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Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
10635
World Ranking
5642
National Ranking
584

Neuroscience

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Michael S.C. Thomas publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S.C. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 208 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Michael S.C. Thomas D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael S.C. Thomas is affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, focusing notably on neuroscience, social sciences, and psychology. Within these broader fields, they have contributed extensively to cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, and education, among other subfields.

Their research topics cover areas including neuroscience, education, and cognitive function; Down syndrome and intellectual disability research; reading and literacy development; educational and psychological assessments; language development and disorders; autism spectrum disorder research; and glioma diagnosis and treatment.

Frequent publication venues for Michael S.C. Thomas include:

  • Mind Brain and Education
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
  • Developmental Science
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

They have authored and contributed to various papers, some of which are:

  • Education, the science of learning, and the COVID-19 crisis (2020), published in Prospects
  • Health comorbidities and cognitive abilities across the lifespan in Down syndrome (2020), published in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Influences on cognitive outcomes in adult patients with gliomas: A systematic review (2022), published in Frontiers in Oncology
  • Stress and Learning in Pupils: Neuroscience Evidence and its Relevance for Teachers (2021), published in Mind Brain and Education
  • Neuromyths About Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Misconceptions by Educators and the General Public (2021), published in Mind Brain and Education

Michael S.C. Thomas has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Cathy Rogers, Andrew Tolmie, Jo Van Herwegen, Iroise Dumontheil, and Mireille B. Toledano.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, notably "The Science of Adult Literacy" published in 2020 by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Mental disorder in adults with intellectual disability. 1: Prevalence of functional psychiatric illness among a community-based population aged between 16 and 64 years.

    S. Deb;M. Thomas;C. Bright

  • Neuroconstructivism - I: How the Brain Constructs Cognition

    Denis Mareschal;Mark H. Johnson;Sylvain Sirois;Michael W. Spratling

  • Using developmental trajectories to understand developmental disorders.

    Michael S. C. Thomas;Dagmara Annaz;Daniel Ansari;Gaia Scerif

  • Are developmental disorders like cases of adult brain damage? Implications from connectionist modelling.

    Michael S.C. Thomas;Annette Karmiloff-Smith

  • Exploring the Williams syndrome face‐processing debate: the importance of building developmental trajectories

    Annette Karmiloff-Smith;Michael Thomas;Dagmara Annaz;Kate Humphreys

  • Verbal and non-verbal intelligence changes in the teenage brain

    Sue Ramsden;Fiona M. Richardson;Goulven Josse;Michael S. C. Thomas

  • Language Switching Costs in Bilingual Visual Word Recognition

    Michael S.C Thomas;Alan Allport

  • Mental disorder in adults with intellectual disability. 2: The rate of behaviour disorders among a community-based population aged between 16 and 64 years.

    S. Deb;M. Thomas;C. Bright

  • Annual Research Review: Educational neuroscience: progress and prospects.

    Michael S. C. Thomas;Daniel Ansari;Victoria C. P. Knowland

  • What makes counting count? Verbal and visuo-spatial contributions to typical and atypical number development.

    Daniel Ansari;Chris Donlan;Michael S.C. Thomas;Sandra A. Ewing

  • Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement

    C. Shawn Green;Daphne Bavelier;Arthur F. Kramer;Arthur F. Kramer;Sophia Vinogradov

  • Past tense formation in Williams syndrome

    Michael S.C. Thomas;Julia Grant;Zita Barham;Marisa Gsödl

  • Modeling language acquisition in atypical phenotypes.

    Michael S. C. Thomas;Annette Karmiloff-Smith

  • A cross-syndrome study of the development of holistic face recognition in children with autism, Down syndrome, and Williams syndrome.

    Dagmara Annaz;Annette Karmiloff-Smith;Mark H. Johnson;Michael S.C. Thomas

  • New Advances in Understanding Sensitive Periods in Brain Development

    Michael S.C. Thomas;Mark H. Johnson

  • Night-time screen-based media device use and adolescents' sleep and health-related quality of life.

    Michael O. Mireku;Mary M. Barker;Julian Mutz;Iroise Dumontheil

  • Multiple Routes from Occipital to Temporal Cortices during Reading

    Fiona M Richardson;Mohamed L Seghier;Alex P Leff;Michael S C Thomas

  • Précis of neuroconstructivism: how the brain constructs cognition.

    Sylvain Sirois;Michael Spratling;Michael S. C. Thomas;Gert Westermann

  • Development of motion processing in children with autism

    Dagmara Annaz;Dagmara Annaz;Anna Remington;Elizabeth Milne;Mike Coleman

  • Connectionist models of cognition.

    Michael S. C. Thomas;James L. McClelland

  • Different approaches to relating genotype to phenotype in developmental disorders.

    Annette Karmiloff-Smith;G. Scerif;Michael S.C. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Annette Karmiloff-Smith Birkbeck, University of London
Denis Mareschal
Denis Mareschal Birkbeck, University of London
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Martin Röösli
Martin Röösli Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Iroise Dumontheil
Iroise Dumontheil Birkbeck, University of London
Jackie Masterson
Jackie Masterson University College London
George D. Magoulas
George D. Magoulas Birkbeck, University of London
Cathy J. Price
Cathy J. Price University College London
Daniel Ansari
Daniel Ansari University of Western Ontario
James L. McClelland
James L. McClelland Stanford University

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