Shawna Thomas

1.1k total citations
50 papers, 681 citations indexed

About

Shawna Thomas is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Molecular Biology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shawna Thomas has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 681 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shawna Thomas's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (24 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (16 papers). Shawna Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (24 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (16 papers). Shawna Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Malaysia. Shawna Thomas's co-authors include Nancy M. Amato, Xinyu Tang, Guang Song, Lydia Tapia, Jyh‐Ming Lien, Jory Denny, Sam Adé Jacobs, David Giedroc, David Eppstein and Marco Morales and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, Journal of Molecular Biology and The International Journal of Robotics Research.

In The Last Decade

Shawna Thomas

47 papers receiving 655 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shawna Thomas United States 17 376 234 221 195 85 50 681
Bruno Raffin France 11 248 0.7× 44 0.2× 49 0.2× 35 0.2× 29 0.3× 41 446
Ileana Streinu United States 17 141 0.4× 154 0.7× 39 0.2× 103 0.5× 19 0.2× 92 967
Vojtěch Vonásek Czechia 14 399 1.1× 23 0.1× 322 1.5× 207 1.1× 61 0.7× 58 697
Masahito Yamamoto Japan 13 102 0.3× 144 0.6× 162 0.7× 59 0.3× 88 1.0× 132 637
Meng Gao China 9 299 0.8× 9 0.0× 106 0.5× 107 0.5× 104 1.2× 23 564
Yicheng Pan Taiwan 15 72 0.2× 67 0.3× 56 0.3× 38 0.2× 284 3.3× 66 631
Zongze Wu China 10 267 0.7× 28 0.1× 32 0.1× 64 0.3× 72 0.8× 50 460
Wei Wen United States 11 44 0.1× 200 0.9× 225 1.0× 37 0.2× 561 6.6× 30 744

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shawna Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shawna Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shawna Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shawna 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 Shawna Thomas. Shawna 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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Hammond, Tracy, et al.. (2024). The Disconnect Between Engineering Students’ Desire to Discuss Racial Injustice in the Classroom and Faculty Anxieties. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 2 indexed citations
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Hammond, Tracy, et al.. (2021). A Virtual Community of Practice for Enhanced Teaching and Convergence to Strengthen Student Learning, Engagement, and Inclusion. 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Hamid, M. R., et al.. (2020). A Compact Second-order Chebyshev Bandpass Filter Using U-shaped Resonator and Defected Ground Structure. Radioengineering. 29(2). 321–327. 4 indexed citations
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Amato, Nancy M., Greg Hager, Shawna Thomas, & Miguel Torres‐Torriti. (2019). Robotics Research. 5 indexed citations
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Thomas, Shawna, et al.. (2016). Adaptive local learning in sampling based motion planning for protein folding. BMC Systems Biology. 10(S2). 49–49. 13 indexed citations
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Thomas, Shawna, et al.. (2015). Improved roadmap connection via local learning for sampling based planners. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology). 3227–3234. 12 indexed citations
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Thomas, Shawna, et al.. (2015). Decoy Database Improvement for Protein Folding. Journal of Computational Biology. 22(9). 823–836. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Shawna, et al.. (2014). Sampling based motion planning with reachable volumes: Application to manipulators and closed chain systems. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 3705–3712. 9 indexed citations
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Thomas, Shawna, et al.. (2013). Rigidity analysis for protein motion and folding core identification. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 38–43. 1 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Sam Adé, et al.. (2013). Adaptive neighbor connection for PRMs: A natural fit for heterogeneous environments and parallelism. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology). 1249–1256. 14 indexed citations
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Denny, Jory, et al.. (2013). Blind RRT: A probabilistically complete distributed RRT. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 1758–1765. 12 indexed citations
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Amato, Nancy M., Lydia Tapia, & Shawna Thomas. (2010). A Motion Planning Approach to Studying Molecular Motions. Communications in Information and Systems. 10(1). 53–68. 18 indexed citations
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Tang, Xinyu, Shawna Thomas, Lydia Tapia, David Giedroc, & Nancy M. Amato. (2008). Simulating RNA Folding Kinetics on Approximated Energy Landscapes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 381(4). 1055–1067. 46 indexed citations
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Tapia, Lydia, Xinyu Tang, Shawna Thomas, & Nancy M. Amato. (2007). Kinetics analysis methods for approximate folding landscapes. Bioinformatics. 23(13). i539–i548. 17 indexed citations
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Thomas, Shawna, Xinyu Tang, Lydia Tapia, & Nancy M. Amato. (2007). Simulating Protein Motions with Rigidity Analysis. Journal of Computational Biology. 14(6). 839–855. 47 indexed citations
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Thomas, Shawna, Guang Song, & Nancy M. Amato. (2005). Protein folding by motion planning. Physical Biology. 2(4). S148–S155. 36 indexed citations
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Tang, Xinyu, et al.. (2005). Using Motion Planning to Study RNA Folding Kinetics. Journal of Computational Biology. 12(6). 862–881. 40 indexed citations
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Lien, Jyh‐Ming, Shawna Thomas, & Nancy M. Amato. (2004). A general framework for sampling on the medial axis of the free space. 3. 4439–4444. 55 indexed citations

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