Paul Thomas

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Paul Thomas is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Thomas has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 39 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 27 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Paul Thomas's work include Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (23 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (20 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers). Paul Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (23 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (20 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers). Paul Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Paul Thomas's co-authors include Larry Rubinstein, Clifton F. Mountain, Steven Piantadosi, Keith A. Kelly, Craig W. Beattie, F. Griffith Pearson, Melvyn Goldberg, Robert T. Eagan, Robert J. Ginsberg and Paul F. Waters and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Thomas

141 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Modern thirty-day operative mortality for surgical resections in lung cancer

1983 511 citations Paul Thomas, Larry Rubinstein et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Thomas Australia	31	1.9k	789	587	585	293	150	3.3k
John Powe Saudi Arabia	26	849 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	671 1.1×	487 0.8×	281 1.0×	89	2.7k
Gerhard W. Sybrecht Germany	29	1.6k 0.8×	653 0.8×	351 0.6×	320 0.5×	474 1.6×	66	2.8k
Richard J. Chappell United States	30	1.5k 0.8×	644 0.8×	548 0.9×	671 1.1×	324 1.1×	108	3.8k
William F. McCarthy United States	29	1.1k 0.6×	356 0.5×	819 1.4×	747 1.3×	359 1.2×	54	3.4k
Robert Lisbona Canada	27	911 0.5×	626 0.8×	813 1.4×	297 0.5×	248 0.8×	124	2.5k
Michael McLean Canada	37	1.8k 1.0×	432 0.5×	1.2k 2.1×	605 1.0×	228 0.8×	100	3.5k
David Landau United Kingdom	34	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 2.9×	590 1.0×	474 0.8×	108 0.4×	125	4.2k
Joachim Noldus Germany	35	2.1k 1.1×	326 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	476 0.8×	501 1.7×	221	3.9k
Ji‐An Liang Taiwan	34	1.1k 0.6×	917 1.2×	935 1.6×	982 1.7×	617 2.1×	208	4.0k
Eldad J. Dann Israel	28	495 0.3×	434 0.6×	384 0.7×	580 1.0×	288 1.0×	120	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Thomas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Thomas

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Roberts, Matthew J., Natasha Roberts, Anita Pelecanos, et al.. (2025). A prospective, multi-centre trial of PSMA-PET compared to FDG-PET for staging of newly diagnosed high risk prostate cancer. EJNMMI Research. 15(1). 92–92. 1 indexed citations

McGahan, William, Liu C, Anthony J. Gill, et al.. (2024). Fibroblast Activation Protein Is Overexpressed on Both Stromal and Epithelial Cells Before Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Implications for Early Diagnosis on 68Ga-FAPI-PET/CT. Gastroenterology. 167(6). 1217–1220. 4 indexed citations

Xia, Ying, Eamonn Eeles, Jürgen Fripp, et al.. (2022). Reduced cortical cholinergic innervation measured using [18F]-FEOBV PET imaging correlates with cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment. NeuroImage Clinical. 34. 102992–102992. 26 indexed citations

Neville, Kristen, Louise S. Conwell, Eva A. Wegner, et al.. (2022). Improved local diagnosis of focal hyperinsulinism in the COVID‐19 era by interstate radiopharmaceutical transport. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 59(2). 398–400.

McGahan, William, Avinash Chikatamarla, Paul Thomas, et al.. (2022). High SUVmax on routine pre-operative FDG-PET predicts early recurrence in pancreatic and peri-ampullary cancer. HPB. 24(8). 1387–1393. 2 indexed citations

Roberts, Matthew J., Andrew Morton, Peter Donato, et al.. (2020). 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT tumour intensity pre-operatively predicts adverse pathological outcomes and progression-free survival in localised prostate cancer. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 48(2). 477–482. 66 indexed citations

Thomas, Paul, et al.. (2019). A prospective intra-individual blinded comparison of 18F-PSMA-1007 and 68GA-PSMA-11 PET/CT imaging in patients with confirmed prostate cancer. Internal Medicine Journal. 49. 27–27. 1 indexed citations

Rhee, Handoo, Paul Thomas, Benjamin Shepherd, et al.. (2016). Prostate specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography may improve the diagnostic accuracy of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in localized prostate cancer. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

Helden, Dirk van, Paul Thomas, Peter J. Dosen, et al.. (2014). Pharmacological Approaches That Slow Lymphatic Flow As a Snakebite First Aid. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8(2). e2722–e2722. 19 indexed citations

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Lin, Charles, Aravind Ravi Kumar, Jacqui Keller, et al.. (2013). 18F-fluoro-L-thymidine Positron Emission Tomography for Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation: A Pilot Study of Nodal Assessment and Tracer Safety. 2013. 1–7. 1 indexed citations

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Gal, Yaniv, Stephen Rose, Pierrick Bourgeat, et al.. (2012). Automatic classification of high grade brain tumour MRI for improved resection and therapy planning. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 10. 204–11. 1 indexed citations

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Harris, Benjamin, Dale L. Bailey, Susan Miles, et al.. (2007). Objective Analysis of Tomographic Ventilation–Perfusion Scintigraphy in Pulmonary Embolism. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 175(11). 1173–1180. 36 indexed citations

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Howarth, Douglas M., et al.. (1998). Standisation of I-131 treatment of Graves' disease in Australian patients, with an intent to optimise radiation dose and treatment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine. 28(3). 380.

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Thomas, Paul & Larry Rubinstein. (1993). Malignant disease appearing late after operation for T1 N0 non-small-cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 106(6). 1053–1058. 80 indexed citations

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Thomas, Paul. (1976). Bone Graft for Nasal Dorsum Depressions: A Review of 22 cases. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 9(1). 24–26.

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Thomas, Paul, et al.. (1971). Successful 20 hour preservation of ischemic canine lung by hypothermia combined with minimal ventilation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 62(2). 176–182. 10 indexed citations

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Levitsky, Sidney, et al.. (1970). The management of empyema after thoracid wounding. Observations on 25 Vietnam casualties.. PubMed. 59(5). 630–4. 13 indexed citations

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Thomas, Paul & Philip C. Jolly. (1967). Lincomycin diffusion into pleural drainage fluid of post-thoracotomy patients.. PubMed. 96(5). 1044–8. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Paul. (1966). Observations from the respiratory history of 30 patients with normal pulmonary surfactant. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 52(1). 11–16. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Paul. (1966). A technique for surface tension determination of extracts from lung biopsy specimens. Journal of Surgical Research. 6(3). 142–144. 9 indexed citations

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