Thomas Monks

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Monks is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Monks has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 28 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 17 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Monks's work include Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization (28 papers), Simulation Techniques and Applications (22 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (11 papers). Thomas Monks is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization (28 papers), Simulation Techniques and Applications (22 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (11 papers). Thomas Monks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Thomas Monks's co-authors include Christine Currie, Bhakti Stephan Onggo, Jane Ball, Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville, Kathy Kotiadis, Martin Pitt, Stewart Robinson, Jeremy Jones and Antuela A. Tako and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Monks

71 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nursing workload, nurse staffing methodologies and tools:... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
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. Nursing workload, nurse staffing methodologies and tools: A systematic scoping review and discussion
    2019 171 citations Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville et al. 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 Monks United Kingdom 19 437 334 271 264 183 79 1.4k
Kalyan S. Pasupathy United States 22 340 0.8× 306 0.9× 177 0.7× 298 1.1× 229 1.3× 114 1.6k
Christos Vasilakis United Kingdom 22 769 1.8× 244 0.7× 272 1.0× 459 1.7× 278 1.5× 71 1.5k
Sarang Deo India 18 214 0.5× 129 0.4× 113 0.4× 323 1.2× 142 0.8× 80 1.2k
Murray J. Côté United States 18 317 0.7× 143 0.4× 159 0.6× 208 0.8× 138 0.8× 32 955
Steffen Fleßa Germany 27 127 0.3× 742 2.2× 134 0.5× 569 2.2× 90 0.5× 210 2.6k
Nathaniel Osgood Canada 24 147 0.3× 464 1.4× 229 0.8× 247 0.9× 46 0.3× 124 2.0k
Ramin Ravangard Iran 20 238 0.5× 555 1.7× 152 0.6× 271 1.0× 120 0.7× 162 1.6k
Diwas Singh KC United States 18 434 1.0× 224 0.7× 140 0.5× 529 2.0× 281 1.5× 37 1.4k
Nathan Proudlove United Kingdom 16 249 0.6× 223 0.7× 123 0.5× 269 1.0× 210 1.1× 66 1.0k
Nicola Shaw Canada 20 122 0.3× 518 1.6× 108 0.4× 106 0.4× 77 0.4× 47 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Monks

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All Works

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Alidoost, F., Navonil Mustafee, Thomas Monks, & Alison Harper. (2025). Simulation in healthcare supply chains with perishable products: a scoping review. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 77(3). 871–907. 2 indexed citations
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Monks, Thomas, Alison Harper, & Navonil Mustafee. (2024). Towards sharing tools and artefacts for reusable simulations in healthcare. Journal of Simulation. 19(6). 619–638. 5 indexed citations
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Harper, Alison, Thomas Monks, Rebecca Wilson, et al.. (2023). Development and application of simulation modelling for orthopaedic elective resource planning in England. BMJ Open. 13(12). e076221–e076221. 4 indexed citations
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Crowe, Sonya, Luca Grieco, Thomas Monks, et al.. (2023). Here’s something we prepared earlier: Development, use and reuse of a configurable, inter-disciplinary approach for tackling overcrowding in NHS hospitals. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 75(4). 689–704. 4 indexed citations
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Monks, Thomas & Alison Harper. (2023). Computer model and code sharing practices in healthcare discrete-event simulation: a systematic scoping review. Journal of Simulation. 19(1). 108–123. 9 indexed citations
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Harper, Alison & Thomas Monks. (2023). A Framework to Share Healthcare Simulations on the Web Using Free and Open Source Tools and Python. 250–260. 5 indexed citations
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Allen, Michael, Charlotte James, Julia Frost, et al.. (2022). Using simulation and machine learning to maximise the benefit of intravenous thrombolysis in acute stroke in England and Wales: the SAMueL modelling and qualitative study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(31). 1–148. 5 indexed citations
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Currie, Christine, John Fowler, Kathy Kotiadis, et al.. (2020). How simulation modelling can help reduce the impact of COVID-19. Journal of Simulation. 14(2). 83–97. 278 indexed citations
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Onggo, Bhakti Stephan, Canan G. Corlu, Ángel A. Juan, Thomas Monks, & Rocío de la Torre. (2020). Combining symbiotic simulation systems with enterprise data storage systems for real-time decision-making. Enterprise Information Systems. 15(2). 230–247. 20 indexed citations
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Griffiths, Peter, Christina Saville, Jane Ball, et al.. (2020). Performance of the Safer Nursing Care Tool to measure nurse staffing requirements in acute hospitals: a multicentre observational study. BMJ Open. 10(5). e035828–e035828. 13 indexed citations
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Monks, Thomas & Christine Currie. (2018). Practical considerations in selecting the best set of simulated systems. Winter Simulation Conference. 2191–2200. 3 indexed citations
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Currie, Christine & Thomas Monks. (2018). Modeling diseases: prevention, cure and management. Winter Simulation Conference. 440–454. 1 indexed citations
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Monks, Thomas, Christine Currie, Bhakti Stephan Onggo, et al.. (2018). Strengthening the reporting of empirical simulation studies: Introducing the STRESS guidelines. Journal of Simulation. 13(1). 55–67. 134 indexed citations
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Allen, Michael, et al.. (2017). Feasibility of a hyper-acute stroke unit model of care across England: a modelling analysis. BMJ Open. 7(12). e018143–e018143. 10 indexed citations
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Monks, Thomas, et al.. (2014). The use of search experimentation in discrete-event simulation practice. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 66(7). 1155–1168. 12 indexed citations
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Pitt, Martin, Thomas Monks, & Michael Allen. (2014). Systems modelling for improving healthcare. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 4 indexed citations
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Monks, Thomas, et al.. (1970). Comprehensive education in action. 7 indexed citations

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