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 34
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 28
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- Gut microbiota and health 18
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 9
- Co-authors
- Kevin R. Foster (1 shared paper)Jonathan A. Newman (3 shared papers)Andrew Lilley (3 shared papers)Robert I. Griffiths (6 shared papers)Sarah L. Turner (1 shared paper)Bernard W. Silverman (1 shared paper)Andrew S. Whiteley (2 shared papers)Bruce C. Thomson (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The ISME Journal (6 papers)Nature Communications (5 papers)FEMS Microbiology Ecology (3 papers)Ecology Letters (3 papers)Environmental Microbiology (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomCanadaUnited States
In The Last Decade
Thomas Bell
73 papers receiving 5.8k citations
Thomas Bell's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 156
- Ecology 2.9k
- Soil Science 719
- Ecological Modeling 267
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 712
- Environmental Chemistry 434
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 80 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 | 783 |
| 2 | The bacterial biogeography of British soils Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 743 |
| 3 | Competition, Not Cooperation, Dominates Interactions among Culturable Microbial Species Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 532 |
| 4 | 2014 | 350 | |
| 5 | Species Interactions Alter Evolutionary Responses to a Novel Environment Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 341 |
| 6 | 2010 | 210 | |
| 7 | 2005 | 202 | |
| 8 | 2001 | 175 | |
| 9 | 2010 | 172 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 167 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 126 | |
| 12 | 2014 | 116 | |
| 13 | 2020 | 114 | |
| 14 | 2006 | 105 | |
| 15 | 2016 | 89 | |
| 16 | 2016 | 83 | |
| 17 | 2009 | 78 | |
| 18 | 2019 | 75 | |
| 19 | 2009 | 72 | |
| 20 | 2012 | 71 |
About Thomas Bell
Thomas Bell is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 80 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (21 papers), Gut microbiota and health (18 papers), Plant and animal studies (17 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (14 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (2.9k citations), Soil Science (719 citations), Ecological Modeling (267 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (712 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (434 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, Bruce C. Thomson, Mark Bailey and Philip James. Their work appears in journals such as The ISME Journal, Nature Communications, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Ecology Letters and Environmental Microbiology.
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