Tom Fenchel
Impact in
- Oceanography top 0.01%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Ecology top 0.02%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Papers in
- Ecology 103
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 71
- Oceanography 85
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 53
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 39
- Marine and coastal plant biology 16
- Co-authors
- Bland J. Finlay (42 shared papers)Edward F. DeLong (1 shared paper)Paul G. Falkowski (1 shared paper)J. S. Gray (1 shared paper)F Azam (1 shared paper)LA Meyer-Reil (1 shared paper)JG Field (1 shared paper)T. Frede Thingstad (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Ophelia (17 papers)Marine Ecology Progress Series (14 papers)Protist (13 papers)Oikos (10 papers)Aquatic Microbial Ecology (7 papers)
- Partner nations
- DenmarkUnited KingdomUnited States
In The Last Decade
Tom Fenchel
191 papers receiving 19.5k citations
Tom Fenchel's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 170
- Oceanography 10.7k
- Ecology 13.6k
- Environmental Chemistry 3.6k
- Global and Planetary Change 2.7k
- Molecular Biology 6.4k
Countries citing papers authored by Tom Fenchel
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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Fenchel
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 4184 |
| 2 | The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 2211 |
| 3 | The Ubiquity of Small Species: Patterns of Local and Global Diversity Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 554 |
| 4 | Intrinsic rate of natural increase: The relationship with body size Hit paper breakdown → | 1974 | 464 |
| 5 | The ecology of marine microbenthos IV. Structure and function of the benthic ecosystem, its chemical and physical factors and the microfauna commuities with special reference to the ciliated protozoa Hit paper breakdown → | 1969 | 454 |
| 6 | Ecology of Heterotrophic Microflagellates. IV Quantitative Occurrence and Importance as Bacterial Consumers Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 452 |
| 7 | The sulfide system: a new biotic community underneath the oxidized layer of marine sand bottoms Hit paper breakdown → | 1970 | 408 |
| 8 | Bacteria and mineral cycling Hit paper breakdown → | 1979 | 372 |
| 9 | 1982 | 349 | |
| 10 | 1988 | 324 | |
| 11 | 1970 | 300 | |
| 12 | Bacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling | 1998 | 297 |
| 13 | 1995 | 291 | |
| 14 | 1998 | 258 | |
| 15 | 1980 | 235 | |
| 16 | 2008 | 225 | |
| 17 | 2002 | 222 | |
| 18 | 1983 | 220 | |
| 19 | 1979 | 215 | |
| 20 | 1974 | 212 |
About Tom Fenchel
Tom Fenchel is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change and Condensed Matter Physics, having authored 194 papers that have together received 21.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (82 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (71 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (53 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (39 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (19 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (12 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (10.7k citations), Ecology (13.6k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.6k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.7k citations) and Molecular Biology (6.4k citations). Tom Fenchel has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Bland J. Finlay, Edward F. DeLong, Paul G. Falkowski, J. S. Gray, F Azam, LA Meyer-Reil, JG Field, T. Frede Thingstad, T. H. Blackburn and Genoveva F. Esteban. Their work appears in journals such as Ophelia, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Protist, Oikos and Aquatic Microbial Ecology.
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