Nigel Thomas

1.9k total citations
55 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Nigel Thomas is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Thomas has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Education and 17 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Nigel Thomas's work include Children's Rights and Participation (32 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (16 papers) and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (14 papers). Nigel Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Children's Rights and Participation (32 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (16 papers) and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (14 papers). Nigel Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Norway. Nigel Thomas's co-authors include Svein Arild Vis, Amy Holtan, Anne Graham, Mary Ann Powell, Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald, Barry Percy‐Smith, Veronika Paulsen, Donnah Anderson, Nadine E White and Claire O’Kane and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Opinion in Biotechnology, British Educational Research Journal and International Journal of Educational Research.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Thomas

53 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel Thomas United Kingdom	17	743	470	428	414	176	55	1.1k
Ruth Sinclair United Kingdom	14	680 0.9×	383 0.8×	318 0.7×	379 0.9×	181 1.0×	28	1.0k
Janet Boddy United Kingdom	16	300 0.4×	248 0.5×	248 0.6×	307 0.7×	161 0.9×	67	817
Bernadine Brady Ireland	12	332 0.4×	236 0.5×	244 0.6×	210 0.5×	123 0.7×	69	700
Dorit Roer‐Strier Israel	20	520 0.7×	116 0.2×	433 1.0×	217 0.5×	211 1.2×	54	1.0k
Harry Shier Australia	7	691 0.9×	311 0.7×	158 0.4×	400 1.0×	165 0.9×	18	951
Dorothy Bottrell Australia	13	357 0.5×	172 0.4×	350 0.8×	248 0.6×	186 1.1×	26	805
Rannveig Traustadóttir Iceland	17	278 0.4×	367 0.8×	303 0.7×	288 0.7×	136 0.8×	47	881
Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald Australia	13	457 0.6×	184 0.4×	283 0.7×	364 0.9×	115 0.7×	31	857
John Triseliotis United Kingdom	15	382 0.5×	660 1.4×	391 0.9×	135 0.3×	158 0.9×	42	916
Jeffrey J. Shook United States	20	618 0.8×	351 0.7×	621 1.5×	108 0.3×	290 1.6×	52	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Nigel & Karen Winter. (2024). Social Work with Young People in Care.

Graham, Anne, Antonia Canosa, John Wall, & Nigel Thomas. (2023). Child‐safeorganizations and the ethics of empowered inclusion. Children & Society. 37(6). 1719–1736.

Graham, Anne, Donnah Anderson, Julia Truscott, et al.. (2022). Exploring the associations between student participation, wellbeing and recognition at school. Cambridge Journal of Education. 52(4). 453–472. 12 indexed citations

Powell, Mary Ann, Anne Graham, Antonia Canosa, et al.. (2020). Children and safety in Australian policy: Implications for organisations and practitioners. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 56(1). 17–41. 11 indexed citations

Powell, Mary Ann, Anne Graham, Antonia Canosa, et al.. (2020). Child safety in policy: Who is being kept safe and from what?. Social Policy and Administration. 54(7). 1160–1178. 10 indexed citations

Graham, Anne, et al.. (2018). Exploring student participation across different arenas of school life. British Educational Research Journal. 44(6). 1029–1046. 21 indexed citations

Graham, Anne, Sharon Bessell, Elizabeth Adamson, et al.. (2018). Navigating the ambiguous policy landscape of student participation. Journal of Education Policy. 34(6). 789–811. 14 indexed citations

Percy‐Smith, Barry, et al.. (2018). Partispace_Working_Paper: Young People'S Participation: Learning From Action Research In Eight European Cities. Huddersfield Research Portal (University of Huddersfield). 2 indexed citations

Thomas, Nigel, et al.. (2017). ‘A Pest to Society’: The Charity Organisation Society's Domiciliary Assessments into the Circumstances of Poor Families and Children. Children & Society. 32(2). 133–144. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, Nigel, Anne Graham, Mary Ann Powell, & Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald. (2016). Conceptualisations of children’s wellbeing at school: The contribution of recognition theory. Childhood. 23(4). 506–520. 51 indexed citations

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Graham, Anne, et al.. (2015). Wellbeing in schools: research project: improving approaches to wellbeing in schools: what role does recognition play? Final report: volume one. Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO). 1. 1 indexed citations

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Larkins, Cath, et al.. (2014). Participation, Citizenship and Intergenerational Relations in Children and Young People's Lives: Children and Adults in Conversation. CLOK (University of Central Lancashire). 1 indexed citations

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Graham, Anne, Robyn Margaret Fitzgerald, Mary Ann Powell, et al.. (2014). Wellbeing in schools: research project: improving approaches to wellbeing in schools: what role does recognition play? Executive summary. Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO). 2 indexed citations

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Larkins, Cath, et al.. (2013). "We want to help people see things our way": A rights-based analysis of disabled children's experience living with low income. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 62. 72–79. 8 indexed citations

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Vis, Svein Arild, Amy Holtan, & Nigel Thomas. (2010). Obstacles for child participation in care and protection cases—why Norwegian social workers find it difficult. Child Abuse Review. 21(1). 7–23. 133 indexed citations

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Thomas, Nigel. (2009). Children, politics and communicationParticipation at the margins. Policy Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, Nigel. (2005). Has Anything Really Changed? Managers' Views of Looked after Children's Participation in 1997 and 2004. Adoption & Fostering. 29(1). 67–77. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, Nigel. (2005). Social Work With Young People in Care: Looking After Children in Theory and Practice. CLOK (University of Central Lancashire). 11 indexed citations

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Maynard, Trisha & Nigel Thomas. (2004). An Introduction to Early Childhood Studies.. Sage eBooks. 19 indexed citations

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Thomas, Nigel. (1998). Book review: Child Protection and Family Support: Tensions, Contradictions and Possibilities edited by Nigel Parton. London: Routledge, 264 pages. £45.00 hardback, £14.99 paperback.. Children & Society. 12(2). 147–150. 2 indexed citations

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