Thomas Abel

11.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
175 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Abel is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Abel has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in General Health Professions, 26 papers in Health and 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Abel's work include Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers), Sports Performance and Training (16 papers) and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (15 papers). Thomas Abel is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers), Sports Performance and Training (16 papers) and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (15 papers). Thomas Abel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Thomas Abel's co-authors include Kathrin Sommerhalder, Heiko K. Strüder, Katherine L. Frohlich, Andrea Abraham, Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer, David V. McQueen, Corinna Bisegger, Jürgen Barth, Stefan Schneider and Alfred Rütten and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Abel

165 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

KIDSCREEN-52 quality-of-life measure for children and adolescents

2005 566 citations Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer, Angela Gosch et al. profile →
Reliability, construct and criterion validity of the KIDSCREEN-10 score: a short measure for children and adolescents’ well-being and health-related quality of life

2010 504 citations Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer, Luís Rajmil et al. profile →
From Text to Codings

2008 499 citations Thomas Abel et al. profile →
Just a subtle difference? Findings from a systematic review on definitions of nutrition literacy and food literacy

2016 199 citations Kathrin Sommerhalder, Thomas Abel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Abel Germany	41	2.1k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	915	175	7.8k
Abbas Ebadi Iran	37	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	770 0.7×	585 0.6×	766	7.9k
Margaret Cargo Australia	34	4.3k 2.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	103	9.1k
Hannah Kuper United Kingdom	51	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	596 0.5×	903 1.0×	340	11.3k
Eun‐Cheol Park South Korea	49	2.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	955 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	774	12.2k
Silke Schmidt Germany	48	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	829 0.6×	859 0.8×	699 0.8×	278	11.6k
Frederick J. Zimmerman United States	48	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	2.7k 2.4×	917 1.0×	154	10.4k
Ruth Garside United Kingdom	54	2.3k 1.1×	989 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	981 0.9×	356 0.4×	159	10.8k
Volkert Siersma Denmark	44	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	520 0.6×	368	13.5k
Yuelin Li United States	46	1.5k 0.7×	911 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	671 0.7×	288	9.2k
Michiel R. de Boer Netherlands	47	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	796 0.7×	417 0.5×	187	15.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Abel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Abel

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Abel, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Empowering Capabilities of People With Chronic Conditions Supported by Digital Health Technologies: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e68458–e68458. 3 indexed citations

Abel, Thomas. (2025). Howard T. Odum’s contributions to evolutionary theory. Ecological Modelling. 509. 111263–111263.

Abel, Thomas. (2024). Parallel Cycles for the Emergy Evaluation of Information in Manufacturing, Culture, and Life. Ecological Questions. 35(1). 1–19.

Blank, Cornelia, et al.. (2023). Doping in Paralympic sport: perceptions, responsibility and anti-doping education experiences from the perspective of Paralympic athletes and parasport coaches. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 5. 1166139–1166139. 3 indexed citations

Abu‐Omar, Karim, et al.. (2022). Implementing the capability approach in health promotion projects: Recommendations for implementation based on empirical evidence. Evaluation and Program Planning. 95. 102149–102149. 7 indexed citations

Abel, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Reliability of muscular activation patterns and their alterations during incremental handcycling in able-bodied participants. Sports Biomechanics. 20(5). 603–618. 15 indexed citations

Abel, Thomas, et al.. (2017). CHANGES IN THE KINEMATIC AND KINETIC PROFILE OF HANDCYCLING PROPULSION DUE TO INCREASING WORKLOADS. ISBS Proceedings Archive. 35(1). 209. 2 indexed citations

Abel, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Monitoring Training Load in Handcycling: A Case Study. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 31(11). 3094–3100. 18 indexed citations

Frohlich, Katherine L., Martine Shareck, Julie Vallée, et al.. (2015). Cohort Profile: The Interdisciplinary Study of Inequalities in Smoking (ISIS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 46(2). e4–e4. 27 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas & Kathrin Sommerhalder. (2015). Gesundheitskompetenz/Health Literacy. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 58(9). 923–929. 34 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Effects of Cycling vs. Running Training on Endurance Performance in Preparation for Inline Speed Skating. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 30(6). 1597–1606. 11 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas, et al.. (2010). KINEMATIC PROFILE OF THE ELITE HANDCYCLIST. ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive. 1(1). 692–692. 2 indexed citations

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Kolip, Petra, et al.. (2002). Salutogenese und Kohärenzgefühl : Grundlagen, Empirie und Praxis eines gesundheitswissenschaftlichen Konzepts. 3 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas & Alfredo Morabia. (2002). Health and society. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin. 47(3). 143–143. 32 indexed citations

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Ravens‐Sieberer, Ulrike, Angela Gosch, Thomas Abel, et al.. (2001). Quality of life in children and adolescents: a European public health perspective. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin. 46(5). 294–302. 238 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas. (2000). Ecosystems, sociocultural systems and ecological-economics for understanding development : the case of ecotourism on the island of Bonaire, N.A.. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas, et al.. (1998). Investigating the Validity of a Test Case Selection Methodology for Expert System Validation. Common Library Network (Der Gemeinsame Bibliotheksverbund). 462–466. 2 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas. (1991). Measuring health lifestyles in a comparative analysis: Theoretical issues and empirical findings. Social Science & Medicine. 32(8). 899–908. 120 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas, et al.. (1991). Sozialer Status, gesundheitliches Risiko und Krankenversicherung: Eine vergleichende Analyse der BRD und den USA. Sozial- und Präventivmedizin. 36(3). 166–175. 3 indexed citations

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Abel, Thomas, Murray B. Urowitz, H A Smythe, et al.. (1978). Proceedings of the 42nd annual meeting of the american rheumatism association a section of the arthritis foundation june 1 & 2, 1978 new york city abstracts of papers presented. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 21(5). 539–606. 1 indexed citations

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