Axioms of causal relevance

The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects

Paul R. Rosenbaum, Donald B. Rubin · Biometrika · 1983 · 31K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Causal Inference +16

Estimating causal effects of treatments in randomized and nonrandomized studies.

Donald B. Rubin · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1974 · 9.5K citations · Full text

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +13

Statistics and Causal Inference

Paul W. Holland · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1986 · 5.1K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Economics +14

Strips: A new approach to the application of theorem proving to problem solving

Richard Fikes, Nils J. Nilsson · Artificial Intelligence · 1971 · 4.1K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence +15

A new approach to causal inference in mortality studies with a sustained exposure period—application to control of the healthy worker survivor effect

James M. Robins · Mathematical Modelling · 1986 · 2.5K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Sciences +14