Thomas J. Burns

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Burns is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Burns has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Burns's work include Image and Signal Denoising Methods (6 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (5 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers). Thomas J. Burns is often cited by papers focused on Image and Signal Denoising Methods (6 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (5 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers). Thomas J. Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Thomas J. Burns's co-authors include W. G. Runciman, Andrew K. Jorgenson, Edward L. Kick, Don A. Driscoll, Tim S. Doherty, Steven K. Rogers, Amy L. Shelton, Anat Feldman, Byron L. Davis and Kristian Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Burns

52 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Relative Deprivation and Social Justice. A Study of Attitudes to Social Inequality in Twentieth-Century England

1966 438 citations Thomas J. Burns et al. British Journal of Sociology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas J. Burns United States	14	383	196	169	159	139	54	1.2k
Bernd Erichson Germany	15	254 0.7×	158 0.8×	86 0.5×	132 0.8×	78 0.6×	23	1.6k
Jérôme Lewis United Kingdom	16	234 0.6×	47 0.2×	165 1.0×	116 0.7×	152 1.1×	32	906
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski United States	24	480 1.3×	852 4.3×	79 0.5×	175 1.1×	111 0.8×	83	2.0k
Wulff Plinke Germany	13	238 0.6×	132 0.7×	76 0.4×	115 0.7×	69 0.5×	32	1.4k
Robert Frodeman United States	18	461 1.2×	62 0.3×	248 1.5×	85 0.5×	48 0.3×	67	1.9k
Jeremy W. Crampton United States	25	737 1.9×	68 0.3×	214 1.3×	51 0.3×	52 0.4×	70	2.6k
Gail Davies United Kingdom	23	369 1.0×	42 0.2×	173 1.0×	67 0.4×	65 0.5×	51	1.3k
Ian Gregory United Kingdom	27	533 1.4×	251 1.3×	262 1.6×	50 0.3×	33 0.2×	126	2.3k
J. B. Harley United Kingdom	19	502 1.3×	52 0.3×	166 1.0×	48 0.3×	74 0.5×	61	2.3k
James D. Proctor United States	18	390 1.0×	47 0.2×	283 1.7×	47 0.3×	74 0.5×	40	1.2k

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Weston, Michael A., et al.. (2022). Natural and anthropogenic processes influence the occurrence of vertebrate fauna in coastal dunes. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 276. 108025–108025. 8 indexed citations

Burns, Thomas J., et al.. (2020). Indirect terrestrial transmission of amphibian chytrid fungus from reservoir to susceptible host species leads to fatal chytridiomycosis. Animal Conservation. 24(4). 602–612. 12 indexed citations

Battley, Phil F., Jesse R. Conklin, Thomas J. Burns, et al.. (2020). Interacting Roles of Breeding Geography and Early-Life Settlement in Godwit Migration Timing. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 14 indexed citations

Burns, Thomas J., et al.. (2019). Perception of Western governments’ hostility to Islam among European Muslims before and after ISIS: the important roles of residential segregation and education. British Journal of Sociology. 70(5). 2133–2165. 7 indexed citations

Burns, Thomas J., et al.. (2017). Development and Application of an eDNA Method to Detect the Critically Endangered Trinidad Golden Tree Frog (Phytotriades auratus) in Bromeliad Phytotelmata. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0170619–e0170619. 29 indexed citations

Burns, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). Large-scale investment in the excavation and “camouflaging” phases by nesting Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 94(6). 443–448. 5 indexed citations

Burns, Thomas J., Dominic J. McCafferty, & Malcolm W. Kennedy. (2015). Core and body surface temperatures of nesting leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Journal of Thermal Biology. 51. 15–22. 6 indexed citations

Burns, Thomas J. & Thomas K. Rudel. (2015). Metatheorizing Structural Human Ecology at the Dawn of the Third Millennium. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 22(1). 3 indexed citations

Marchette, Steven A., et al.. (2011). Spatial memory in the real world: long-term representations of everyday environments. Memory & Cognition. 39(8). 1401–1408. 40 indexed citations

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Jorgenson, Andrew K. & Thomas J. Burns. (2007). Effects of Rural and Urban Population Dynamics and National Development on Deforestation in Less‐Developed Countries, 1990–2000*. Sociological Inquiry. 77(3). 460–482. 91 indexed citations

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Jorgenson, Andrew K. & Thomas J. Burns. (2006). The political-economic causes of change in the ecological footprints of nations, 1991–2001: A quantitative investigation. Social Science Research. 36(2). 834–853. 113 indexed citations

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Davis, Byron L., Edward L. Kick, & Thomas J. Burns. (2004). Change Scores, Composites and Reliability Issues in Cross-National Development Research. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 45(5). 299–314. 4 indexed citations

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Burns, Thomas J.. (1999). Serious Incident Prevention: How to Achieve and Sustain Accident-Free Operations in Your Plant Or Company. 1 indexed citations

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Rogers, Steven K., et al.. (1994). <title>Optical wavelet transform for fingerprint identification</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2237. 302–313. 1 indexed citations

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Burns, Thomas J., Steven K. Rogers, Mark E. Oxley, & Dennis W. Ruck. (1994). Computing optical flow using a discrete, spatio-temporal, wavelet multiresolution analysis. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2242. 549–549. 2 indexed citations

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Burns, Thomas J.. (1993). A Non-Homogeneous, Spatio-Temporal, Wavelet Multiresolution Analysis and Its Application to the Analysis of Motion. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Burns, Thomas J.. (1992). Class dimensions, individualism, and political orientation. Sociological Spectrum. 12(4). 349–362. 3 indexed citations

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Burns, Thomas J., et al.. (1986). The accounting sampler. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 2 indexed citations

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Burns, Thomas J. & J.J. Dorning. (1975). Multidimensional applications of an integral balance technique for neutron diffusion computations. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Burns, Thomas J., et al.. (1971). Income theory and rate of return. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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