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110
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42633
World Ranking
895
National Ranking
545

Medicine

D-Index
111
Citations
43579
World Ranking
5349
National Ranking
2888

Deborah A. Thomas publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deborah A. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 554 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Deborah A. Thomas D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deborah A. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 111 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Deborah A. Thomas is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Social Sciences, with a notable focus on areas such as Genetics, Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics encompass a range of subjects including Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Microscopic Colitis, Caribbean history, culture, and politics, Cuban History and Society, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Menstrual Health and Disorders, and Health and Wellbeing Research.

Key recent publications by Deborah A. Thomas include:

  • Systematic Review With Meta-analysis: Safety and Effectiveness of Combining Biologics and Small Molecules in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2022, Crohn's & Colitis 360
  • A Multimodal Qualitative Approach to Understanding Menstrual Health Equity among Adolescents and Young Adults, 2023, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • 19th Century United States Newspaper images predicted as Photographs with labels for "human", "animal", "human-structure" and "landscape", 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Displacements, 2020, Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
  • Early Treatment with Ofatumumab in Patients with High-Risk CLL, 2022, Blood

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Deborah A. Thomas include:

  • April J. Mayes
  • Patricia Mohammed
  • Martin Munro
  • Michelle Stephens
  • Yolanda Martínez-San

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Crohn's & Colitis 360
  • Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
  • PEDIATRICS
  • Blood

Best Publications

  • Lenalidomide in the myelodysplastic syndrome with chromosome 5q deletion.

    Alan List;Gordon Dewald;John Bennett;Aristotle Giagounidis

  • Safety and Efficacy of INCB018424, a JAK1 and JAK2 Inhibitor, in Myelofibrosis

    Srdan Verstovsek;Hagop Kantarjian;Ruben A. Mesa;Animesh D. Pardanani

  • Early Results of a Chemoimmunotherapy Regimen of Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab As Initial Therapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    Michael J. Keating;Susan O'Brien;Maher Albitar;Susan Lerner

  • Phase 1 study of low-dose prolonged exposure schedules of the hypomethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) in hematopoietic malignancies.

    Jean Pierre J. Issa;Guillermo Garcia-Manero;Francis J. Giles;Rajan Mannari

  • Angiogenesis in acute and chronic leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes

    Alvaro Aguayo;Hagop M Kantarjian;Taghi Manshouri;Cristi Gidel

  • Long-term results of the fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab regimen as initial therapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

    Constantine S. Tam;Susan O'Brien;William Wierda;Hagop Kantarjian

  • Long-term follow-up results of hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone (Hyper-CVAD), a dose-intensive regimen, in adult acute lymphocytic leukemia

    Hagop Kantarjian;Deborah Thomas;Susan O'Brien;Jorge Cortes

  • Rituximab Dose-Escalation Trial in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    Susan M. O’Brien;Hagop Kantarjian;Deborah A. Thomas;Francis J. Giles

  • Treatment of Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphocytic leukemia with hyper-CVAD and imatinib mesylate

    Deborah A. Thomas;Stefan Faderl;Jorge Cortes;Susan O'Brien

  • Chemoimmunotherapy With Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab for Relapsed and Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

    William Wierda;Susan O'Brien;Sijin Wen;Stefan Faderl

  • Chemoimmunotherapy with hyper-CVAD plus rituximab for the treatment of adult Burkitt and Burkitt-type lymphoma or acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Deborah A. Thomas;Stefan Faderl;Susan O'Brien;Carlos Bueso-Ramos

  • Phase 2 study of lenalidomide in transfusion-dependent, low-risk, and intermediate-1–risk myelodysplastic syndromes with karyotypes other than deletion 5q

    Azra Raza;James A. Reeves;Eric J. Feldman;Gordon W. Dewald

  • High-dose imatinib mesylate therapy in newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia

    Hagop Kantarjian;Moshe Talpaz;Susan O'Brien;Guillermo Garcia-Manero

  • Chemoimmunotherapy With a Modified Hyper-CVAD and Rituximab Regimen Improves Outcome in De Novo Philadelphia Chromosome–Negative Precursor B-Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Deborah A. Thomas;Susan O'Brien;Stefan Faderl;Guillermo Garcia-Manero

  • Phase I/II Study of Combination Therapy With Sorafenib, Idarubicin, and Cytarabine in Younger Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Farhad Ravandi;Jorge E Cortes;Daniel Jones;Stefan H Faderl

  • Inotuzumab ozogamicin, an anti-CD22–calecheamicin conjugate, for refractory and relapsed acute lymphocytic leukaemia: a phase 2 study

    Hagop M. Kantarjian;Deborah A. Thomas;Jeffrey L. Jorgensen;Elias Joseph Jabbour

  • Prognostic nomogram and index for overall survival in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

    William G. Wierda;Susan O'Brien;Xuemei Wang;Stefan Faderl

  • Dose escalation of imatinib mesylate can overcome resistance to standard-dose therapy in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.

    Hagop M. Kantarjian;Moshe Talpaz;Susan O'Brien;Francis Giles

  • Phase I/II Study of the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitor Everolimus (RAD001) in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Hematologic Malignancies

    Karen W.L. Yee;Zhihong Zeng;Marina Konopleva;Srdan Verstovsek

  • Primary myelofibrosis (PMF), post polycythemia vera myelofibrosis (post-PV MF), post essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis (post-ET MF), blast phase PMF (PMF-BP): Consensus on terminology by the international working group for myelofibrosis research and treatment (IWG-MRT).

    Ruben A. Mesa;Srdan Verstovsek;Francisco Cervantes;Giovanni Barosi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hagop M. Kantarjian
Hagop M. Kantarjian The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jorge E. Cortes
Jorge E. Cortes Augusta University
Susan O'Brien
Susan O'Brien University of California, Irvine
Farhad Ravandi
Farhad Ravandi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Guillermo Garcia-Manero
Guillermo Garcia-Manero The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stefan Faderl
Stefan Faderl The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Elias Jabbour
Elias Jabbour The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Srdan Verstovsek
Srdan Verstovsek The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Francis J. Giles
Francis J. Giles Northwestern University
Gautam Borthakur
Gautam Borthakur The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 575

Jorge E. Cortes

Jorge E. Cortes

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Publications: 387

Susan O'Brien

Susan O'Brien

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Publications: 285

Elias Jabbour

Elias Jabbour

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 261

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Srdan Verstovsek

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 230

Farhad Ravandi

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 208

Guillermo Garcia-Manero

Guillermo Garcia-Manero

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 179

Ayalew Tefferi

Ayalew Tefferi

Mayo Clinic

Publications: 159

Francis J. Giles

Francis J. Giles

Northwestern University

Publications: 156

John C. Byrd

John C. Byrd

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Publications: 150

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William G. Wierda

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications: 146

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Ruben A. Mesa

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Publications: 144

Michael J. Keating

Michael J. Keating

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Publications: 138

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Marina Konopleva

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