless;J. A. Robinson

  • Frequentist prediction intervals and predictive distributions

    J. F. Lawless;Marc Fredette

  • Inference in the Generalized Gamma and Log Gamma Distributions

    J. F. Lawless

  • Statistical Methods in Reliability

    J. F. Lawless

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Cook
Richard J. Cook University of Waterloo
John D. Kalbfleisch
John D. Kalbfleisch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dafna D. Gladman
Dafna D. Gladman Toronto Western Hospital
Vernon T. Farewell
Vernon T. Farewell University of Cambridge
Rayjean J. Hung
Rayjean J. Hung Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Murray B. Urowitz
Murray B. Urowitz University of Toronto
Brian Francis
Brian Francis Lancaster University
Celia M. T. Greenwood
Celia M. T. Greenwood McGill University
Irene L. Andrulis
Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto
Andrew D. Paterson
Andrew D. Paterson University of Toronto

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