Frank R. Thomas

2.1k total citations
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Frank R. Thomas is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Ecology and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank R. Thomas has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 11 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Frank R. Thomas's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (23 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers). Frank R. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (23 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers). Frank R. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. Frank R. Thomas's co-authors include Patrick D. Nunn, Sean Ulm, Paul Geraghty, Rosalind L. Hunter-Anderson, Michael J. Rowland, William G.L. Aalbersberg, Mike T. Carson, Roselyn Kumar, James P. Terry and William R. Dickinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology and Society, Geographical Journal and Human Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Frank R. Thomas

33 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank R. Thomas Fiji	14	260	241	235	230	227	36	1.2k
Munro S. Edmonson United States	19	86 0.3×	182 0.8×	75 0.3×	47 0.2×	155 0.7×	52	1.2k
J. L. Fischer United States	13	57 0.2×	172 0.7×	74 0.3×	28 0.1×	130 0.6×	33	830
Nathan Gale United States	14	298 1.1×	53 0.2×	147 0.6×	38 0.2×	78 0.3×	33	876
Dwight Read United States	23	63 0.2×	417 1.7×	91 0.4×	103 0.4×	370 1.6×	113	1.9k
Jeffrey P. Cohn United States	16	51 0.2×	195 0.8×	353 1.5×	352 1.5×	131 0.6×	84	1.6k
Michael Shanks United States	20	249 1.0×	93 0.4×	64 0.3×	24 0.1×	197 0.9×	71	2.0k
David Abram United States	7	215 0.8×	277 1.1×	101 0.4×	27 0.1×	392 1.7×	16	1.5k
Valentine Roux France	21	42 0.2×	309 1.3×	191 0.8×	19 0.1×	113 0.5×	58	1.7k
Arthur H. Robinson United States	18	726 2.8×	43 0.2×	176 0.7×	71 0.3×	107 0.5×	55	1.5k
Julian Thomas United Kingdom	26	570 2.2×	85 0.4×	63 0.3×	108 0.5×	200 0.9×	117	3.0k

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Horrocks, Mark & Frank R. Thomas. (2022). Botanical remains of the last 1800 years from Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati, reveal ancient aroid ( Cyrtosperma merkusii and Colocasia esculenta ) pit cultivation and other cultigens. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 19(2). 344–359. 4 indexed citations

Nunn, Patrick D., et al.. (2019). Origin, development and prospects of sand islands off the north coast of Viti Levu Island, Fiji, Southwest Pacific. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 23(6). 1005–1018. 4 indexed citations

Nunn, Patrick D., et al.. (2016). Value of traditional oral narratives in building climate-change resilience: insights from rural communities in Fiji. Ecology and Society. 21(2). 86 indexed citations

Thomas, Frank R.. (2015). Marginal Islands ans Sustain Ability: 2,000 Years of Human Settlement in Eastern Micronesia. Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre). 11(1). 64–74. 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Frank R.. (2012). Review of Baldacchino, G. and Niles, D. (eds.), 2011. Island Futures: Conservation and Development across the Asia-Pacific Region. 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Frank R.. (2009). Historical Ecology in Kiribati: Linking Past with Present. Pacific Science. 63(4). 567–600. 22 indexed citations

Nunn, Patrick D., et al.. (2007). Times of plenty, times of less: chronologies of last-millennium societal disruption in the Pacific Basin. 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Frank R.. (2007). The Behavioral Ecology of Shellfish Gathering in Western Kiribati, Micronesia. 2: Patch Choice, Patch Sampling, and Risk. Human Ecology. 35(5). 515–526. 23 indexed citations

Thomas, Frank R.. (2006). The Behavioral Ecology of Shellfish Gathering in Western Kiribati, Micronesia 1: Prey Choice. Human Ecology. 35(2). 179–194. 48 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R.. (2006). Carolyn Merchant (ed): Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World. 2nd Edition. Human Ecology. 35(5). 645–646. 7 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R., Patrick D. Nunn, Tamara Osborne‐Naikatini, et al.. (2004). Recent archaeological findings at Qaranilaca Cave, Vanuabalavu Island, Fiji. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 39(1). 42–49. 12 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R.. (2003). Fisheries Development in Kiribati: Sustainability Issues in a "MIRAB"; Economy. Pacific studies. 26(1). 23–23. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R.. (2003). Shellfish gathering in Kiribati,Micronesia: Nutritional,microbiological, andtoxicological aspects. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 42(2). 91–127. 6 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R.. (2002). An evaluation of central-place foraging among mollusk gatherers in Western Kiribati, Micronesia: Linking behavioral ecology with ethnoarchaeology. World Archaeology. 34(1). 182–208. 40 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R.. (1999). Optimal foraging and conservation : the anthropology of mollusk gathering strategies in the Gilbert Islands group, Kiribati. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R., et al.. (1987). Too Funny for Words: Disney's Greatest Sight Gags. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R., et al.. (1981). Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 267 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R., et al.. (1970). Complete cross-country skiing and ski touring.

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Thomas, Frank R., et al.. (1970). The Market Book: A History of the Public Markets of the City of New York. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frank R., et al.. (1969). The market book : containing a historical account of the public markets in the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn : with a brief description of every article of human food sold therein, the introduction of cattle in America, and notices of many remarkable specimens. 3 indexed citations

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