George Thomas

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

George Thomas is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, George Thomas has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in George Thomas's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (22 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (12 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers). George Thomas is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (22 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (12 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers). George Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and India. George Thomas's co-authors include John Boli, John W. Meyer, Francisco O. Ramírez, Fen Osler Hampson, Ramandeep S. Johal, Steve Stack, Kenneth Dauber, Henry A. Walker, Morris Zelditch and Sibasish Ghosh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

George Thomas

75 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

World Society and the Nation‐State 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 1997 1999 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. World Society and the Nation‐State
    1997 2.5k citations John Boli, George Thomas et al. profile →
  2. World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization
    1997 595 citations John Boli, George Thomas American Sociological Review profile →
  3. Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations since 1875
    1999 509 citations John Boli, George Thomas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Thomas United States 24 2.6k 2.2k 727 647 642 87 5.5k
Francesca Polletta United States 30 4.4k 1.7× 1.8k 0.8× 181 0.2× 421 0.7× 311 0.5× 69 7.0k
Johan Galtung Norway 32 6.8k 2.7× 2.9k 1.3× 419 0.6× 385 0.6× 801 1.2× 192 11.4k
Alexander L. George United States 23 3.3k 1.3× 3.5k 1.5× 575 0.8× 848 1.3× 214 0.3× 91 7.1k
Steven Lukes United States 25 4.0k 1.6× 2.2k 1.0× 218 0.3× 550 0.9× 932 1.5× 93 8.7k
Janet M. Box‐Steffensmeier United States 27 2.2k 0.9× 2.8k 1.3× 397 0.5× 1.1k 1.6× 128 0.2× 74 5.8k
Fritz Stern United States 40 6.8k 2.6× 5.4k 2.4× 308 0.4× 681 1.1× 464 0.7× 371 13.0k
Arthur L. Stinchcombe United States 33 3.5k 1.4× 1.3k 0.6× 122 0.2× 972 1.5× 342 0.5× 129 7.4k
David Easton United States 27 4.1k 1.6× 5.0k 2.2× 221 0.3× 795 1.2× 580 0.9× 66 9.0k
Gabriel A. Almond United States 31 7.1k 2.8× 6.3k 2.8× 421 0.6× 653 1.0× 784 1.2× 95 11.8k
Timur Kuran United States 36 3.7k 1.5× 2.0k 0.9× 138 0.2× 435 0.7× 196 0.3× 93 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by George Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Thomas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Golubev, Dmitry S., et al.. (2024). Microwave quantum diode. Nature Communications. 15(1). 630–630. 7 indexed citations
2.
Thomas, George. (2023). Religious Liberty and Its Implications for Church and State. 12(3). 397–405.
3.
Thomas, George, et al.. (2023). Quantum Stirling heat engine operating in finite time. Physical review. A. 108(1). 9 indexed citations
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Golubev, Dmitry S., George Thomas, Joonas T. Peltonen, et al.. (2023). Bolometric detection of Josephson inductance in a highly resistive environment. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7924–7924. 18 indexed citations
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Thomas, George & J. P. Pekola. (2023). Dynamical phase and quantum heat at fractional frequencies. Physical Review Research. 5(2).
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Thomas, George, et al.. (2022). Photonic heat transport in three terminal superconducting circuit. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1552–1552. 23 indexed citations
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Elouard, Cyril, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the quantum heat contribution from a driven superconducting circuit. Physical review. E. 102(3). 30102–30102. 13 indexed citations
8.
Thomas, George, et al.. (2019). Quantum heat engine based on level degeneracy. Physical review. E. 100(1). 12123–12123. 24 indexed citations
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Thomas, George, et al.. (2018). Thermodynamics of non-Markovian reservoirs and heat engines. Physical review. E. 97(6). 62108–62108. 74 indexed citations
10.
Thomas, George. (2017). Can Liberal Democracy Survive Capitalism?. Critical Review. 29(4). 530–544. 1 indexed citations
11.
Zhao, Ting, Lili Wang, & George Thomas. (2016). Public Policies, Stakeholder Interest, and Nonprofit Development: The Case of Trade Associations in Shanghai, China. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 27(5). 2173–2198. 4 indexed citations
12.
Albert, Mathias, George Thomas, Rudolf Stichweh, et al.. (2013). Bringing Sociology to International Relations. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations
13.
Thomas, George & Ramandeep S. Johal. (2012). Expected behavior of quantum thermodynamic machines with prior information. Physical Review E. 85(4). 41146–41146. 11 indexed citations
14.
Thomas, George & Ramandeep S. Johal. (2011). Coupled quantum Otto cycle. Physical Review E. 83(3). 31135–31135. 111 indexed citations
15.
Thomas, George. (2007). Two Cheers for Eighteenth-century Constitutionalism in the Twenty-first Century. Maryland law review. 67(1). 222. 1 indexed citations
16.
Boli, John & George Thomas. (1997). World Culture in the World Polity: A Century of International Non-Governmental Organization. American Sociological Review. 62(2). 171–171. 595 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thomas, George, Henry A. Walker, & Morris Zelditch. (1986). Legitimacy and Collective Action. Social Forces. 65(2). 378–378. 22 indexed citations
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Walker, Henry A., George Thomas, & Morris Zelditch. (1986). Legitimation, Endorsement, and Stability. Social Forces. 64(3). 620–620. 35 indexed citations
19.
Field, R. A., et al.. (1977). Sources of Variation at the Retail Level in Bacteriological Condition of Ground Beef. Journal of Food Protection. 40(6). 385–388. 10 indexed citations
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Harrison, Michael R., Gary B. Thurman, & George Thomas. (1974). A simple and versatile harvesting device for processing radioactive label incorporated into and/or released from cells in microculture. Journal of Immunological Methods. 4(1). 11–16. 70 indexed citations

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