Thomas Borch

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
136 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Borch is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Borch has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 32 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Thomas Borch's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (26 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (16 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (16 papers). Thomas Borch is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (26 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (16 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (16 papers). Thomas Borch collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Thomas Borch's co-authors include Andreas Kappler, Jens Blotevogel, Kate M. Campbell, Matthew Ginder‐Vogel, Ruben Kretzschmar, Robert B. Young, Andreas Voegelin, Philippe Van Cappellen, Katja Amstaetter and Scott Fendorf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Borch

132 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Biogeochemical Redox Processes and their Impact on Contaminant Dynamics

2009 1.1k citations Thomas Borch, Andreas Kappler et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility

2017 466 citations Nikolas Hagemann, Thomas Borch et al. profile →
Wildfire-dependent changes in soil microbiome diversity and function

2022 135 citations Amelia R. Nelson, Charles C. Rhoades 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 Borch United States	44	2.3k	1.9k	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	136	7.8k
Chongxuan Liu United States	58	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	939 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	235	10.2k
Peter Nico United States	38	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	743 0.5×	771 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	123	8.7k
Marc F. Benedetti France	56	2.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.9×	1.4k 1.0×	865 0.8×	2.4k 2.1×	219	11.4k
Balwant Singh Australia	53	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	660 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	238	11.1k
Stefan B. Haderlein Germany	47	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	860 0.8×	136	7.2k
Kenneth Kemner United States	52	1.5k 0.6×	922 0.5×	831 0.6×	696 0.6×	2.0k 1.8×	149	7.9k
Jeremy B. Fein United States	51	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	651 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	169	8.4k
Colleen M. Hansel United States	46	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	2.8k 2.4×	115	8.8k
Ronald J. Smernik Australia	49	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	773 0.6×	449 0.4×	813 0.7×	175	10.2k
Daniel S. Alessi Canada	56	1.2k 0.5×	2.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	670 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	222	10.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Borch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Borch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Borch

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Ridgway, Kathy, Luís Miranda, Aika Davis, et al.. (2025). Emissions from Structure Fires: Overview of BHASMA and Results for CO ₂ and Select Pollutants by Fuel, Combustion Mode, and Scale. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(44). 23926–23937.

Blewett, Tamzin A., Holly K. Roth, Pei Xu, et al.. (2025). Oil and gas produced water for cattle, crops, and surface water discharge: Evaluation of chemistry, toxicity and economics. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138581–138581. 1 indexed citations

Hong, Zebin, Kai Liu, Fangbai Li, et al.. (2024). Valence-dependent dynamics: quantitatively understanding arsenic reallocations on iron oxyhydroxide mediated by microbial respiration. Chemical Geology. 670. 122426–122426. 1 indexed citations

Rhoades, Charles C., Holly K. Roth, Corey D. Broeckling, et al.. (2024). Fire Impacts on the Soil Metabolome and Organic Matter Biodegradability. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(9). 4167–4180. 13 indexed citations

Poulin, Brett A., et al.. (2023). Agricultural Sulfur Applications Alter the Quantity and Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter from Field-to-Watershed Scales. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(27). 10019–10029. 10 indexed citations

Roth, Holly K., Amy M. McKenna, Myrna J. Simpson, et al.. (2023). Effects of burn severity on organic nitrogen and carbon chemistry in high-elevation forest soils. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 100023–100023. 12 indexed citations

Roth, Holly K., Amelia R. Nelson, Amy M. McKenna, et al.. (2022). Impact of beaver ponds on biogeochemistry of organic carbon and nitrogen along a fire-impacted stream. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 24(10). 1661–1677. 8 indexed citations

Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Abigail Thompson, Juntao Wang, et al.. (2022). Management‐induced shifts in rhizosphere bacterial communities contribute to the control of pathogen causing citrus greening disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 275–286. 8 indexed citations

Young, Robert B., Hamidreza Sharifan, Huan Chen, et al.. (2022). PFAS Analysis with Ultrahigh Resolution 21T FT-ICR MS: Suspect and Nontargeted Screening with Unrivaled Mass Resolving Power and Accuracy. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(4). 2455–2465. 63 indexed citations

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Patzner, Monique, Amy M. McKenna, Robert B. Young, et al.. (2022). Microbial iron cycling during palsa hillslope collapse promotes greenhouse gas emissions before complete permafrost thaw. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 34 indexed citations

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Yin, Yiming, et al.. (2021). Mitigating membrane wetting in the treatment of unconventional oil and gas wastewater by membrane distillation: A comparison of pretreatment with omniphobic membrane. Journal of Membrane Science. 645. 120198–120198. 28 indexed citations

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Hanson, Andrea, Huan Chen, Robert B. Young, et al.. (2021). Discovery of Oxygenated Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Products at a Late-Stage Petroleum Release Site. Energy & Fuels. 35(20). 16713–16723. 4 indexed citations

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Carter, Kimberly E., et al.. (2019). In situ transformation of hydraulic fracturing surfactants from well injection to produced water. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 21(10). 1777–1786. 21 indexed citations

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Hagemann, Nikolas, Stephen Joseph, Pellegrino Conte, et al.. (2017). Composting-derived organic coating on biochar enhances its affinity to nitrate. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10775. 9 indexed citations

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Oetjen, Karl, Jan H. Christensen, Jens Blotevogel, et al.. (2017). Temporal characterization and statistical analysis of flowback and produced waters and their potential for reuse. The Science of The Total Environment. 619-620. 654–664. 73 indexed citations

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Blotevogel, Jens, Robert Giraud, & Thomas Borch. (2017). Reductive defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid by zero-valent iron and zinc: A DFT-based kinetic model. Chemical Engineering Journal. 335. 248–254. 40 indexed citations

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Gedalanga, Phillip B., et al.. (2017). Synergistic Treatment of Mixed 1,4-Dioxane and Chlorinated Solvent Contaminations by Coupling Electrochemical Oxidation with Aerobic Biodegradation. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(21). 12619–12629. 43 indexed citations

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Amstaetter, Katja, Thomas Borch, Philip Larese‐Casanova, & Andreas Kappler. (2009). Redox Transformation of Arsenic by Fe(II)-Activated Goethite (α-FeOOH). Environmental Science & Technology. 44(1). 102–108. 280 indexed citations

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Borch, Thomas, Yoko Masue, Ravi Kukkadapu, & Scott Fendorf. (2009). Phosphate interactions with iron (hydr)oxides: Mineralization pathways and phosphorus retention upon bioreduction. GeCAS. 73. 21 indexed citations

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Borch, Thomas, Raquel F. Gerlach, A. B. Cunningham, Brent Peyton, & William A. Apel. (2002). Influence of Biogenically Produced Fe(II) and Humic Acid Analogs on the Fate of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT). AGUFM. 2002. 2 indexed citations

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