Abigail Thomas

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 688 citations indexed

About

Abigail Thomas is a scholar working on Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Abigail Thomas has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 688 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Genetics, 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Abigail Thomas's work include Genomics and Rare Diseases (3 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (3 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers). Abigail Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Rare Diseases (3 papers), BRCA gene mutations in cancer (3 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers). Abigail Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Abigail Thomas's co-authors include Fergus J. Couch, Jenna Lilyquist, David E. Goldgar, Eric C. Polley, Steven N. Hart, Hermela Shimelis, Tina Pesaran, Raymond M. Moore, Bing Feng and Jill S. Dolinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Cancer Research, Annals of Surgical Oncology and Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

In The Last Decade

Abigail Thomas

7 papers receiving 680 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.

Associations Between Cancer Predisposition Testing Panel Genes and Breast Cancer

2017 393 citations Fergus J. Couch, Hermela Shimelis et al. JAMA Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abigail Thomas United States	6	420	286	280	230	162	8	688
Michele Gabree United States	7	244 0.6×	215 0.8×	160 0.6×	209 0.9×	103 0.6×	9	524
A‐Yong Cao China	12	238 0.6×	199 0.7×	260 0.9×	272 1.2×	174 1.1×	40	606
Gay Hui Ho Singapore	17	156 0.4×	361 1.3×	401 1.4×	241 1.0×	107 0.7×	24	702
DF Easton United Kingdom	7	724 1.7×	318 1.1×	291 1.0×	238 1.0×	283 1.7×	16	940
Joellen Schildkraut United States	6	270 0.6×	126 0.4×	144 0.5×	153 0.7×	121 0.7×	12	464
Steven A. Narod Canada	9	499 1.2×	264 0.9×	317 1.1×	179 0.8×	167 1.0×	11	772
Lise Sveen United States	9	450 1.1×	389 1.4×	211 0.8×	247 1.1×	61 0.4×	18	738
Kun Y. Lee United States	8	212 0.5×	200 0.7×	290 1.0×	342 1.5×	127 0.8×	11	557
Ryan Bernhisel United States	12	260 0.6×	142 0.5×	184 0.7×	162 0.7×	137 0.8×	23	462
Zoe Kemp United Kingdom	12	316 0.8×	225 0.8×	148 0.5×	258 1.1×	179 1.1×	27	580

Countries citing papers authored by Abigail Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Abigail Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abigail Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Abigail Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Abigail Thomas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Abigail Thomas. Abigail Thomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Thomas, Abigail, et al.. (2025). Electronic Health (eHealth) and Artificial Intelligence-based Tools to Optimize In-hospital Patient Flow: A Scoping Review. Journal of Patient Safety. 21(6). 409–423.

2.

Thomas, Abigail, et al.. (2024). Are there opportunities to improve care as patients transition through the cancer care continuum? A scoping review. BMJ Open. 14(12). e078210–e078210. 1 indexed citations

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Hart, Steven N., Tanya L. Hoskin, Hermela Shimelis, et al.. (2018). Comprehensive annotation of BRCA1 and BRCA2 missense variants by functionally validated sequence-based computational prediction models. Genetics in Medicine. 21(1). 71–80. 43 indexed citations

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Hu, Chunling, Holly LaDuca, Hermela Shimelis, et al.. (2018). Multigene Hereditary Cancer Panels Reveal High-Risk Pancreatic Cancer Susceptibility Genes. JCO Precision Oncology. 2(2). 1–28. 41 indexed citations

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Lakshmanan, Imayavaramban, Parthasarathy Seshacharyulu, Satyanarayana Rachagani, et al.. (2017). MUC16 Regulates TSPYL5 for Lung Cancer Cell Growth and Chemoresistance by Suppressing p53. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(14). 3906–3917. 71 indexed citations

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Welsh, Jessemae L., Tanya L. Hoskin, Courtney N. Day, et al.. (2017). Clinical Decision-Making in Patients with Variant of Uncertain Significance in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Genes. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 24(10). 3067–3072. 66 indexed citations

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Leon‐Ferre, Roberto A., Mei‐Yin C. Polley, Heshan Liu, et al.. (2017). Impact of histopathology, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, and adjuvant chemotherapy on prognosis of triple-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 167(1). 89–99. 73 indexed citations

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Couch, Fergus J., Hermela Shimelis, Chunling Hu, et al.. (2017). Associations Between Cancer Predisposition Testing Panel Genes and Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncology. 3(9). 1190–1190. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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