David Thomas

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

David Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, David Thomas has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Immunology and 18 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in David Thomas's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (12 papers). David Thomas is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (12 papers). David Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. David Thomas's co-authors include Thomas A. Kunkel, Zhengrong Zhu, David C. Ward, Paul M. Lizardi, Xiaohua Huang, Patricia Bray‐Ward, Aziz Sancar, John D. Roberts, Intisar Husain and Ben Van Houten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

David Thomas

84 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Mutation detection and single-molecule counting using isothermal rolling-circle amplification

1998 1.1k citations Paul M. Lizardi, Xiaohua Huang et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Thomas United Kingdom	33	3.0k	716	614	608	600	89	4.9k
Gunnar Houen Denmark	34	2.1k 0.7×	354 0.5×	1.5k 2.4×	340 0.6×	501 0.8×	209	5.6k
Alexander A. Morley Australia	42	3.6k 1.2×	650 0.9×	631 1.0×	3.0k 4.9×	491 0.8×	141	7.4k
Yukihito Ishizaka Japan	39	2.1k 0.7×	531 0.7×	603 1.0×	348 0.6×	275 0.5×	141	4.7k
Xiao Yan Zhong Switzerland	40	2.4k 0.8×	292 0.4×	609 1.0×	1.5k 2.4×	350 0.6×	158	5.3k
Kenneth A. Iczkowski United States	42	2.2k 0.7×	273 0.4×	628 1.0×	1.2k 1.9×	247 0.4×	184	6.7k
William Lee United States	30	4.0k 1.3×	546 0.8×	264 0.4×	1.3k 2.1×	276 0.5×	106	6.6k
Kai Wang China	33	3.0k 1.0×	278 0.4×	713 1.2×	784 1.3×	174 0.3×	155	5.2k
John M. Luk Hong Kong	52	5.4k 1.8×	453 0.6×	901 1.5×	1.8k 3.0×	435 0.7×	187	9.8k
Melissa H. Wong United States	33	3.3k 1.1×	721 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	697 1.1×	180 0.3×	88	6.7k
Ping‐Kun Zhou China	38	4.6k 1.5×	427 0.6×	865 1.4×	1.3k 2.2×	227 0.4×	286	7.7k

Countries citing papers authored by David Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Thomas

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Mortimer, Paige M, et al.. (2025). Chronic granulomatous disease: lessons in cell biology from monogenic immunodeficiency. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 219(1).

Gleeson, Sarah, Paul Martin, Tina Thomson, et al.. (2022). Comparison of Vaccine Effectiveness Against the Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant in Hemodialysis Patients. Kidney International Reports. 7(6). 1406–1409. 25 indexed citations

Thomson, Tina, Maria Prendecki, Sarah Gleeson, et al.. (2022). Immune responses following 3rd and 4th doses of heterologous and homologous COVID-19 vaccines in kidney transplant recipients. EClinicalMedicine. 53. 101642–101642. 30 indexed citations

Martin, Paul, Sarah Gleeson, Candice Clarke, et al.. (2022). Comparison of immunogenicity and clinical effectiveness between BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in people with end-stage kidney disease receiving haemodialysis: A prospective, observational cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 21. 100478–100478. 6 indexed citations

Buang, Norzawani B, Artemis Papadaki, Candice Clarke, et al.. (2022). Multi-omics identify falling LRRC15 as a COVID-19 severity marker and persistent pro-thrombotic signals in convalescence. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7775–7775. 19 indexed citations

Olona, Antoni, Ana Guerrero, Jeong‐Hun Ko, et al.. (2021). Cardiac glycosides cause cytotoxicity in human macrophages and ameliorate white adipose tissue homeostasis. British Journal of Pharmacology. 179(9). 1874–1886. 14 indexed citations

Canton, Johnathan, H. Blees, Conor M. Henry, et al.. (2020). The receptor DNGR-1 signals for phagosomal rupture to promote cross-presentation of dead-cell-associated antigens. Nature Immunology. 22(2). 140–153. 123 indexed citations

Clare, Simon, Siobhan O. Burns, Claire Booth, et al.. (2020). Lentiviral gene therapy rescues p47phox chronic granulomatous disease and the ability to fight Salmonella infection in mice. Gene Therapy. 27(9). 459–469. 14 indexed citations

Thomas, David. (2017). The phagocyte respiratory burst: Historical perspectives and recent advances. Immunology Letters. 192. 88–96. 129 indexed citations

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Barlow, Adam D. & David Thomas. (2015). Autophagy in Diabetes: β-Cell Dysfunction, Insulin Resistance, and Complications. DNA and Cell Biology. 34(4). 252–260. 85 indexed citations

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Larsen, Christian P., B Charpentier, J.M. Grinyó, et al.. (2009). One Year Safety Profile of Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Patients from the BENEFIT and BENEFIT-EXT Studies. American Journal of Transplantation. 9. 495–495. 6 indexed citations

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Larsen, Christian P., B Charpentier, J.M. Grinyó, et al.. (2009). 3-Year Safety Profile of Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients from the BENEFIT and BENEFIT-EXT Studies. Transplant International. 22. 90–90. 4 indexed citations

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Mellanby, Richard J., David Thomas, Jenny M. Phillips, & Anne Cooke. (2007). Diabetes in non‐obese diabetic mice is not associated with quantitative changes in CD4⁺ CD25⁺ Foxp3⁺ regulatory T cells. Immunology. 121(1). 15–28. 82 indexed citations

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Ferry, Tristan, David Thomas, Michèle Bes, et al.. (2005). Comparative Prevalence of Superantigen Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Sepsis With and Without Septic Shock. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 41(6). 771–777. 130 indexed citations

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Thomas, David, Paola Zaccone, & Anne Cooke. (2005). The Role of Regulatory T Cell Defects in Type I Diabetes and the Potential of these Cells for Therapy. The Review of Diabetic Studies. 2(1). 9–9. 21 indexed citations

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Thomas, David, et al.. (2002). Geriatric hospital medicine. Medical Clinics of North America. 86(4). 707–729. 34 indexed citations

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Lizardi, Paul M., Xiaohua Huang, Zhengrong Zhu, et al.. (1998). Mutation detection and single-molecule counting using isothermal rolling-circle amplification. Nature Genetics. 19(3). 225–232. 1147 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, David, Daniel Svoboda, Jean‐Michel H. Vos, & Thomas A. Kunkel. (1996). Strand Specificity of Mutagenic Bypass Replication of DNA Containing Psoralen Monoadducts in a Human Cell Extract. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(5). 2537–2544. 23 indexed citations

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Thomas, David, Asad Umar, & Thomas A. Kunkel. (1996). Microsatellite instability and mismatch repair defects in cancer cells. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 350(1). 201–205. 33 indexed citations

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Thomas, David, Xavier Veaute, Robert P. Fuchs, & Thomas A. Kunkel. (1995). Frequency and Fidelity of Translesion Synthesis of Site-specific N-2-Acetylaminofluorene Adducts during DNA Replication in a Human Cell Extract. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(36). 21226–21233. 23 indexed citations

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