Brett Thomas

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 784 citations indexed

About

Brett Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brett Thomas has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 784 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Brett Thomas's work include Genomics and Rare Diseases (1 paper), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (1 paper) and Retinal Development and Disorders (1 paper). Brett Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Rare Diseases (1 paper), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (1 paper) and Retinal Development and Disorders (1 paper). Brett Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Brett Thomas's co-authors include Mark J. Daly, David Kavanagh, Daniel G. MacArthur, Colm O’Dushlaine, Sang Hyuck Lee, Shaun Purcell, Kaitlin E. Samocha, Tymor Hamamsy, Douglas M. Ruderfer and Daniel Birnbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Brett Thomas

6 papers receiving 775 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.

The ExAC browser: displaying reference data information from over 60 000 exomes

2016 452 citations Konrad J. Karczewski, Ben Weisburd et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brett Thomas United States	6	380	324	98	81	74	6	784
Britt Johnson United States	17	451 1.2×	277 0.9×	72 0.7×	133 1.6×	44 0.6×	40	1.0k
Karen L. David United States	12	263 0.7×	491 1.5×	60 0.6×	40 0.5×	127 1.7×	14	899
Siddharth Banka United Kingdom	18	339 0.9×	480 1.5×	32 0.3×	125 1.5×	59 0.8×	55	991
Linda Broer Netherlands	18	326 0.9×	208 0.6×	58 0.6×	154 1.9×	70 0.9×	42	948
Reeval Segel Israel	18	649 1.7×	249 0.8×	47 0.5×	50 0.6×	64 0.9×	40	1.1k
Qi Tian China	12	223 0.6×	160 0.5×	80 0.8×	42 0.5×	19 0.3×	44	603
Faiqa Imtiaz Saudi Arabia	17	601 1.6×	398 1.2×	35 0.4×	98 1.2×	27 0.4×	74	1.1k
Patricia G. Wheeler United States	22	529 1.4×	400 1.2×	29 0.3×	73 0.9×	23 0.3×	41	1.1k
David Nascene United States	17	583 1.5×	76 0.2×	75 0.8×	112 1.4×	58 0.8×	72	950
Varda Oron‐Karni Israel	16	403 1.1×	153 0.5×	116 1.2×	48 0.6×	16 0.2×	21	768

Countries citing papers authored by Brett Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brett Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brett Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brett Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brett 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 Brett Thomas. Brett Thomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Karczewski, Konrad J., Ben Weisburd, Brett Thomas, et al.. (2016). The ExAC browser: displaying reference data information from over 60 000 exomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(D1). D840–D845. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Yi, Michael Triebwasser, Edwin Wong, et al.. (2014). Whole-exome sequencing identifies rare, functional CFH variants in families with macular degeneration. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(19). 5283–5293. 82 indexed citations

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MacArthur, Daniel G., Andrew Kirby, Brett Thomas, et al.. (2013). Mutations ineIF4ENIF1Are Associated With Primary Ovarian Insufficiency. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 98(9). E1534–E1539. 52 indexed citations

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Lee, Sang Hyuck, Colm O’Dushlaine, Brett Thomas, & Shaun Purcell. (2012). INRICH: interval-based enrichment analysis for genome-wide association studies. Bioinformatics. 28(13). 1797–1799. 153 indexed citations

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Thomas, Brett, Eron G. Manusov, Aihua Wang, & H. K. Livingston. (2011). Contributors of Black Menʼs Success in Admission to and Graduation From Medical School. Academic Medicine. 86(7). 892–900. 24 indexed citations

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Cornwell, Gibbons G., Brett Thomas, & David Snyder. (1991). Myocardial Fibrosis in Aging Germ-free and Conventional Lobund-wistar Rats: the Protective Effect of Diet Restriction. Journal of Gerontology. 46(5). B167–B170. 21 indexed citations

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