Torsten Thomas

23.8k citations
212 papers · 13.9k · 5 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

  • Biotechnology top 0.05%
    • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Ecology top 0.1%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
    • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Papers in

    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 53
    • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 27
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 16
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 39

Torsten Thomas

212 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Torsten Thomas's Hit Papers

Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences 2020 · 500 citations
5000+5+11Years since publication200400600

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Torsten Thomas
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  • Biotechnology 2.2k
  • Ecology 6.2k
  • Oceanography 2.6k
  • Aquatic Science 917
  • Soil Science 845
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All Works

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Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis
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2012739
2
Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species
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2011639
3
The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria
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2009606
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The seaweed holobiont: understanding seaweed–bacteria interactions
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2012538
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Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences
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2020500
6 2012328
7 2013328
8 2010318
9 2016268
10 2010235
11 2011231
12 2012209
13 2006209
14 2013191
15 2017180
16 2014179
17 2010173
18 2008167
19 2019166
20 2017162

About Torsten Thomas

Torsten Thomas is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Oceanography and Pharmacology, having authored 212 papers that have together received 13.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (53 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (39 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (35 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (30 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (27 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (21 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (2.2k citations), Ecology (6.2k citations), Oceanography (2.6k citations), Aquatic Science (917 citations) and Soil Science (845 citations). Torsten Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include Staffan Kjelleberg, Suhelen Egan, Peter D. Steinberg, Catherine Burke, Nicole S. Webster, Jack A. Gilbert, Folker Meyer, Shaun Nielsen, Ricardo Cavicchioli and Bernd Wemheuer. Their work appears in journals such as The ISME Journal, Environmental Microbiology, PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Microbiology and FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

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