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Thomas L. Wright publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas L. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 115 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Thomas L. Wright D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas L. Wright is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Ophthalmology, and Epidemiology as subfields of study.

The scientist has concentrated on topics such as:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Ocular Infections and Treatments
  • Fungal Infections and Studies

Thomas L. Wright's recent paper is titled PLASMA VORICONAZOLE CONCENTRATIONS FOLLOWING SINGLE- AND MULTIPLE-DOSE SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS IN WESTERN POND TURTLES (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA). It was published in 2021 in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.

Frequent coauthors associated with their work include:

  • Jenessa Gjeltema
  • Raymund F. Wack
  • Daniel B. Woodburn
  • Lisa A. Tell

Their publications have appeared in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, representing the main venue documented for their work.

Best Publications

  • A Linear Programming and Least Squares Computer Method for Solving Petrologic Mixing Problems

    Thomas L Wright;Patrick C Doherty

  • Xenoliths in the Honolulu Volcanic Series, Hawaii

    Everett D. Jackson;Thomas L. Wright

  • Chemical Diversity of Abyssal Volcanic Glass Erupted Along Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean Sea-Floor Spreading Centers

    W. G. Melson;T. L. Vallier;T. L. Wright;G. Byerly

  • Origin of the Differentiated and Hybrid Lavas of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

    Thomas L. Wright;Richard S. Fiske

  • Magnetic properties and oxidation of iron‐titanium oxide minerals in Alae and Makaopuhi Lava Lakes, Hawaii

    Unknown

  • Volcanism in Hawaii

    Robert W. Decker;Thomas L. Wright;Peter H. Stauffer

  • Linear vent systems and estimated rates of magma production and eruption for the Yakima Basalt on the Columbia Plateau

    D. A. Swanson;T. L. Wright;R. T. Helz

  • Oxygen Fugacities Directly Measured in Magmatic Gases

    Motoaki Sato;Thomas L. Wright

  • Revisions in Stratigraphic Nomenclature of the Columbia River Basalt Group

    Donald A. Swanson;Robert Donald Bentley;P. R. Hooper;Thomas L. Wright

  • Origin of the Columbia River basalts: melting model of a heterogeneous plume head

    Unknown

  • Crystallization of tholeiitic basalt in Alae Lava Lake, Hawaii

    D. L. Peck;T. L. Wright;J. G. Moore

  • Cooling and crystallization of tholeiitic basalt, 1965 Makaopuhi Lava Lake, Hawaii

    Unknown

  • X-ray and optical study of alkali feldspar: II. An x-ray method for determining the composition and structural state from measurement of 2θ values for three reflections

    Thomas L. Wright

  • Phenocrysts and glass inclusions and their bearing on oxidation and mixing of basaltic magmas, kilauea volcano, hawaii

    A.T. Anderson;Thomas L. Wright

  • X-ray and optical study of alkali feldspar: I. Determination of composition and structural state from refined unit-cell parameters and 2V

    Thomas L. Wright;David B. Stewart

  • The fractionation of nickel between olivine and augite as a geothermometer

    T.A. Häkli;Thomas L. Wright

  • Origin of Hawaiian tholeiite: A metasomatic model

    Thomas L. Wright

  • March 1965 eruption of Kilauea volcano and the formation of Makaopuhi Lava Lake

    Thomas L. Wright;Willie T. Kinoshita;Dallas L. Peck

  • A Catalog of the Major Element Chemistry of Abyssal Volcanic Glasses

    William G. Melson;Gary R. Byerly;Joseph A. Nelen;Timothy O'Hearn

  • Magma Mixing as Illustrated by the 1959 Eruption, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

    Thomas L. Wright

  • Composition of liquidus chromite from the 1959 (kilauea iki) and 1965 (makaopuhi) eruptions of kilauea volcano, hawaii

    Bernand W. Evans;Thomas L. Wright

  • Kilauea Lava Lakes: Natural Laboratories for Study of Cooling, Crystallization, and Differentiation of Basaltic Magma

    Thomas L. Wright;Dallas L. Peck;Herbert R. Shaw

  • Regional correlation of Grande Ronde Basalt flows, Columbia River Basalt Group, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

    Margaret T. Mangan;Thomas L. Wright;Donald A. Swanson;Gary R. Byerly

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Swanson
Donald A. Swanson United States Geological Survey
Gary R. Byerly
Gary R. Byerly Louisiana State University
William G. Melson
William G. Melson Smithsonian Institution
David A. Clague
David A. Clague Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Robert W. Simpson
Robert W. Simpson United States Geological Survey
Ray E. Wells
Ray E. Wells United States Geological Survey
Roy D. Hyndman
Roy D. Hyndman University of Victoria
David P. Hill
David P. Hill United States Geological Survey
Edwin H. McKee
Edwin H. McKee United States Geological Survey
James G. Moore
James G. Moore United States Geological Survey

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