Thomas Alter

3.7k total citations
138 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Alter is a scholar working on Food Science, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Alter has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Food Science, 41 papers in Endocrinology and 37 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Thomas Alter's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (89 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (38 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (33 papers). Thomas Alter is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (89 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (38 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (33 papers). Thomas Alter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Lithuania and Thailand. Thomas Alter's co-authors include Greta Gölz, Stephan Huehn, K. Fehlhaber, Eckhard Strauch, M. Gürtler, Mindaugas Malakauskas, Ralf Dieckmann, Stefan Bereswill, Markus M. Heimesaat and Soroush Sharbati and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Alter

132 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Alter Germany 28 1.6k 739 730 560 403 138 2.6k
Devendra H. Shah United States 25 1.0k 0.6× 560 0.8× 471 0.6× 465 0.8× 302 0.7× 76 2.1k
Jacek Osek Poland 31 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 1.0k 1.4× 672 1.2× 946 2.3× 187 3.5k
Jean Guard United States 32 2.2k 1.3× 792 1.1× 572 0.8× 438 0.8× 762 1.9× 95 2.7k
Ângelo Berchieri Brazil 33 2.1k 1.3× 823 1.1× 556 0.8× 496 0.9× 303 0.8× 140 3.1k
Beilei Ge United States 33 1.9k 1.2× 958 1.3× 931 1.3× 927 1.7× 747 1.9× 58 3.4k
Guy H. Loneragan United States 33 1.8k 1.1× 869 1.2× 982 1.3× 483 0.9× 709 1.8× 145 3.6k
Narelle Fegan Australia 34 1.4k 0.9× 638 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 796 1.4× 670 1.7× 103 3.3k
Philippe Velge France 32 1.6k 1.0× 453 0.6× 604 0.8× 1.0k 1.8× 978 2.4× 107 3.2k
Hein Imberechts Belgium 30 1.5k 0.9× 751 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 588 1.1× 486 1.2× 72 3.2k
Eduardo N. Taboada Canada 31 2.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 904 1.2× 751 1.3× 429 1.1× 87 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Alter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Alter

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All Works

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Salvo, Eleonora Di, et al.. (2025). Rapid Detection and Fast Induction of Viable but Nonculturable Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Food Protection. 88(11). 100623–100623.
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Alter, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of Vibrio spp. in Seafood from German Supermarkets and Fish Markets. Foods. 13(24). 3987–3987. 2 indexed citations
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Heimesaat, Markus M., Steffen Backert, Thomas Alter, & Stefan Bereswill. (2023). Molecular Targets in Campylobacter Infections. Biomolecules. 13(3). 409–409. 15 indexed citations
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Borowiak, Maria, Carlus Deneke, Jens A. Hammerl, et al.. (2023). Genetic characterization of a multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Agona isolated from a dietary supplement in Germany. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1284929–1284929. 1 indexed citations
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Unger, Fred, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. on retail fresh chicken carcasses in Hanoi, Vietnam. Veterinary Integrative Sciences. 21(1). 221–227. 2 indexed citations
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Alter, Thomas, et al.. (2020). In vivo efficacy of carvacrol on Campylobacter jejuni prevalence in broiler chickens during an entire fattening period. European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology. 10(3). 131–138. 16 indexed citations
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Novoslavskij, Aleksandr, et al.. (2019). Overlap of Antibiotic Resistant Campylobacter jejuni MLST Genotypes Isolated From Humans, Broiler Products, Dairy Cattle and Wild Birds in Lithuania. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1377–1377. 32 indexed citations
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Gölz, Greta, et al.. (2018). Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica in Retail Seafood. Journal of Food Protection. 81(3). 497–501. 11 indexed citations
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Rosner, Bettina, Anika Schielke, Xavier Didelot, et al.. (2017). A combined case-control and molecular source attribution study of human Campylobacter infections in Germany, 2011–2014. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5139–5139. 83 indexed citations
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Alter, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Vibrio spp. in Retail and Farm Shrimps in Ecuador. Journal of Food Protection. 78(11). 2089–2092. 45 indexed citations
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Gölz, Greta, et al.. (2014). Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes on Chicken Carcasses in Bandung, Indonesia. Journal of Food Protection. 77(8). 1407–1410. 19 indexed citations
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Alter, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Population analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus originating from different geographical regions demonstrates a high genetic diversity. BMC Microbiology. 14(1). 59–59. 25 indexed citations
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Patchanee, Prapas, et al.. (2013). Prevalence, quantitative load, and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. from broiler ceca and broiler skin samples in Thailand. Poultry Science. 92(2). 462–467. 27 indexed citations
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Greiner, Matthias, Thomas Alter, Alexandra Fetsch, et al.. (2011). Studies on the growth of Salmonella in table eggs under different storage temperatures. Archiv für Lebensmittelhygiene. 62(1). 6–10. 2 indexed citations
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Alter, Thomas, et al.. (2007). Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in Syrian poultry. Archiv für Lebensmittelhygiene. 58(5). 180–183. 1 indexed citations
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Alter, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Resultate der ersten Phase des Nationalen Campylobacter-Masthähnchenmonitorings 2004-2005. Archiv für Lebensmittelhygiene. 57(5). 136–140. 2 indexed citations
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Gürtler, M., et al.. (2005). The importance of Campylobacter coli in human campylobacteriosis: prevalence and genetic characterization. Epidemiology and Infection. 133(6). 1081–1087. 41 indexed citations
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Krumbiegel, P., et al.. (1970). Stable Isotope Application To Investigate Processes Of Waste Gas Odour Removal By A Biofilter. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 14.

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