Thomas M. Rivers

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 452 citations indexed

About

Thomas M. Rivers is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas M. Rivers has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 452 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Infectious Diseases, 1 paper in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 1 paper in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Thomas M. Rivers's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (1 paper) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (1 paper). Thomas M. Rivers is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (2 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (1 paper) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (1 paper). Thomas M. Rivers collaborates with scholars based in United States. Thomas M. Rivers's co-authors include Frank L. Horsfall and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Journal of the American Medical Association and College English.

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Rivers

7 papers receiving 344 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS OF MAN

1953 382 citations Thomas M. Rivers The American Journal of the Medical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas M. Rivers United States	5	174	137	87	68	61	7	452
Helen Casey United States	10	151 0.9×	290 2.1×	31 0.4×	82 1.2×	75 1.2×	25	601
G. J. Christofinis United Kingdom	10	114 0.7×	146 1.1×	94 1.1×	33 0.5×	40 0.7×	19	384
R. P. B. Larke Canada	14	210 1.2×	346 2.5×	42 0.5×	87 1.3×	36 0.6×	38	578
S. Gard Sweden	12	128 0.7×	215 1.6×	105 1.2×	19 0.3×	74 1.2×	33	376
Sven Gard Sweden	12	166 1.0×	203 1.5×	151 1.7×	18 0.3×	41 0.7×	29	436
Henry Bauer United States	11	153 0.9×	106 0.8×	21 0.2×	124 1.8×	36 0.6×	32	333
B. R. Jones United Kingdom	15	127 0.7×	214 1.6×	39 0.4×	136 2.0×	50 0.8×	27	702
Anita C. Ley United States	13	136 0.8×	287 2.1×	20 0.2×	52 0.8×	63 1.0×	20	539
A. J. Beale United Kingdom	15	234 1.3×	258 1.9×	209 2.4×	32 0.5×	82 1.3×	51	606
V. Pavilanis Canada	10	119 0.7×	203 1.5×	24 0.3×	26 0.4×	64 1.0×	51	362

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas M. Rivers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas M. Rivers 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. Rivers. Thomas M. Rivers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Rivers, Thomas M.. (2004). Ten Essentials for Character Education. The Journal of General Education. 53(3). 247–260. 11 indexed citations

2.

Rivers, Thomas M.. (1992). A Comment on "The Ethic of Expediency". College English. 54(7). 856–856. 2 indexed citations

3.

Rivers, Thomas M.. (1967). Tom Rivers: reflections on a life in medicine and science : an oral history memoir. 5 indexed citations

4.

Rivers, Thomas M. & Frank L. Horsfall. (1960). VIRAL, AND RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS OF MAN. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 240(3). 402–402. 41 indexed citations

5.

Rivers, Thomas M.. (1959). Introduction to the national foundation conference on congenital malformations. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 10(2). 83–83. 9 indexed citations

6.

Rivers, Thomas M.. (1953). VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL INFECTIONS OF MAN. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 226(3). 350–350. 382 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rivers, Thomas M.. (1953). VACCINE FOR POLIOMYELITIS. Journal of the American Medical Association. 151(14). 1224–1224. 2 indexed citations

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