Thomas J. Nasca

11.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
99 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Nasca is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Nasca has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 39 papers in General Health Professions and 24 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Nasca's work include Innovations in Medical Education (67 papers), Diversity and Career in Medicine (24 papers) and Medical Education and Admissions (18 papers). Thomas J. Nasca is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (67 papers), Diversity and Career in Medicine (24 papers) and Medical Education and Admissions (18 papers). Thomas J. Nasca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Israel. Thomas J. Nasca's co-authors include Mohammadreza Hojat, Joseph S. Gonnella, Salvatore Mangione, Ingrid Philibert, Timothy P. Brigham, James B. Erdmann, Timothy C. Flynn, Mike Magee, J. Jon Veloski and Michael J. Vergare and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Nasca

99 papers receiving 8.1k 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. The Next GME Accreditation System — Rationale and Benefits
    2012 1.2k citations Thomas J. Nasca, Timothy P. Brigham et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Physician Empathy: Definition, Components, Measurement, and Relationship to Gender and Specialty
    2002 967 citations Mohammadreza Hojat, Joseph S. Gonnella et al. profile →
  3. The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Data
    2001 752 citations Mohammadreza Hojat, Salvatore Mangione et al. Educational and Psychological Measurement profile →
  4. An empirical study of decline in empathy in medical school
    2004 661 citations Mohammadreza Hojat, Salvatore Mangione et al. Medical Education profile →
  5. Discrimination, Abuse, Harassment, and Burnout in Surgical Residency Training
    2019 578 citations Thomas J. Nasca et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  6. Empathy in medical students as related to academic performance, clinical competence and gender
    2002 514 citations Mohammadreza Hojat, Joseph S. Gonnella et al. Medical Education profile →
  7. The New Recommendations on Duty Hours from the ACGME Task Force
    2010 419 citations Thomas J. Nasca et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas J. Nasca United States 35 5.5k 3.7k 3.3k 1.6k 1.3k 99 8.6k
J. Jon Veloski United States 37 5.0k 0.9× 2.7k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 157 7.2k
David M. Irby United States 52 7.7k 1.4× 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.4× 2.8k 1.7× 903 0.7× 167 9.6k
Yvonne Steinert Canada 49 7.0k 1.3× 3.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 900 0.7× 176 9.7k
Linda Snell Canada 36 5.8k 1.1× 2.4k 0.6× 905 0.3× 2.0k 1.2× 730 0.5× 109 7.5k
Joseph S. Gonnella United States 47 6.3k 1.1× 4.7k 1.3× 6.3k 1.9× 2.0k 1.2× 576 0.4× 140 10.6k
Karen Mann Canada 51 7.2k 1.3× 3.0k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 2.7k 1.7× 395 0.3× 135 10.4k
David E. Kern United States 35 3.4k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 691 0.2× 868 0.5× 792 0.6× 64 6.1k
Frederic W. Hafferty United States 31 3.7k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 784 0.5× 559 0.4× 105 5.4k
Karen E. Hauer United States 41 5.0k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 561 0.2× 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 186 6.4k
Paul Haidet United States 50 3.7k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 747 0.5× 400 0.3× 148 7.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arrighi, James A., et al.. (2024). The Role of ACGME International in Enhancing Opportunities of Residents for Advanced Subspecialty Training. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 16(2). 237–240. 1 indexed citations
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Nasca, Thomas J.. (2024). Are There Sufficient ACGME-Accredited GME Positions Leading to Eligibility for Initial Board Certification to Absorb UME Growth in the United States?. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 16(1). 100–106. 1 indexed citations
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Caniano, Donna A., et al.. (2023). Transactional Competence, Reliability, and Trustworthiness: Essential Attributes of the Successful Program Director. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 15(1). 134–139. 2 indexed citations
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Nasca, Thomas J., P. F. Johnson, Kevin B. Weiss, & Timothy P. Brigham. (2020). Elevating Resident Voices in Health Systems Change: Lessons From the Closure of Hahnemann University Hospital. Academic Medicine. 95(4). 506–508. 1 indexed citations
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Rockey, Paul H., Rebecca S. Miller, & Thomas J. Nasca. (2015). U.S.-Citizen International Medical Graduates.. New England Journal of Medicine. 373(5). 487. 1 indexed citations
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Nasca, Thomas J., Kevin B. Weiss, James P. Bagian, & Timothy P. Brigham. (2013). The Accreditation System After the “Next Accreditation System”. Academic Medicine. 89(1). 27–29. 33 indexed citations
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Weiss, Kevin B., Robin Wagner, & Thomas J. Nasca. (2012). Development, Testing, and Implementation of the ACGME Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 4(3). 396–398. 121 indexed citations
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Nasca, Thomas J.. (2011). Graduate Medical Education Financing and the Role of the Volunteer Educator. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 13(11). 769–774. 2 indexed citations
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Byrne, Lauren M., Kathleen Holt, Thomas Richter, Rebecca S. Miller, & Thomas J. Nasca. (2010). Tracking Residents Through Multiple Residency Programs: A Different Approach for Measuring Residents' Rates of Continuing Graduate Medical Education in ACGME-Accredited Programs. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2(4). 616–623. 5 indexed citations
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Hojat, Mohammadreza, J. Jon Veloski, Thomas J. Nasca, James B. Erdmann, & Joseph S. Gonnella. (2006). Assessing Physicians' Orientation Toward Lifelong Learning. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 0(0). 3122493495–???. 59 indexed citations
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Hojat, Mohammadreza, Salvatore Mangione, Thomas J. Nasca, Joseph S. Gonnella, & Mike Magee. (2005). Empathy Scores in Medical School and Ratings of Empathic Behavior in Residency Training 3 Years Later. The Journal of Social Psychology. 145(6). 663–672. 153 indexed citations
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Hojat, Mohammadreza, Salvatore Mangione, Thomas J. Nasca, et al.. (2004). An empirical study of decline in empathy in medical school. Medical Education. 38(9). 934–941. 661 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goroll, Allan H., Carl Sirio, F. Daniel Duffy, et al.. (2004). A New Model for Accreditation of Residency Programs in Internal Medicine. Annals of Internal Medicine. 140(11). 902–909. 82 indexed citations
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Hojat, Mohammadreza, et al.. (2003). Development of an Instrument to Measure Lifelong Learning Among Physicians. The Medicine Forum. 16(4). 4. 2 indexed citations
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Hojat, Mohammadreza, et al.. (2003). An operational measure of physician lifelong learning: its development, components and preliminary psychometric data. Medical Teacher. 25(4). 433–437. 77 indexed citations
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Nasca, Thomas J., Joseph S. Gonnella, Mohammadreza Hojat, et al.. (2002). Conceptualization and measurement of clinical competence of residents: a brief rating form and its psychometric properties. Medical Teacher. 24(3). 299–303. 13 indexed citations
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Mangione, Salvatore, et al.. (2002). Assessment of empathy in different years of internal medicine training. Medical Teacher. 24(4). 370–373. 94 indexed citations
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Hojat, Mohammadreza, Salvatore Mangione, Thomas J. Nasca, et al.. (2001). The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Data. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 61(2). 349–365. 752 indexed citations breakdown →
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Collier, Virginia U., Mohammadreza Hojat, Susan L. Rattner, et al.. (2001). Correlates of Young Physiciansʼ Support for Unionization to Maintain Professional Influence. Academic Medicine. 76(10). 1039–1044. 5 indexed citations
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Hojat, Mohammadreza, James B. Erdmann, J. Jon Veloski, et al.. (2000). A Validity Study of the Writing Sample Section of the Medical College Admission Test. Academic Medicine. 75(Supplement). S25–S27. 23 indexed citations

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