P. C. Thomas

32.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
348 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

P. C. Thomas is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. C. Thomas has authored 348 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 286 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 93 papers in Atmospheric Science and 53 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. C. Thomas's work include Astro and Planetary Science (246 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (242 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (75 papers). P. C. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (246 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (242 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (75 papers). P. C. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. P. C. Thomas's co-authors include J. Veverka, M. S. Robinson, Joseph Veverka, P. Helfenstein, M. C. Malin, C. R. Chapman, M. J. S. Belton, P. B. James, A. S. McEwen and S. L. Murchie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

P. C. Thomas

337 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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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.

Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

2007 1.0k citations W. M. Calvin, P. B. James et al. profile →
Enceladus’s measured physical libration requires a global subsurface ocean

2015 280 citations P. C. Thomas, Matthew S. Tiscareno et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. C. Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. C. Thomas

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Contractional Deformation for the Formation of Dorsa on the Trailing Hemisphere of Enceladus 2014 ·LPI ·R. T. Pappalardo, D. A. Patthoff, H. Chilton, M. P. Golombek, P. C. Thomas	1
2	Saturn's Mysterious Arc-Embedded Moons: Recycled Fluff? 2013 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·P. C. Thomas, J. A. Burns, Matthew S. Tiscareno, (unknown), P. Helfenstein	2
3	Plate Shape Model of Comet 9P/TEMPEL 1, V1.0 2010 ·T. L. Farnham, P. C. Thomas	2
4	Impact melts on the Moon: How far will they go? 2010 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·M. S. Robinson, P. C. Thomas, H. Hiesinger, C. H. van der Bogert, (unknown), B. W. Denevi, (unknown)	2
5	Hall: A Phobos and Deimos Sample Return Mission 2010 ·(unknown), J. Veverka, Julie Bellerose, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), R. Gellert, A. R. Hildebrand, David Manzella, Greg Mungas, Steven R. Oleson, Robert D. Richards, P. C. Thomas, (unknown)	3
6	Residual South Polar Cap of Mars: MY28 MARCI Observations 2007 ·AGUFM ·P. B. James, W. M. Calvin, P. C. Thomas, M. J. Wolff	1
7	Temperature of the Nucleus of Comet Tempel 1 2006 ·37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·O. Groussin, Michael F. A’Hearn, (unknown), P. C. Thomas, J. M. Sunshine, C. M. Lisse, A. Delamere	10
8	Shapes of the Saturnian Icy Satellites 2006 ·LPI ·P. C. Thomas, J. Veverka, P. Helfenstein, C. C. Porco, J. A. Burns, Thomas Denk, (unknown), Robert A. Jacobson	11
9	Deep Impact: Pre-impact geology of the Tempel 1 Nucleus 2005 ·DPS ·(unknown), P. C. Thomas, J. Melosh, (unknown), (unknown), M. F. A’Hearn, (unknown)	0
10	Physical and Orbital Properties of Some of Saturn's Small Satellites 2005 ·DPS ·C. C. Porco, P. C. Thomas, J. N. Spitale, Robert A. Jacobson, T. Denk, S. Charnoz, D. C. Richardson, L. Dones, E. Baker, J. W. Weiss	3
11	Deep Impact Photometry of the Nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 2005 ·37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·(unknown), M. F. A’Hearn, L. A. McFadden, J. M. Sunshine, Christopher Crockett, T. L. Farnham, C. M. Lisse, P. C. Thomas	2
12	The Porosity of Eros and Implications for Its Internal Structure 2001 ·(unknown), M. S. Robinson, P. C. Thomas, J. Veverka, T. J. McCoy, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, D. K. Yeomans	2
13	Fractal Analyses of Small Scale Features on Eros 2001 ·A. F. Cheng, O. S. Barnouin, M. T. Zuber, Joseph Veverka, D. E. Smith, G. A. Neumann, M. S. Robinson, P. C. Thomas, J. B. Garvin, S. L. Murchie	1
14	Mineralogy of the Martian North Polar Sand Sea from 1995 Hubble Space Telescope Near-IR Observations 1997 ·LPI ·J. F. Bell, P. C. Thomas, M. J. Wolff, (unknown), P. B. James	12
15	Vesta: Impact Crater Topography from Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Images 1997 ·P. C. Thomas, Richard P. Binzel, M. J. Gaffey, A. D. Storrs, E. N. Wells, B. Zellner	1
16	Multispectral imaging of Europa from Galileo's G1 encounter 1996 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·P. E. Geissler, Maureen Bell, (unknown), B. E. Clark, T. Denk, J. C. Granahan, P. Helfenstein, A. S. McEwen, C. B. Phillips, Carl Sagan, P. C. Thomas, J. Veverka	1
17	Small Satellites of Uranus: Disk-Integrated Photometry and Estimated Radii 1988 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·C. M. Weitz, P. C. Thomas, J. Veverka	1
18	Mars: dune sand sources in north polar layered deposits. 1988 ·P. C. Thomas	1
19	Voyager photometry of Saturn's satellites. 1981 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·J. Veverka, P. C. Thomas, J. Gradie, T. V. Johnson, D. Morrison	3
20	Slope Winds in Tharsis-Viking Observations Over a Martian Year. 1980 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·(unknown), P. C. Thomas, J. Veverka	2

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