Jörn Thomsen

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jörn Thomsen is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörn Thomsen has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Oceanography, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jörn Thomsen's work include Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (16 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (16 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Jörn Thomsen is often cited by papers focused on Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (16 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (16 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Jörn Thomsen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Jörn Thomsen's co-authors include Frank Melzner, Arne Körtzinger, Magdalena A. Gutowska, Isabel Casties, Christian Pansch, Katja Trübenbach, Hans Peter Hansen, Hermann W. Bange, Andreas Oschlies and Wolfgang Koeve and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Jörn Thomsen

19 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Future ocean acidification will be amplified by hypoxia in coastal habitats

2012 412 citations Frank Melzner, Jörn Thomsen et al. Marine Biology profile →
Food availability outweighs ocean acidification effects in juvenile Mytilus edulis: laboratory and field experiments

2012 376 citations Jörn Thomsen, Isabel Casties et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jörn Thomsen Germany	15	2.1k	1.8k	848	239	183	19	2.3k
Helen S. Findlay United Kingdom	27	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	993 1.2×	69 0.3×	89 0.5×	61	2.0k
Nelson A. Lagos Chile	18	952 0.5×	722 0.4×	501 0.6×	84 0.4×	51 0.3×	40	1.1k
Piotr Kukliński Poland	22	1.1k 0.5×	771 0.4×	714 0.8×	101 0.4×	256 1.4×	134	1.6k
Jeroen Jansen Netherlands	13	826 0.4×	796 0.4×	503 0.6×	50 0.2×	59 0.3×	38	1.2k
Susan C. Fitzer United Kingdom	15	796 0.4×	699 0.4×	286 0.3×	220 0.9×	99 0.5×	25	978
Claas Hiebenthal Germany	15	818 0.4×	617 0.3×	507 0.6×	71 0.3×	64 0.3×	27	1.1k
Narimane Dorey Sweden	11	828 0.4×	641 0.4×	438 0.5×	44 0.2×	90 0.5×	14	918
A. Cattrijsse Belgium	19	437 0.2×	608 0.3×	661 0.8×	111 0.5×	65 0.4×	36	1.3k
Clara Manno United Kingdom	24	869 0.4×	478 0.3×	410 0.5×	82 0.3×	118 0.6×	56	1.4k
Sonia J. Rowley United States	7	1.1k 0.5×	522 0.3×	616 0.7×	22 0.1×	54 0.3×	15	1.4k

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All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Sanders, Trystan, Jörn Thomsen, Jens Daniel Müller, Gregor Rehder, & Frank Melzner. (2021). Decoupling salinity and carbonate chemistry: low calcium ion concentration rather than salinity limits calcification in Baltic Sea mussels. Biogeosciences. 18(8). 2573–2590. 17 indexed citations

Thomsen, Jörn, Kirti Ramesh, Trystan Sanders, Markus Bleich, & Frank Melzner. (2018). Calcification in a marginal sea – influence of seawater [Ca ²⁺ ] and carbonate chemistry on bivalve shell formation. Biogeosciences. 15(5). 1469–1482. 29 indexed citations

Thomsen, Jörn, et al.. (2018). The mytilid plicate organ: revisiting a neglected organ. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 5 indexed citations

Thomsen, Jörn, Kristin Haynert, Hanna Schade, et al.. (2017). Naturally acidified habitat selects for ocean acidification–tolerant mussels. Science Advances. 3(4). e1602411–e1602411. 117 indexed citations

Ramesh, Kirti, Marian Y. Hu, Jörn Thomsen, Markus Bleich, & Frank Melzner. (2017). Mussel larvae modify calcifying fluid carbonate chemistry to promote calcification. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1709–1709. 77 indexed citations

Thomsen, Jörn, et al.. (2016). Ammonia excretion in mytilid mussels is facilitated by ciliary beating. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219(15). 2300–2310. 21 indexed citations

Thomsen, Jörn, Hanna Schade, Christian Bock, et al.. (2016). Intra-population variability of ocean acidification impacts on the physiology of Baltic blue mussels (Mytilus edulis): integrating tissue and organism response. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 187(4). 529–543. 26 indexed citations

Thomsen, Jörn, Kristin Haynert, K. Mathias Wegner, & Frank Melzner. (2015). Impact of seawater carbonate chemistry on the calcification of marine bivalves. Biogeosciences. 12(14). 4209–4220. 107 indexed citations

Casties, Isabel, Catriona Clemmesen, Frank Melzner, & Jörn Thomsen. (2015). Salinity dependence of recruitment success of the sea star Asterias rubens in the brackish western Baltic Sea. Helgoland Marine Research. 69(2). 169–175. 13 indexed citations

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Haynert, Kristin, Joachim Schönfeld, Ralf Schiebel, Brent Wilson, & Jörn Thomsen. (2014). Response of benthic foraminifera to ocean acidification in their natural sediment environment: a long-term culturing experiment. Biogeosciences. 11(6). 1581–1597. 20 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Jörn, Isabel Casties, Christian Pansch, Arne Körtzinger, & Frank Melzner. (2012). Food availability outweighs ocean acidification effects in juvenile Mytilus edulis: laboratory and field experiments. Global Change Biology. 19(4). 1017–1027. 376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melzner, Frank, Jörn Thomsen, Wolfgang Koeve, et al.. (2012). Future ocean acidification will be amplified by hypoxia in coastal habitats. Marine Biology. 160(8). 1875–1888. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melzner, Frank, Jörn Thomsen, Magdalena A. Gutowska, et al.. (2012). Impacts of seawater acidification on mantle gene expression patterns of the Baltic Sea blue mussel: implications for shell formation and energy metabolism. Marine Biology. 160(8). 1845–1861. 125 indexed citations

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Melzner, Frank, Paul Stange, Katja Trübenbach, et al.. (2011). Food Supply and Seawater pCO2 Impact Calcification and Internal Shell Dissolution in the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24223–e24223. 324 indexed citations

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Heinemann, Agnes, Jan Fietzke, Frank Melzner, et al.. (2011). Conditions of Mytilus edulis extracellular body fluids and shell composition in a pH‐treatment experiment: Acid‐base status, trace elements and δ¹¹B. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 13(1). 57 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Jörn, Magdalena A. Gutowska, Julia Saphörster, et al.. (2010). Calcifying invertebrates succeed in a naturally CO ₂ -rich coastal habitat but are threatened by high levels of future acidification. Biogeosciences. 7(11). 3879–3891. 323 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Jörn & Frank Melzner. (2010). Moderate seawater acidification does not elicit long-term metabolic depression in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Marine Biology. 157(12). 2667–2676. 245 indexed citations

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Heinemann, Agnes, Jan Fietzke, Claas Hiebenthal, et al.. (2009). Acidification-sensitivity of M. edulis. e-space (Manchester Metropolitan University). 73. 1 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Jörn, Julia Saphörster, Agnes Heinemann, & Frank Melzner. (2009). Impacts of hypercapnia and temperature on physiological performance of marine invertebrates from the Baltic Sea. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 153(2). S169–S169. 1 indexed citations

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