Stephen Thomas
Impact in
- Emergency Medical Services top 0.5%
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Finance top 2%
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Papers in
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- Global Health Care Issues 27
- Employment and Welfare Studies 15
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges 11
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- Global Health Workforce Issues 16
- Co-authors
- Posy Bidwell (9 shared papers)Anneliese Arno (1 shared paper)Prudence Ditlopo (4 shared papers)Duane Blaauw (4 shared papers)Sarah Barry (21 shared papers)Sara Burke (28 shared papers)L. Wyness (1 shared paper)Charles E. M. Normand (16 shared papers)
- Journals
- Health Policy (14 papers)Human Resources for Health (7 papers)BMC Health Services Research (6 papers)Energy Policy (5 papers)Health Policy and Planning (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- IrelandUnited KingdomSouth Africa
In The Last Decade
Stephen Thomas
136 papers receiving 3.3k citations
Stephen Thomas's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 170
- Emergency Medical Services 460
- Finance 402
- General Health Professions 948
- Research and Theory 21
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 446
Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Thomas
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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Thomas
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stephen 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 | Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 654 |
| 2 | The efficacy of nudge theory strategies in influencing adult dietary behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 335 |
| 3 | 1984 | 163 | |
| 4 | 2013 | 161 | |
| 5 | 1991 | 142 | |
| 6 | 1999 | 113 | |
| 7 | 2020 | 110 | |
| 8 | 2021 | 93 | |
| 9 | 2009 | 92 | |
| 10 | 2018 | 91 | |
| 11 | 2013 | 87 | |
| 12 | 2023 | 78 | |
| 13 | 2014 | 71 | |
| 14 | 2013 | 64 | |
| 15 | 2014 | 57 | |
| 16 | 1989 | 56 | |
| 17 | 2021 | 55 | |
| 18 | 2015 | 53 | |
| 19 | 2004 | 49 | |
| 20 | 2016 | 46 |
About Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services, Finance, Economics and Econometrics and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, having authored 151 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Global Health Care Issues (27 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (18 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (16 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (15 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (14 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers), Healthcare Systems and Challenges (11 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Emergency Medical Services (460 citations), Finance (402 citations), General Health Professions (948 citations), Research and Theory (21 citations) and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (446 citations). Stephen Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Posy Bidwell, Anneliese Arno, Prudence Ditlopo, Duane Blaauw, Sarah Barry, Sara Burke, L. Wyness, Charles E. M. Normand, Conor Keegan and Peter S. Huyakorn. Their work appears in journals such as Health Policy, Human Resources for Health, BMC Health Services Research, Energy Policy and Health Policy and Planning.
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