Nicholas Thomas
Impact in
- Anthropology top 0.2%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Geography, Planning and Development top 0.2%
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
Papers in
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- Australian History and Society 6
- Demography 23
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs 22
- Co-authors
- Geoffrey M. White (2 shared papers)Michael Adas (1 shared paper)Oscar Salemink (1 shared paper)William T. Tow (2 shared papers)Margaret Jolly (1 shared paper)Annette B. Weiner (1 shared paper)Lowell D. Holmes (1 shared paper)Ton Otto (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Oceania (3 papers)The American Historical Review (3 papers)Journal of Pacific History (3 papers)Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (3 papers)Security Dialogue (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- AustraliaHong KongUnited States
In The Last Decade
Nicholas Thomas
92 papers receiving 2.2k citations
Nicholas Thomas's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 132
- Anthropology 1.2k
- Geography, Planning and Development 628
- Archeology 83
- Museology 211
- Demography 527
Countries citing papers authored by Nicholas Thomas
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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Thomas
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Nicholas 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
Showing the 20 most-cited of 110 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 727 |
| 2 | Colonialism's Culture: Anthropology, Travel and Government. Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 556 |
| 3 | 1996 | 271 | |
| 4 | 1992 | 185 | |
| 5 | 1989 | 110 | |
| 6 | 1992 | 90 | |
| 7 | 2002 | 86 | |
| 8 | Discoveries : The Voyages of Captain Cook | 2003 | 76 |
| 9 | 1993 | 70 | |
| 10 | In Oceania: Visions, Artifacts, Histories | 1997 | 64 |
| 11 | 1990 | 56 | |
| 12 | 1998 | 56 | |
| 13 | 1990 | 55 | |
| 14 | 1988 | 45 | |
| 15 | 1999 | 43 | |
| 16 | 1991 | 37 | |
| 17 | 1992 | 33 | |
| 18 | 2010 | 33 | |
| 19 | Double Vision: Art Histories and Colonial Histories in the Pacific | 1999 | 33 |
| 20 | 2010 | 29 |
About Nicholas Thomas
Nicholas Thomas is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology and Archeology, having authored 110 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (22 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (19 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (8 papers), Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (7 papers), Asian American and Pacific Histories (7 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (6 papers), Australian History and Society (6 papers) and Museums and Cultural Heritage (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (1.2k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (628 citations), Archeology (83 citations), Museology (211 citations) and Demography (527 citations). Nicholas Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Hong Kong and United States. Frequent co-authors include Geoffrey M. White, Michael Adas, Oscar Salemink, William T. Tow, Margaret Jolly, Annette B. Weiner, Lowell D. Holmes, Ton Otto, Ivan Brady and Marshall Sahlins. Their work appears in journals such as Oceania, The American Historical Review, Journal of Pacific History, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Security Dialogue.
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