D. B. Thomas

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

D. B. Thomas is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, D. B. Thomas has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 14 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in D. B. Thomas's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (7 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (7 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (6 papers). D. B. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (7 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (7 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (6 papers). D. B. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. D. B. Thomas's co-authors include Roberta M. Ray, J. M. Yoffey, J. Charles Jennette, Ronald J. Falk, Thomas L. Vaughan, W. Li, Di Gao, Scott Davis, Helge Stalsberg and Karin A. Rosenblatt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

D. B. Thomas

67 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Randomized Trial of Breast Self-Examination in Shanghai: Final Results

2002 515 citations D. B. Thomas, Di Gao et al. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. B. Thomas United States	26	834	583	377	338	260	73	2.5k
Eystein Glattre Norway	29	1.0k 1.3×	634 1.1×	342 0.9×	383 1.1×	292 1.1×	75	3.4k
Brian Cox New Zealand	28	924 1.1×	583 1.0×	345 0.9×	286 0.8×	499 1.9×	102	2.8k
Guy Hédelin France	29	1.1k 1.3×	490 0.8×	471 1.2×	354 1.0×	439 1.7×	80	2.9k
Melanie Williams United States	18	850 1.0×	426 0.7×	273 0.7×	258 0.8×	185 0.7×	33	1.9k
Michele M. Doody United States	40	682 0.8×	382 0.7×	638 1.7×	366 1.1×	440 1.7×	85	4.8k
Michael Huncharek United States	32	810 1.0×	350 0.6×	964 2.6×	489 1.4×	289 1.1×	74	3.1k
Ovadia Abulafia United States	31	602 0.7×	494 0.8×	584 1.5×	566 1.7×	137 0.5×	178	3.7k
Ghazi Zaatari Lebanon	29	358 0.4×	216 0.4×	405 1.1×	297 0.9×	231 0.9×	128	2.6k
Gary L. Goldberg United States	38	1.2k 1.4×	990 1.7×	429 1.1×	329 1.0×	180 0.7×	211	4.3k
Sherri L. Stewart United States	27	992 1.2×	267 0.5×	410 1.1×	341 1.0×	206 0.8×	79	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. B. Thomas

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Manabe, Yukari C., Ting Yu, Răzvan Azamfirei, et al.. (2020). Self-collected oral fluid saliva is insensitive compared to nasal-oropharyngeal swabs in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in outpatients. Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Checkoway, Harvey, Jessica I. Lundin, Sadie Costello, et al.. (2014). Possible pro-carcinogenic association of endotoxin on lung cancer among Shanghai women textile workers. British Journal of Cancer. 111(3). 603–607. 13 indexed citations

Checkoway, H., Roberta M. Ray, Jessica I. Lundin, et al.. (2010). Lung cancer and occupational exposures other than cotton dust and endotoxin among women textile workers in Shanghai, China. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 68(6). 425–429. 23 indexed citations

Izmirly, Peter, Laura Barisoni, Jill P. Buyon, et al.. (2008). Expression of endothelial protein C receptor in cortical peritubular capillaries associates with a poor clinical response in lupus nephritis. Lara D. Veeken. 48(5). 513–519. 20 indexed citations

Thomas, D. B., Nora Franceschini, Susan L. Hogan, et al.. (2006). Clinical and pathologic characteristics of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis pathologic variants. Kidney International. 69(5). 920–926. 178 indexed citations

Ray, Roberta M., Di Gao, E. Dawn Fitzgibbons, et al.. (2005). Occupational risk factors for nasopharyngeal cancer among female textile workers in Shanghai, China. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 63(1). 39–44. 46 indexed citations

Thomas, D. B., Di Gao, Roberta M. Ray, et al.. (2002). Randomized Trial of Breast Self-Examination in Shanghai: Final Results. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 94(19). 1445–1457. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

Livasy, Chad, et al.. (2000). Pathological Case of the Month. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 154(10). 1057–1057. 1 indexed citations

Blair, Allison & D. B. Thomas. (1997). Preferential adhesion of fetal liver derived primitive haemopoietic progenitor cells to bone marrow stroma. British Journal of Haematology. 99(4). 726–731. 5 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B. & Roberta M. Ray. (1996). Oral Contraceptives and Invasive Adenocarcinomas and Adenosquamous Carcinomas of the Uterine Cervix. American Journal of Epidemiology. 144(3). 281–289. 55 indexed citations

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Deleyiannis, Frederic W.‐B., D. B. Thomas, Thomas L. Vaughan, & Scott Davis. (1996). Alcoholism: Independent Predictor of Survival in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 88(8). 542–549. 129 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B., Roberta M. Ray, Tieng Pardthaisong, et al.. (1996). Prostitution, Condom Use, and Invasive Squamous Cell Cervical Cancer in Thailand. American Journal of Epidemiology. 143(8). 779–786. 47 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B.. (1995). Alcohol as a cause of cancer.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 103(suppl 8). 153–160. 41 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B.. (1995). Cleft palate, mortality and morbidity in infants of substance abusing mothers. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 31(5). 457–460. 24 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B.. (1995). Of colic and rumbling in the guts. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 31(5). 384–386. 6 indexed citations

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Morabia, Alfredo, Moysés Szklo, Walter F. Stewart, Leonard M. Schuman, & D. B. Thomas. (1993). Consistent Lack of Association Between Breast Cancer and Oral Contraceptives Using Either Hospital or Neighborhood Controls. Preventive Medicine. 22(2). 178–186. 12 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B., et al.. (1991). Methadone levels and neonatal withdrawal. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 27(2). 96–100. 74 indexed citations

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Omenn, Gilbert S., Gary E. Goodman, Linda Rosenstock, et al.. (1988). The Role of Intervention Studies in Ascertaining the Contribution of Dietary Factors in Lung Cancer. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 534(1). 575–583. 5 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B.. (1988). Infants of drug‐addicted mothers. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 24(3). 167–168. 9 indexed citations

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Thomas, D. B.. (1983). Factors that promote the development of human breast cancer.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 50. 209–218. 8 indexed citations

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