Bruce A. Thomson

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Bruce A. Thomson is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce A. Thomson has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Spectroscopy, 10 papers in Analytical Chemistry and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Bruce A. Thomson's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (37 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (23 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (10 papers). Bruce A. Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (37 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (23 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (10 papers). Bruce A. Thomson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Israel. Bruce A. Thomson's co-authors include Igor V. Chernushevich, J. V. Iribarne, Alexander V. Loboda, Pawel Dziedzic, K. W. Michael Siu, Thomas R. Covey, Bradley B. Schneider, Juan Fernández de la Mora, Andrej Shevchenko and Werner Ens and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Bruce A. Thomson

44 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Field induced ion evaporation from liquid surfaces at atm... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Field induced ion evaporation from liquid surfaces at atmospheric pressure
    1979 445 citations Bruce A. Thomson, J. V. Iribarne The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce A. Thomson Canada 25 2.6k 994 592 439 432 44 3.1k
Roger Guevremont Canada 38 3.6k 1.4× 812 0.8× 821 1.4× 571 1.3× 1.3k 3.0× 92 4.3k
Bogdan Gologan United States 10 2.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 807 1.4× 656 1.5× 536 1.2× 13 3.6k
Kelsey D. Cook United States 28 1.5k 0.6× 876 0.9× 479 0.8× 425 1.0× 408 0.9× 75 2.6k
Thomas R. Covey United States 36 4.7k 1.8× 1.6k 1.6× 1.6k 2.7× 550 1.3× 1.0k 2.3× 92 6.1k
Charles J. Barinaga United States 29 2.7k 1.0× 536 0.5× 965 1.6× 618 1.4× 1.0k 2.3× 68 3.4k
Charles N. McEwen United States 36 2.8k 1.1× 553 0.6× 694 1.2× 725 1.7× 727 1.7× 89 3.8k
Marvin L. Vestal United States 37 3.9k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 686 1.2× 780 1.8× 737 1.7× 94 5.1k
William F. Siems United States 35 3.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 942 1.6× 316 0.7× 859 2.0× 100 4.3k
D. J. Douglas Canada 20 1.3k 0.5× 503 0.5× 290 0.5× 221 0.5× 146 0.3× 43 1.8k
Yehia Ibrahim United States 42 3.6k 1.4× 1.9k 2.0× 623 1.1× 645 1.5× 619 1.4× 130 4.5k

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All Works

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Neish, C. D., et al.. (2010). Mini-RF Observations in Support of LCROSS. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2075. 1 indexed citations
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Covey, Thomas R., Bruce A. Thomson, & Bradley B. Schneider. (2009). Atmospheric pressure ion sources. Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 28(6). 870–897. 192 indexed citations
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Jugroot, Manish, C. P. T. Groth, Bruce A. Thomson, et al.. (2008). Coupled gas and ion transport in quadrupole interfaces. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 41(2). 25205–25205. 15 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Peter B., Jason L. Pittman, Bruce A. Thomson, et al.. (2005). A new hybrid electrospray Fourier transform mass spectrometer: design and performance characteristics. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 20(2). 259–266. 41 indexed citations
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Guo, Yuzhu, Yun Ling, Bruce A. Thomson, & K. W. Michael Siu. (2005). Combined ion-mobility and mass-spectrometry investigations of metallothionein complexes using a tandem mass spectrometer with a segmented second quadrupole. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 16(11). 1787–1794. 19 indexed citations
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Chernushevich, Igor V. & Bruce A. Thomson. (2004). Collisional Cooling of Large Ions in Electrospray Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 76(6). 1754–1760. 195 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Markus Walles, Bruce A. Thomson, Sabatino Nacson, & Janusz Pawliszyn. (2003). Solid‐phase microextraction combined with surface‐enhanced laser desorption/ionization introduction for ion mobility spectrometry and mass spectrometry using polypyrrole coatings. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 18(2). 157–162. 21 indexed citations
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Cousins, Lisa M. & Bruce A. Thomson. (2002). MS 3 using the collision cell of a tandem mass spectrometer system. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16(11). 1023–1034. 16 indexed citations
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Chernushevich, Igor V., Alexander V. Loboda, & Bruce A. Thomson. (2001). An introduction to quadrupole–time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 36(8). 849–865. 473 indexed citations
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Thomson, Bruce A.. (1998). 1997 McBryde Medal Award Lecture<BR> Radio frequency quadrupole ion guides in modern mass spectrometry. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 76(5). 499–505. 3 indexed citations
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Mansoori, Bashir A., et al.. (1998). Analytical performance of a high-pressure radio frequency-only quadrupole collision cell with an axial field applied by using conical rods. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 9(8). 775–788. 44 indexed citations
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Shevchenko, Andrej, Igor V. Chernushevich, Werner Ens, et al.. (1997). Rapid ‘de novo’ peptide sequencing by a combination of nanoelectrospray, isotopic labeling and a quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 11(9). 1015–1024. 370 indexed citations
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Quilliam, Michael A., et al.. (1989). Ion‐spray mass spectrometry of marine neurotoxins. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 3(5). 145–150. 96 indexed citations
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Henion, Jack D., Bruce A. Thomson, & Peter Dawson. (1982). Determination of sulfa drugs in biological fluids by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 54(3). 451–456. 108 indexed citations
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Thomson, Bruce A., et al.. (1982). A New Technique for the Rapid Analysis of Soil for the Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls. International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry. 11(2). 139–151. 2 indexed citations
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Thomson, Bruce A., et al.. (1980). Applications of a versatile technique for trace analysis: atmospheric pressure negative chemical ionization.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 36. 77–84. 21 indexed citations
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Thomson, Bruce A. & J. V. Iribarne. (1979). Field induced ion evaporation from liquid surfaces at atmospheric pressure. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 71(11). 4451–4463. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

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