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Thomas A. Dingus

Thomas A. Dingus

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
52
Citations
14217
World Ranking
3548
National Ranking
1043

Thomas A. Dingus publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 217 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Thomas A. Dingus D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas A. Dingus is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, engineering, and health professions, with notable contributions in subfields such as social psychology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research work extensively covers topics related to traffic and road safety, human-automation interaction and safety, older adults driving studies, safety warnings and signage, and automotive and human injury biomechanics.

Recent publications by Thomas A. Dingus include the following:

  • Investigating the impact of driving automation systems on distracted driving behaviors, 2021, Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Crash rates over time among younger and older drivers in the SHRP 2 naturalistic driving study, 2020, Journal of Safety Research
  • Human factors evaluation of an in-vehicle active traffic and demand management (ATDM) system, 2020, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

The venues in which they frequently publish include:

  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Thomas A. Dingus has collaborated with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Naomi Dunn
  • Susan Soccolich
  • William J. Horrey
  • Bruce G. Simons-Morton
  • Pnina Gershon

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Driver Inattention on Near-Crash/Crash Risk: An Analysis Using the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study Data

    Sheila G. Klauer;Thomas A. Dingus;Vicki L. Neale;Jeremy D. Sudweeks

  • The 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study Phase II – Results of the 100-Car Field Experiment

    Thomas A Dingus;Sheila G Klauer;V L Neale;A Petersen

  • Driver crash risk factors and prevalence evaluation using naturalistic driving data.

    Thomas A. Dingus;Feng Guo;Suzie Lee;Jonathan F. Antin

  • Distracted driving and risk of road crashes among novice and experienced drivers

    Sheila G. Klauer;Feng Guo;Bruce G. Simons-Morton;Marie Claude Ouimet

  • An overview of the 100-car naturalistic study and findings

    Vicki L Neale;Thomas A Dingus;Sheila G Klauer;Jeremy D Sudweeks

  • Near Crashes as Crash Surrogate for Naturalistic Driving Studies

    Feng Guo;Sheila G Klauer;Jonathan M Hankey;Thomas A Dingus

  • Attentional demand requirements of an automobile moving-map navigation system

    Thomas A. Dingus;Melissa C. Hulse;Jonathan F. Antin;Walter W. Wierwille

  • The Impact of Hand-Held and Hands-Free Cell Phone Use on Driving Performance and Safety-Critical Event Risk

    Gregory M Fitch;Susan A Soccolich;Feng Guo;Julie McClafferty

  • The effect of passengers and risk-taking friends on risky driving and crashes/near crashes among novice teenagers

    Bruce G. Simons-Morton;Marie Claude Ouimet;Marie Claude Ouimet;Zhiwei Zhang;Sheila E. Klauer

  • Human Factors Field Evaluation of Automotive Headway Maintenance/Collision Warning Devices

    Thomas A. Dingus;Daniel V. McGehee;Natarajan Manakkal;Steven K. Jahns

  • EFFECTS OF AGE, SYSTEM EXPERIENCE AND NAVIGATION TECHNIQUE ON DRIVING WITH AN ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEM

    Thomas A. Dingus;Melissa C. Hulse;Michael A. Mollenhauer;Rebecca N. Fleischman

  • The effects of age on crash risk associated with driver distraction.

    Feng Guo;Sheila G Klauer;Youjia Fang;Jonathan M Hankey

  • The Impact of Secondary Task Cognitive Processing Demand on Driving Performance

    Mario Blanco;Wayne J. Biever;John P. Gallagher;Thomas A. Dingus

  • HUMAN factors in intelligent transportation systems

    Woodrow Barfield;Thomas A. Dingus

  • A method for evaluating collision avoidance systems using naturalistic driving data

    Shane B. McLaughlin;Jonathan M. Hankey;Thomas A. Dingus

  • An Analysis of Driver Inattention Using a Case-Crossover Approach On 100-Car Data: Final Report

    Sheila G Klauer;Feng Guo;Jeremy Sudweeks;Thomas A Dingus

  • The sleep of commercial vehicle drivers under the 2003 hours-of-service regulations.

    Richard J. Hanowski;Jeffery Hickman;Maria C. Fumero;Rebecca L. Olson

  • Naturalistic assessment of novice teenage crash experience.

    Suzanne Elin Lee;Bruce G. Simons-Morton;Sheila E. Klauer;Marie Claude Ouimet;Marie Claude Ouimet

  • Driver distraction in long-haul truck drivers

    Richard J. Hanowski;Miguel A. Perez;Thomas A. Dingus

  • Visual Attentional Demand of An In-car Navigation Display System

    Walter W Wierwille;Jonathan F Antin;Thomas A Dingus;Melissa C Hulse

  • An on-road study to investigate fatigue in local/short haul trucking.

    Richard J Hanowski;Walter W Wierwille;Thomas A Dingus

  • DETECTION OF ROAD HAZARDS BY NOVICE TEEN AND EXPERIENCED ADULT DRIVERS.

    Suzanne E. Lee;Sheila G. Klauer;Erik C. B. Olsen;Bruce G. Simons-Morton

  • An evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of an automobile moving-map navigational display

    J.F. Antin;T.A. Dingus;M.C. Hulse;W.W. Wierwille

  • Naturalistic Driving Study: Technical Coordination and Quality Control

    Thomas A Dingus;Jonathan M Hankey;Jonathan F Antin;Suzanne E Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Hesham A. Rakha
Hesham A. Rakha Virginia Tech
Paul S. Albert
Paul S. Albert National Institutes of Health
Santosh K. Gupta
Santosh K. Gupta Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Thomas H. Ollendick
Thomas H. Ollendick Virginia Tech
Denise L. Haynie
Denise L. Haynie National Institutes of Health
Mehdi Ahmadian
Mehdi Ahmadian Virginia Tech
Christina Gianoulakis
Christina Gianoulakis McGill University

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