D. Thomas

72.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
251 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

D. Thomas is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Thomas has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 86 papers in Instrumentation and 58 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in D. Thomas's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (119 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (87 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (86 papers). D. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (119 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (87 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (86 papers). D. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. D. Thomas's co-authors include Claudia Maraston, R. Bender, Kevin Schawinski, R. C. Nichol, C. Mendes de Oliveira, Chris Lintott, S. P. Bamford, M. Jordan Raddick, Alexander S. Szalay and Dan Andreescu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

D. Thomas

240 papers receiving 12.0k 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.

  1. The Epochs of Early‐Type Galaxy Formation as a Function of Environment
    2005 945 citations D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Galaxy Zoo: morphologies derived from visual inspection of galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey★
    2008 914 citations Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  3. 2016 695 citations M. Moresco, L. Pozzetti et al. RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) profile →
  4. Stellar population models of Lick indices with variable element abundance ratios
    2003 517 citations D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  5. Galaxy Zoo 1: data release of morphological classifications for nearly 900 000 galaxies★
    2010 462 citations Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  6. Observational evidence for AGN feedback in early-type galaxies
    2007 432 citations Kevin Schawinski, D. Thomas et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  7. Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphological classifications for 304 122 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    2013 421 citations Chris Lintott, S. P. Bamford et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  8. Galaxy Zoo: the dependence of morphology and colour on environment
    2009 373 citations S. P. Bamford, Chris Lintott et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
D. Thomas 10.1k 5.6k 1.2k 824 755 251 12.6k
R. C. Nichol 14.1k 1.4× 6.8k 1.2× 2.6k 2.1× 204 0.2× 1.1k 1.4× 202 16.1k
Tiziana Di Matteo 11.5k 1.1× 4.0k 0.7× 2.8k 2.3× 202 0.2× 353 0.5× 255 15.9k
István Csabai 4.5k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 479 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 267 0.4× 167 7.3k
Kevin Schawinski 8.0k 0.8× 3.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 94 0.1× 980 1.3× 137 9.5k
S. P. Bamford 5.6k 0.6× 3.4k 0.6× 346 0.3× 78 0.1× 967 1.3× 101 6.8k
Róbert Brunner 1.9k 0.2× 789 0.1× 438 0.4× 1.4k 1.7× 155 0.2× 189 5.7k
Anže Slosar 4.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 1.9k 1.6× 62 0.1× 522 0.7× 102 5.9k
Colin Norman 8.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.3× 2.1k 1.8× 221 0.3× 41 0.1× 535 9.7k
Karen L. Masters 5.3k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 561 0.5× 26 0.0× 534 0.7× 131 6.1k
Yong Zhang 1.5k 0.1× 770 0.1× 121 0.1× 202 0.2× 334 0.4× 314 4.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rubin, Kate H. R., Kyle B. Westfall, Claudia Maraston, et al.. (2025). Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV MaStar: Quantification and Abatement of Interstellar Absorption in the Largest Empirical Stellar Spectral Library. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(1). 31–31.
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Neumann, Justus, et al.. (2024). Azimuthal variations of stellar populations in barred galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(3). 2438–2457. 6 indexed citations
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Neumann, Justus, D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, et al.. (2023). iMaNGA: mock MaNGA galaxies based on IllustrisTNG and MaStar SSPs. - III. Stellar metallicity drivers in MaNGA and TNG50. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 6419–6438. 4 indexed citations
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Thomas, D., et al.. (2022). Effect of Silver Nanoparticles SILAR Cycle on TiO2 Nanoparticles Thin Film: Optical and Structural Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 118–124. 6 indexed citations
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Rosario, Emily R., et al.. (2022). Casa Colina Fall Risk Assessment Scale—Revised: Predicting Falls in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 100233–100233. 6 indexed citations
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Imig, Julie, Jon A. Holtzman, Renbin Yan, et al.. (2022). SDSS-IV MaStar: Data-driven Parameter Derivation for the MaStar Stellar Library. The Astronomical Journal. 163(2). 56–56. 11 indexed citations
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Thomas, D., Claudia Maraston, Renbin Yan, et al.. (2022). SDSS-IV MaStar: [α/Fe] for the MaNGA Stellar Library from synthetic model spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(3). 4275–4290. 2 indexed citations
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Lazarz, Daniel, Renbin Yan, Ronald Wilhelm, et al.. (2022). SDSS-IV MaStar: Stellar parameter determination with continuum-supplemented full-spectrum fitting. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 668. A21–A21. 4 indexed citations
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Neumann, Justus, D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, et al.. (2021). SDSS-IV MaNGA: drivers of stellar metallicity in nearby galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508(4). 4844–4857. 25 indexed citations
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Favole, Ginevra, Violeta González-Pérez, Álvaro Orsi, et al.. (2020). [O ii] emitters in MultiDark-Galaxies and DEEP2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497(4). 5432–5453. 10 indexed citations
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Conroy, Charlie, David R. Law, Pieter van Dokkum, et al.. (2020). Spectroscopic Constraints on the Buildup of Intracluster Light in the Coma Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal. 894(1). 32–32. 16 indexed citations
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Zheng, Zheng, Cheng Li, Shude Mao, et al.. (2019). SDSS-IV MaNGA: Environmental Dependence of the Mgb/ – Relation for Nearby Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 873(1). 63–63. 13 indexed citations
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Belfiore, Francesco, Kyle B. Westfall, Adam Schaefer, et al.. (2019). The Data Analysis Pipeline for the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey: Emission-line Modeling. The Astronomical Journal. 158(4). 160–160. 164 indexed citations
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Bizyaev, Dmitry, R. A. M. Walterbos, Peter Yoachim, et al.. (2017). SDSS IV MaNGA—Rotation Velocity Lags in the Extraplanar Ionized Gas from MaNGA Observations of Edge-on Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 839(2). 87–87. 23 indexed citations
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Greene, Jenny E., Alexie Leauthaud, Éric Emsellem, et al.. (2017). SDSS-IV MaNGA: Probing the Kinematic Morphology–Density Relation of Early-type Galaxies with MaNGA. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 851(2). L33–L33. 27 indexed citations
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Moresco, M., L. Pozzetti, A. Cimatti, et al.. (2016). . RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 695 indexed citations breakdown →
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Keel, William C., Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, et al.. (2012). The History and Environment of a Faded Quasar: <i>Hubble Space Telescope</i> observations of Hanny’s Voorwerp and IC 2497. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 32 indexed citations
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Beifiori, A., Claudia Maraston, D. Thomas, & J. Johansson. (2011). . Portsmouth Research Portal (University of Portsmouth). 61 indexed citations
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Banerji, M., Ofer Lahav, Chris Lintott, et al.. (2010). Portsmouth Research Portal (University of Portsmouth). 96 indexed citations
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Sayadi, Sami, et al.. (1988). Increased stability of pBR322-related plasmids inEscherichia coliW3101 grown in carrageenan gel beads. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 56(3). 307–312. 16 indexed citations

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