T. H. Blackburn

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

T. H. Blackburn is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, T. H. Blackburn has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Oceanography, 20 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 16 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in T. H. Blackburn's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (15 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers). T. H. Blackburn is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (15 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers). T. H. Blackburn collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Canada. T. H. Blackburn's co-authors include Niels Peter Revsbech, Tom Fenchel, Bo Barker Jørgensen, K. Henriksen, Erik Kristensen, Jan P. Sørensen, Yehuda Cohen, Gary M. King, P. N. Hobson and Dorthe Refslund Christensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

T. H. Blackburn

76 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Bacteria and mineral cycling 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Bacteria and mineral cycling
    1979 372 citations Tom Fenchel, T. H. Blackburn profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
T. H. Blackburn Denmark 37 2.9k 2.3k 1.7k 1.1k 828 79 5.7k
David B. Nedwell United Kingdom 49 1.7k 0.6× 3.6k 1.5× 2.5k 1.5× 887 0.8× 1.9k 2.3× 116 7.3k
Maren Voß Germany 38 3.2k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 644 0.8× 118 6.6k
Lucia Solórzano United States 9 2.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 789 0.7× 452 0.5× 14 4.7k
G. E. Fogg United Kingdom 43 3.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 305 0.4× 105 7.1k
Nathaniel E. Ostrom United States 40 1.2k 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 559 0.5× 946 1.1× 89 5.1k
Nick Owens United Kingdom 37 2.9k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 348 0.4× 68 4.1k
Tadashi Yoshinari United States 21 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 837 0.5× 459 0.4× 786 0.9× 28 3.4k
James B. Cotner United States 46 3.3k 1.1× 4.7k 2.0× 2.9k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 125 9.2k
Wilhelm Granéli Sweden 43 2.9k 1.0× 3.5k 1.5× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 289 0.3× 99 5.8k
Henricus T. S. Boschker Netherlands 41 2.0k 0.7× 3.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.7× 694 0.7× 621 0.8× 88 6.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. H. Blackburn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sloth, Niels Peter, Bo Riemann, Lars Peter Nielsen, & T. H. Blackburn. (1996). Resilience of Pelagic and Benthic Microbial Communities to Sediment Resuspension in a Coastal Ecosystem, Knebel Vig, Denmark. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 42(4). 405–415. 54 indexed citations
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Blackburn, Nicholas & T. H. Blackburn. (1993). A reaction diffusion model of C-N-S-O species in a stratified sediment. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 102(3-4). 207–215. 16 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H. & Nicholas Blackburn. (1993). Rates of microbial processes in sediments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 344(1670). 49–58. 35 indexed citations
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Henriksen, K., T. H. Blackburn, Bente Aa. Lomstein, & C. Peter McRoy. (1993). Rates of nitrification, distribution of nitrifying bacteria and inorganic N fluxes in northern Bering-Chukchi shelf sediments. Continental Shelf Research. 13(5-6). 629–651. 57 indexed citations
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Caffrey, Jane M., Niels Peter Sloth, Heinrich F. Kaspar, & T. H. Blackburn. (1993). Effect of organic loading on nitrification and denitrification in a marine sediment microcosm. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 12(3). 159–167. 110 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H., et al.. (1992). Mineralization budgets in sediment microcosms: Effect of the infauna and anoxic conditions. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 102(1). 33–43. 32 indexed citations
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Sloth, Niels Peter, Lars Peter Nielsen, & T. H. Blackburn. (1992). Nitrification in sediment cores measured with acetylene inhibition. Limnology and Oceanography. 37(5). 1108–1112. 45 indexed citations
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Henriksen, Kaj, et al.. (1981). Seasonal distribution of nitrifying bacteria and rates of nitrification in coastal marine sediments. Microbial Ecology. 7(4). 297–304. 86 indexed citations
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Jørgensen, Niels O. G., et al.. (1981). The Importance of Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa as Contributors of Free Amino Acids in Water and Sediment of Seagrass Beds. Marine Ecology. 2(2). 97–112. 34 indexed citations
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Heal, O. W., Tom Fenchel, & T. H. Blackburn. (1981). Bacteria and Mineral Cycling.. Journal of Ecology. 69(2). 716–716. 5 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H., et al.. (1980). A method for the analysis of acetate turnover in a coastal marine sediment. Microbial Ecology. 5(4). 253–264. 72 indexed citations
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Henriksen, K., et al.. (1980). influence of benthic infauna on exchange rates of inorganic nitrogen between sediment and water. 49 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H.. (1971). “Uncloister'd Virtue”: Adam and Eve in Milton's Paradise. Milton Studies. 3. 119–137. 5 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H.. (1968). The Protease Liberated from Bacteroides amylophilus Strain H 18 by Mechanical Disintegration. Journal of General Microbiology. 53(1). 37–51. 26 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H. & R. E. Hungate. (1963). Succinic Acid Turnover and Propionate Production in the Bovine Rumen. Applied Microbiology. 11(2). 132–135. 53 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H. & R. E. Hungate. (1963). Succinic Acid Turnover and Propionate Production in the Bovine Rumen. Applied Microbiology. 11(2). 132–135. 27 indexed citations
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Akkada, A. R. Abou & T. H. Blackburn. (1963). Some Observations on the Nitrogen Metabolism of Rumen Proteolytic Bacteria. Journal of General Microbiology. 31(3). 461–469. 31 indexed citations
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Blackburn, T. H.. (1960). 45-60 : an anthology of English poetry, 1945-60.
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Blackburn, T. H. & P. N. Hobson. (1960). Breakdown of Protein and Proteolytic Activity in the Sheep Rumen at Different Times after Feeding. Journal of General Microbiology. 22(1). 290–294. 19 indexed citations
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Phillipson, A. T., et al.. (1959). Assimilation of Ammonia Nitrogen by Rumen Bacteria. Nature. 183(4658). 402–404. 18 indexed citations

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