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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
27882
World Ranking
10987
National Ranking
5651

Peter 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 Peter Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 326 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter 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 Peter Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 93 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Thomas is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. Key subfields include genetics, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, reproductive medicine, and nutrition and dietetics. The main topics explored in their work encompass estrogen and related hormone effects, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, cancer, lipids and metabolism, receptor mechanisms and signaling, trace elements in health, and nerve injury and regeneration.

Their publication record includes multiple papers in notable journals. Among the recent research contributions are:

  • Membrane Progesterone Receptors (mPRs, PAQRs): Review of Structural and Signaling Characteristics, 2022, Cells
  • (-)-Epicatechin acts as a potent agonist of the membrane androgen receptor, ZIP9 (SLC39A9), to promote apoptosis of breast and prostate cancer cells, 2021, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Anti-apoptotic Actions of Allopregnanolone and Ganaxolone Mediated Through Membrane Progesterone Receptors (PAQRs) in Neuronal Cells, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology

Peter Thomas has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Yefei Pang, Aubrey Converse, Jing Dong, and Luca F. Castelnovo. These collaborations have contributed to advancing understanding in areas linked to hormone receptors and cellular mechanisms.

Their work has appeared frequently in journals such as the Journal of the Endocrine Society, Frontiers in Endocrinology, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Cancers.

Best Publications

  • Identity of an Estrogen Membrane Receptor Coupled to a G Protein in Human Breast Cancer Cells

    Peter Thomas;Yefei Pang;E. J. Filardo;J. Dong

  • Cloning, expression, and characterization of a membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in meiotic maturation of fish oocytes

    Yong Zhu;Charles D. Rice;Yefei Pang;Margaret Pace

  • Identification, classification, and partial characterization of genes in humans and other vertebrates homologous to a fish membrane progestin receptor

    Yong Zhu;Jason E. Bond;Peter Thomas

  • Binding and activation of the seven-transmembrane estrogen receptor GPR30 by environmental estrogens: a potential novel mechanism of endocrine disruption.

    Peter Thomas;Jing Dong

  • Identification of a third distinct estrogen receptor and reclassification of estrogen receptors in teleosts.

    Mary Beth Hawkins;Joseph W. Thornton;David P Crews;James K. Skipper

  • Activation of the novel estrogen receptor G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30) at the plasma membrane.

    E. Filardo;J. Quinn;Y. Pang;C. Graeber

  • GPR30: a seven-transmembrane-spanning estrogen receptor that triggers EGF release.

    Edward J. Filardo;Peter Thomas

  • Overview of a workshop on screening methods for detecting potential (anti‐) estrogenic/androgenic chemicals in wildlife

    Gerald T. Ankley;Ellen Mihaich;Ralph G. Stahl;Donald E. Tillitt

  • Characteristics of membrane progestin receptor alpha (mPRα) and progesterone membrane receptor component 1 (PGMRC1) and their roles in mediating rapid progestin actions

    Peter Thomas

  • Minireview: G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor-1, GPER-1: Its Mechanism of Action and Role in Female Reproductive Cancer, Renal and Vascular Physiology

    Edward J. Filardo;Peter Thomas

  • Progesterone Signaling in Human Myometrium through Two Novel Membrane G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Potential Role in Functional Progesterone Withdrawal at Term

    Emmanouil Karteris;Sevasti Zervou;Yefei Pang;Jing Dong

  • Steroid and G protein binding characteristics of the seatrout and human progestin membrane receptor alpha subtypes and their evolutionary origins.

    Peter Thomas;Y. Pang;J. Dong;P. Groenen

  • Characterization, Neurosteroid Binding and Brain Distribution of Human Membrane Progesterone Receptors δ and ϵ (mPRδ and mPRϵ) and mPRδ Involvement in Neurosteroid Inhibition of Apoptosis

    Yefei Pang;Jing Dong;Peter Thomas

  • Twenty years of the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor GPER: Historical and personal perspectives.

    Matthias Barton;Edward J. Filardo;Stephen J. Lolait;Peter Thomas

  • Widespread endocrine disruption and reproductive impairment in an estuarine fish population exposed to seasonal hypoxia

    Peter Thomas;Md. Saydur Rahman;Izhar A Khan;James A Kummer

  • Expression of membrane progesterone receptors on human T lymphocytes and Jurkat cells and activation of G-proteins by progesterone.

    C Dosiou;A E Hamilton;Y Pang;M T Overgaard

  • Plasma cortisol and glucose stress responses of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) to handling and shallow water stressors and anesthesia with MS-222, quinaldine sulfate and metomidate

    Peter Thomas;L. Robertson

  • Plasma Cortisol and Secondary Stress Responses of Red Drum to Handling, Transport, Rearing Density, and a Disease Outbreak

    L. Robertson;Peter Thomas;C. R. Arnold;J. M. Trant

  • Plasma cortisol and secondary stress responses of cultured red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) to several transportation procedures

    L. Robertson;P. Thomas;C.R. Arnold

  • Gonadotropic control of ovarian follicle maturation: the two-stage concept and its mechanisms.

    Reynaldo Patiño;Goro Yoshizaki;Peter Thomas;Hirohiko Kagawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Rose
Kenneth A. Rose University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Goro Yoshizaki
Goro Yoshizaki Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
John J. Stegeman
John J. Stegeman Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
D. G. Joakim Larsson
D. G. Joakim Larsson University of Gothenburg
Lee A. Fuiman
Lee A. Fuiman The University of Texas at Austin
Craig V. Sullivan
Craig V. Sullivan North Carolina State University
David Crews
David Crews The University of Texas at Austin
Håkan Billig
Håkan Billig University of Gothenburg
Valerio Magnaghi
Valerio Magnaghi University of Milan
Harold H. Zakon
Harold H. Zakon The University of Texas at Austin

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