William O. Thompson

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

William O. Thompson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, William O. Thompson has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 12 papers in Surgery and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in William O. Thompson's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers). William O. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (9 papers). William O. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Australia. William O. Thompson's co-authors include John R. Taylor, Tom Baranowski, Suzanne Domel Baxter, Freddie H. Fu, Robert H. DuRant, Harry Davis, Mark S. Litaker, Janice Baranowski, Fenwick T. Nichols and F. Leland Thaete and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

William O. Thompson

111 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements

1998 2.3k citations William O. Thompson et al. profile →
The Use of Transcranial Ultrasonography to Predict Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease

1992 466 citations Virgil McKie, Fenwick T. Nichols et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William O. Thompson United States	37	1.8k	1.0k	641	599	482	114	7.1k
Peter Kaufmann Germany	70	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	977 1.5×	793 1.3×	1.1k 2.3×	360	21.9k
Robert A. Baker Australia	54	1.0k 0.6×	2.3k 2.2×	1.3k 2.1×	679 1.1×	941 2.0×	385	20.0k
David J. Fisher United Kingdom	52	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	797 1.2×	386 0.6×	172 0.4×	282	10.2k
John M. Graham United States	69	489 0.3×	2.7k 2.6×	696 1.1×	597 1.0×	278 0.6×	502	17.9k
David C. Anderson United States	57	1.0k 0.6×	922 0.9×	1.9k 2.9×	366 0.6×	190 0.4×	328	11.7k
Patrick Schober Netherlands	28	449 0.2×	1.4k 1.3×	592 0.9×	674 1.1×	334 0.7×	176	9.3k
Christa Boer Netherlands	40	417 0.2×	2.5k 2.4×	934 1.5×	818 1.4×	275 0.6×	192	11.8k
Lothar A. Schwarte Netherlands	27	366 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	572 0.9×	771 1.3×	269 0.6×	113	8.5k
Robert E. Meyer United States	38	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	688 1.1×	199 0.3×	217 0.5×	175	7.5k
Manning Feinleib United States	56	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.7×	1.4k 2.2×	1.8k 3.0×	1.5k 3.1×	144	24.0k

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Jacobson, Robert M., et al.. (2010). Serum Electrolyte Shifts Following Administration of Sodium Phosphates Enema. Gastroenterology Nursing. 33(3). 191–201. 7 indexed citations

Chamberlain, Sherman, et al.. (2007). Safety and Efficacy of Aspartame-Based Liquid Versus Sucrose-Based Liquids Used for Dilution in Oral Sodium Phosphate Solutions for Colonoscopy Preparations. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 52(11). 3165–3168. 2 indexed citations

Thompson, William O., et al.. (2005). Efficacy and Tolerance of Sodium Phosphates Oral Solution After Diet Liberalization. Gastroenterology Nursing. 28(2). 133–139. 37 indexed citations

Baxter, Suzanne Domel, William O. Thompson, Mark S. Litaker, et al.. (2003). Accuracy of Fourth-Graders' Dietary Recalls of School Breakfast and School Lunch Validated with Observations: In-Person versus Telephone Interviews. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 35(3). 124–134. 84 indexed citations

Baxter, Suzanne Domel, William O. Thompson, Mark S. Litaker, Francesca H.A. Frye, & Caroline H. Guinn. (2002). Low Accuracy and Low Consistency of Fourth-Graders’ School Breakfast and School Lunch Recalls. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 102(3). 386–395. 107 indexed citations

Frye, Francesca H.A., Suzanne Domel Baxter, William O. Thompson, & Caroline H. Guinn. (2002). Influence of School, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender on Agreement of Fourth Graders to Participate in a Nutrition Study. Journal of School Health. 72(3). 115–120. 15 indexed citations

DuRant, Robert H., Tom Baranowski, Maribeth Johnson, & William O. Thompson. (1994). The Relationship Among Television Watching, Physical Activity, and Body Composition of Young Children. PEDIATRICS. 94(4). 449–455. 241 indexed citations

Garnick, Jerry J., et al.. (1994). Changes in root sensitivity with toothpastes containing aloe vera and allantoin. Archives of Oral Biology. 39. S132–S132. 1 indexed citations

Stafford, Chester T., et al.. (1994). Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for measurement of fire ant venom-specific IgE.. PubMed. 72(4). 329–32. 6 indexed citations

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DuRant, Robert H., Tom Baranowski, Thomas Rhodes, et al.. (1993). Association among serum lipid and lipoprotein concentrations and physical activity, physical fitness, and body composition in young children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 123(2). 185–192. 73 indexed citations

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Prisant, L. Michael, Paula C. Zemel, Fenwick T. Nichols, et al.. (1993). Carotid plaque associations among hypertensive patients.. PubMed. 153(4). 501–6. 20 indexed citations

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Mills, Luther R., Bernard M. Schuman, & William O. Thompson. (1993). Lymphocytic colitis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 38(6). 1147–1151. 26 indexed citations

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Yarbrough, Jill, et al.. (1992). In vitro effects of interleukin-2 and gamma globulin on immune dysfunction in a patient with severe mucocutaneous herpes simplex virus infection.. PubMed. 68(1). 47–52. 1 indexed citations

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Ray, P. G., Kimford J. Meador, David W. Loring, et al.. (1991). Effects of scopolamine on visual evoked potentials in aging and dementia. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 80(5). 347–351. 18 indexed citations

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Adams, Robert J., Fenwick T. Nichols, Rune Aaslid, et al.. (1990). Cerebral Vessel Stenosis in Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 12(3). 277–282. 54 indexed citations

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Meador, Kimford J., David W. Loring, G. P. Lee, et al.. (1989). HEMISPHERE ASYMMETRY FOR EYE GAZE MECHANISMS. Brain. 112(1). 103–111. 28 indexed citations

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Stafford, Chester T., et al.. (1989). Imported Fire Ant as a Health Hazard. Southern Medical Journal. 82(12). 1515–1519. 36 indexed citations

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Garcia‐Webb, P, et al.. (1984). Hypermagnesaemia and hypophosphataemia after ingestion of magnesium sulphate.. BMJ. 288(6419). 759–759. 17 indexed citations

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Sahai, Hardeo & William O. Thompson. (1974). Comparisons of approximations to the percentiles of the t , x ² ,and F distributions. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 3(1). 81–93. 11 indexed citations

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Thompson, William O. & David M. Allen. (1970). A Procedure for Examining Time Changes in Rates of Readmission to Psychiatric Hospitals. Public Health Reports (1896-1970). 85(10). 873–873. 2 indexed citations

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