Paul D. Thacker | Academic Influence

Why Is Paul D. Thacker Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Paul D. Thacker is an American journalist who reports on science, medicine, and the environment. He was a lead investigator of the United States Senate Committee on Finance for Senator Chuck Grassley, where he examined financial links between physicians and pharmaceutical companies.

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Paul D. Thacker's Published Works

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Published Works

Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing (2019) (64)
Pharmaceutical data elude researchers. (2005) (56)
Biological Clock Ticks for Men, Too (2004) (40)
Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial (2021) (37)
Physician-robot makes the rounds. (2005) (33)
Set a microbe to kill a microbe: drug resistance renews interest in phage therapy. (2003) (31)
The covid-19 lab leak hypothesis: did the media fall victim to a misinformation campaign? (2021) (29)
Biological clock ticks for men, too: genetic defects linked to sperm of older fathers. (2004) (24)
An Ebola Epidemic Simmers in Africa (2003) (15)
Conflicts of interest among the UK government’s covid-19 advisers (2020) (14)
Ten myths around open scholarly publishing (2019) (12)
Viewpoint: Why Disclosure Matters. (2015) (10)
Coca-Cola’s secret influence on medical and science journalists (2017) (10)
Fake Worlds Offer Real Medicine (2003) (9)
Morphology: The Shape of Things to Come (2003) (9)
An Ebola epidemic simmers in Africa: in remote region, outbreak shows staying power. (2003) (9)
Airborne mycotoxins discovered in moldy buildings. (2004) (7)
Surprising discovery with Alzheimer's medication. (2003) (7)
California Butterflies: At Home with Aliens (2004) (6)
U.S. companies get nervous about EU's REACH. (2005) (6)
Covid-19: How independent were the US and British vaccine advisory committees? (2021) (6)
Judith Curry. Interview by Paul D Thacker. (2006) (5)
The US politicisation of the pandemic: Raul Grijalva on masks, BAME, and covid-19 (2020) (4)
Environmental journals feel pressure to adopt disclosure rules. (2006) (4)
Understanding Fungi through Their Genomes (2003) (4)
Fake worlds offer real medicine: virtual reality finding a role in treatment and training. (2003) (3)
Taming rivers with engineered logjams. (2005) (3)
"Hot" labs take on dangerous pathogens. (2003) (3)
Stealing from the tobacco playbook, fossil fuel companies pour money into elite American universities (2022) (3)
Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology. Paul Goldberg and Richard I. Macphail, 2006, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, xii + 455 pp., $68.95 (softcover) (2008) (2)
U.S. forest fire policies get flamed. (2004) (2)
Why it's OK for taxpayers to 'snoop' on scientists (2015) (2)
Will a New Website Empower Patients to Ask Their Physicians About Financial Relationships With Industry (2014) (2)
Mongolia's environment undermined by gold fever. (2004) (2)
The Weinberg proposal. (2006) (2)
As the planet heats up, will the topsoil melt away? (2004) (2)
Smart bombs: the next generation of PDT. (2003) (2)
Tracking down John Bell: how the case of the Oxford professor exposes a transparency crisis in government (2021) (2)
Global warming's other effects on the oceans. (2005) (2)
Covid-19: Lancet investigation into origin of pandemic shuts down over bias risk (2021) (2)
No silver bullet to replace methyl bromide. (2005) (2)
Transparency and Conflicts in Science: History of Influence, Scandal, and Denial (2020) (2)
Climate change and American exceptionalism. (2006) (2)
Getting religious about air pollution. (2006) (1)
A few tiny steps towards transparency: how the Sunshine Act shone light on industry’s influence in medicine (2020) (1)
Methane reduction aids air quality. (2005) (1)
Government Watch: Cooling-water rules challenged in court (2004) (1)
Fish transport toxins hundreds of miles. (2004) (1)
Aromatase and COX-2 in the anti-cancer loop (2002) (1)
Condors are shot full of lead. (2006) (1)
Can you catch radiation sickness? (2006) (1)
Americans are swimming in sewage. (2004) (1)
Cleaning up the environment. (2003) (1)
Bacteria contribute to freshwater PCB contamination | Household pesticides are poisoning city creeks | Tackling a short list of endocrine disrupters | Polar satellite crashes | China powers up (2005) (1)
Technology Solutions: Low-tech solution for pasteurizing water (2004) (1)
Livestock flood the environment with estrogen. (2004) (1)
An everlasting flu vaccine with none of the pain. (2003) (0)
See you in court (2010) (0)
Household cleaners can remove lead dust. (2006) (0)
Can street sweepers clean the water (2004) (0)
When big pharma breaks the law, prosecute the CEO (2010) (0)
Efforts to stop groundwater pollution disappoint. (2006) (0)
Congressman asks to see raw data. (2005) (0)
New Orleans floodwater is not "toxic soup". (2005) (0)
How a global-warming skeptic became famous. (2005) (0)
New bioengineering institute at the NIH. (2001) (0)
The return of E. coli. (2005) (0)
New particles found in smoke plumes. (2004) (0)
The national ice core lab. (2005) (0)
The Many Travails of Ben Santer (2006) (0)
Tool to audit liaison standards (1993) (0)
Fetuses susceptible to combustion pollutants (2004) (0)
Pollutants persist in drinking water. (2005) (0)
Oysters and clams clean up dirty water. (2006) (0)
EPA to researchers: Come on in (2004) (0)
A blueprint for liaison. (1985) (0)
Covid-19: New WHO group to look into pandemic origins is dogged by alleged conflicts of interest (2021) (0)
Congressman asks to see raw data | Pesticides, natural stressors trip up tadpoles | Advances in green chemistry | NAS perchlorate recommendation questioned | Predicting beach bacterial counts (2005) (0)
Are environmental exemptions for the U.S. military justified? (2004) (0)
Government Watch: U.S. and Mexico tackle border pollution (2004) (0)
No clinical guidelines (1995) (0)
US congressional leaders attack high pharma company prices (2020) (0)
Hidden ties. (2006) (0)
"Grassroots" global warming study. (2005) (0)
New consequences of household pesticides. (2006) (0)
Ontario rejects Great Lakes diversion proposal | Global warming's other effects on the oceans | Schwartz to lead NIEHS | Computers go BOINC! | U.S. and Europe continue collaboration | China drives worldwide market (2005) (0)
Wildlife may protect humans from mercury (2004) (0)
Tracking America's exported air pollution. (2004) (0)
Removing emerging contaminants. (2005) (0)
Fish farms harm local food supply. (2006) (0)
Pesticides lurk in daycare centers. (2006) (0)
Government and Society: New bioengineering institute at the NIH (2001) (0)
The brain is defenseless against mercury. (2005) (0)
Low-tech solution for pasteurizing water. (2004) (0)
Measuring the Half-life of R-Process Nucleus 137 Sb (2002) (0)

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University of California, Davis