Steven Thomas

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Steven Thomas is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Thomas has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 31 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Steven Thomas's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (47 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (23 papers). Steven Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (47 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (31 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (23 papers). Steven Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Steven Thomas's co-authors include Richard D. Palmiter, Ming Ouyang, Alvin M. Matsumoto, Andrés Hidalgo, Yoshio Katayama, Paul S. Frenette, Michela Battista, Anna Julie Peired, Richard I. Hume and David Bailin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steven Thomas

137 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Signals from the Sympathetic Nervous System Regulate Hematopoietic Stem Cell Egress from Bone Marrow
    2006 1.0k citations Steven Thomas et al. profile →

Peers

Steven Thomas
Rolf Gruetter Switzerland
Truman R. Brown United States
Jeffry R. Alger United States
John Dobbing United Kingdom
Satoshi Ogawa Japan
Hiroshi Hatanaka Japan
Kohji Fukunaga Japan
Jiangyang Zhang United States
Kazuhiko Kume Japan
Andreas Teufel Germany
Rolf Gruetter Switzerland
Steven Thomas
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Countries citing papers authored by Steven Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven 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 Steven Thomas. Steven 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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Learman, Brian S., et al.. (2026). A catecholamine-independent pathway controlling adaptive adipocyte lipolysis. Nature Metabolism. 8(1). 96–115.
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Kim, Bowon, Yingqi Wang, Hyun‐Soo Shin, et al.. (2024). Circuit mechanism underlying fragmented sleep and memory deficits in 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism. iScience. 27(12). 111285–111285. 1 indexed citations
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McCosh, Richard B., et al.. (2024). Norepinephrine Neurons in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract Suppress Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Female Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(34). e0084242024–e0084242024. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Yi‐Qing, Melanie Mumau, Joanna Tober, et al.. (2022). Endothelial MEKK3-KLF2/4 signaling integrates inflammatory and hemodynamic signals during definitive hematopoiesis. Blood. 139(19). 2942–2957. 11 indexed citations
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Antila, Hanna, Amelia J. Eisch, Kevin T. Beier, et al.. (2022). A noradrenergic-hypothalamic neural substrate for stress-induced sleep disturbances. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(45). e2123528119–e2123528119. 38 indexed citations
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Young, Matthew B. & Steven Thomas. (2014). M1-Muscarinic Receptors Promote Fear Memory Consolidation via Phospholipase C and the M-Current. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(5). 1570–1578. 37 indexed citations
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Hanna, George M., et al.. (2012). Hypnotic Hypersensitivity to Volatile Anesthetics and Dexmedetomidine in Dopamine β-Hydroxylase Knockout Mice. Anesthesiology. 117(5). 1006–1017. 37 indexed citations
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Keller, Nancy R., Martin Appalsamy, Steven Thomas, et al.. (2010). Portal Osmopressor Mechanism Linked to Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 and Blood Pressure Control. Hypertension. 55(6). 1438–1443. 79 indexed citations
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Mazzulli, Joseph R., Benoit I. Giasson, David R. Lynch, et al.. (2006). Cytosolic Catechols Inhibit α-Synuclein Aggregation and Facilitate the Formation of Intracellular Soluble Oligomeric Intermediates. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(39). 10068–10078. 129 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Ming & Steven Thomas. (2005). A requirement for memory retrieval during and after long-term extinction learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(26). 9347–9352. 77 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiping, Ming Ouyang, & Steven Thomas. (2004). Potency of catecholamines and other l-tyrosine derivatives at the cloned mouse adrenergic receptors. Neuropharmacology. 47(3). 438–449. 52 indexed citations
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Gnudi, Luigi, et al.. (2003). Mechanical stretch and cytokines upregulate vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in glomerular epithelial cells in vitro.. Diabetologia. 46. 1 indexed citations
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Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Giovanni Esposito, Kathleen M. Caron, et al.. (2001). Important role of endogenous norepinephrine and epinephrine in the development of in vivo pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 38(3). 876–882. 91 indexed citations
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Commins, Scott P., Donald J. Marsh, Steven Thomas, et al.. (1999). Norepinephrine Is Required for Leptin Effects on Gene Expression in Brown and White Adipose Tissue1. Endocrinology. 140(10). 4772–4778. 92 indexed citations
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Bailin, David, A. Love, W.A. Sabra, & Steven Thomas. (1996). GAUGE COUPLING CONSTANT UNIFICATION WITH PLANCK SCALE VALUES OF MODULI. 1 indexed citations
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Bailin, David, A. Love, W.A. Sabra, & Steven Thomas. (1994). Anisotropic Solutions For Orbifold Moduli From Duality Invariant Gaugino Condensates.. 7 indexed citations
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Bailin, David, A. Love, W.A. Sabra, & Steven Thomas. (1993). Modular Symmetries in ZN Orbifold Compactified String Theories with Wilson Lines.. 14 indexed citations
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Ovrut, Burt A. & Steven Thomas. (1990). Vortices and Monopoles on a Sphere and Their Application to Liouville and String Theory. 454–474.
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Thomas, Steven & Richard I. Hume. (1990). Permeation of both cations and anions through a single class of ATP-activated ion channels in developing chick skeletal muscle.. The Journal of General Physiology. 95(4). 569–590. 46 indexed citations

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