Torsten Thomas

23.8k citations
207 papers · 13.0k · 5 hit papers · h-index 63

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 52
    • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 27
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 16
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 38

Torsten Thomas

207 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Torsten Thomas's Hit Papers

Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences 2020 · 496 citations
4960+5+11Years since publication200400600

Peers

Torsten Thomas
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  • Biotechnology 2.0k
  • Ecology 5.8k
  • Oceanography 2.5k
  • Aquatic Science 847
  • Soil Science 788
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All Works

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Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species
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2011608
2
Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis
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2012602
3
The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria
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2009567
4
The seaweed holobiont: understanding seaweed–bacteria interactions
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2012501
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Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences
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2020496
6 2012308
7 2013302
8 2010298
9 2016255
10 2011221
11 2010212
12 2006189
13 2012184
14 2013177
15 2017173
16 2014166
17 2019160
18 2010159
19 2017156
20 2008148

About Torsten Thomas

Torsten Thomas is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Oceanography and Pharmacology, having authored 207 papers that have together received 13.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (52 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (38 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 (2.0k citations), Ecology (5.8k citations), Oceanography (2.5k citations), Aquatic Science (847 citations) and Soil Science (788 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, Shaun Nielsen, Folker Meyer, Bernd Wemheuer and Ricardo Cavicchioli. 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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