Chris Thomas

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Chris Thomas is a scholar working on Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Thomas has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Chris Thomas's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (11 papers), Malaria Research and Control (11 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (7 papers). Chris Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (11 papers), Malaria Research and Control (11 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (7 papers). Chris Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Zambia and Gambia. Chris Thomas's co-authors include Steve W. Lindsay, Thomas N. Sherratt, Ian F. Harvey, K. F. Conrad, Xavier Lambin, Mark G. Macklin, Mark W. Smith, Claus Bøgh, Siân E. Clarke and Rosemary D. F. Bromley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chris Thomas

37 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Impacts of metal mining on river systems: a global assessment

2023 112 citations Mark G. Macklin, Chris Thomas et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Thomas United Kingdom	26	679	522	354	247	206	38	1.7k
Sarah Cunze Germany	21	436 0.6×	411 0.8×	259 0.7×	342 1.4×	170 0.8×	38	1.3k
Yaa Ntiamoa‐Baidu Ghana	19	624 0.9×	331 0.6×	189 0.5×	99 0.4×	270 1.3×	68	1.4k
Francisco de Castro Spain	21	454 0.7×	378 0.7×	206 0.6×	110 0.4×	271 1.3×	38	1.4k
Laurie B. Marczak United States	16	937 1.4×	751 1.4×	604 1.7×	108 0.4×	231 1.1×	29	2.1k
Maxwell B. Joseph United States	22	476 0.7×	284 0.5×	190 0.5×	192 0.8×	572 2.8×	42	1.4k
Trevon Fuller United States	23	659 1.0×	231 0.4×	506 1.4×	475 1.9×	461 2.2×	86	2.0k
Miguel Ángel Farfán Spain	20	708 1.0×	223 0.4×	173 0.5×	155 0.6×	212 1.0×	73	1.2k
John P. Schmidt United States	36	708 1.0×	464 0.9×	169 0.5×	59 0.2×	237 1.2×	104	3.6k
Sarah H. Olson United States	23	578 0.9×	603 1.2×	204 0.6×	84 0.3×	460 2.2×	63	2.6k
Antonio‐Román Muñoz Spain	23	1.1k 1.6×	145 0.3×	475 1.3×	518 2.1×	351 1.7×	90	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Thomas

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Mark W., et al.. (2025). Climate Change Impacts on Flood Pulse Characteristics in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia. Earth s Future. 13(3).

Smith, Mark W., Thomas Willis, William James, et al.. (2024). Future malaria environmental suitability in Africa is sensitive to hydrology. Science. 384(6696). 697–703. 7 indexed citations

Willis, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Impacts of seasonal flooding on geographical access to maternal healthcare in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia. International Journal of Health Geographics. 22(1). 17–17. 9 indexed citations

Willis, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Hydrodynamic Modeling of Inundation Patterns of a Large African Floodplain Indicates Sensitivity to Waterway Restoration. Water Resources Research. 58(11). 6 indexed citations

Cross, Dónall Eoin, et al.. (2022). Temporally consistent predominance and distribution of secondary malaria vectors in the Anopheles community of the upper Zambezi floodplain. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 240–240. 2 indexed citations

Hamunyela, Eliakim, et al.. (2022). Spatio-temporal characterization of surface water dynamics with Landsat in endorheic Cuvelai-Etosha Basin (1990–2021). ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 191. 68–84. 15 indexed citations

Cross, Dónall Eoin, Chris Thomas, Niall J. McKeown, et al.. (2021). Geographically extensive larval surveys reveal an unexpected scarcity of primary vector mosquitoes in a region of persistent malaria transmission in western Zambia. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 91–91. 9 indexed citations

Siriwardena, A Niroshan, Graham Law, Chris Thomas, et al.. (2021). An exploration of factors characterising unusual spatial clusters of COVID-19 cases in the East Midlands region, UK: A geospatial analysis of ambulance 999 data. Landscape and Urban Planning. 219. 104299–104299. 5 indexed citations

Smith, Mark W., Thomas Willis, Lorenzo Alfieri, et al.. (2020). Incorporating hydrology into climate suitability models changes projections of malaria transmission in Africa. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4353–4353. 38 indexed citations

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Hardy, Andrew, Zawadi Mageni, Stefan Dongus, et al.. (2015). Mapping hotspots of malaria transmission from pre-existing hydrology, geology and geomorphology data in the pre-elimination context of Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania. Parasites & Vectors. 8(1). 41–41. 40 indexed citations

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Hardy, Andrew, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Dónall Eoin Cross, et al.. (2013). Habitat Hydrology and Geomorphology Control the Distribution of Malaria Vector Larvae in Rural Africa. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e81931–e81931. 37 indexed citations

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Smith, Mark W., Mark G. Macklin, & Chris Thomas. (2012). Hydrological and geomorphological controls of malaria transmission. Earth-Science Reviews. 116. 109–127. 49 indexed citations

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Brown, Ian A., et al.. (2006). Monitoring snowmelt across the Arctic forest–tundra ecotone using Synthetic Aperture Radar. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(19). 4347–4370. 1 indexed citations

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Bødker, René, et al.. (2004). Effect of topography on the risk of malaria infection in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 98(7). 400–408. 82 indexed citations

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Bøgh, Claus, Siân E. Clarke, Musa Jawara, Chris Thomas, & Steve W. Lindsay. (2003). Localized breeding of the Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera: Culicidae) along the River Gambia, West Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 93(4). 279–287. 43 indexed citations

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Petty, S. J., et al.. (2003). The role of food supply in the dispersal behaviour of juvenile Tawny OwlsStrix aluco. Ibis. 145(2). 8 indexed citations

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Clarke, Siân E., Claus Bøgh, Richard C. D. Brown, et al.. (2002). Risk of malaria attacks in Gambian children is greater away from malaria vector breeding sites. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96(5). 499–506. 66 indexed citations

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Conrad, K. F., et al.. (2002). Characteristics of dispersing Ischnura elegans and Coenagrion puella (Odonata): age, sex, size, morph and ectoparasitism. Ecography. 25(4). 439–445. 59 indexed citations

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Petty, S. J., Xavier Lambin, Thomas N. Sherratt, et al.. (2000). Spatial synchrony in field vole Microtus agrestis abundance in a coniferous forest in northern England: the role of vole‐eating raptors. Journal of Applied Ecology. 37(s1). 136–147. 34 indexed citations

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Conrad, K. F., et al.. (1999). Dispersal characteristics of seven odonate species in an agricultural landscape. Ecography. 22(5). 524–531. 140 indexed citations

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