Sonia Thomas

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Sonia Thomas is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Thomas has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Health Professions, 16 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sonia Thomas's work include Public Health Policies and Education (12 papers), Pelvic floor disorders treatments (11 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (11 papers). Sonia Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Public Health Policies and Education (12 papers), Pelvic floor disorders treatments (11 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (11 papers). Sonia Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Sonia Thomas's co-authors include Bart W. Koes, Maurits W. van Tulder, Henk Mokkink, Geert M. Rutten, R.P.T.M. Grol, David S. Knopman, Laura H. Coker, Sonia M. Davis, Arthur M. Bohnen and Jackie Bosch and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Thomas

85 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain 1998 2026 2007 2016 2006 1998 2017 250 500 750
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. Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain
    2006 893 citations Sonia Thomas et al. profile →
  2. Attributes of clinical guidelines that influence use of guidelines in general practice: observational study
    1998 629 citations Sonia Thomas et al. profile →
  3. Associations Between Midlife Vascular Risk Factors and 25-Year Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort
    2017 397 citations Rebecca F. Gottesman, Sonia M. Davis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonia Thomas United States 28 1.2k 1.1k 739 727 577 93 4.5k
Catherine Blake Ireland 43 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 859 1.2× 798 1.1× 113 0.2× 226 6.1k
Anners Lerdal Norway 37 1.1k 1.0× 721 0.7× 418 0.6× 849 1.2× 158 0.3× 169 4.8k
Amy L. Byers United States 35 1.4k 1.2× 437 0.4× 737 1.0× 975 1.3× 184 0.3× 115 5.8k
Salma Ayis United Kingdom 38 1.0k 0.8× 426 0.4× 442 0.6× 735 1.0× 291 0.5× 145 6.3k
Andrew L. Avins United States 40 824 0.7× 1.6k 1.5× 1.0k 1.4× 937 1.3× 86 0.1× 148 7.2k
Lalit Kalra United Kingdom 47 1.1k 0.9× 277 0.3× 560 0.8× 860 1.2× 434 0.8× 126 7.0k
Martina Mueller United States 37 2.2k 1.8× 1.5k 1.4× 490 0.7× 691 1.0× 466 0.8× 212 5.4k
Paul Knipschild Netherlands 32 676 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 503 0.7× 514 0.7× 99 0.2× 62 5.0k
Mary Ann Forciea United States 28 839 0.7× 1.9k 1.8× 671 0.9× 450 0.6× 97 0.2× 44 6.8k
W. Michael Hooten United States 44 1.3k 1.0× 2.7k 2.5× 1.4k 1.8× 426 0.6× 216 0.4× 166 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Sonia Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonia Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia Thomas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Chenxi, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, Zhehui Luo, et al.. (2025). Poor olfaction and risk of heart failure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 80(11).
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Huynh, Hien Q., Kevan Jacobson, David Mack, et al.. (2025). Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio at Diagnosis Predicts Colonoscopic Activity in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology. 16(4). e00824–e00824. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Chenxi, David Couper, Srishti Shrestha, et al.. (2025). Olfactory Function and Frailty in Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 80(4). 1 indexed citations
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Haberman, Yael, Tzipi Braun, Rebekah Karns, et al.. (2025). Short Ileal Microvillus Length Phenotype Associates with Progression from Inflammatory to Complicated Disease Behavior in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 32(2). 314–327.
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Claggett, Brian, Scott D. Solomon, Pamela L. Lutsey, et al.. (2025). Differential Associations of Cardiac, Pulmonary, Arterial, and Muscle Physiological Parameters and Biomarkers With the Incidence of HFpEF and HFrEF. JACC Heart Failure. 13(8). 102483–102483. 1 indexed citations
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Al‐Samkari, Hanny, Raj S. Kasthuri, Vivek Iyer, et al.. (2024). Pomalidomide for Epistaxis in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. New England Journal of Medicine. 391(11). 1015–1027. 15 indexed citations
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Sung, Vivian W., Shawn A. Menefee, Holly E. Richter, et al.. (2024). Patient perspectives in adverse event reporting after vaginal apical prolapse surgery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 231(2). 268.e1–268.e16.
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Shrestha, Srishti, Kevin Sullivan, Chad Blackshear, et al.. (2023). Association of Olfaction and Microstructural Integrity of Brain Tissue in Community-Dwelling Adults. Neurology. 101(13). e1328–e1340. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Emily L., Gregory L. Krauss, Keenan A. Walker, et al.. (2020). Late‐onset epilepsy and 25‐year cognitive change: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Epilepsia. 61(8). 1764–1773. 17 indexed citations
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LaVange, Lisa M., Sonia M. Davis, John Hankinson, et al.. (2017). Spirometry Reference Equations from the HCHS/SOL (Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(8). 993–1003. 21 indexed citations
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Walsh, Alissa, Satish Keshav, Otto C. Buchel, et al.. (2009). Which activity index for ulcerative colitis? evaluation of the size and effect of inter_observer variation in clinical, endoscopic and composite indices. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 24. 1 indexed citations
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Schouten, Bo, Arthur M. Bohnen, Jackie Bosch, et al.. (2007). Erectile dysfunction prospectively associated with cardiovascular disease in the Dutch general population: results from the Krimpen Study. International Journal of Impotence Research. 20(1). 92–99. 109 indexed citations
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Rush, A. John, Harold A. Sackeïm, Lauren B. Marangell, et al.. (2005). Effects of 12 Months of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Naturalistic Study. Biological Psychiatry. 58(5). 355–363. 270 indexed citations
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George, Mark S., A. John Rush, Lauren B. Marangell, et al.. (2005). A One-Year Comparison of Vagus Nerve Stimulation with Treatment as Usual for Treatment-Resistant Depression. Biological Psychiatry. 58(5). 364–373. 254 indexed citations
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Halverson, Paul K., Glen P. Mays, Arnold D. Kaluzny, & Sonia Thomas. (1997). Not‐So‐Strange Bedfellows: Models of Interaction between Managed Care Plans and Public Health Agencies. Milbank Quarterly. 75(1). 113–138. 59 indexed citations
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Miller, C. Arden, Sonia Thomas, Sonia M. Davis, et al.. (1995). Validation of a Screening Survey To Assess Local Public Health Performance. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 1(1). 63–71. 34 indexed citations
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Thomas, Sonia. (1993). [Guidelines of the Dutch College of Family Practitioners].. PubMed. 137(42). 2135–8. 3 indexed citations

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