Dirk Thielen

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Dirk Thielen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Thielen has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Dirk Thielen's work include Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (5 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (4 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (3 papers). Dirk Thielen is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (5 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (4 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (3 papers). Dirk Thielen collaborates with scholars based in Venezuela, United States and Brazil. Dirk Thielen's co-authors include Jonathan I. Brauer, Steven R. Higgins, Peter M. Schaber, J. P. Colson, Marco Márquez, Marinêz Isaac Marques, Karl‐Ludwig Schuchmann, Laura Drake, Krystyn J. Van Vliet and Catherine A. Tweedie and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Thielen

26 papers receiving 971 citations

Hit Papers

Thermal decomposition (pyrolysis) of urea in an open reac... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Thermal decomposition (pyrolysis) of urea in an open reaction vessel
    2004 705 citations Peter M. Schaber, J. P. Colson et al. Thermochimica Acta profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dirk Thielen Venezuela 10 444 181 154 119 110 26 1.0k
Xiaoying Sun China 19 482 1.1× 132 0.7× 131 0.9× 201 1.7× 138 1.3× 43 1.2k
Jessica Allen Australia 19 315 0.7× 341 1.9× 164 1.1× 123 1.0× 225 2.0× 62 1.3k
Songtao Liu China 19 646 1.5× 250 1.4× 93 0.6× 250 2.1× 157 1.4× 53 1.2k
Junpeng Liu China 19 562 1.3× 387 2.1× 80 0.5× 135 1.1× 219 2.0× 55 1.5k
Vijay Kumar Kaushik India 17 561 1.3× 242 1.3× 138 0.9× 205 1.7× 159 1.4× 75 1.3k
Xiaowei Hong China 23 537 1.2× 176 1.0× 134 0.9× 127 1.1× 80 0.7× 48 1.3k
Jinrui Guo China 18 393 0.9× 245 1.4× 251 1.6× 101 0.8× 251 2.3× 50 1.1k
Yaping Zhang China 16 279 0.6× 194 1.1× 148 1.0× 132 1.1× 120 1.1× 63 828
Carlos E. Castano United States 21 642 1.4× 267 1.5× 185 1.2× 121 1.0× 251 2.3× 47 1.4k
Jingpeng Zhang China 20 609 1.4× 192 1.1× 227 1.5× 305 2.6× 221 2.0× 73 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Dirk Thielen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Thielen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Thielen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Santos, Djacinto Monteiro dos, Leonardo F. Peres, Coral Salvador, et al.. (2023). Heat stress in South America over the last four decades: a bioclimatic analysis. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 155(2). 911–928. 9 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (2023). Effect of extreme El Niño events on the precipitation of Ecuador. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 23(4). 1507–1527. 9 indexed citations
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Passamani, Marcelo, et al.. (2021). BrazilClim: The overcoming of limitations of pre‐existing bioclimate data. International Journal of Climatology. 42(3). 1645–1659. 3 indexed citations
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Passamani, Marcelo, et al.. (2021). O Tradicional ou o Moderno? Uma Visão da Informação da Rede de Estações Meteorológicas Brasileiras. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 36(3). 351–366. 1 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (2020). Quo vadis Pantanal? Expected precipitation extremes and drought dynamics from changing sea surface temperature. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227437–e0227437. 75 indexed citations
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Castillo, María M., et al.. (2012). Effects of land use changes on streams in terrestrial-aquatic palm ecotones (Morichals) of the Orinoco lowlands. Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 181(2). 113–127. 2 indexed citations
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Blasco, José Juan de Sanjosé, et al.. (2012). Response of Terrestrial-Aquatic Palm Ecotone (Morichal) to Anthropogenic Disturbance in the Orinoco Lowlands. Folia Geobotanica. 47(2). 153–178. 2 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (2009). REARING CYCLE AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS OF THE XEROPHITIC MOUSE OPOSSUM Marmosa xerophila (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) IN THE PENINSULA OF PARAGUANA, VENEZUELA. Interciencia. 34(3). 195–198. 3 indexed citations
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Montes, R., et al.. (2009). Effects of land use and precipitation changes on carbon stock in a basin of the Orinoco lowlands: 1938-1997. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 6(34). 342041–342041. 1 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (2007). Assessment of land use changes on woody cover and landscape fragmentation in the Orinoco savannas using fractal distributions. Ecological Indicators. 8(3). 224–238. 13 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (2007). Gradual vs abrupto: necesidad de definir mejor el paradigma del cambio climático y los de los procesos naturales y sociales. 32(3). 167–174. 3 indexed citations
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Fijten, Martin W. M., Johannes M. Kranenburg, Hanneke M. L. Thijs, et al.. (2007). Synthesis and Structure−Property Relationships of Random and Block Copolymers:  A Direct Comparison for Copoly(2-oxazoline)s. Macromolecules. 40(16). 5879–5886. 66 indexed citations
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Schaber, Peter M., et al.. (2004). Thermal decomposition (pyrolysis) of urea in an open reaction vessel. Thermochimica Acta. 424(1-2). 131–142. 705 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaber, Peter M., et al.. (1999). Study of the urea thermal decomposition reaction and importance to cyanuric acid production. 31(16). 13–21. 3 indexed citations
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Dolan, John R., et al.. (1990). Application of a 2,3,7,8-TCDD specific cleanup method for fish and sediments. Chemosphere. 20(7-9). 857–864. 1 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (1990). An evaluation of factors affecting alumina selectivity for the isomer specific determination of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin. Chemosphere. 20(10-12). 1363–1370. 1 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (1988). Optimization of alumina selectivity for tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and the isomer-specific determination of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Analytical Chemistry. 60(13). 1332–1336. 17 indexed citations
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Thielen, Dirk, et al.. (1987). An Evaluation of Microextraction/Capillary Column Gas Chromatography for Monitoring Industrial Outfalls. Journal of Chromatographic Science. 25(1). 12–16. 11 indexed citations
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Anderson, John W., et al.. (1985). Method verification for determination of tetrachlorodibenzodioxin in soil. Chemosphere. 14(8). 1115–1126. 5 indexed citations

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