RM Thomson

2.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

RM Thomson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, RM Thomson has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Health and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in RM Thomson's work include Health disparities and outcomes (15 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (14 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (7 papers). RM Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (15 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (14 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (7 papers). RM Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. RM Thomson's co-authors include Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, P.S. Yam, Emily Courcier, D. J. Mellor, Anna Pearce, Alastair H. Leyland, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Michael J. Green, David Knoke and Evangelia Demou and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

RM Thomson

41 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study

2020 366 citations Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Michael J. Green et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →
How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022 145 citations RM Thomson, Erik Igelström et al. profile →
The public health implications of the cost-of-living crisis: outlining mechanisms and modelling consequences

2023 57 citations RM Thomson, Daniel Kopasker et al. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
RM Thomson	412	393	353	221	201	48	1.3k
Jane Wills	908 2.2×	297 0.8×	161 0.5×	118 0.5×	69 0.3×	70	1.7k
Keith A. Anderson	1.1k 2.7×	356 0.9×	387 1.1×	27 0.1×	99 0.5×	86	1.8k
Sarah E. Evans	278 0.7×	898 2.3×	629 1.8×	51 0.2×	190 0.9×	29	1.7k
Charles W. Peek	235 0.6×	184 0.5×	468 1.3×	28 0.1×	179 0.9×	39	1.2k
Natsu Sasaki	326 0.8×	491 1.2×	60 0.2×	34 0.2×	212 1.1×	85	955
Deependra Kaji Thapa	368 0.9×	369 0.9×	151 0.4×	11 0.0×	185 0.9×	66	1.3k
Emily Dolan	942 2.3×	185 0.5×	28 0.1×	87 0.4×	145 0.7×	36	1.6k
Jill B. Hamilton	395 1.0×	310 0.8×	424 1.2×	12 0.1×	109 0.5×	76	1.7k
David L. Albright	380 0.9×	575 1.5×	149 0.4×	11 0.0×	156 0.8×	133	1.2k
Cindy Davis	408 1.0×	436 1.1×	79 0.2×	13 0.1×	87 0.4×	96	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by RM Thomson

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Fields of papers citing papers by RM Thomson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of RM Thomson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomson, RM, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the environmental sustainability of AI in radiology: a systematic review of current practice. CLOK (University of Central Lancashire). 1(1). e000073–e000073.

Kopasker, Daniel, RM Thomson, Theocharis Kromydas, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the influence of taxation and social security policies on psychological distress: A microsimulation study of the UK during the COVID-19 economic crisis. Social Science & Medicine. 351. 116953–116953. 3 indexed citations

Thomson, RM, Erik Igelström, Anna Pearce, et al.. (2024). Implications of child poverty reduction targets for public health and health inequalities in England: a modelling study between 2024 and 2033. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 78(10). 632–640. 1 indexed citations

Thomson, RM, Daniel Kopasker, Gerry McCartney, et al.. (2023). The public health implications of the cost-of-living crisis: outlining mechanisms and modelling consequences. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 27. 100585–100585. 57 indexed citations breakdown →

Purba, Amrit Kaur, et al.. (2023). Social media use and adolescent health-risk behaviours: A systematic review and meta-analysis. medRxiv. 2 indexed citations

Höhn, Andreas, Jonathan Stokes, Jennifer Boyd, et al.. (2023). Systems science methods in public health: what can they contribute to our understanding of and response to the cost-of-living crisis?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 77(9). 610–616. 6 indexed citations

Thomson, RM, Daniel Kopasker, Alastair H. Leyland, Anna Pearce, & Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi. (2022). Effects of poverty on mental health in the UK working-age population: causal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 52(2). 512–522. 10 indexed citations

Thomson, RM, et al.. (2022). To what extent does income explain the effect of unemployment on mental health? Mediation analysis in the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Psychological Medicine. 53(13). 6271–6279. 9 indexed citations

Kromydas, Theocharis, Michael J. Green, Peter Craig, et al.. (2022). Comparing population-level mental health of UK workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study using Understanding Society. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 76(6). 527–536. 13 indexed citations

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Thomson, RM, et al.. (2022). Does persistent precarious employment affect health outcomes among working age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 76(11). 909–917. 29 indexed citations

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Kromydas, Theocharis, et al.. (2021). Which is most important for mental health: Money, poverty, or paid work? A fixed-effects analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. SSM - Population Health. 15. 100909–100909. 20 indexed citations

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Tweed, Emily, RM Thomson, Dan Lewer, et al.. (2021). Health of people experiencing co-occurring homelessness, imprisonment, substance use, sex work and/or severe mental illness in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(10). 1010–1018. 29 indexed citations

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Niedzwiedz, Claire L., Michael J. Green, Michaela Benzeval, et al.. (2020). Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(3). 224–231. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomson, RM, et al.. (2019). An outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in a Scottish childcare facility: the influence of parental under-reporting. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19(1). 847–847. 6 indexed citations

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Thomson, RM. (2015). William of Malmesburys Diatribe against the Normans. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Thomson, RM & Michael Winterbottom. (2015). William Malmesbury: Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania).

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Thomson, RM. (2009). John Dunstable and his books. The Musical Times. 150(1909). 3–16. 3 indexed citations

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Morgan, Nigel & RM Thomson. (2008). The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume II 1100-1400. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 6 indexed citations

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Thomson, RM, Nigel Morgan, & Michael Gullick. (2008). Technology of Production of the Manuscript Book: 1.Parchment and Paper, Ruling and Ink. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Thomson, RM. (1997). William of Malmesbury, Historian of Crusade. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 5 indexed citations

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