2026 Jerald F. Lawless: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	53	868	741	27	23	170	27261

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Mathematics

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27261

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

10108
Citations
Statistical Models and Methods for Lifetime Data.

B. Francis;J. F. Lawless

3888
Citations
Negative binomial and mixed Poisson regression

Jerald F. Lawless

1469
Citations
The Statistical Analysis of Recurrent Events

Richard J. Cook;Jerald F. Lawless

1043
Citations
The Analysis of Panel Data under a Markov Assumption

J. D. Kalbfleisch;J. F. Lawless

892
Citations
Some Simple Robust Methods for the Analysis of Recurrent Events

J. F. Lawless;C. Nadeau

600
Citations
A simulation study of ridge and other regression estimators

J F Lawless;Wang P

548
Citations
Tests for Detecting Overdispersion in Poisson Regression Models

C. Dean;J. F. Lawless

510
Citations
Regression Methods for Poisson Process Data

J. F. Lawless

488
Citations
Inference Based on Retrospective Ascertainment: An Analysis of the Data on Transfusion-Related AIDS

J. D. Kalbfleisch;J. F. Lawless

398
Citations
Efficient Screening of Nonnormal Regression Models

J. F. Lawless;K. Singhal

310
Citations
Semiparametric methods for response-selective and missing data problems in regression

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

286
Citations
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

273
Citations
Analysis of Variation Transmission in Manufacturing Processes—Part I

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

272
Citations
Marginal analysis of recurrent events and a terminating event

Richard J. Cook;Jerald F. Lawless

262
Citations
Likelihood analysis of multi-state models for disease incidence and mortality

J. D. Kalbfleisch;J. F. Lawless

245
Citations
A mixed poisson–inverse‐gaussian regression model

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

239
Citations
Methods for the analysis and prediction of warranty claims

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

237
Citations
Frequentist prediction intervals and predictive distributions

J. F. Lawless;Marc Fredette

230
Citations
Inference in the Generalized Gamma and Log Gamma Distributions

J. F. Lawless

212
Citations
Statistical Methods in Reliability

J. F. Lawless

138
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Cook University of Waterloo

John D. Kalbfleisch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Dafna D. Gladman Toronto Western Hospital

Vernon T. Farewell University of Cambridge

Rayjean J. Hung Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Murray B. Urowitz University of Toronto

Brian Francis Lancaster University

Celia M. T. Greenwood McGill University

Irene L. Andrulis University of Toronto

Andrew D. Paterson University of Toronto

External Links

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