Thomas D. Brock

14.6k citations
174 papers · 10.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

    • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
    • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Ecology top 0.5%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

    • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics 14
    • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 8
    • Mine drainage and remediation techniques 7
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 34
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 11

Thomas D. Brock

168 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Characterization of an acetate-decarboxylating, non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium 1980 · 455 citations
4551969202619882007250500750

Peers

Thomas D. Brock
Comparison fields: 5 of 188
  • Environmental Chemistry 2.2k
  • Ecology 3.2k
  • Oceanography 1.3k
  • Paleontology 498
  • Geochemistry and Petrology 374
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Thomas D. Brock, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20219
2
Thermophiles : general, molecular, and applied microbiology
1986139
3 1985269
4 198414
5
Characterization of an acetate-decarboxylating, non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium
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1980455
6 197721
7 197626
8 19768
9 197516
10 197514
11 19744
12 197160
13 196926
14 196812
15 19666
16 19640
17
Milestones in Microbiology
1961125
18 195814
19
Studies on the metabolism of the yeast, Hansenula anomala (Hansen) Sydow /
19520
20 195127

About Thomas D. Brock

Thomas D. Brock is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Oceanography, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Geochemistry and Petrology, having authored 174 papers that have together received 10.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (16 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (14 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (7 papers) and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (2.2k citations), Ecology (3.2k citations), Oceanography (1.3k citations), Paleontology (498 citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (374 citations). Thomas D. Brock has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Hudson H. Freeze, Alexander J. B. Zehnder, Richard L. Weiss, R. T. Belly, Beat Huser, Melissa L. Brock, William N. Doemel, J. Bauld, K. Wuhrmann and Robert D. Fallon. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Science, Limnology and Oceanography, Archives of Microbiology and Journal of Phycology.

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