Franck Thomas

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Franck Thomas is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Franck Thomas has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Epidemiology, 2 papers in Infectious Diseases and 2 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Franck Thomas's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (2 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (2 papers). Franck Thomas is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (2 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (2 papers). Franck Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Haiti, France and United States. Franck Thomas's co-authors include Fabienne Fieux, Jean-Yves Fagon, S. Aubas, Jesús González, Michel Wolff, Eva Clementi, Jean Chastre, Pierre Asfar, Delphine Wermert and Dominique Jusserand and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and The American Journal of the Medical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Franck Thomas

4 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Comparison of 8 vs 15 Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Adults

2003 887 citations Jean Chastre, Michel Wolff et al. JAMA profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franck Thomas Haiti	4	657	617	359	214	196	4	1.1k
Gail L. Levine United States	12	438 0.7×	357 0.6×	142 0.4×	46 0.2×	95 0.5×	17	1.1k
Ernesto G. Scerpella United States	16	476 0.7×	242 0.4×	93 0.3×	198 0.9×	153 0.8×	28	1.1k
Alan M. Tennenberg United States	15	710 1.1×	189 0.3×	145 0.4×	248 1.2×	333 1.7×	21	951
Isabelle Lolom France	17	259 0.4×	247 0.4×	145 0.4×	227 1.1×	35 0.2×	35	996
Kalvin Yu United States	18	428 0.7×	104 0.2×	338 0.9×	222 1.0×	98 0.5×	72	965
M. Torres-Tortosa Spain	16	498 0.8×	86 0.1×	181 0.5×	112 0.5×	52 0.3×	25	872
C. Beuscart France	14	582 0.9×	194 0.3×	65 0.2×	142 0.7×	209 1.1×	51	846
E.T.M. Smyth United Kingdom	15	334 0.5×	278 0.5×	123 0.3×	39 0.2×	54 0.3×	37	1.2k
Joseph B. Cantey United States	22	812 1.2×	126 0.2×	300 0.8×	67 0.3×	175 0.9×	67	1.7k
Tamar F. Barlam United States	20	695 1.1×	63 0.1×	351 1.0×	99 0.5×	106 0.5×	48	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Franck Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franck Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franck Thomas

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

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Chastre, Jean, Michel Wolff, Jean-Yves Fagon, et al.. (2007). Comparison of 8 vs 15 Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Adults. 24 indexed citations

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Chastre, Jean, Michel Wolff, Jean-Yves Fagon, et al.. (2003). Comparison of 8 vs 15 Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Adults. JAMA. 290(19). 2588–2588. 887 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pape, Jean W., Bernard Liautaud, Franck Thomas, et al.. (1986). Risk Factors Associated with AIDS in Haiti. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 291(1). 4–7. 24 indexed citations

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Pape, Jean W., Bernard Liautaud, Franck Thomas, et al.. (1983). Characteristics of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Haiti. New England Journal of Medicine. 309(16). 945–950. 189 indexed citations

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