Thomas Claßen

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Claßen is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Claßen has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 13 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Claßen's work include Health and Medical Studies (10 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (7 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (7 papers). Thomas Claßen is often cited by papers focused on Health and Medical Studies (10 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (7 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (7 papers). Thomas Claßen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Thomas Claßen's co-authors include Thomas Kistemann, Claudia Hornberg, Sebastian F. Völker, Christoph Koch, M. Exner, Friederike Dangendorf, Jürgen Gebel, V. Vaçata, R. Fischeder and Odile Mekel and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Claßen

34 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Environmental Burden of Disease in Europe: Assessing Nine Risk Factors in Six Countries

2014 330 citations Otto Hänninen, Anne Knol et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Claßen Germany	12	544	327	318	293	158	35	1.2k
Céline Plante Canada	23	622 1.1×	385 1.2×	209 0.7×	46 0.2×	210 1.3×	60	2.0k
Virendra Kumar Mishra India	21	391 0.7×	156 0.5×	158 0.5×	284 1.0×	111 0.7×	62	1.9k
Jennifer D. Roberts United States	18	301 0.6×	67 0.2×	88 0.3×	124 0.4×	100 0.6×	48	991
X. Bonnefoy Germany	9	399 0.7×	246 0.8×	66 0.2×	32 0.1×	60 0.4×	15	1.0k
Thomas Eikmann Germany	14	751 1.4×	112 0.3×	260 0.8×	32 0.1×	62 0.4×	35	1.2k
Qingli Zhang China	23	543 1.0×	76 0.2×	182 0.6×	24 0.1×	52 0.3×	78	1.5k
Mohamed F. Jeebhay South Africa	28	781 1.4×	55 0.2×	74 0.2×	16 0.1×	102 0.6×	111	2.3k
Sorina Eftim United States	17	369 0.7×	25 0.1×	120 0.4×	374 1.3×	54 0.3×	28	1.1k
Samuel Dorevitch United States	22	386 0.7×	34 0.1×	205 0.6×	560 1.9×	30 0.2×	62	1.3k
Paul J. Beggs Australia	29	1.3k 2.4×	98 0.3×	226 0.7×	26 0.1×	360 2.3×	96	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Claßen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Claßen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Claßen

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

All Works

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Riedel, Natalie, Heike Köckler, Joachim Scheiner, et al.. (2018). Home as a Place of Noise Control for the Elderly? A Cross-Sectional Study on Potential Mediating Effects and Associations between Road Traffic Noise Exposure, Access to a Quiet Side, Dwelling-Related Green and Noise Annoyance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(5). 1036–1036. 19 indexed citations

Claßen, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Einfluss von Naturräumen auf die Gesundheit – Evidenzlage und Konsequenzen für Wissenschaft und Praxis. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 61(6). 720–728. 9 indexed citations

Riedel, Natalie, Heike Köckler, Irene van Kamp, et al.. (2018). Perceived noise control and its value in the association of road traffic noise with noise annoyance. European Journal of Public Health. 28(suppl_4). 1 indexed citations

Riedel, Natalie, Heike Köckler, Joachim Scheiner, et al.. (2018). Urban road traffic noise and noise annoyance—a study on perceived noise control and its value among the elderly. European Journal of Public Health. 29(2). 377–379. 12 indexed citations

Riedel, Natalie, Irene van Kamp, Heike Köckler, et al.. (2017). Cognitive-Motivational Determinants of Residents’ Civic Engagement and Health (Inequities) in the Context of Noise Action Planning: A Conceptual Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14(6). 578–578. 11 indexed citations

Köckler, Heike, et al.. (2016). Leitfaden Gesunde Stadt – Hinweise für Stellungnahmen zur Stadtentwicklung aus dem Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 4 indexed citations

Claßen, Thomas & Odile Mekel. (2016). Fachplan Gesundheit – ein neues Konzept für eine nachhaltige, gesundheitsförderliche Kommunalentwicklung. Public Health Forum. 24(4). 275–277. 1 indexed citations

Hänninen, Otto, Anne Knol, Matti Jantunen, et al.. (2014). Environmental Burden of Disease in Europe: Assessing Nine Risk Factors in Six Countries. Environmental Health Perspectives. 122(5). 439–446. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

Claßen, Thomas. (2013). Lärm macht krank! - Gesundheitliche Wirkungen von Lärmbelastungen in Städten. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 2013(3). 234. 4 indexed citations

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Mensing, M, et al.. (2013). Specific Health Status Has an Impact on the Willingness to Use Telemonitoring: Data from a 2009 Health Survey in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 19(9). 692–698. 10 indexed citations

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Claßen, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Herausforderungen und Lösungsstrategien für eine gesundheitsgerechte Klimaanpassung in Kommunen: Entwicklung eines Moduls „Menschliche Gesundheit“ im Rahmen kommunaler Klimaanpassungskonzepte. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 2 indexed citations

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Steckling, Nadine, Odile Mekel, Myriam Tobollik, et al.. (2013). The health gains of maintaining a benzene threshold value in air in Germany below the European Union limit. The Lancet. 381. S138–S138. 1 indexed citations

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Kistemann, Thomas, Esther Rind, Christoph Koch, et al.. (2012). Effect of sewage treatment plants and diffuse pollution on the occurrence of protozoal parasites in the course of a small river. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 215(6). 577–583. 25 indexed citations

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Bucksch, Jens, et al.. (2012). Bewegungs- und gesundheitsförderliche Kommune. Evidenzen und Handlungskonzept für die Kommunalentwicklung – ein Leitfaden. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 2 indexed citations

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Völker, Sebastian F., et al.. (2012). ,,Stadtblau‘‘ – die Renaissance eines gesundheitsförderlichen Faktors. Public Health Forum. 20(2). 21–22. 3 indexed citations

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Claßen, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Stadtgrün und Gesundheit – ein Beitrag zur Debatte um soziale und räumliche Ungleichheit. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 2 indexed citations

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Claßen, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Gesundheitsressource „Urbaner Industriewald“ – Nutzung und Wahrnehmung des Industriewaldes Rheinelbe in Gelsenkirchen. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 1 indexed citations

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Kistemann, Thomas, Esther Rind, Andrea Rechenburg, et al.. (2008). A comparison of efficiencies of microbiological pollution removal in six sewage treatment plants with different treatment systems. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 211(5-6). 534–545. 36 indexed citations

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Kistemann, Thomas, et al.. (2007). Assessment of a groundwater contamination with vinyl chloride (VC) and precursor volatile organic compounds (VOC) by use of a geographical information system (GIS). International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 211(3-4). 308–317. 17 indexed citations

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Rostal, David C., et al.. (1994). Role of Male-Male Interactions and Female Choice in the Mating System of the Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. Herpetological Monographs. 8. 124–124. 39 indexed citations

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