Thomas Ptak

1.9k total citations
62 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Ptak is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ptak has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ptak's work include Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (6 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (6 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (6 papers). Thomas Ptak is often cited by papers focused on Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (6 papers), Radiation Dose and Imaging (6 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (6 papers). Thomas Ptak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Finland. Thomas Ptak's co-authors include Robert A. Novelline, James T. Rhea, Andrew L. Tievsky, Jeffrey Farkas, Rohit Gupta, Nicholas J. Talley, Jan Tack, Steven M. Radil, Richard Sacknoff and Robert L. Sheridan and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Gut and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ptak

62 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Ptak United States 18 492 417 223 168 147 62 1.4k
Andrea Farioli Italy 26 634 1.3× 219 0.5× 49 0.2× 17 0.1× 27 0.2× 73 1.9k
Koichi Tanigawa Japan 23 249 0.5× 231 0.6× 701 3.1× 125 0.7× 304 2.1× 86 1.9k
Per Näsman Sweden 26 325 0.7× 157 0.4× 187 0.8× 190 1.1× 41 0.3× 102 2.4k
Tuomas Selander Finland 20 230 0.5× 49 0.1× 107 0.5× 101 0.6× 51 0.3× 141 1.5k
Matthias Hochadel Germany 29 788 1.6× 459 1.1× 211 0.9× 133 0.8× 25 0.2× 160 3.3k
Kristina Chapple United States 25 491 1.0× 77 0.2× 67 0.3× 583 3.5× 13 0.1× 84 1.5k
Anil Agarwal United States 26 459 0.9× 20 0.0× 29 0.1× 31 0.2× 104 0.7× 134 2.0k
Carl J. Brown Canada 28 1.3k 2.7× 162 0.4× 49 0.2× 17 0.1× 36 0.2× 145 2.8k
Martine Hours France 28 458 0.9× 97 0.2× 265 1.2× 84 0.5× 55 0.4× 71 2.5k
Shuhan He United States 21 159 0.3× 52 0.1× 70 0.3× 233 1.4× 70 0.5× 79 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Ptak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Ptak

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xiao, Qingyang, et al.. (2025). Power outage-risk integrated social vulnerability analysis highlights disparities in small residential communities. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Ptak, Thomas, et al.. (2025). A systematic review and typology of power outage literature: Critical infrastructure, climate change and social impacts. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 218. 115778–115778. 1 indexed citations
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Ptak, Thomas, Ryan Stock, Siddharth Sareen, & Ankit Kumar. (2025). Repositioning energy geographies in a time of crisis: Arguments from a subdiscipline on the margins of geography. Dialogues in Human Geography. 4 indexed citations
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Walther, Olivier, Anne‐Laure Amilhat Szary, Chiara Brambilla, et al.. (2023). Border studies at 45. Political Geography. 104. 102909–102909. 4 indexed citations
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Haltinner, Kristin, Dilshani Sarathchandra, & Thomas Ptak. (2021). How Believing That Climate Change Is a Conspiracy Affects Skeptics’ Environmental Attitudes. Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 63(3). 25–33. 6 indexed citations
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Abdou, Hossam, Joseph Edwards, Todd E. Rasmussen, et al.. (2021). Development of a computed tomography perfusion protocol to support large animal resuscitation research. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 91(5). 879–885. 11 indexed citations
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Bodanapally, Uttam K., Kathirkamanathan Shanmuganathan, Meghna Ramaswamy, et al.. (2019). Iodine-based Dual-Energy CT of Traumatic Hemorrhagic Contusions: Relationship to In-Hospital Mortality and Short-term Outcome. Radiology. 292(3). 730–738. 9 indexed citations
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Rincon, Sandra, Rajiv Gupta, & Thomas Ptak. (2016). Imaging of head trauma. Handbook of clinical neurology. 135. 447–477. 23 indexed citations
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Ptak, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Global Education: Connections, Concepts, and Careers. Research in Review 2012-4.. 1 indexed citations
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Talley, Nicholas J., et al.. (2007). Itopride in functional dyspepsia: results of two phase III multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Gut. 57(6). 740–746. 144 indexed citations
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Kabrhel, Christopher, et al.. (2006). A Highly Sensitive ELISA D-Dimer Increases Testing but Not Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism. Academic Emergency Medicine. 13(5). 519–524. 20 indexed citations
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Kabrhel, Christopher, et al.. (2006). A Highly Sensitive ELISA D‐Dimer Increases Testing but Not Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism. Academic Emergency Medicine. 13(5). 519–524. 38 indexed citations
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Nelson, Bret P., et al.. (2005). Opioid analgesia and assessment of the sonographic Murphy sign. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 28(4). 409–413. 6 indexed citations
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Olsson, Hans, et al.. (2003). Determination Of Transverse Dispersivities At Lab Scale: Conservative Transport And Steady State Reactive Plumes. AGUFM. 2003. 4 indexed citations
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Sheridan, Robert L., Rubén Peralta, James T. Rhea, Thomas Ptak, & Robert A. Novelline. (2003). Reformatted Visceral Protocol Helical Computed Tomographic Scanning Allows Conventional Radiographs of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine to Be Eliminated in the Evaluation of Blunt Trauma Patients. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 55(4). 665–669. 73 indexed citations
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Ptak, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Clinical Significance of Cavernous Carotid Calcifications Encountered on Head Computed Tomography Scans Performed on Patients Seen in the Emergency Department. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 27(4). 505–509. 17 indexed citations
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Ptak, Thomas, James T. Rhea, & Robert A. Novelline. (2003). Radiation Dose is Reduced with a Single-Pass Whole-Body Multi–Detector Row CT Trauma Protocol Compared with a Conventional Segmented Method: Initial Experience. Radiology. 229(3). 902–905. 87 indexed citations
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Feldman, Robert G., Marcia H. Ratner, & Thomas Ptak. (1999). Chronic toxic encephalopathy in a painter exposed to mixed solvents.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 107(5). 417–422. 34 indexed citations
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Ptak, Thomas, et al.. (1999). Neuroradiology case of the day. Kaposi's sarcoma of the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx.. American Journal of Roentgenology. 173(3). 804–804. 3 indexed citations

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