Sara Thomas

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sara Thomas is a scholar working on Ecology, Inorganic Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Thomas has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 5 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sara Thomas's work include Radioactive element chemistry and processing (7 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (4 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (4 papers). Sara Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive element chemistry and processing (7 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (4 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (4 papers). Sara Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Sara Thomas's co-authors include Frank E. Löffler, Robert A. Sanford, Qingzhong Wu, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Kishore Kumar Krishnani, Arturo Massol‐Deyá, Silke Nissen, Joanne C. Chee‐Sanford, Kirsti M. Ritalahti and Darlene Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Sara Thomas

17 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Unexpected nondenitrifier nitrous oxide reductase gene diversity and abundance in soils

2012 492 citations Robert A. Sanford, Darlene Wagner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Thomas United States	12	473	355	259	201	186	18	1.0k
Sherry L. Dollhopf United States	9	571 1.2×	487 1.4×	307 1.2×	284 1.4×	350 1.9×	11	1.5k
Phillip M. Jardine United States	9	298 0.6×	88 0.2×	276 1.1×	116 0.6×	111 0.6×	12	752
Peter Andeer United States	14	312 0.7×	192 0.5×	97 0.4×	113 0.6×	125 0.7×	20	926
Sue Carroll United States	13	260 0.5×	140 0.4×	511 2.0×	188 0.9×	178 1.0×	18	1.1k
Jeremy A. Rentz United States	9	303 0.6×	366 1.0×	74 0.3×	248 1.2×	252 1.4×	11	1.1k
James F. McNabb United States	9	285 0.6×	382 1.1×	61 0.2×	218 1.1×	265 1.4×	10	907
Mirai Watanabe Japan	17	176 0.4×	135 0.4×	102 0.4×	232 1.2×	66 0.4×	54	902
Andrew J. Harford Australia	22	247 0.5×	352 1.0×	86 0.3×	221 1.1×	35 0.2×	71	1.2k
Andy O Leu Australia	16	924 2.0×	196 0.6×	41 0.2×	978 4.9×	321 1.7×	22	1.8k
P. A. Loka Bharathi India	17	543 1.1×	276 0.8×	37 0.1×	209 1.0×	53 0.3×	53	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Thomas

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18 of 18 papers shown

Thomas, Sara, Sara L. Nason, Nubia Zuverza‐Mena, et al.. (2025). Designing Ultraporous Mesostructured Silica Nanoparticles for the Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. ACS Nano. 19(21). 19777–19789. 4 indexed citations

Noori, Azam, et al.. (2025). Phytotoxicity and phytoremediation potential of Lemna minor exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1493896–1493896. 3 indexed citations

Bui, Trung Huu, Nubia Zuverza‐Mena, Christian O. Dimkpa, et al.. (2024). PFAS remediation in soil: An evaluation of carbon-based materials for contaminant sequestration. Environmental Pollution. 344. 123335–123335. 20 indexed citations

Nason, Sara L., Sara Thomas, Weilan Zhang, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive trial on PFAS remediation: hemp phytoextraction and PFAS degradation in harvested plants. Environmental Science Advances. 3(2). 304–313. 12 indexed citations

Thomas, Sara, et al.. (2021). Exploring potential drivers of spatiotemporal variation in length-at-age and condition of two common nearshore fishes in southwestern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 47(2). 504–513. 2 indexed citations

Bunnell, David B., Hunter J. Carrick, Charles P. Madenjian, et al.. (2018). Are changes in lower trophic levels limiting prey-fish biomass and production in Lake Michigan?. 4 indexed citations

Carlo, Eric H. De, et al.. (2013). Distribution and Abundance of Arsenic in the Soils and Sediments of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Aquatic Geochemistry. 20(2-3). 87–113. 7 indexed citations

Sanford, Robert A., Darlene Wagner, Qingzhong Wu, et al.. (2012). Unexpected nondenitrifier nitrous oxide reductase gene diversity and abundance in soils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(48). 19709–19714. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

Fletcher, Kelly E., Maxim I. Boyanov, Sara Thomas, et al.. (2010). U(VI) Reduction to Mononuclear U(IV) by Desulfitobacterium Species. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(12). 4705–4709. 152 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sara, et al.. (2010). The ecology and phylogeny of oomycete infections in Asplanchna rotifers. Freshwater Biology. 56(2). 384–394. 13 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sara, et al.. (2010). Differential infection of exotic and native freshwater amphipods by a parasitic water mold in the St. Lawrence River. Biological Invasions. 13(3). 769–779. 18 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sara, et al.. (2009). Diversity and Distribution of Anaeromyxobacter Strains in a Uranium-Contaminated Subsurface Environment with a Nonuniform Groundwater Flow. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(11). 3679–3687. 40 indexed citations

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Marshall, Matthew J., Alice Dohnálková, David W. Kennedy, et al.. (2009). Electron donor-dependent radionuclide reduction and nanoparticle formation by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans strain 2CP-C.. PubMed. 11(2). 534–43. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sara, Robert A. Sanford, Benjamin K. Amos, et al.. (2009). Unique Ecophysiology among U(VI)-Reducing Bacteria as Revealed by Evaluation of Oxygen Metabolism in Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Strain 2CP-C. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(1). 176–183. 14 indexed citations

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Marshall, Matthew J., Alice Dohnálková, David W. Kennedy, et al.. (2008). Electron donor‐dependent radionuclide reduction and nanoparticle formation by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans strain 2CP‐C. Environmental Microbiology. 11(2). 534–543. 41 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sara, Adrián K. Arakaki, Jeffrey Skolnick, et al.. (2008). The Mosaic Genome of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Strain 2CP-C Suggests an Aerobic Common Ancestor to the Delta-Proteobacteria. PLoS ONE. 3(5). e2103–e2103. 117 indexed citations

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Thomas, Sara, et al.. (2008). Microbial Colonization of an In Situ Sediment Cap and Correlation to Stratified Redox Zones. Environmental Science & Technology. 43(1). 66–74. 46 indexed citations

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Sanford, Robert A., Qingzhong Wu, Youlboong Sung, et al.. (2007). Hexavalent uranium supports growth of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans and Geobacter spp. with lower than predicted biomass yields. Environmental Microbiology. 9(11). 2885–2893. 61 indexed citations

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