J. Alan Thomas
Impact in
- Media Technology top 5%
- Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films top 10%
- Optical Coatings and Gratings
Papers in
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- Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics 6
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing 4
- Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies 3
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- Photonic and Optical Devices 5
- Co-authors
- Adolf W. Lohmann (3 shared papers)Yeshaiahu Fainman (3 shared papers)Israel Goldiamond (1 shared paper)Terrell Ward Bynum (2 shared papers)Lawrence J. Weitz (2 shared papers)N. Streibl (2 shared papers)Eun‐Mi Park (2 shared papers)Johannes Schwider (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology (1 paper)Social Forces (1 paper)Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (1 paper)Optics Letters (1 paper)Developmental Psychology (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermanySwitzerland
In The Last Decade
J. Alan Thomas
26 papers receiving 506 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 85
- Media Technology 106
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films 73
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 105
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 210
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering 205
Countries citing papers authored by J. Alan Thomas
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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Alan Thomas
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside J. Alan Thomas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | 1990 | 211 | |
| 2 | 1964 | 81 | |
| 3 | 1988 | 46 | |
| 4 | 1972 | 30 | |
| 5 | 1998 | 28 | |
| 6 | 1995 | 24 | |
| 7 | The productive school;: A systems analysis approach to educational administration | 1971 | 22 |
| 8 | 1989 | 19 | |
| 9 | 1973 | 17 | |
| 10 | 1991 | 13 | |
| 11 | You're the Greatest!. | 1991 | 12 |
| 12 | 2001 | 9 | |
| 13 | 1997 | 8 | |
| 14 | 2001 | 8 | |
| 15 | 2001 | 8 | |
| 16 | 1981 | 8 | |
| 17 | 2001 | 6 | |
| 18 | 1977 | 5 | |
| 19 | Financing Rural Education. | 1974 | 3 |
| 20 | Optical phased array beam deflection using lead lanthanum zirconate titanate | 1998 | 3 |
About J. Alan Thomas
J. Alan Thomas is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Media Technology, Education and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 31 papers that have together received 573 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (6 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (5 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (4 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (4 papers), Education Systems and Policy (4 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (3 papers), Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (3 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Media Technology (106 citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (73 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (105 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (210 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (205 citations). J. Alan Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Adolf W. Lohmann, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Israel Goldiamond, Terrell Ward Bynum, Lawrence J. Weitz, N. Streibl, Eun‐Mi Park, Johannes Schwider, Joseph A. Steger and Robert J. Brooks. Their work appears in journals such as Advances in experimental medicine and biology, Social Forces, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Optics Letters and Developmental Psychology.
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