Lynn Thomas

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Lynn Thomas is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynn Thomas has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Lynn Thomas's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (5 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 papers). Lynn Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (5 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 papers). Lynn Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and New Zealand. Lynn Thomas's co-authors include Catherine Beauchamp, Ralph Bolton, Franz von Benda‐Beckmann, Dawn Garbett, Heinrich Zollinger, Karl W. Butzer, Anita Jacobson‐Widding, Ronen Avraham, Alexander Häusler and Claude Masset and has published in prestigious journals such as Teaching and Teacher Education, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Lynn Thomas

33 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Understanding teacher identity: an overview of issues in the literature and implications for teacher education

2009 1.4k citations Catherine Beauchamp, Lynn Thomas Cambridge Journal of Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lynn Thomas Canada	11	1.5k	422	303	301	236	36	2.1k
Karin Tusting United Kingdom	14	498 0.3×	834 2.0×	250 0.8×	218 0.7×	294 1.2×	45	1.9k
Albert J. Wehrle United States	5	528 0.3×	386 0.9×	181 0.6×	357 1.2×	528 2.2×	10	1.7k
Deborah P. Britzman Canada	21	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 3.1×	158 0.5×	92 0.3×	339 1.4×	62	2.9k
J. Gary Knowles United States	25	1.7k 1.1×	549 1.3×	91 0.3×	83 0.3×	116 0.5×	56	2.1k
Carl Ratner United States	20	277 0.2×	496 1.2×	72 0.2×	146 0.5×	84 0.4×	67	1.4k
Cherry A. McGee Banks United States	8	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 2.5×	47 0.2×	101 0.3×	180 0.8×	16	2.6k
Carolyn L. Burke United States	13	484 0.3×	323 0.8×	240 0.8×	145 0.5×	361 1.5×	20	1.5k
Tania Zittoun Switzerland	27	453 0.3×	743 1.8×	73 0.2×	137 0.5×	67 0.3×	146	2.3k
Mary Catherine Bateson United States	12	340 0.2×	304 0.7×	70 0.2×	121 0.4×	73 0.3×	41	1.3k
Arnetha F. Ball United States	20	971 0.6×	564 1.3×	30 0.1×	359 1.2×	446 1.9×	42	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lynn Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lynn Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lynn Thomas

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Brandenburg, Robyn, Dawn Garbett, Alan Ovens, & Lynn Thomas. (2023). Experienced teacher educators hunting assumptions to examine their pedagogy: An international collaborative study. Frontiers in Education. 7. 2 indexed citations

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Garbett, Dawn & Lynn Thomas. (2020). Developing inter-collegial friendships to sustain professional wellbeing in the academy. Teachers and Teaching. 26(3-4). 295–306. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn & Dawn Garbett. (2018). The importance of inter-collegial relationships for the wellbeing of female academics. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn & Catherine Beauchamp. (2018). Learning to Live Well as Teachers in a Changing World: Insights Into Developing a Professional Identity in Teacher Education. Journal of educational thought.. 41(3). 229–244. 18 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn. (2017). Self-Study and Practicum Learning. Studying Teacher Education. 13(2). 123–126. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn, et al.. (2013). Creating Spaces for Reflection on Learning to Teach a Foreign Language through Open Journals: A Canadian-Dutch self-study. Studying Teacher Education. 9(1). 18–30. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn, et al.. (2013). Le praticien réflexif. Phronesis. 2(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

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Beauchamp, Catherine & Lynn Thomas. (2011). New teachers’ identity shifts at the boundary of teacher education and initial practice. International Journal of Educational Research. 50(1). 6–13. 116 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn & Catherine Beauchamp. (2011). Understanding new teachers’ professional identities through metaphor. Teaching and Teacher Education. 27(4). 762–769. 271 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn, et al.. (2011). Elementary teachers’ formative evaluation practices in an era of curricular reform in Quebec, Canada. Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice. 18(4). 381–398. 6 indexed citations

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Beauchamp, Catherine & Lynn Thomas. (2010). Reflecting on an ideal: student teachers envision a future identity. Reflective Practice. 11(5). 631–643. 76 indexed citations

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Beauchamp, Catherine & Lynn Thomas. (2009). Understanding teacher identity: an overview of issues in the literature and implications for teacher education. Cambridge Journal of Education. 39(2). 175–189. 1375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Lynn. (1997). The nature of the repetition in the Indian idea of cyclical time. 83–89. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn, et al.. (1991). Recent Work on Ethical Relativism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 69(1). 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn. (1991). Food in society and culture. Reviews in Anthropology. 18(1-4). 59–67. 11 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn. (1980). Crow‐type skewing In Akan kinship vocabulary and Its absence In Minangkabau. American Ethnologist. 7(3). 549–566. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn. (1978). Science and the future of medicine: future prospects.. PubMed. 91. 72–9. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn, et al.. (1978). Sex Differences in Elicited Color Lexicon Size. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 47(1). 77–78. 34 indexed citations

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Thomas, Lynn. (1977). Kinship categories in a Minangkabau village. University Microfilms International eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Hartman, Chester & Lynn Thomas. (1974). Sweet charity gone sour. Society. 12(1). 54–58. 2 indexed citations

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