Deborah Thien

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 573 citations indexed

About

Deborah Thien is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Thien has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 573 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Deborah Thien's work include Rural development and sustainability (5 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (2 papers). Deborah Thien is often cited by papers focused on Rural development and sustainability (5 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (2 papers). Deborah Thien collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Deborah Thien's co-authors include Laura Ryser, Greg Halseth, Mary Kim Ngo, Paul Laris, Vincent J. Del Casino, Holly Dolan, Neil Hanlon, Sarah de Leeuw, Margot W. Parkes and Joyce Davidson and has published in prestigious journals such as Research in Higher Education, Area and Canadian Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Thien

12 papers receiving 534 citations

Hit Papers

After or beyond feeling? ... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400
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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. After or beyond feeling? A consideration of affect and emotion in geography
    2005 427 citations Deborah Thien Area profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Deborah Thien 292 258 68 57 53 13 573
Andrew S. Maclaren 211 0.7× 157 0.6× 62 0.9× 40 0.7× 68 1.3× 18 496
Fernando J. Bosco 490 1.7× 120 0.5× 59 0.9× 64 1.1× 128 2.4× 26 769
Elizabeth Kenworthy Teather 243 0.8× 154 0.6× 27 0.4× 43 0.8× 32 0.6× 31 591
Ben Highmore 330 1.1× 83 0.3× 53 0.8× 41 0.7× 60 1.1× 56 739
Eden Kinkaid 238 0.8× 134 0.5× 64 0.9× 28 0.5× 76 1.4× 25 542
Joseph Pugliese 449 1.5× 90 0.3× 66 1.0× 47 0.8× 92 1.7× 80 660
Mark Rifkin 287 1.0× 111 0.4× 128 1.9× 45 0.8× 80 1.5× 39 608
Bawaka Country 288 1.0× 320 1.2× 89 1.3× 44 0.8× 58 1.1× 14 798
Matthew C. Benwell 341 1.2× 71 0.3× 37 0.5× 49 0.9× 84 1.6× 42 484
Michelle Bastian 230 0.8× 115 0.4× 48 0.7× 30 0.5× 32 0.6× 30 522

Countries citing papers authored by Deborah Thien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deborah Thien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah Thien

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Thien, Deborah, et al.. (2014). Reinterpreting Traditional Cultural Properties: A Political Ecology of Emotion Perspective. Human Geography. 7(2). 29–45. 1 indexed citations
2.
Leeuw, Sarah de, Margot W. Parkes, & Deborah Thien. (2013). Questioning medicine’s discipline: The arts of emotions in undergraduate medical education. Emotion, space and society. 11. 43–51. 7 indexed citations
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Thien, Deborah & Vincent J. Del Casino. (2012). (Un)Healthy1Men, Masculinities, and the Geographies of Health. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 102(5). 1146–1156. 19 indexed citations
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Ngo, Mary Kim, et al.. (2011). Political ecology of emotion and sacred space: The Winnemem Wintu struggles with California water policy. Emotion, space and society. 6. 33–43. 47 indexed citations
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Thien, Deborah & Neil Hanlon. (2009). Unfolding dialogues about gender, care and ‘the north’: an introduction. Gender Place & Culture. 16(2). 155–162. 6 indexed citations
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Thien, Deborah. (2009). Encouraging Gender Analysis in Research Practice. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 33(3). 351–367. 8 indexed citations
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Thien, Deborah & Joyce Davidson. (2009). Introduction: Gender Interventions in Research, Teaching and Practice. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 33(3). 299–301. 1 indexed citations
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Dolan, Holly & Deborah Thien. (2008). Relations of Care: A Framework for Placing Women and Health in Rural Communities. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 99(2). 38–42. 8 indexed citations
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Dolan, Holly & Deborah Thien. (2008). Relations of Care: A Framework for Placing Women and Health in Rural Communities. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 99(S2). 38–42. 10 indexed citations
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Ryser, Laura, Greg Halseth, & Deborah Thien. (2008). Strategies and Intervening Factors Influencing Student Social Interaction and Experiential Learning in an Interdisciplinary Research Team. Research in Higher Education. 50(3). 248–267. 36 indexed citations
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Thien, Deborah. (2007). Disenchanting democracy. Area. 39(1). 134–135.
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Thien, Deborah. (2005). After or beyond feeling? A consideration of affect and emotion in geography. Area. 37(4). 450–454. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Browne, Kath, et al.. (2004). Gender and geography: 20 years on. 3 indexed citations

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