Thomas J. Roberts

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Roberts is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Roberts has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 45 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 24 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Roberts's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (51 papers), Sports Performance and Training (40 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (15 papers). Thomas J. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (51 papers), Sports Performance and Training (40 papers) and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (15 papers). Thomas J. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Thomas J. Roberts's co-authors include Emanuel Azizi, Richard L. Marsh, Peter G. Weyand, C. Richard Taylor, A. Biewener, Nicolai Konow, Rodger Kram, Annette M. Gabaldón, Henry C. Astley and Elizabeth Brainerd and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Roberts

130 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Muscular Force in Running Turkeys: The Economy of Minimizing Work

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas J. Roberts United States	44	3.6k	2.5k	562	533	525	141	6.6k
Reinhard Blickhan Germany	46	6.2k 1.7×	1.7k 0.7×	439 0.8×	669 1.3×	306 0.6×	161	8.5k
Rodger Kram United States	62	8.2k 2.3×	4.2k 1.7×	538 1.0×	611 1.1×	180 0.3×	145	12.7k
N. C. Heglund Belgium	36	3.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 2.4×	1.1k 2.1×	288 0.5×	55	7.0k
John E. A. Bertram United States	39	1.7k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	346 0.6×	473 0.9×	230 0.4×	120	5.9k
G Cavagna Italy	39	5.4k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	439 0.8×	426 0.8×	274 0.5×	123	8.4k
Claire T. Farley United States	33	5.0k 1.4×	2.4k 1.0×	273 0.5×	517 1.0×	106 0.2×	37	7.1k
R. McNeill Alexander United Kingdom	25	1.6k 0.4×	794 0.3×	973 1.7×	691 1.3×	216 0.4×	76	4.6k
James M. Wakeling Canada	44	3.2k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	408 0.7×	250 0.5×	347 0.7×	144	6.0k
Emanuel Azizi United States	29	1.6k 0.4×	997 0.4×	175 0.3×	299 0.6×	237 0.5×	57	2.7k
J.L. van Leeuwen Netherlands	38	1.2k 0.3×	569 0.2×	865 1.5×	545 1.0×	371 0.7×	156	4.8k

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Fuxjager, Matthew J., et al.. (2025). Relative amplitude modulation in woodpecker drums shows species-specific patterns. Animal Behaviour. 225. 123206–123206. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, Thomas J., et al.. (2025). Neuromuscular coordination of movement and breathing forges a hammer-like mechanism for woodpecker drilling. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(21). 1 indexed citations

Swartz, Sharon M., et al.. (2025). Distinct morphological drivers of jumping and maneuvering performance in gerbils. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(3). 1 indexed citations

Bryan, Michael, Ross D. Merkin, Thomas J. Roberts, et al.. (2025). Spatial characterization of tertiary lymphoid structures as predictive biomarkers for immune checkpoint blockade in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. OncoImmunology. 14(1). 2466308–2466308. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, Thomas J., et al.. (2025). Activation of B–C Bonds in [BArF₂₄]⁻ (BArF₂₄ = Tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate) By Gold(I) Compounds With 1,1′-bis(phosphino)metallocene Ligands. Organometallics. 44(8). 927–937.

Ding, Lin, Thomas R. Cox, Kelly Lim, et al.. (2025). Development of Xeno-Free, Fast-Dissolving Microcarriers for Scalable Stem Cell Therapy Applications. Cytotherapy. 27(5). S152–S152.

Konow, Nicolai & Thomas J. Roberts. (2024). Prepared for landing: A simple activation strategy scales muscle force to landing height. Journal of Biomechanics. 165. 112022–112022. 3 indexed citations

Horner, A, Emanuel Azizi, & Thomas J. Roberts. (2024). The interaction of in vivo muscle operating lengths and passive stiffness in rat hindlimbs. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(5). 1 indexed citations

Jayne, Bruce C., et al.. (2024). Mechanical properties of snake skin vary longitudinally, following large prey ingestion and among species. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(24). 1 indexed citations

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Jayne, Bruce C., et al.. (2024). Effects of ingesting large prey on the kinematics of rectilinear locomotion in Boa constrictor. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(8).

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Roberts, Thomas J. & Taylor J. M. Dick. (2023). What good is a measure of muscle length? The how and why of direct measurements of skeletal muscle motion. Journal of Biomechanics. 157. 111709–111709. 4 indexed citations

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Roberts, Thomas J., et al.. (2023). Power-Flow Formulation for Inverter-Based Grids. 74. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, Shriya S., et al.. (2022). Magnetomicrometry. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 35 indexed citations

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Clark, William H., Matthew J. Carty, Stuart R. Lipsitz, et al.. (2022). Clinical viability of magnetic bead implants in muscle. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 1010276–1010276. 9 indexed citations

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Astley, Henry C., et al.. (2013). Chasing maximal performance: a cautionary tale from the celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216(21). 3947–3953. 42 indexed citations

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Roberts, Thomas J., et al.. (2011). G4beamline Particle Tracking in Matter Dominated Beam Lines. Presented at. 373–375. 10 indexed citations

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Roberts, Thomas J. & Annette M. Gabaldón. (2008). Interpreting muscle function from EMG: lessons learned from direct measurements of muscle force. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 48(2). 312–320. 124 indexed citations

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Yonehara, K., V. Balbekov, D. Broemmelsiek, et al.. (2007). The MANX muon cooling demonstration experiment. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2969. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Thomas J., et al.. (2006). DESIGN AND EXPECTED PERFORMANCE OF THE MUON BEAM LINE FOR THE MUON IONISATION COOLING EXPERIMENT. Prepared for. 2397–2399.

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Griffin, Timothy M., Thomas J. Roberts, & Rodger Kram. (2003). Metabolic cost of generating muscular force in human walking: insights from load-carrying and speed experiments. Journal of Applied Physiology. 95(1). 172–183. 239 indexed citations

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