Thomas Bell
Impact in
- Ecology top 0.5%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Soil Science top 1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Papers in
- Ecology 33
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 27
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- Gut microbiota and health 18
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 8
- Co-authors
- Kevin R. Foster (1 shared paper)Jonathan A. Newman (3 shared papers)Andrew Lilley (3 shared papers)Robert I. Griffiths (5 shared papers)Sarah L. Turner (1 shared paper)Bernard W. Silverman (1 shared paper)Andrew S. Whiteley (2 shared papers)Mark Bailey (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The ISME Journal (6 papers)Nature Communications (5 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (3 papers)Ecology (3 papers)Environmental Microbiology Reports (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomCanadaUnited States
In The Last Decade
Thomas Bell
69 papers receiving 5.5k citations
Thomas Bell's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
- Ecology 2.7k
- Soil Science 685
- Ecological Modeling 231
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 617
- Environmental Chemistry 405
Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Bell
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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Bell
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Thomas Bell, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 75 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The contribution of species richness and composition to bacterial services Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 715 |
| 2 | The bacterial biogeography of British soils Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 715 |
| 3 | Competition, Not Cooperation, Dominates Interactions among Culturable Microbial Species Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 500 |
| 4 | 2014 | 332 | |
| 5 | Species Interactions Alter Evolutionary Responses to a Novel Environment Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 322 |
| 6 | 2010 | 197 | |
| 7 | 2005 | 193 | |
| 8 | 2001 | 169 | |
| 9 | 2010 | 163 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 139 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 116 | |
| 12 | 2020 | 110 | |
| 13 | 2014 | 108 | |
| 14 | 2016 | 83 | |
| 15 | 2016 | 81 | |
| 16 | 2006 | 79 | |
| 17 | 2009 | 73 | |
| 18 | 2009 | 72 | |
| 19 | 2019 | 71 | |
| 20 | 2012 | 69 |
About Thomas Bell
Thomas Bell is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 75 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (21 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (14 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (2.7k citations), Soil Science (685 citations), Ecological Modeling (231 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (617 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (405 citations). Thomas Bell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Kevin R. Foster, Jonathan A. Newman, Andrew Lilley, Robert I. Griffiths, Sarah L. Turner, Bernard W. Silverman, Andrew S. Whiteley, Mark Bailey, Bruce C. Thomson and Philip James. Their work appears in journals such as The ISME Journal, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Ecology and Environmental Microbiology Reports.
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