Thomas Böller

25.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
264 papers, 15.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Böller is a scholar working on Plant Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Böller has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 15.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Plant Science, 109 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 50 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Böller's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (87 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (65 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (42 papers). Thomas Böller is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (87 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (65 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (42 papers). Thomas Böller collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas Böller's co-authors include Andres Wiemken, Ian R. Sanders, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, John N. Klironomos, Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel, Peter Moutoglis, Félix Mauch, Thomas Hottiger, Joachim Müller and Hans Kende and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Böller

255 papers receiving 14.8k 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.

Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity

1998 2.6k citations Thomas Böller, Andres Wiemken et al. profile →
Chitinase in bean leaves: induction by ethylene, purification, properties, and possible function

1983 526 citations Thomas Böller et al. profile →
Recommendations for naming plant pathogenesis-related proteins

1994 487 citations Thomas Böller et al. profile →
Assay for and enzymatic formation of an ethylene precursor, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

1979 351 citations Thomas Böller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Böller Switzerland	62	10.5k	4.6k	2.0k	1.7k	1.6k	264	15.7k
W. Ford Doolittle Canada	76	4.0k 0.4×	17.3k 3.7×	760 0.4×	636 0.4×	838 0.5×	289	22.6k
D. L. Crawford United States	48	2.2k 0.2×	2.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	312 0.2×	488 0.3×	239	9.4k
Manolo Gouy France	52	3.2k 0.3×	10.5k 2.3×	160 0.1×	739 0.4×	800 0.5×	100	16.1k
O. Kandler Germany	43	3.8k 0.4×	15.6k 3.4×	280 0.1×	403 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	248	22.5k
C R Woese United States	28	2.0k 0.2×	10.9k 2.4×	363 0.2×	493 0.3×	476 0.3×	31	16.5k
R. L. Peterson Canada	38	4.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	135 0.1×	698 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	223	5.9k
Patrick J. Keeling Canada	77	3.6k 0.3×	14.5k 3.1×	84 0.0×	1.8k 1.0×	676 0.4×	402	22.0k
Martin Heil Germany	62	8.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	105 0.1×	4.9k 2.8×	750 0.5×	168	13.1k
Jeffrey D. Palmer United States	95	10.3k 1.0×	20.1k 4.3×	60 0.0×	640 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	199	27.1k
Wolfgang Eisenreich Germany	66	2.5k 0.2×	11.5k 2.5×	291 0.1×	328 0.2×	209 0.1×	360	16.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Böller

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Böller, Thomas. (2023). Unraveling the enigmatic soft x‐ray excess: Current understanding and future perspectives. Astronomische Nachrichten. 344(6). 1 indexed citations

Gokus, Andrea, A. Rau, J. Wilms, et al.. (2020). SRGt J071522.1-191609: SRG/eROSITA discovery of a bright transient X-ray source. The astronomer's telegram. 13657. 1. 1 indexed citations

Malyali, A., A. Rau, R. Arcodia, et al.. (2020). eRASSt J082337+042303: A bright, ultra-soft, high-amplitude transient in the direction of 2MASX J08233674+042300. The astronomer's telegram. 13712. 1. 1 indexed citations

Böller, Thomas, M. J. Freyberg, J. Trümper, et al.. (2016). Second ROSAT all-sky survey (2RXS) source catalogue. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 92 indexed citations

Miniutti, G., et al.. (2015). PHL 1092 as a transient extreme X-ray weak quasar. Saint Mary's University Institutional Repository (Saint Mary's University). 5 indexed citations

Symanczik, Sarah, et al.. (2014). Three new species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi discovered at one location in a desert of Oman: Diversispora omaniana , Septoglomus nakheelum and Rhizophagus arabicus. Mycologia. 106(2). 243–259. 36 indexed citations

Vignali, C., W. N. Brandt, Thomas Böller, A. C. Fabian, & S. Vaughan. (2004). Arakelian 564: an XMM--Newton view. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 347(3). 854–860. 24 indexed citations

Vogel, Guido, et al.. (2001). Trehalose metabolism in Arabidopsis: occurrence of trehalose and molecular cloning and characterization of trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase homologues. Journal of Experimental Botany. 52(362). 1817–1826. 108 indexed citations

Pfefferkorn, Frank E., Thomas Böller, & P. Rafanelli. (2001). Soft X-ray properties of a spectroscopically selected sample of\ninteracting and isolated Seyfert galaxies. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

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Voges, W., Thomas Böller, H. Bräuninger, et al.. (2000). Rosat All-Sky Survey Faint Source Catalogue. International Astronomical Union Circular. 7432. 1. 16 indexed citations

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Voges, W., Thomas Böller, H. Bräuninger, et al.. (2000). VizieR Online Data Catalog: ROSAT All-Sky Survey Faint Source Catalog (Voges+ 2000). 1 indexed citations

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Böller, Thomas. (2000). ROSAT Results on Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies. 10 indexed citations

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Böller, Thomas. (2000). Tagungsberichte. Physikalische Blätter. 56(4). 67–67. 1 indexed citations

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Greiner, J., W. Voges, Thomas Böller, & D. H. Hartmann. (1999). Search for GRB afterglows in the ROSAT all-sky survey. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Reinders, Anke, Niels Bürckert, Stefan Hohmann, et al.. (1997). Structural analysis of the subunits of the trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase/phosphatase complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their function during heat shock. Molecular Microbiology. 24(4). 687–696. 89 indexed citations

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Voges, W., Thomas Böller, H. Bräuninger, et al.. (1996). ROSAT All-Sky Survey Bright Source Catalogue. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 6420. 1. 5 indexed citations

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Virgilio, Claudio De, et al.. (1994). The role of trehalose synthesis for the acquisition of thermotolerance in yeast. European Journal of Biochemistry. 219(1-2). 179–186. 263 indexed citations

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Böller, Thomas, E. J. A. Meurs, & H. M. Adorf. (1992). Supervised selection of galaxy candidates from the IRAS PSC : the quality of the selection and the infrared properties of the galaxy candidates. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 259(1). 101–108. 1 indexed citations

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Ludwig, Alexander & Thomas Böller. (1990). A method for the study of fungal growth inhibition by plant proteins. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 69(1-2). 61–66. 52 indexed citations

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Böller, Thomas & Urs Vögeli. (1984). Vacuolar Localization of Ethylene-Induced Chitinase in Bean Leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 74(2). 442–444. 87 indexed citations

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