A. G. Thomson

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

A. G. Thomson is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, A. G. Thomson has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in A. G. Thomson's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (10 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (7 papers). A. G. Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (10 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (7 papers). A. G. Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Netherlands. A. G. Thomson's co-authors include Mary Walker, Peter H. Whincup, A. G. Shaper, Ross A. Hill, Lucy Lennon, S. Goya Wannamethee, R. M. Fuller, Ivan J. Perry, Stuart Pocock and Geoffrey M. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

A. G. Thomson

57 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

British Regional Heart Study: cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged men in 24 towns.

1981 455 citations A. G. Shaper, Stuart Pocock et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. G. Thomson United Kingdom	29	740	586	563	508	477	58	3.6k
Ann McNeill Australia	43	711 1.0×	456 0.8×	524 0.9×	786 1.5×	614 1.3×	115	6.2k
Jan C.M. Hendriks Netherlands	46	449 0.6×	483 0.8×	776 1.4×	721 1.4×	1.7k 3.5×	177	7.0k
Christian Fynbo Christiansen Denmark	50	1.4k 1.9×	752 1.3×	1.2k 2.1×	617 1.2×	1.3k 2.8×	357	9.1k
Richard Haynes United Kingdom	42	700 0.9×	343 0.6×	361 0.6×	654 1.3×	1.1k 2.3×	176	5.4k
Bertis B. Little United States	35	350 0.5×	396 0.7×	287 0.5×	175 0.3×	408 0.9×	202	5.1k
Jiří Jarkovský Czechia	41	1.6k 2.1×	517 0.9×	460 0.8×	370 0.7×	1.2k 2.4×	422	6.1k
Geoff K Frampton United Kingdom	39	283 0.4×	319 0.5×	284 0.5×	301 0.6×	1.2k 2.4×	119	5.0k
Neil Campbell United Kingdom	38	593 0.8×	407 0.7×	411 0.7×	131 0.3×	349 0.7×	95	5.1k
Robert V. Thomann Switzerland	31	175 0.2×	544 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	110 0.2×	180 0.4×	92	5.1k
Paul Rogers Canada	38	514 0.7×	355 0.6×	681 1.2×	75 0.1×	1.0k 2.1×	130	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. G. Thomson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomson, A. G., et al.. (2016). Opportunities and Challenges in Developing a Cohort of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Using Electronic Primary Care Data. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0162236–e0162236. 3 indexed citations

Jefferis, Barbara J., Olia Papacosta, Christopher G. Owen, et al.. (2011). Interleukin 18 and coronary heart disease: Prospective study and systematic review. Atherosclerosis. 217(1). 227–233. 95 indexed citations

Jefferis, Barbara J., A. G. Thomson, Lucy Lennon, et al.. (2009). Changes in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure over a 20‐year period: cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses. Addiction. 104(3). 496–503. 12 indexed citations

Cheung, Yin Bun, David Jeffries, A. G. Thomson, & Paul Milligan. (2008). A simple approach to test for interaction between intervention and an individual‐level variable in community randomized trials. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 13(2). 247–255. 18 indexed citations

Welsh, Paul, Peter H. Whincup, Olia Papacosta, et al.. (2008). Serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 and coronary heart disease: a prospective study in middle-aged men. QJM. 101(10). 785–791. 45 indexed citations

Thomas, Merlin C., Mary Walker, Jonathan Emberson, et al.. (2005). Prevalence of undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in older B ritish men and women. Diabetic Medicine. 22(6). 789–793. 38 indexed citations

Cox, Ruth, et al.. (2002). Assessing the relation between the distribution of salt-marsh communities and the sediment budget of the North Norfolk coast. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 8(1). 55–55. 2 indexed citations

Thomas, Merlin C., Mary Walker, Lucy Lennon, et al.. (2002). Non-attendance at re-examination 20 years after screening in the British Regional Heart Study. Journal of Public Health. 24(4). 285–291. 43 indexed citations

Malik, Iqbal, John Danesh, Peter H. Whincup, et al.. (2001). Soluble adhesion molecules and prediction of coronary heart disease: a prospective study and meta-analysis. The Lancet. 358(9286). 971–975. 310 indexed citations

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Danesh, John, Peter H. Whincup, Mary Walker, et al.. (2001). Fibrin D-Dimer and Coronary Heart Disease. Circulation. 103(19). 2323–2327. 275 indexed citations

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Walker, Mary, Peter H. Whincup, A. G. Shaper, Lucy Lennon, & A. G. Thomson. (1998). Validation of Patient Recall of Doctor-diagnosed Heart Attack and Stroke: A Postal Questionnaire and Record Review Comparison. American Journal of Epidemiology. 148(4). 355–361. 85 indexed citations

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Dickinson, E, et al.. (1996). Missed opportunities for the prevention of cardiovascular disease among British hypertensives in primary care.. PubMed. 46(411). 571–5. 24 indexed citations

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Phillips, Andrew, S. Goya Wannamethee, Mary Walker, A. G. Thomson, & George Davey Smith. (1996). Life expectancy in men who have never smoked and those who have smoked continuously: 15 year follow up of large cohort of middle aged British men: Fig 1. BMJ. 313(7062). 907–908. 35 indexed citations

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Thomson, A. G., et al.. (1995). The effect of dietary intervention on the management of hyperlipidemia in British renal transplant patients. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 5(2). 73–77. 9 indexed citations

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Perry, Ivan J., S. Goya Wannamethee, Mary Walker, et al.. (1995). Prospective study of risk factors for development of non-insulin dependent diabetes in middle aged British men. BMJ. 310(6979). 560–564. 431 indexed citations

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Elford, Jonathan, A N Phillips, A. G. Thomson, & A. G. Shaper. (1990). Migration and geographic variations in blood pressure in Britain.. BMJ. 300(6720). 291–295. 55 indexed citations

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Bruce, Nigel, Derek G. Cook, A. G. Shaper, & A. G. Thomson. (1990). Geographical variations in blood pressure in British men and women. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 43(4). 385–398. 20 indexed citations

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Elford, Jonathan, A. G. Thomson, A N Phillips, & A. G. Shaper. (1989). MIGRATION AND GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE IN GREAT BRITAIN. The Lancet. 333(8634). 343–346. 59 indexed citations

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Thompson, Peter L., Philip E. Aylward, J. Federman, et al.. (1988). Coronary thrombolysis and myocardial salvage by tissue plasminogen activator given up to 4 hours after onset of myocardial infarction. The Lancet. 1(8579). 203–207. 222 indexed citations

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Shaper, A. G., et al.. (1981). British Regional Heart Study: cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged men in 24 towns.. BMJ. 283(6285). 179–186. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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