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Researcher · University of Guyana · Guyana

Desmond Thomas

Desmond Thomas publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Education, on topics such as Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics, Academic Writing and Publishing and Global trade and economics.

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World rank
#3,375,911
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Guyana
#16
of 82
Works
20
Citations
44
Citations per work
2.2
h-index
4
i10-index 1Top 62% in Sociology and Political Science
Desmond Thomas

What does Desmond Thomas research?

Desmond Thomas's work is mostly in Social Sciences (22%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (20%), Arts and Humanities (9%).

Everything else: 10 works · 50.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 49.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 4 works · 21.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 15.2% of their workEducation: 1 works · 6.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 works · 19.5% of their workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 13.0% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 works · 6.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 8.6% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 4.3% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKDesmond Thomas20works
Social Sciences50%

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. Everything else1050.2%
    1. Social Sciences421.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance419.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities28.6%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  2. 2General Economics, Econometrics and Finance13% of their works
  3. 3Education6% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science4% of their works
  6. 6Archeology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Desmond Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ethics, Innovation, Reflexivity, Technology, Destination Image, Export Processing Zones, International Trade and Productivity.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethics31 topic
  2. Innovation32 topics
  3. Reflexivity31 topic
  4. Technology32 topics
  5. Destination Image21 topic
  6. Export Processing Zones21 topic
  7. International Trade21 topic
  8. Productivity21 topic
  9. Publication21 topic
  10. Scientific Writing21 topic
  11. Special Economic Zones21 topic
  12. Tourist Satisfaction21 topic
  13. Dermatoglyphic Patterns11 topic
  14. E-Learning11 topic
  15. Educational Data Mining11 topic
  16. Genetic Marker11 topic
  17. Knowledge Management11 topic
  18. Learning Analytics11 topic

Where does Desmond Thomas work?

Desmond Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Guyana, Guyana.

How many publications and citations does Desmond Thomas have?

OpenAlex counts 20 works and 44 citations for Desmond Thomas, an h-index of 4, ranking #3,375,911 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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