2026 Duncan Thomas: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	62	728	657	456	403	164	26830

Overview

Duncan Thomas is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Medicine. Within these areas, significant attention is given to subfields such as Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, notably Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, as well as the COVID-19 impact on air quality. Additional focus includes research on BRCA gene mutations in cancer and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.

Duncan Thomas has contributed to various recent papers, including:

Challenges and Current Status of the Biological Treatment of PFAS-Contaminated Soils, 2021, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Dysregulated lipid and fatty acid metabolism link perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and impaired glucose metabolism in young adults, 2020, Environment International
Asthma Disease Status, COPD, and COVID-19 Severity in a Large Multiethnic Population, 2021, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
Ambient Air Pollutant Exposures and COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in a Cohort of Patients with COVID-19 in Southern California, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Ambient air pollution and COVID-19 incidence during four 2020-2021 case surges, 2022, Environmental Research

Their frequent co-authors include David V. Conti, John L. Morrison, Juan Pablo Lewinger, Jeroen R. Huyghe, and Ulrike Peters, each contributing extensively alongside Duncan Thomas in collaborative research efforts.

Publication venues where Duncan Thomas has frequently contributed include Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Environment International, and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Best Publications

Intra-household resource allocation: an inferential approach

Duncan Thomas

3034
Citations
Health nutrition and economic development.

John Strauss;Duncan Thomas

2822
Citations
Human resources: empirical modeling of household and family decisions.

John Strauss;Duncan Thomas

2134
Citations
Longer-Term Effects of Head Start

Eliana Garces;Duncan Thomas;Janet Marion Currie

1621
Citations
Does Head Start Make a Difference

Janet Currie;Duncan Thomas

1257
Citations
Like Father, Like Son, Like Mother, Like Daughter, Parental Resources and Child Height

Duncan Thomas

1025
Citations
How does mother's education affect child height ?

Duncan Thomas;John S. Strauss;Maria-Helena Henriques

816
Citations
Health and Wages: Evidence on Men and Women in Urban Brazil

Duncan Thomas;John Strauss

786
Citations
Health over the Life Course

John Strauss;Duncan Thomas

745
Citations
Bargaining Power Within Couples and Use of Prenatal and Delivery Care in Indonesia

Kathleen Beegle;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas

544
Citations
The Healthy Migrant Effect: New Findings From the Mexican Family Life Survey

Luis N. Rubalcava;Graciela M. Teruel;Duncan Thomas;Noreen Goldman

471
Citations
Early Test Scores, Socioeconomic Status and Future Outcomes

Janet Currie;Duncan Thomas

464
Citations
School Quality and the Longer-Term Effects of Head Start

Janet Currie;Duncan Thomas

462
Citations
Child survival height for age and household characteristics in Brazil.

Duncan Thomas;John Strauss;Maria-Helena Henriques

408
Citations
Education in a crisis

Duncan Thomas;Kathleen Beegle;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Bondan Sikoki

392
Citations
The Influence of Household Composition on Household Expenditure Patterns: Theory and Spanish Evidence

Angus S. Deaton;Javier Ruiz-Castillo;Duncan Thomas

390
Citations
The real costs of Indonesias economic crisis: preliminary findings from the Indonesia Family Life Surveys.

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas;Kathleen Beegle

382
Citations
Quality of health care, survival and health outcomes in Ghana.

Victor Lavy;John Strauss;Duncan Thomas;Philippe de Vreyer

362
Citations
The distribution of income and expenditure within the household

Duncan Thomas

342
Citations
Economic Shocks, Wealth and Welfare

Elizabeth Frankenberg;James Smith;Duncan Thomas

324
Citations
Chapter 34 Human resources: Empirical modeling of household and family decisions

John Strauss;John Strauss;Duncan Thomas;Duncan Thomas

315
Citations
Lost but Not Forgotten Attrition and Follow-up in the Indonesia Family Life Survey

Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg;James P. Smith

299
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Frankenberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Janet Currie Princeton University

James P. Smith Princeton University

Kathleen Beegle World Bank

Thomas W. Gillespie University of California, Los Angeles

Edward L. Avol University of Southern California

Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles

Michael Jerrett University of California, Los Angeles

Robert F. Schoeni University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Patrick Concannon University of Florida

External Links

Personal website of Duncan Thomas Google Scholar page

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