Richard Thomas

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Richard Thomas is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Thomas has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Geometry and Topology, 28 papers in Mathematical Physics and 8 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Richard Thomas's work include Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (31 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (18 papers) and Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (15 papers). Richard Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (31 papers), Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (18 papers) and Algebraic structures and combinatorial models (15 papers). Richard Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Richard Thomas's co-authors include Rahul Pandharipande, Paul Seidel, Julius Ross, Ravi Vakil, Kentaro Hori, Cumrun Vafa, Eric Zaslow, Sheldon Katz, Albrecht Klemm and Daniel Huybrechts and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and European Journal of Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Richard Thomas

60 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mirror Symmetry 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 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. Mirror Symmetry
    2003 541 citations Eric Zaslow, Ravi Vakil et al. arXiv (Cornell University) 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 24 1.6k 1.0k 531 385 279 65 2.4k
Kyoji Saito Japan 20 1.3k 0.8× 769 0.8× 47 0.1× 286 0.7× 150 0.5× 54 1.8k
Otto Förster Germany 15 456 0.3× 262 0.3× 29 0.1× 64 0.2× 266 1.0× 50 1.1k
Gerald W. Johnson United States 17 64 0.0× 307 0.3× 14 0.0× 52 0.1× 294 1.1× 49 983
Hisao Kato Japan 18 410 0.3× 478 0.5× 3 0.0× 98 0.3× 36 0.1× 132 1.3k
Jian Song United States 18 621 0.4× 217 0.2× 16 0.0× 224 0.6× 633 2.3× 112 1.2k
W. Heidenreich Germany 24 35 0.0× 34 0.0× 191 0.4× 109 0.3× 8 0.0× 112 1.9k
Sorin V. Sabău Japan 14 67 0.0× 6 0.0× 97 0.2× 135 0.4× 84 0.3× 47 644
Lajos Molnár Hungary 20 443 0.3× 868 0.8× 43 0.1× 708 2.5× 145 1.7k
Dónal O’Brien Australia 13 33 0.0× 46 0.0× 27 0.1× 113 0.3× 18 0.1× 31 673
Francis Hirsch France 18 64 0.0× 380 0.4× 2 0.0× 36 0.1× 279 1.0× 80 1.4k

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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Feyzbakhsh, Soheyla & Richard Thomas. (2023). Curve counting and S-duality. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. Volume 7. 1 indexed citations
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Kool, Martijn & Richard Thomas. (2017). Stable pairs with descendents on local surfaces I: the vertical component. Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly. 13(4). 581–638. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2016). QUINTIC THREEFOLDS AND FANO ELEVENFOLDS. 6 indexed citations
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Kool, Martijn & Richard Thomas. (2014). Reduced classes and curve counting on surfaces I: theory. Algebraic geometry. 334–383. 26 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2014). Counting curves on surfaces in Calabi–Yau 3-folds. Mathematische Annalen. 360(1-2). 67–78. 3 indexed citations
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Pandharipande, Rahul & Richard Thomas. (2011). 13/2 ways to count curves. arXiv (Cornell University).
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2011). The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia. CSIRO Publishing eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Ross, Julius & Richard Thomas. (2011). Weighted Projective Embeddings, Stability of Orbifolds, and Constant Scarla Curvature Kär Metrics. Journal of Differential Geometry. 88(1). 31 indexed citations
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Khovanov, Mikhail & Richard Thomas. (2007). Braid cobordisms, triangulated categories, and flag varieties. Homology Homotopy and Applications. 9(2). 19–94. 18 indexed citations
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Ross, Julius & Richard Thomas. (2006). A study of the Hilbert-Mumford criterion for the stability of projective varieties. Journal of Algebraic Geometry. 16(2). 201–255. 75 indexed citations
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Ross, Julius & Richard Thomas. (2006). An obstruction to the existence of constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics. Journal of Differential Geometry. 72(3). 48 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard. (2005). Notes on GIT and symplectic reduction for bundles and varieties. 10(1). 221–273. 27 indexed citations
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Khesin, Boris, A. A. Rosly, & Richard Thomas. (2004). A polar de Rham theorem. Topology. 43(5). 1231–1246. 2 indexed citations
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Zaslow, Eric, Ravi Vakil, Kentaro Hori, et al.. (2003). Mirror Symmetry. arXiv (Cornell University). 541 indexed citations breakdown →
15.
Hu, Mei, Kenneth J. Woodside, Richard Thomas, et al.. (2002). Altered PTHrP expression during cold storage with thymoglobulin. Transplantation Proceedings. 34(5). 1629–1631. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard & Shing‐Tung Yau. (2002). Special Lagrangians, stable bundles and mean curvature flow. Communications in Analysis and Geometry. 10(5). 1075–1113. 73 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard. (1999). Derived categories for the working mathematician. 23. 349–361. 1 indexed citations
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Masters, John R., Richard Thomas, Andrew G. Hall, et al.. (1996). Sensitivity of testis tumour cells to chemotherapeutic drugs: Role of detoxifying pathways. European Journal of Cancer. 32(7). 1248–1253. 55 indexed citations
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Trueblood, Jon H., et al.. (1972). A New Method of Evaluating Lacrimal Drainage. Archives of Ophthalmology. 88(5). 523–525. 109 indexed citations
20.
Thomas, Richard. (1966). Experimental Transient Glaucoma in Animals. Archives of Ophthalmology. 75(1). 92–98. 2 indexed citations

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