Fran Thomas

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
3 papers, 766 citations indexed

About

Fran Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fran Thomas has authored 3 papers receiving a total of 766 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fran Thomas's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (2 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (1 paper). Fran Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (2 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (1 paper). Fran Thomas collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Fran Thomas's co-authors include Claire Whitton, Robin Floyd, Mark Blaxter, J. Mann, Tom Chapman, Eyualem Abebe, J Boué, J.L. Serre, C Oudet and Étienne Mornet and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, European Journal of Human Genetics and PubMed.

In The Last Decade

Fran Thomas

3 papers receiving 747 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.

Defining operational taxonomic units using DNA barcode data

2005 647 citations Mark Blaxter, J. Mann et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fran Thomas France	3	391	265	200	156	120	3	766
Emmanuel Buschiazzo New Zealand	10	385 1.0×	116 0.4×	251 1.3×	199 1.3×	74 0.6×	12	687
Samuel S. Hunter United States	19	402 1.0×	167 0.6×	289 1.4×	176 1.1×	69 0.6×	44	913
Masao Sugiyama Japan	19	268 0.7×	74 0.3×	177 0.9×	301 1.9×	114 0.9×	68	1.1k
Jon Martin Australia	15	359 0.9×	358 1.4×	215 1.1×	244 1.6×	179 1.5×	61	915
Anita S. Klein United States	20	307 0.8×	203 0.8×	128 0.6×	308 2.0×	189 1.6×	46	893
Jeffrey M. DaCosta United States	13	283 0.7×	208 0.8×	497 2.5×	184 1.2×	214 1.8×	27	922
Fabio Marroni Italy	24	515 1.3×	75 0.3×	585 2.9×	662 4.2×	115 1.0×	66	1.6k
Andrew Schurko United States	13	389 1.0×	140 0.5×	170 0.8×	237 1.5×	127 1.1×	17	962
Tadeusz Malewski Poland	16	221 0.6×	102 0.4×	304 1.5×	227 1.5×	67 0.6×	102	941
Keisuke Yamano Japan	26	325 0.8×	494 1.9×	340 1.7×	39 0.3×	52 0.4×	53	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Fran Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fran Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fran Thomas

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

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Blaxter, Mark, J. Mann, Tom Chapman, et al.. (2005). Defining operational taxonomic units using DNA barcode data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 360(1462). 1935–1943. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Jokić, Mladen, A. Taillandier, Fran Thomas, et al.. (1994). Transition from Normal toPremutated Alleles inFragile X Syndrome Resultsfrom a Multistep Process. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2(2). 125–131. 8 indexed citations

3.

Oudet, C, Étienne Mornet, J.L. Serre, et al.. (1993). Linkage disequilibrium between the fragile X mutation and two closely linked CA repeats suggests that fragile X chromosomes are derived from a small number of founder chromosomes.. PubMed. 52(2). 297–304. 111 indexed citations

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