Alexander Thomas

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Thomas is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Thomas has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Clinical Psychology and 6 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Alexander Thomas's work include Sociology and Education Studies (4 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (3 papers). Alexander Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Sociology and Education Studies (4 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (3 papers). Alexander Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Alexander Thomas's co-authors include Stella Chess, Herbert G. Birch, Peter B. Hammond, Jack Levin, Gregory M. Fulkerson, Christopher Hertzog, Karen Hooker, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Robert E. Jenkins and Doris Y. Wilkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Thomas

44 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Thomas United States	10	711	340	268	235	140	49	1.3k
Patrice Marie Miller United States	13	426 0.6×	359 1.1×	384 1.4×	152 0.6×	79 0.6×	37	1.1k
Nana Shin South Korea	20	744 1.0×	512 1.5×	451 1.7×	537 2.3×	44 0.3×	80	1.4k
Robin A. Barry United States	21	1.0k 1.5×	820 2.4×	224 0.8×	290 1.2×	44 0.3×	48	1.6k
Joyce J. Endendijk Netherlands	19	665 0.9×	439 1.3×	400 1.5×	344 1.5×	42 0.3×	65	1.4k
Elizabeth Nixon Ireland	16	734 1.0×	233 0.7×	180 0.7×	260 1.1×	149 1.1×	81	1.6k
Jessica Stern United States	17	781 1.1×	618 1.8×	185 0.7×	594 2.5×	47 0.3×	72	1.6k
Franca Tani Italy	18	597 0.8×	623 1.8×	205 0.8×	234 1.0×	28 0.2×	70	1.2k
Gary Creasey United States	21	619 0.9×	625 1.8×	226 0.8×	390 1.7×	29 0.2×	38	1.3k
Stephanie Jones United States	13	1.3k 1.9×	889 2.6×	608 2.3×	328 1.4×	54 0.4×	24	2.0k
Maayan Davidov Israel	17	1.4k 1.9×	942 2.8×	644 2.4×	338 1.4×	167 1.2×	33	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Thomas

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kleniewski, Nancy, Alexander Thomas, & Gregory M. Fulkerson. (2024). Cities, Change, and Conflict.

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Thomas, Alexander, Olympia E. Anastasiou, Ulf Dittmer, et al.. (2024). UnCoVar: a reproducible and scalable workflow for transparent and robust virus variant calling and lineage assignment using SARS-CoV-2 as an example. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 647–647. 1 indexed citations

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Bormann, Maren, Mira Alt, Laura Thümmler, et al.. (2023). Immune responses in COVID-19 patients during breakthrough infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta, Omicron-BA.1 and Omicron-BA.5. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1150667–1150667. 10 indexed citations

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Fulkerson, Gregory M., et al.. (2023). Teachers’ Distress Amid COVID-19: Examining the Effects of Job Satisfaction and Efficacy, Confidence in Protective Behaviors, and Virus Anxiety. Medical Research Archives. 11(11).

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Florentino, Rodrigo M., Nils Haep, Takashi Motomura, et al.. (2022). Biofabrication of synthetic human liver tissue with advanced programmable functions. iScience. 25(12). 105503–105503. 2 indexed citations

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Fulkerson, Gregory M., et al.. (2022). COVID-19 and Social Capital Loss: The Results of a Campus Outbreak. Social Indicators Research. 165(3). 867–878. 5 indexed citations

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Fulkerson, Gregory M., et al.. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and political ideation among college students in Central New York: The influence of differential media choice. Preventive Medicine Reports. 27. 101810–101810. 13 indexed citations

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Fulkerson, Gregory M., et al.. (2021). Social capital as mediating factor on COVID‐19 induced psychological distress: The case of college students living through an outbreak. Journal of Community Psychology. 50(3). 1521–1530. 8 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander. (2020). The Political Economy of Flexibility: Deregulation and the Transformation of Corporate Space in the Postwar City of London. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Fulkerson, Gregory M. & Alexander Thomas. (2019). Urbanormativity. Lexington Books. 2 indexed citations

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Fulkerson, Gregory M. & Alexander Thomas. (2016). Reimagining rural : urbanormative portrayals of rural life. Lexington Books. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander & Gregory M. Fulkerson. (2016). Urbanormativity and the spatial demography of suburbia: a response to Meyer and Graybill. Urban Geography. 38(2). 164–169. 5 indexed citations

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Schmid, Stefan & Alexander Thomas. (2016). Beruflich in Großbritannien. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander. (2011). Critical rural theory.

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Thomas, Alexander. (2006). Erlebnisse, die verandern: Langzeitwirkungen der Teilnahme an internationalen Jugendbegegnungen. 6 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander, et al.. (2003). Länder, Kulturen und interkulturelle Berufstätigkeit. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander. (1992). Grundriß der Sozialpsychologie, Band 2: Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft. University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg). 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Alexander. (1989). Interkulturelles Handlungstraining in der Managerausbildung. University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg). 1 indexed citations

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Lerner, Jacqueline V., et al.. (1988). A Longitudinal Study of Negative Emotional States and Adjustment from Early Childhood through Adolescence. Child Development. 59(2). 356–366. 39 indexed citations

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Lerner, Jacqueline V., et al.. (1988). A Longitudinal Study of Negative Emotional States and Adjustment from Early Childhood Through Adolescence. Child Development. 59(2). 356–356. 24 indexed citations

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