Thomas Cairns

1.9k total citations
95 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Cairns is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Cairns has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Spectroscopy, 32 papers in Food Science and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Cairns's work include Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety (29 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (23 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (21 papers). Thomas Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety (29 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (23 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (21 papers). Thomas Cairns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Thailand. Thomas Cairns's co-authors include Emil G. Siegmund, Virginia Hill, Michael Schäffer, Joseph Sherma, M. C. Bowman, Milton A Luke, L. Fishbein, R. K. Mitchum, Frederick E. Evans and David Navarro and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Cairns

89 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Cairns United States 23 458 285 273 268 221 95 1.4k
Dirk K. Wissenbach Germany 26 415 0.9× 141 0.5× 536 2.0× 158 0.6× 533 2.4× 55 1.7k
Jan F. Van Bocxlaer Belgium 23 566 1.2× 219 0.8× 495 1.8× 136 0.5× 374 1.7× 51 1.5k
Kanako Watanabe Japan 22 310 0.7× 223 0.8× 672 2.5× 138 0.5× 256 1.2× 86 1.3k
Akira Namera Japan 25 739 1.6× 653 2.3× 662 2.4× 187 0.7× 410 1.9× 116 2.0k
Kunio Gonmori Japan 21 198 0.4× 127 0.4× 555 2.0× 115 0.4× 310 1.4× 65 1.2k
Karel Lemr Czechia 28 1.0k 2.2× 428 1.5× 134 0.5× 222 0.8× 812 3.7× 145 2.4k
Ziling Lu United States 17 748 1.6× 391 1.4× 68 0.2× 429 1.6× 419 1.9× 27 1.9k
A. De Leenheer Belgium 15 276 0.6× 265 0.9× 74 0.3× 105 0.4× 154 0.7× 34 896
Claude Schummer Luxembourg 18 170 0.4× 266 0.9× 72 0.3× 178 0.7× 140 0.6× 23 1.0k
Sang Beom Han South Korea 22 288 0.6× 343 1.2× 78 0.3× 340 1.3× 1.2k 5.5× 94 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Hair Analysis for Detection of Drugs of Abuse. 237–251.
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Hill, Virginia, Thomas Cairns, & Michael Schäffer. (2007). Hair analysis for cocaine: Factors in laboratory contamination studies and their relevance to proficiency sample preparation and hair testing practices. Forensic Science International. 176(1). 23–33. 33 indexed citations
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Schäffer, Michael, Virginia Hill, & Thomas Cairns. (2005). Hair Analysis for Cocaine: The Requirement for Effective Wash Procedures and Effects of Drug Concentration and Hair Porosity in Contamination and Decontamination. Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 29(5). 319–326. 49 indexed citations
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Hill, Virginia, et al.. (2005). Multiple Aspects of Hair Analysis for Opiates: Methodology, Clinical and Workplace Populations, Codeine, and Poppy Seed Ingestion. Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 29(7). 696–703. 24 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (2004). Levels of cocaine and its metabolites in washed hair of demonstrated cocaine users and workplace subjects. Forensic Science International. 145(2-3). 175–181. 51 indexed citations
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Sherma, Joseph & Thomas Cairns. (1993). Comprehensive analytical profiles of important pesticides. CRC Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (1993). Multiresidue pesticide analysis by ion‐trap mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 7(11). 971–988. 29 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas & Joseph Sherma. (1992). Emerging strategies for pesticide analysis. CRC Press eBooks. 82 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (1992). Improvements in ion‐trap chemical‐ionization performance. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 6(7). 449–453. 7 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas. (1991). Letter to the reader. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 30(4). 2–3. 1 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas & Emil G. Siegmund. (1991). Confirmation of trace level residues in the food supply. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 30(4). 397–402. 2 indexed citations
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Shigenaga, Mark K., et al.. (1989). Liver and lung microsomal metabolism of the tobacco alkaloid .beta.-nicotyrine. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2(5). 282–287. 14 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (1989). Evolving criteria for confirmation of trace level residues in food and drugs by mass spectrometry. Part I. Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 8(2). 93–117. 13 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (1988). Structural Determination of Testosterone Esters in Oil Injectables by Thermospray Mass Spectrometry. Pharmaceutical Research. 5(1). 31–35. 6 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (1988). Thermospray mass spectrometry of thiazides. A novel elimination and rearrangement resulting from a molecular adduct ion. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 2(2). 25–27. 2 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas & Emil G. Siegmund. (1987). Diagnostic daughter ions for steroidal 4‐en‐3‐ones. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 1(7-8). 108–110. 1 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (1987). Temperature dependence of neburon mass spectra using thermospray or a moving‐belt interface. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 1(6). 90–92. 1 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas, et al.. (1983). Incidence ofcis-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide in fruit crops treated with captan. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 30(1). 117–121. 1 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas & Emil G. Siegmund. (1982). Characterization of glucuronides by chemical ionization mass spectrometry with ammonia as reagent gas. Analytical Chemistry. 54(14). 2456–2461. 34 indexed citations
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Cairns, Thomas. (1965). Spectroscopic problems in organic chemistry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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