Alistair Thomson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 793 citations indexed

About

Alistair Thomson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alistair Thomson has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 793 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 24 papers in History and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alistair Thomson's work include Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis (22 papers), Australian History and Society (11 papers) and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (7 papers). Alistair Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis (22 papers), Australian History and Society (11 papers) and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (7 papers). Alistair Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Argentina. Alistair Thomson's co-authors include Robert Perks, Richard G. White, Ricardo Allegri, Mary Stuart, M. E. Drake, Kate Darian‐Smith, Judith Butman, Penelope Edmonds, Cecília Serrano and Leandro Loñ and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and Pediatric Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Alistair Thomson

45 papers receiving 562 citations

Hit Papers

The Oral History Reader 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 50 100 150 200 250

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alistair Thomson United Kingdom 13 406 343 148 95 63 50 793
Robert A. Nye United States 20 475 1.2× 442 1.3× 155 1.0× 84 0.9× 72 1.1× 60 1.4k
Julia Watson United States 11 468 1.2× 157 0.5× 76 0.5× 91 1.0× 92 1.5× 48 1.1k
Nicole Rafter United States 24 990 2.4× 301 0.9× 208 1.4× 73 0.8× 21 0.3× 63 1.6k
Alain Corbin France 14 367 0.9× 219 0.6× 128 0.9× 49 0.5× 110 1.7× 96 1.0k
Geoffrey Cocks United States 13 253 0.6× 246 0.7× 152 1.0× 61 0.6× 12 0.2× 53 698
Alessandro Portelli Italy 12 512 1.3× 276 0.8× 154 1.0× 135 1.4× 83 1.3× 44 859
John C. Burnham United States 16 221 0.5× 116 0.3× 69 0.5× 87 0.9× 24 0.4× 42 898
Susan Gubar United States 17 575 1.4× 339 1.0× 121 0.8× 66 0.7× 91 1.4× 72 2.1k
Barbara H. Rosenwein United States 16 363 0.9× 659 1.9× 238 1.6× 104 1.1× 117 1.9× 56 1.3k
Ludmilla Jordanova United Kingdom 15 203 0.5× 243 0.7× 35 0.2× 39 0.4× 68 1.1× 52 765

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alistair Thomson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alistair Thomson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thomson, Alistair. (2019). 'when's dad home?': an oral history of inter-war Australian fatherhood. 35–48. 1 indexed citations
2.
Thomson, Alistair. (2019). Indexing and interpreting emotion: Joy and shame in oral history. 41(41). 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (2015). Anzac Memories Revisited: Trauma, Memory and Oral History. The Oral History Review. 42(1). 1–29. 14 indexed citations
4.
Thomson, Alistair. (2012). Memory and Remembering in Oral History. Oxford University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (2007). Four Paradigm Transformations in Oral History. The Oral History Review. 34(1). 49–70. 145 indexed citations
6.
Perks, Robert & Alistair Thomson. (2006). The Oral History Reader. Figshare. 273 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thomson, Alistair. (2005). Le storie di vita nello studio dell'emigrazione femminile. Quaderni storici. 40(120). 685–708.
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Thomson, Alistair. (2005). Unreliable memories? The use and abuse of oral history. 45–56. 7 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (2003). Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis. Current Paediatrics. 13(4). 325–325. 7 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (2002). Voices we never hear: the unsettling histories of postwar 'ten pound Poms' who returned to Britain. The Oral History Review. 52–59. 2 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair, et al.. (2002). How has imaging of the head, neck and spine changed over 5 years in a district general hospital?. Pediatric Radiology. 32(2). 110–113. 3 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (2001). Ten Pound Poms. 1 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (2001). ‘Good migration’: Place, meaning and identity in audio letters from Australia, 1963‐1965. Journal of Australian Studies. 25(68). 105–116. 2 indexed citations
14.
Thomson, Alistair, et al.. (2000). [Executive cognitive alteration of prefrontal type in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy].. PubMed. 60(4). 453–6. 17 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (1999). Fifty years on: An international perspective on oral history. Figshare. 82. 3 indexed citations
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Perks, Robert, et al.. (1998). Oral History Reader, The [Book Review]. 62. 1 indexed citations
17.
White, Richard G. & Alistair Thomson. (1996). Anzac Memories: Living with the Legend.. The American Historical Review. 101(2). 548–548. 38 indexed citations
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Stuart, Mary & Alistair Thomson. (1995). Engaging with Difference: The `other' in Adult Education. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 10 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (1993). ‘The vilest libel of the war'? Imperial politics and the official histories of Gallipoli∗. Australian Historical Studies. 25(101). 628–636. 1 indexed citations
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Thomson, Alistair. (1988). The Return of a Soldier. Meanjin. 47(4). 709. 4 indexed citations

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