Thomas Becker

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Becker is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Becker has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 6 papers in Automotive Engineering and 5 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Becker's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (7 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (5 papers). Thomas Becker is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (7 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (5 papers). Thomas Becker collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Germany. Thomas Becker's co-authors include Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Rikke Baastrup Nordsborg, Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen, Mette Sørensen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Ole Hertel, Sanyukta Rana, Wolfgang Groß and Bindhu K. Madhavan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Becker

25 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging of human liver

2014 492 citations Steve Horvath, Wiebke Erhart 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
Thomas Becker Denmark	14	724	558	360	283	165	26	1.8k
Medea Imboden Switzerland	28	525 0.7×	786 1.4×	253 0.7×	310 1.1×	83 0.5×	89	2.5k
Ivano Iavarone Italy	21	419 0.6×	824 1.5×	319 0.9×	308 1.1×	44 0.3×	78	2.0k
Laura Cantone Italy	27	1.2k 1.6×	1.3k 2.2×	498 1.4×	114 0.4×	187 1.1×	53	2.8k
Li‐Wen Hu China	28	579 0.8×	1.4k 2.5×	481 1.3×	278 1.0×	184 1.1×	107	2.6k
Ta-Yuan Chang Taiwan	24	296 0.4×	605 1.1×	193 0.5×	648 2.3×	33 0.2×	81	1.8k
Mariana Matera Veras Brazil	25	328 0.5×	1.0k 1.9×	116 0.3×	114 0.4×	345 2.1×	102	2.6k
Scott R. Diehl United States	31	960 1.3×	690 1.2×	225 0.6×	145 0.5×	83 0.5×	84	4.4k
Fei Yu United States	49	573 0.8×	572 1.0×	67 0.2×	91 0.3×	198 1.2×	223	7.7k
Eunice Lee United States	21	643 0.9×	225 0.4×	65 0.2×	205 0.7×	50 0.3×	58	1.7k
Biagio Azzarelli United States	29	770 1.1×	510 0.9×	82 0.2×	172 0.6×	130 0.8×	73	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Becker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Becker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Becker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Becker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Becker 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 Thomas Becker. Thomas Becker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Heckl, S., Hans‐Michael Behrens, Ulrike Ebert, et al.. (2025). Impact of adjuvant therapy on outcomes of cancer of the stomach and gastroesophageal junction in the real-world. Gastric Cancer. 28(5). 982–992. 2 indexed citations

Becker, Thomas, et al.. (2024). The Roman burgus at Trebur-Astheim and its relation to the Schwarzbach/Landgraben watercourse (Hessisches Ried, Germany) based on geophysical and geoarchaeological investigations. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. 3 indexed citations

Jensen, Steen Solvang, Matthias Ketzel, Jacob Klenø Nøjgaard, & Thomas Becker. (2020). What are the Impacts on Air Quality of Low Emission Zones in Denmark?. Aalborg University Library. 18(1). 3 indexed citations

Brønnum‐Hansen, Henrik, Anne Mette Bender, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, et al.. (2018). Assessment of impact of traffic-related air pollution on morbidity and mortality in Copenhagen Municipality and the health gain of reduced exposure. Environment International. 121(Pt 1). 973–980. 59 indexed citations

Møller, Karina Lauenborg, Charlotte Brauer, Sigurd Mikkelsen, et al.. (2017). Copenhagen Airport Cohort: air pollution, manual baggage handling and health. BMJ Open. 7(5). e012651–e012651. 10 indexed citations

Sudan, Madhuri, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Thomas Becker, et al.. (2017). Re-examining the association between residential exposure to magnetic fields from power lines and childhood asthma in the Danish National Birth Cohort. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177651–e0177651. 1 indexed citations

Fauser, Patrik, et al.. (2017). Civilian exposure to munitions-specific carcinogens and resulting cancer risks for civilians on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques following military exercises from 1947 to 1998. 2(1). 40–61. 16 indexed citations

Loft, Steffen, Klaus Kaae Andersen, Elvira V. Bräuner, et al.. (2016). Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and incidence of diabetes in the Danish Nurse Cohort. Environment International. 91. 243–250. 125 indexed citations

Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic, Klaus Kaae Andersen, Jørgen Brandt, et al.. (2016). Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Breast Cancer Incidence: the Danish Nurse Cohort. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2016(1). 1 indexed citations

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Jørgensen, Jeanette T., Klaus Kaae Andersen, Elvira V. Bräuner, et al.. (2016). Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of brain tumours: The Danish Nurse Cohort. NeuroToxicology. 55. 122–130. 48 indexed citations

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Thomsen, Marianne, Michele Seghetta, Steen Gyldenkærne, et al.. (2016). Comparative life cycle assessment of biowaste to resource management systems – A Danish case study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 142. 4050–4058. 60 indexed citations

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Jensen, Steen Solvang, Matthias Ketzel, Jørgen Brandt, et al.. (2016). 04 - Air Quality at Your Street - Public Digital Map of Air Quality in Denmark. 14–17. 4 indexed citations

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Horvath, Steve, Wiebke Erhart, Mario Brosch, et al.. (2014). Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging of human liver. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(43). 15538–15543. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

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Skjøth, Carsten Ambelas, Thomas Becker, Camilla Geels, et al.. (2013). Identifying urban sources as cause of elevated grass pollen concentrations using GIS and remote sensing. Biogeosciences. 10(1). 541–554. 95 indexed citations

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Sørensen, Lise Lotte, Kasper Kristensen, Bente Thoft Jensen, et al.. (2013). Sources of anions in aerosols in northeast Greenland during late winter. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(3). 1569–1578. 18 indexed citations

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Sørensen, Mette, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Rikke Baastrup Nordsborg, et al.. (2013). Long-Term Exposure to Road Traffic Noise and Incident Diabetes: A Cohort Study. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2013(1). 12 indexed citations

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Jensen, Steen Solvang, Matthias Ketzel, Thomas Becker, et al.. (2012). OML-HIGHWAY - A GIS-BASED ROAD SOURCE MODEL FOR AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT – APPLICATIONS IN EIA.

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Sørensen, Mette, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Rikke Baastrup Nordsborg, et al.. (2012). Long-Term Exposure to Road Traffic Noise and Incident Diabetes: A Cohort Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(2). 217–222. 283 indexed citations

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Komisarczuk, Anna Z., Stefanie Topp, Christian Stigloher, et al.. (2008). Enhancer detection and developmental expression of zebrafish sprouty1, a member of the fgf8 synexpression group. Developmental Dynamics. 237(9). 2594–2603. 11 indexed citations

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Fullerton, Lynne & Thomas Becker. (1991). Moving Targets: Bicycle-Related Injuries and Helmet Use among University Students. Journal of American College Health. 39(5). 213–217. 16 indexed citations

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