David Thomson

93 total papers · 3.1k total citations
40 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Thomson is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Thomson has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Thomson's work include Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). David Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). David Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Netherlands. David Thomson's co-authors include David E. Glue, Humphrey Q. P. Crick, Michael J. Conroy, Evan G. Cooch, Stephen R. Baillie, Robert W. Furness, Pat Monaghan, Will J. Peach, Ralph Wright and K. B. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

David Thomson

37 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

UK birds are laying eggs ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. UK birds are laying eggs earlier
    1997 509 citations Humphrey Q. P. Crick, David E. Glue et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Thomson 1.5k 621 588 515 361 40 2.1k
Erica H. Dunn 1.5k 1.0× 422 0.7× 384 0.7× 490 1.0× 287 0.8× 79 1.9k
K. H. Lakhani 1.6k 1.0× 192 0.3× 530 0.9× 1.0k 2.0× 403 1.1× 53 2.9k
Richard J. Hall 1.3k 0.9× 247 0.4× 556 0.9× 581 1.1× 406 1.1× 69 2.9k
Michael Mahony 1.1k 0.7× 935 1.5× 769 1.3× 828 1.6× 2.0k 5.5× 163 3.0k
David Christie 933 0.6× 189 0.3× 478 0.8× 363 0.7× 167 0.5× 54 2.1k
Daniel M. Mulcahy 1.3k 0.9× 190 0.3× 298 0.5× 475 0.9× 279 0.8× 75 2.3k
T. H. Clutton-Brock 1.3k 0.9× 174 0.3× 780 1.3× 316 0.6× 181 0.5× 52 2.8k
Daniel Park 621 0.4× 1.1k 1.7× 823 1.4× 779 1.5× 230 0.6× 76 2.5k
Tamara N. Romanuk 1.3k 0.9× 367 0.6× 775 1.3× 966 1.9× 651 1.8× 41 2.7k
Constance M. O’Connor 998 0.7× 127 0.2× 894 1.5× 868 1.7× 548 1.5× 69 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by David Thomson

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Thomson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Thomson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Thomson. The network helps show where David Thomson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Thomson

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

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