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Researcher · Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · United States

Robert Thomas

Robert Thomas publishes mostly in Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Library Science and Administration.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,654,901
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,622,400
of 1,627,098
Works
632
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
2.0
h-index
21
i10-index 32Top 1.7% in Religious studies
Robert Thomas

What does Robert Thomas research?

Robert Thomas's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (22%), Social Sciences (21%).

Everything else: 359 works · 56.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 273 works · 43.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 140 works · 22.2% of their workReligious studies: 72 works · 11.4% of their workArcheology: 38 works · 6.0% of their workHistory: 30 works · 4.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 133 works · 21.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 59 works · 9.4% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 47 works · 7.5% of their workLibrary and Information Sciences: 26 works · 4.1% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert Thomas632works
Social Sciences43%

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 else35956.8%
    1. Arts and Humanities14022.2%
    2. Social Sciences13321.0%
  1. 1Religious studies11% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  4. 4Archeology6% of their works
  5. 5History5% of their works
  6. 6Library and Information Sciences4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Thomas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, History, Arabia, Byzantine, Library Services, Social Inclusion and Canada.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Biblical Monotheism631 topic
  2. Jewish Society631 topic
  3. History432 topics
  4. Arabia281 topic
  5. Byzantine281 topic
  6. Library Services261 topic
  7. Social Inclusion261 topic
  8. Canada241 topic
  9. Identity241 topic
  10. Mormonism201 topic
  11. Polygamy201 topic
  12. Buddhism191 topic
  13. South Asia191 topic
  14. Coastal Dynamics171 topic
  15. Sea-Level Rise171 topic
  16. Archaeoastronomy161 topic
  17. Cultural Landscapes161 topic

Where does Robert Thomas work?

Robert Thomas's main affiliation in the publication record is Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Thomas have?

OpenAlex counts 632 works and 1,286 citations for Robert Thomas, an h-index of 21, ranking #7,654,901 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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