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, S. P. Bamford, Chris Lintott, 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

5 papers align trajectories

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.

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 →
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 →
2016 695 citations M. Moresco, L. Pozzetti et al. RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) profile →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Galaxy Zoo: the dependence of morphology and colour on environment

2009 373 citations S. P. Bamford, R. C. Nichol et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV MaStar: Quantification and Abatement of Interstellar Absorption in the Largest Empirical Stellar Spectral Library 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Kate H. R. Rubin, Kyle B. Westfall, Claudia Maraston, D. Thomas, Renbin Yan, J. Christopher Howk, (unknown), (unknown), David R. Law	0
2	Azimuthal variations of stellar populations in barred galaxies 2024 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Justus Neumann, D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, (unknown), (unknown), Eva Schinnerer, Sophia K. Stuber	6
3	iMaNGA: mock MaNGA galaxies based on IllustrisTNG and MaStar SSPs. - III. Stellar metallicity drivers in MaNGA and TNG50 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), Justus Neumann, D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, James W. Trayford, Christopher C. Lovell, David R. Law, Renbin Yan, Yanping Chen	4
4	SDSS-IV MaStar: Data-driven Parameter Derivation for the MaStar Stellar Library 2022 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Julie Imig, Jon A. Holtzman, Renbin Yan, Daniel Lazarz, Yanping Chen, (unknown), D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, Moire K. M. Prescott, Guy S. Stringfellow, Dmitry Bizyaev, Rachael L. Beaton, Niv Drory	11
5	Effect of Silver Nanoparticles SILAR Cycle on TiO2 Nanoparticles Thin Film: Optical and Structural Study 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·D. Thomas, Eli Danladi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	6
6	Casa Colina Fall Risk Assessment Scale—Revised: Predicting Falls in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Emily R. Rosario, D. Thomas, (unknown), (unknown)	6
7	SDSS-IV MaStar: Stellar parameter determination with continuum-supplemented full-spectrum fitting 2022 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Daniel Lazarz, Renbin Yan, Ronald Wilhelm, Yanping Chen, Lewis Webb Hill, Jon A. Holtzman, Julie Imig, Claudia Maraston, Szabolcs Mészáros, Guy S. Stringfellow, D. Thomas, Timothy C. Beers, Dmitry Bizyaev, Niv Drory, Richard R. Lane, Christian Nıtschelm	4
8	SDSS-IV MaStar: [α/Fe] for the MaNGA Stellar Library from synthetic model spectra 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·(unknown), D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, Renbin Yan, Daniel Lazarz, Yanping Chen, Guy S. Stringfellow, Michele Cappellari, Jon A. Holtzman, Julie Imig, Dmitry Bizyaev, David R. Law, Keivan G. Stassun, Niv Drory	2
9	SDSS-IV MaNGA: drivers of stellar metallicity in nearby galaxies 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Justus Neumann, D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, Daniel Goddard, Jianhui Lian, (unknown), H. Domínguez Sánchez, Mariangela Bernardi, Berta Margalef-Bentabol, J. K. Barrera-Ballesteros, Dmitry Bizyaev, Nicholas Fraser Boardman, Niv Drory, José G. Fernández-Trincado, Richard R. Lane	25
10	[O ii] emitters in MultiDark-Galaxies and DEEP2 2020 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Ginevra Favole, Violeta González-Pérez, (unknown), Álvaro Orsi, Johan Comparat, S. A. Cora, Cristian A Vega-Martínez, Adam R. H. Stevens, Claudia Maraston, Darren Croton, Alexander Knebe, Andrew Benson, Antonio D. Montero-Dorta, Nelson Padilla, F. Prada, D. Thomas	10
11	Spectroscopic Constraints on the Buildup of Intracluster Light in the Coma Cluster 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·(unknown), Charlie Conroy, David R. Law, Pieter van Dokkum, Renbin Yan, David A. Wake, Kevin Bundy, Alexa Villaume, Roberto Abraham, Allison Merritt, Jielai Zhang, Matthew A. Bershady, Dmitry Bizyaev, Niv Drory, Kaike Pan, D. Thomas, Anne-Marie Weijmans	16
12	The Data Analysis Pipeline for the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey: Emission-line Modeling 2019 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Francesco Belfiore, Kyle B. Westfall, Adam Schaefer, Michele Cappellari, Xihan Ji, Matthew A. Bershady, Christy Tremonti, David R. Law, Renbin Yan, Kevin Bundy, Shravan Shetty, Niv Drory, D. Thomas, Éric Emsellem, S. F. Sánchez	164
13	SDSS-IV MaNGA: Environmental Dependence of the Mgb/ – Relation for Nearby Galaxies 2019 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Zheng Zheng, Cheng Li, Shude Mao, Huiyuan Wang, Chao Liu, H. J. Mo, Zhen Yuan, Claudia Maraston, D. Thomas, Renbin Yan, Kevin Bundy, R. J. Long, Taniya Parikh, Grecco A. Oyarzún, Dmitry Bizyaev, Ivan Lacerna	13
14	SDSS IV MaNGA—Rotation Velocity Lags in the Extraplanar Ionized Gas from MaNGA Observations of Edge-on Galaxies 2017 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Dmitry Bizyaev, R. A. M. Walterbos, Peter Yoachim, Rogério Riffel, José G. Fernández-Trincado, Kaike Pan, Aleksandar M. Diamond‐Stanic, Amy Jones, D. Thomas, Joseph Cleary, J. Brinkmann	23
15	breakdown → 2016 ·RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) ·M. Moresco, L. Pozzetti, A. Cimatti, Raúl Jiménez, Claudia Maraston, Licia Verde, D. Thomas, (unknown), Rita Tojeiro, David M. Wilkinson	695
16	The History and Environment of a Faded Quasar: <i>Hubble Space Telescope</i> observations of Hanny’s Voorwerp and IC 2497 2012 ·DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University) ·William C. Keel, Chris Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, Vardha N. Bennert, D. Thomas, (unknown), S. Drew Chojnowski, (unknown)	32
17	2011 ·Portsmouth Research Portal (University of Portsmouth) ·A. Beifiori, Claudia Maraston, D. Thomas, J. Johansson	61
18	2010 ·Portsmouth Research Portal (University of Portsmouth) ·M. Banerji, Ofer Lahav, Chris Lintott, F. B. Abdalla, Kevin Schawinski, S. P. Bamford, Dan Andreescu, Phil Murray, M. Jordan Raddick, Anže Slosar, Alexander S. Szalay, D. Thomas, Jan Vandenberg	96
19	Galaxy Zoo: Motivations of Citizen Scientists 2008 ·AAS ·(unknown), Chris Lintott, (unknown), Kate Land, (unknown), Phil Murray, R. C. Nichol, Kevin Schawinski, A. Slosar, Alexander S. Szalay, D. Thomas, Jan Vandenberg, Dan Andreescu	3
20	Increased stability of pBR322-related plasmids inEscherichia coliW3101 grown in carrageenan gel beads 1988 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Sami Sayadi, (unknown), Monçef Nasri, J.N. Barbotin, D. Thomas	16

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