Richard Thomas

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Richard Thomas is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Thomas has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 12 papers in Paleontology and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Richard Thomas's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (15 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (6 papers). Richard Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (15 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (6 papers). Richard Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Richard Thomas's co-authors include Paul Budd, James M. Wood, John Visser, A. M. Pollard, Janet Montgomery, B. A. Barreiro, Emlyn H. Koster, Derald G. Smith, Peter A. Williams and Albert Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Social Science & Medicine and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Richard Thomas

62 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Inclined heterolithic stratification—Terminology, descrip... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400 500
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. Inclined heterolithic stratification—Terminology, description, interpretation and significance
    1987 511 citations Richard Thomas, Derald G. Smith et al. Sedimentary Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Thomas United Kingdom 22 729 559 504 367 348 66 2.0k
Gianluca Quarta Italy 25 720 1.0× 219 0.4× 685 1.4× 510 1.4× 411 1.2× 168 2.2k
Lucio Calcagnile Italy 27 678 0.9× 218 0.4× 697 1.4× 457 1.2× 381 1.1× 207 2.5k
Marco Benvenuti Italy 31 515 0.7× 411 0.7× 313 0.6× 495 1.3× 333 1.0× 181 2.9k
Donald L. Johnson United States 29 392 0.5× 477 0.9× 127 0.3× 1.0k 2.7× 533 1.5× 95 2.9k
M. Ortega‐Huertas Spain 25 663 0.9× 661 1.2× 265 0.5× 827 2.3× 177 0.5× 62 2.5k
Juan Carlos Cañaveras Spain 31 630 0.9× 1.5k 2.6× 630 1.3× 533 1.5× 380 1.1× 127 2.8k
Florias Mees Belgium 25 313 0.4× 504 0.9× 185 0.4× 450 1.2× 172 0.5× 94 2.2k
Bogdan P. Onac United States 28 492 0.7× 950 1.7× 406 0.8× 1.5k 4.1× 395 1.1× 164 2.5k
Maurice Renard France 28 1.3k 1.8× 275 0.5× 139 0.3× 970 2.6× 329 0.9× 85 2.4k
R. G. V. Hancock Canada 30 716 1.0× 247 0.4× 555 1.1× 571 1.6× 255 0.7× 140 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Thomas

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Newbury, Joanne B., Jon Heron, James B. Kirkbride, et al.. (2024). Air and Noise Pollution Exposure in Early Life and Mental Health From Adolescence to Young Adulthood. JAMA Network Open. 7(5). e2412169–e2412169. 18 indexed citations
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Newbury, Joanne B., Jon Heron, James B. Kirkbride, et al.. (2024). Association of early-life exposure to air and noise pollution with youth mental health: findings from the ALSPAC cohort. The Lancet Planetary Health. 8. S11–S11. 2 indexed citations
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Madley‐Dowd, Paul, Richard Thomas, Andy Boyd, et al.. (2024). Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring risk of intellectual disability: a UK-based cohort study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 15. 1352077–1352077.
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Tanner, Alastair R., Valerio Maggio, Richard Thomas, et al.. (2023). Epicosm—a framework for linking online social media in epidemiological cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology. 52(3). 952–957. 1 indexed citations
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Shiells, Kate, Anya Skatova, Oliver Davis, et al.. (2022). Participant acceptability of digital footprint data collection strategies: an exemplar approach to participant engagement and involvement in the ALSPAC birth cohort study.. International Journal for Population Data Science. 5(3). 1728–1728. 3 indexed citations
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Fuertes, Elaine, Iana Markevych, Richard Thomas, et al.. (2020). Residential greenspace and lung function up to 24 years of age: The ALSPAC birth cohort. Environment International. 140. 105749–105749. 43 indexed citations
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Boyd, Andy, Richard Thomas, Anna Hansell, et al.. (2019). Data Resource Profile: The ALSPAC birth cohort as a platform to study the relationship of environment and health and social factors. International Journal of Epidemiology. 48(4). 1038–1039k. 24 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard. (2017). A reassessment of the Virgin Islands Typhlops with the description of two new subspecies. Revista de Biología Tropical. 13(2). 187–201. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2017). Hispaniolan snakes of the genus Dromicus (Colubridae). Revista de Biología Tropical. 13(1). 59–83. 1 indexed citations
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Leikin, Jerrold B., et al.. (2007). Radiation Emergencies: A Primer to Nuclear Incidents. PubMed. 32(3). 122–124. 3 indexed citations
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Leikin, Jerrold B., et al.. (2007). A primer for nuclear terrorism preparedness. 526–552. 1 indexed citations
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Budd, Paul, et al.. (1998). The distribution of lead within ancient and modern human teeth: Implications for long-term and historical exposure monitoring. The Science of The Total Environment. 220(2-3). 121–136. 93 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard. (1996). Modelling space-time HIV/AIDS dynamics: Applications to disease control. Social Science & Medicine. 43(3). 353–366. 5 indexed citations
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Budd, Paul, D. Gale, A. M. Pollard, Richard Thomas, & Peter A. Williams. (1993). EVALUATING LEAD ISOTOPE DATA: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS. Archaeometry. 35(2). 241–247. 48 indexed citations
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Thorpe, R. S., Olwen Williams‐Thorpe, D. Graham Jenkins, et al.. (1991). The Geological Sources and Transport of the Bluestones of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 57(2). 103–157. 47 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (1987). Inclined heterolithic stratification—Terminology, description, interpretation and significance. Sedimentary Geology. 53(1-2). 123–179. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (1984). The uranium potential of diagenetically altered sandstones of the Permian Rush Springs Formation, Cement District, Southwest Oklahoma. Economic Geology. 79(2). 284–296. 6 indexed citations
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Pough, F. Harvey, Margaret M. Stewart, & Richard Thomas. (1977). Physiological basis of habitat partitioning in Jamaican Eleutherodactylus. Oecologia. 27(4). 285–293. 42 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Albert & Richard Thomas. (1975). A check-list of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 105 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard. (1971). Asthma and the School child.. PubMed. 60(3). 23–5. 1 indexed citations

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