Thomas M. Richards

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas M. Richards is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas M. Richards has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Thomas M. Richards's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (7 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (7 papers) and Body Contouring and Surgery (5 papers). Thomas M. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (7 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (7 papers) and Body Contouring and Surgery (5 papers). Thomas M. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. Thomas M. Richards's co-authors include Jonathan P. Weiner, Hsien‐Yen Chang, Jodi B Segal, Jeanne M. Clark, Christopher B. Forrest, L. Charles Bailey, Sara N. Bleich, Peixin Zhang, Alice Livshits and Patricia A. DeRusso and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PEDIATRICS and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Richards

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Association of Antibiotics in Infancy With Early Childhood Obesity

2014 365 citations L. Charles Bailey, Christopher B. Forrest et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas M. Richards United States	18	551	497	348	340	271	34	1.7k
Laura N. McEwen United States	27	845 1.5×	410 0.8×	118 0.3×	343 1.0×	292 1.1×	58	1.9k
Marinella Ruospo Italy	31	412 0.7×	265 0.5×	180 0.5×	246 0.7×	329 1.2×	69	2.7k
Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu Türkiye	23	172 0.3×	480 1.0×	220 0.6×	264 0.8×	326 1.2×	170	2.5k
Veronika Northrup United States	23	419 0.8×	256 0.5×	155 0.4×	481 1.4×	472 1.7×	38	1.9k
Amy Earley United States	20	352 0.6×	430 0.9×	131 0.4×	238 0.7×	288 1.1×	41	2.3k
Jonathan Valabhji United Kingdom	26	1.5k 2.7×	473 1.0×	239 0.7×	572 1.7×	200 0.7×	100	3.5k
Paul Rheeder South Africa	24	745 1.4×	183 0.4×	140 0.4×	515 1.5×	163 0.6×	120	2.0k
Robert S. Young United States	12	441 0.8×	285 0.6×	118 0.3×	281 0.8×	333 1.2×	24	2.1k
Bob Young United Kingdom	17	1.2k 2.3×	327 0.7×	119 0.3×	316 0.9×	110 0.4×	45	2.4k
B. Detournay France	23	974 1.8×	256 0.5×	113 0.3×	229 0.7×	144 0.5×	132	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas M. Richards

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thomas M. Richards's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Thomas M. Richards with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thomas M. Richards more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas M. Richards

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas M. Richards. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Thomas M. Richards. The network helps show where Thomas M. Richards may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas M. Richards

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas M. Richards. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas M. Richards based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas M. Richards. Thomas M. Richards is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Hatef, Elham, Hsien‐Yen Chang, Thomas M. Richards, et al.. (2024). Development of a Social Risk Score in the Electronic Health Record to Identify Social Needs Among Underserved Populations: Retrospective Study. JMIR Formative Research. 8. e54732–e54732. 4 indexed citations

Hatef, Elham, Thomas M. Richards, Christopher Kitchen, et al.. (2024). Piloting a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Identify Patients With Social Needs and Provide Navigation Services and Referral to Community-Based Organizations: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e57316–e57316. 2 indexed citations

Sugarman, Olivia K., Brendan Saloner, Thomas M. Richards, et al.. (2024). Association of buprenorphine retention and subsequent adverse outcomes following non-fatal overdose: An analysis using statewide linked Maryland databases. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 258. 111281–111281. 1 indexed citations

Gray, Geoffrey, Ayah Zirikly, Luis Ahumada, et al.. (2023). Application of natural language processing to identify social needs from patient medical notes: development and assessment of a scalable, performant, and rule-based model in an integrated healthcare delivery system. JAMIA Open. 6(4). ooad085–ooad085. 4 indexed citations

Pandya, Chintan, et al.. (2022). Impact of Social Needs in Electronic Health Records and Claims on Health Care Utilization and Costs Risk-Adjustment Models Within Medicaid Population. Population Health Management. 25(5). 658–668. 9 indexed citations

Kharrazi, Hadi, et al.. (2021). Comparing the Predictive Effects of Patient Medication Adherence Indices in Electronic Health Record and Claims-Based Risk Stratification Models. Population Health Management. 24(5). 601–609. 11 indexed citations

Taylor, Casey Overby, K Lemke, Thomas M. Richards, et al.. (2019). Comorbidity Characterization Among eMERGE Institutions: A Pilot Evaluation with the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups® System.. PubMed. 2019. 145–152. 4 indexed citations

Forrest, Christopher B., Alexander G. Fiks, L. Charles Bailey, et al.. (2013). Improving Adherence to Otitis Media Guidelines With Clinical Decision Support and Physician Feedback. PEDIATRICS. 131(4). e1071–e1081. 79 indexed citations

Bailey, L. Charles, David E. Milov, Kelly J. Kelleher, et al.. (2013). Multi-Institutional Sharing of Electronic Health Record Data to Assess Childhood Obesity. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66192–e66192. 52 indexed citations

10.

Singh, Sonal, Hsien‐Yen Chang, Thomas M. Richards, et al.. (2013). Glucagonlike Peptide 1–Based Therapies and Risk of Hospitalization for Acute Pancreatitis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. JAMA Internal Medicine. 173(7). 534–534. 340 indexed citations

11.

Weiner, Jonathan P., Hsien‐Yen Chang, Shari Bolen, et al.. (2013). Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Health Care Costs of Obese Persons. JAMA Surgery. 148(6). 555–555. 92 indexed citations

12.

Chang, Hsien‐Yen, Jonathan P. Weiner, Thomas M. Richards, Sara N. Bleich, & Jodi B Segal. (2012). Predicting costs with diabetes complications severity index in claims data.. PubMed. 18(4). 213–9. 38 indexed citations

13.

Bolen, Shari, Hsien‐Yen Chang, Jonathan P. Weiner, et al.. (2012). Clinical Outcomes after Bariatric Surgery: A Five-Year Matched Cohort Analysis in Seven US States. Obesity Surgery. 22(5). 749–763. 36 indexed citations

14.

Bleich, Sara N., Hsien‐Yen Chang, Bryan Lau, et al.. (2011). Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Patients With Diabetes. Medical Care. 50(1). 58–65. 24 indexed citations

15.

Steele, Kimberley E., Gregory Prokopowicz, Hsien‐Yen Chang, et al.. (2011). Risk of complications after bariatric surgery among individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 8(3). 305–330. 18 indexed citations

16.

Bolen, Shari, et al.. (2009). Trends in and Patterns of Obesity Reduction Medication Use in an Insured Cohort. Obesity. 18(1). 206–209. 9 indexed citations

17.

Segal, Jodi B, Jeanne M. Clark, Andrew D. Shore, et al.. (2009). Prompt Reduction in Use of Medications for Comorbid Conditions After Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery. 19(12). 1646–1656. 81 indexed citations

18.

Richards, Thomas M., et al.. (2006). Asthma Prevalence in Public Housing Communities. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 117(2). S296–S296. 2 indexed citations

19.

Burton, Lynda, Donald M. Steinwachs, Pearl S. German, et al.. (1995). Preventive services for the elderly: would coverage affect utilization and costs under Medicare?. American Journal of Public Health. 85(3). 387–391. 48 indexed citations

20.

Parente, Stephen T., Jonathan P. Weiner, Deborah W. Garnick, et al.. (1995). Developing a Quality Improvement Database Using Health Insurance Data: A Guided Tour with Application to Medicare's National Claims History File. American Journal of Medical Quality. 10(4). 162–176. 24 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact