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Researcher · St. George's University · Grenada

Derek Thomas

Derek Thomas publishes mostly in Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science and Epidemiology, on topics such as Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Vectors and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,581,348
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Grenada
#83
of 120
Works
16
Citations
261
Citations per work
16.3
h-index
8
i10-index 8Top 77% in Infectious Diseases
Derek Thomas

What does Derek Thomas research?

Derek Thomas's work is mostly in Medicine (33%), Immunology and Microbiology (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%).

Life Sciences: 6 works · 37.5% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 works · 18.7% of their workParasitology: 2 works · 10.4% of their workImmunology: 1 works · 8.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 14.6% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 works · 14.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 4.2% of their workGenetics: 1 works · 4.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 33.4% of their workMedicine: 5 works · 33.4% of their workInfectious Diseases: 3 works · 18.8% of their workEpidemiology: 2 works · 14.6% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 29.1% of their workTHEIR WORKDerek Thomas16works
Life Sciences38%Health Sciences33%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Immunology and Microbiology318.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences214.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.2%
    1. Medicine533.4%
  3. Everything else529.1%
  1. 1Infectious Diseases19% of their works
  2. 2Agronomy and Crop Science15% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology15% of their works
  4. 4Parasitology10% of their works
  5. 5Immunology8% of their works
  6. 6Genetics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Derek Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Epidemiology, Genetic Characterization, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, African Swine Fever, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Genetic Diversity and Host-Pathogen Interactions.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology145 topics
  2. Genetic Characterization92 topics
  3. Immune Response83 topics
  4. Pathogenesis83 topics
  5. African Swine Fever71 topic
  6. Foot-and-Mouth Disease71 topic
  7. Genetic Diversity72 topics
  8. Host-Pathogen Interactions52 topics
  9. Vaccine52 topics
  10. Virulence Factors52 topics
  11. Genomic Sequencing42 topics
  12. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers41 topic
  13. Zoonotic Infections41 topic
  14. Herpes Zoster31 topic
  15. Herpesviruses31 topic
  16. Neosporosis31 topic
  17. Toxoplasma gondii31 topic
  18. Bluetongue Virus21 topic
  19. Coronavirus21 topic
  20. Culicoides Biting Midges21 topic
  21. Gene Therapy21 topic
  22. Mycoplasma21 topic
  23. Pasteurella21 topic
  24. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus21 topic
  25. Viral Vectors21 topic

Where does Derek Thomas work?

Derek Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is St. George's University, Grenada.

How many publications and citations does Derek Thomas have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 261 citations for Derek Thomas, an h-index of 8, ranking #5,581,348 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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