Michelle Thomas

3.2k citations
31 papers · 2.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Impact in

    • Cruise Tourism Development and Management
    • Maritime Security and History
    • Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
    • Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
    • Sex work and related issues

Papers in

Michelle Thomas

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Michelle Thomas's Hit Papers

Focus Groups in Social Research 2001 · 1.3k citations
1.3k0+8+16Years since publication4008001.2k

Peers

Michelle Thomas
Comparison fields: 5 of 158
  • Transportation 121
  • Sociology and Political Science 738
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 78
  • Ocean Engineering 239
  • Gender Studies 126
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michelle Thomas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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Focus Groups in Social Research
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20011348
2 2003103
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The global seafarer: living and working conditions in a globalized industry
200472
4 200367
5 199865
6 200061
7 200556
8 200648
9 200439
10 200934
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The social isolation of seafarers: causes, effects, and remedies.
200331
12 200623
13 200722
14 201518
15 200614
16 200911
17 20219
18 20188
19 20097
20 20036

About Michelle Thomas

Michelle Thomas is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Ocean Engineering, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology, having authored 31 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Maritime Navigation and Safety (6 papers), Maritime Security and History (4 papers), Sex work and related issues (3 papers), Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (3 papers), Travel-related health issues (3 papers), Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods (2 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 papers) and Work-Family Balance Challenges (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Transportation (121 citations), Sociology and Political Science (738 citations), Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (78 citations), Ocean Engineering (239 citations) and Gender Studies (126 citations). Michelle Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Michael Bloor, Jane Frankland, Helen Sampson, Minghua Zhao, Nicholas J. Bailey, Tony Lane, Yunping Hu, Bin Wu, Olaf Chresten Jensen and Jens Fyhn Lykke Sørensen. Their work appears in journals such as Qualitative Research, Sociology, Maritime Policy & Management, Culture Health & Sexuality and Rural and Remote Health.

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