Thomas Behrendt

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Behrendt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Behrendt has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Soil Science and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Thomas Behrendt's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (9 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). Thomas Behrendt is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (9 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (9 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). Thomas Behrendt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Thomas Behrendt's co-authors include F. X. Meixner, Hang Su, Ulrich Pöschl, Yafang Cheng, Meinrat O. Andreae, R. Oswald, Ivonne Trebs, Sangkee Min, André Zein and Louis A. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Behrendt

34 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Soil Nitrite as a Source of Atmospheric HONO and OH Radicals 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Soil Nitrite as a Source of Atmospheric HONO and OH Radicals
    2011 399 citations R. Oswald, Thomas Behrendt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Behrendt Germany 18 776 492 281 207 197 37 1.7k
J. J. M. Berdowski Netherlands 13 534 0.7× 451 0.9× 239 0.9× 174 0.8× 136 0.7× 22 1.1k
Thomas Holst Sweden 24 837 1.1× 763 1.6× 249 0.9× 285 1.4× 359 1.8× 63 1.5k
Luo China 18 144 0.2× 241 0.5× 309 1.1× 168 0.8× 218 1.1× 151 1.2k
Lìyı̌n Liáng New Zealand 22 241 0.3× 563 1.1× 190 0.7× 315 1.5× 170 0.9× 47 1.4k
Seiichiro Yonemura Japan 17 369 0.5× 394 0.8× 111 0.4× 259 1.3× 200 1.0× 51 1.2k
Shigeto Kawashima Japan 22 412 0.5× 460 0.9× 231 0.8× 147 0.7× 244 1.2× 79 1.4k
Yun Chen China 20 157 0.2× 306 0.6× 77 0.3× 245 1.2× 191 1.0× 71 1.2k
Weiguo Wang China 20 619 0.8× 1.0k 2.0× 91 0.3× 171 0.8× 78 0.4× 50 1.7k
P. J. Aucamp Greece 9 367 0.5× 286 0.6× 258 0.9× 231 1.1× 363 1.8× 12 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Behrendt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Behrendt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Behrendt

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Behrendt, Thomas, et al.. (2020). SIFT-MS optimization for atmospheric trace gas measurements at varying humidity. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(7). 3507–3520. 24 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Thomas, Elisa Catão, Zhigang Yi, et al.. (2019). Microbial community responses determine how soil–atmosphere exchange of carbonyl sulfide, carbon monoxide, and nitric oxide responds to soil moisture. SOIL. 5(1). 121–135. 10 indexed citations
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Lenhart, Katharina, Thomas Behrendt, Steffen Greiner, et al.. (2018). Nitrous oxide effluxes from plants as a potentially important source to the atmosphere. New Phytologist. 221(3). 1398–1408. 49 indexed citations
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Ermel, M., Thomas Behrendt, R. Oswald, et al.. (2018). Hydroxylamine released by nitrifying microorganisms is a precursor for HONO emission from drying soils. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1877–1877. 42 indexed citations
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Yi, Zhigang, et al.. (2018). Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) exchange between soils and the atmosphere affected by soil moisture and compensation points. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 5 indexed citations
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Bourtsoukidis, Efstratios, Thomas Behrendt, Ana María Yáñez‐Serrano, et al.. (2018). Strong sesquiterpene emissions from Amazonian soils. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2226–2226. 60 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Exchange of carbonyl sulfide (OCS) between soils and atmosphere under various CO2 concentrations. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(6). 1343–1358. 19 indexed citations
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Schwab, Valérie F., Cassandre Sara Lazar, Thomas Behrendt, et al.. (2017). Carbon isotopes of dissolved inorganic carbon reflect utilization of different carbon sources by microbial communities in two limestone aquifer assemblages. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 21(9). 4283–4300. 44 indexed citations
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Meixner, F. X., et al.. (2016). The contribution of soil biogenic NO and HONO emissions from a managedhyperarid ecosystem to the regional NO x emissions during growingseason. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(15). 10175–10194. 17 indexed citations
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Yáñez‐Serrano, Ana María, A. C. Nölscher, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, et al.. (2016). Atmospheric mixing ratios of methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone) in tropical,boreal, temperate and marine environments. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(17). 10965–10984. 41 indexed citations
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Yáñez‐Serrano, Ana María, A. C. Nölscher, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, et al.. (2016). Atmospheric mixing ratios of methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone) in tropical, boreal, temperate and marine environments. 3 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Thomas, Patrick R. Veres, Guangzhi Song, et al.. (2014). Characterisation of NO production and consumption: new insights by an improved laboratory dynamic chamber technique. Biogeosciences. 11(19). 5463–5492. 24 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Thomas, et al.. (2009). A small-scale geostatistical analysis of the variability of soil properties driving the biogenic emission of nitric oxide from soil. EGUGA. 8449. 1 indexed citations
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Hall, David W., Thomas Behrendt, & Peter Hughes. (1998). Temperature, pH, conductance, and dissolved oxygen in cross sections of 11 Lake Michigan tributaries, 1994-95. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.
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Behrendt, Thomas. (1969). Characteristics of visually impaired persons. A report of the National Center for Health Statistics.. PubMed. 13(5). 303–5. 1 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Thomas, et al.. (1966). [A pneumatic ophthalmodynamometer for laboratory use].. PubMed. 149(4). 550–6.
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Behrendt, Thomas. (1956). Experimental Study of Corneal Lesions. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 41(1). 99–105. 25 indexed citations

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