Ellen Thomas

28.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
193 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Ellen Thomas is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Thomas has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Atmospheric Science, 104 papers in Oceanography and 75 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ellen Thomas's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (156 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (77 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (65 papers). Ellen Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (156 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (77 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (65 papers). Ellen Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Ellen Thomas's co-authors include James C. Zachos, Mark Pagani, Lisa C. Sloan, Katharina Billups, Laia Alegret, Nicholas J Shackleton, Lucas Joost Lourens, Ursula Röhl, Appy Sluijs and Timothy J. Bralower and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Thomas

188 papers receiving 17.7k citations

Hit Papers

Trends, Rhythms, and Aber... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2005 2017 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ellen Thomas 13.0k 7.9k 5.1k 5.0k 2.5k 193 18.6k
Mark Pagani 11.0k 0.8× 6.6k 0.8× 3.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 81 16.4k
Henk Brinkhuis 10.0k 0.8× 6.9k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 3.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 195 13.6k
Paul J. Valdes 12.4k 1.0× 4.4k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 365 17.8k
James C. Zachos 21.8k 1.7× 14.6k 1.8× 6.8k 1.4× 6.5k 1.3× 4.0k 1.6× 204 30.6k
John E. Kutzbach 18.0k 1.4× 4.1k 0.5× 4.6k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 141 22.6k
Melanie J. Leng 13.5k 1.0× 5.9k 0.8× 6.4k 1.3× 3.9k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 502 19.6k
James P. Kennett 12.4k 1.0× 5.0k 0.6× 5.2k 1.0× 3.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 234 15.8k
Ursula Röhl 11.8k 0.9× 5.1k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 2.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 134 13.7k
David A Hodell 16.9k 1.3× 7.0k 0.9× 6.8k 1.3× 3.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.9× 292 21.1k
William F Ruddiman 13.8k 1.1× 3.9k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 2.4k 0.9× 127 17.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ellen Thomas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ellen Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ellen Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ellen Thomas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ellen Thomas. Ellen Thomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Walton, Thomas J., Sarah L. Whitehouse, Alastair Ross, et al.. (2025). Intraoperative Cell Salvage for Revision Hip Arthroplasty. JBJS Open Access. 10(3).
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Lu, Zunli, et al.. (2023). Commentary: Planktic foraminifera iodine/calcium ratios from plankton tows. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Ellen, et al.. (2023). Ein Oberdevon-/Unterkarbon-Profil im Velberter Sattel (nördliches Rheinisches Schiefergebirge) mit neuen Arten von (?)Sostronocrinus (Echinodermata). GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Ellen, et al.. (2022). Out of Their Shells: Digitisation of Endangered Diversity in Orphaned Collections Spurs Access and Discovery. Curator The Museum Journal. 65(2). 355–378. 2 indexed citations
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Davis, Catherine V., et al.. (2020). Extensive morphological variability in asexually produced planktic foraminifera. Science Advances. 6(28). 31 indexed citations
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Lu, Wanyi, Rosalind E. M. Rickaby, Babette Hoogakker, et al.. (2020). I/Ca in epifaunal benthic foraminifera: A semi-quantitative proxy for bottom water oxygen in a multi-proxy compilation for glacial ocean deoxygenation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 533. 116055–116055. 36 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Charlotte L., Matthew Huber, Ellen Thomas, et al.. (2020). The enigma of Oligocene climate and global surface temperature evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(41). 25302–25309. 67 indexed citations
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Lu, Wanyi, Alexander J. Dickson, Ellen Thomas, et al.. (2019). Refining the planktic foraminiferal I/Ca proxy: Results from the Southeast Atlantic Ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 287. 318–327. 32 indexed citations
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Varekamp, Johan C., et al.. (2018). Volcanic Mercury and CO 2 Venting Through East Lake, Newberry Volcano, OR. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Greene, Sarah E., et al.. (2014). Rethinking Controls on the Long-Term Cenozoic Carbonate Compensation Depth: Case Studies across Late Paleocene - Early Eocene Warming and Late Eocene - Early Oligocene Cooling. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Ellen, et al.. (2010). Evolución paleoambiental del tránsito Eoceno-Oligoceno en el Atlántico sur (Sondeo 1263) basada en foraminíferos bentónicos. Geogaceta. 3–6. 4 indexed citations
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Haig, Jordahna, et al.. (2010). Reconstructing Mg/Ca ratios of seawater and implications for Mg/Ca based climate reconstructions. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3050. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Ellen. (2007). Deep Sea Environments Across the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Micropaleontology. 64. 15 indexed citations
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Zachos, James C., David A Hodell, Ellen Thomas, et al.. (2004). Extreme Acidification of the Deep Sea at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary: New Constraints From Ocean Drilling Program Leg 208. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Ellen. (2003). Benthic Foraminiferal Faunal Turnover Across the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary at Agost (Southeastern Spain): Paleoenvironmental Inferences. Marine Micropaleontology. 11 indexed citations
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Zachos, James C., Mark Pagani, Lisa C. Sloan, Ellen Thomas, & Katharina Billups. (2001). Trends, Rhythms, and Aberrations in Global Climate 65 Ma to Present. Science. 292(5517). 686–693. 7910 indexed citations breakdown →
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Adams, Jonathan M., Mark Maslin, & Ellen Thomas. (1999). Sudden climate transitions during the Quaternary. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 23(1). 1–36. 142 indexed citations
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Hall, M.A., et al.. (1996). Calculating surface water pCO(2) from foraminiferal organic delta C-13. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Thomas, Ellen. (1988). Mass extinctions in the deep sea. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 673. 192. 3 indexed citations
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Reiss, Zeev, et al.. (1977). Depth-relations of recent larger foraminifera in the Gulf of Aqaba-Elat. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 15. 14 indexed citations

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