Axel Thomas

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Axel Thomas is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Thomas has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Water Science and Technology and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Axel Thomas's work include Climate variability and models (12 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (5 papers). Axel Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (12 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (5 papers). Axel Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and France. Axel Thomas's co-authors include Ze‐Xin Fan, Yunfeng Liu, Jürgen Grieser, Deepak Jhajharia, Andries Kruger, N. M. Mahowald, Youcef Himri, Shafiqur Rehman, Yagob Dinpashoh and Tim R. McVicar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Axel Thomas

20 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds: Implications for evaporation

2011 981 citations Tim R. McVicar, Michael L. Roderick et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Thomas Germany	14	1.7k	759	750	242	176	22	2.2k
Sandra Gomes United Kingdom	3	1.6k 1.0×	980 1.3×	868 1.2×	235 1.0×	220 1.3×	3	2.2k
Mike Hobbins United States	27	2.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	743 1.0×	279 1.2×	175 1.0×	45	3.0k
Miquel Tomàs‐Burguera Spain	29	2.1k 1.3×	660 0.9×	703 0.9×	212 0.9×	304 1.7×	55	2.6k
L. Franchistéguy France	13	1.2k 0.7×	745 1.0×	619 0.8×	394 1.6×	83 0.5×	19	1.8k
Zhongwang Wei China	26	1.6k 1.0×	896 1.2×	669 0.9×	471 1.9×	91 0.5×	90	2.2k
Daniel G. Kingston New Zealand	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	637 0.8×	235 1.0×	123 0.7×	55	2.2k
Ersi Kang China	20	1.0k 0.6×	540 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	222 0.9×	91 0.5×	33	2.0k
Eric Hunt United States	17	1.9k 1.1×	450 0.6×	493 0.7×	384 1.6×	324 1.8×	31	2.3k
Justin Huntington United States	21	1.5k 0.9×	724 1.0×	323 0.4×	315 1.3×	110 0.6×	53	1.9k
Pere Quintana‐Seguí Spain	23	1.4k 0.8×	868 1.1×	947 1.3×	599 2.5×	81 0.5×	56	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Axel, et al.. (2024). Simulation-Assisted Guided Waves Imaging for SHM : Tomography and Shape Derivative. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Axel, et al.. (2024). Deep Learning Method Based on Denoising Autoencoders for Temperature Selection of Guided Waves Signals. 1 indexed citations

Druet, Tom, et al.. (2023). Passive Guided Wave Tomography for Erosion Monitoring in an Air/Sand Test Loop. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(9). 1 indexed citations

Druet, Tom, et al.. (2023). Guided Wave Tomography for Corrosion Monitoring under Varying Environmental Conditions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(7).

Fan, Ze‐Xin & Axel Thomas. (2018). Decadal changes of reference crop evapotranspiration attribution: Spatial and temporal variability over China 1960–2011. Journal of Hydrology. 560. 461–470. 46 indexed citations

Fan, Ze‐Xin & Axel Thomas. (2012). Spatiotemporal variability of reference evapotranspiration and its contributing climatic factors in Yunnan Province, SW China, 1961–2004. Climatic Change. 116(2). 309–325. 105 indexed citations

Grießinger, Jussi, Achim Bräuning, Gerhard Helle, Axel Thomas, & Gerhard H. Schleser. (2011). Late Holocene Asian summer monsoon variability reflected byδ¹⁸O in tree-rings from Tibetan junipers. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(3). n/a–n/a. 105 indexed citations

McVicar, Tim R., Michael L. Roderick, Randall J. Donohue, et al.. (2011). Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds: Implications for evaporation. Journal of Hydrology. 416-417. 182–205. 981 indexed citations breakdown →

Fan, Ze‐Xin, Achim Bräuning, Axel Thomas, Jinbao Li, & Kun‐Fang Cao. (2010). Spatial and temporal temperature trends on the Yunnan Plateau (Southwest China) during 1961–2004. International Journal of Climatology. 31(14). 2078–2090. 109 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (2008). Development and properties of 0.25-degree gridded evapotranspiration data fields of China for hydrological studies. Journal of Hydrology. 358(3-4). 145–158. 38 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (2007). Agricultural irrigation demand under present and future climate scenarios in China. Global and Planetary Change. 60(3-4). 306–326. 116 indexed citations

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Liu, Yunfeng, et al.. (2006). Climatic change on the Tibetan Plateau: Potential Evapotranspiration Trends from 1961–2000. Climatic Change. 76(3-4). 291–319. 260 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel & U. C. Herzfeld. (2004). REGEOTOP: New climatic data fields for East Asia based on localized relief information and geostatistical methods. International Journal of Climatology. 24(10). 1283–1306. 24 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel, et al.. (2002). Landwirtschaft und klimatische Trends im zentralen Yarlong Tsangpo-Tal, Tibet. Erdkunde. 56(4). 371–384. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (2000). Climatic changes in yield index and soil water deficit trends in China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 102(2-3). 71–81. 31 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (2000). Spatial and temporal characteristics of potential evapotranspiration trends over China. International Journal of Climatology. 20(4). 381–396. 265 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (1999). Overview of the Geoecology of the Gongga Shan Range, Sichuan Province, China. Mountain Research and Development. 19(1). 17–17. 29 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (1997). The Climate of the Gongga Shan Range, Sichuan Province, PR China. Arctic and Alpine Research. 29(2). 226–226. 29 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (1993). The onset of the rainy season in Yunnan province, PR China and its significance for agricultural operations. International Journal of Biometeorology. 37(3). 170–176. 29 indexed citations

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Thomas, Axel. (1992). Agricultural water balance of Yunnan Province, PR China: agroclimatic zoning with a Geographical Information System. Agricultural Water Management. 21(4). 249–263. 5 indexed citations

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