Thomas Kuhn

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kuhn is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kuhn has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 15 papers in Paleontology and 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kuhn's work include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (27 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (13 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (11 papers). Thomas Kuhn is often cited by papers focused on Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (27 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (13 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (11 papers). Thomas Kuhn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Thomas Kuhn's co-authors include Andrea Koschinsky, James R. Hein, Anna V. Wegorzewski, Michael Bau, Katja Schmidt, Akira Usui, Peter Halbach, N. Blum, Christina Heller and İsmail Kuşçu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kuhn

46 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

  1. Discriminating between different genetic types of marine ferro-manganese crusts and nodules based on rare earth elements and yttrium
    2014 424 citations Michael Bau, Andrea Koschinsky et al. Chemical Geology profile →
  2. Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a resource for critical materials
    2020 282 citations James R. Hein, Andrea Koschinsky et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers

Thomas Kuhn
Kira Mizell United States
Yutaro Takaya Japan
T. A. Conrad United States
Richard Herrington United Kingdom
Zuozhen Han China
Reinhard Gaupp Germany
Norbert Clauer France
P. Zuddas France
Fernando Barriga Portugal
Benoı̂t Beauchamp Canada
Kira Mizell United States
Thomas Kuhn
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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Kuhn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kuhn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Kuhn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Kuhn 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 Kuhn. Thomas Kuhn 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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Koschinsky, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Magnetization of Ferromanganese Crusts: Geochemical and Magnetic Insights From Rio Grande Rise and Tropic Seamount. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(6). 1 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Life cycle impact on climate change caused by metal production from deep sea manganese nodules versus land-based deposits. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 193. 106976–106976. 4 indexed citations
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González, Javier, Teresa Medialdea, Henrik Schiellerup, et al.. (2022). MINDeSEA: exploring seabed mineral deposits in European seas, metallogeny and geological potential for strategic and critical raw materials. Geological Society London Special Publications. 526(1). 289–317. 12 indexed citations
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Garbe‐Schönberg, Dieter, et al.. (2021). Gallium-aluminum systematics of marine hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts: Inter-oceanic differences and fractionation during scavenging. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 310. 187–204. 13 indexed citations
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Versteegh, Gerard J M, et al.. (2021). Geochemical consequences of oxygen diffusion from the oceanic crust into overlying sediments and its significance for biogeochemical cycles based on sediments of the NE Pacific. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 4 indexed citations
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Hein, James R., Andrea Koschinsky, & Thomas Kuhn. (2020). Deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a resource for critical materials. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 1(3). 158–169. 282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vink, Αnnemiek, et al.. (2020). Predicting meiofauna abundance to define preservation and impact zones in a deep‐sea mining context using random forest modelling. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(7). 1210–1221. 18 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Thomas, et al.. (2018). A comprehensive approach for a techno-economic assessment of nodule mining in the deep sea. Mineral Economics. 31(3). 319–336. 22 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Application of Hydro-Acoustic and Video Data for the Exploration of Manganese Nodule Fields. Archives of Dermatology. 125(9). 1209–17. 1 indexed citations
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Schoening, Timm, Thomas Kuhn, & Tim W. Nattkemper. (2012). Estimation of poly-metallic nodule coverage in benthic images. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 10 indexed citations
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Rühlemann, Carsten, et al.. (2011). Current Status of Manganese Nodule Exploration In the German License Area. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 28 indexed citations
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Kuşçu, İsmail, Peter Halbach, Maik Inthorn, Thomas Kuhn, & Richard Seifert. (2008). The R/V Meteor Cruise Leg M44/1 in February 1999 in the Sea of Marmara: The First Multibeam Bathymetric Study and Analysis of Methane in Sediment and Water Columns. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 9 indexed citations
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Worthington, T.J., R. Hékinian, P. Stoffers, Thomas Kuhn, & Folkmar Hauff. (2006). Osbourn Trough: Structure, geochemistry and implications of a mid-Cretaceous paleospreading ridge in the South Pacific. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 245(3-4). 685–701. 66 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Thomas, Benjamín C. Bostick, Andrea Koschinsky, Peter Halbach, & Scott Fendorf. (2003). Enrichment of Mo in hydrothermal Mn precipitates: possible Mo sources, formation process and phase associations. Chemical Geology. 199(1-2). 29–43. 43 indexed citations
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Kuhn, Thomas, Heinz Bürger, Davide Castradori, & Peter Halbach. (2000). Volcanic and hydrothermal history of ridge segments near the Rodrigues Triple Junction (Central Indian Ocean) deduced from sediment geochemistry. Marine Geology. 169(3-4). 391–409. 27 indexed citations
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Çağatay, M. Namık, Nací Görür, Oya Algan, et al.. (2000). Late Glacial–Holocene palaeoceanography of the Sea of Marmara: timing of connections with the Mediterranean and the Black Seas. Marine Geology. 167(3-4). 191–206. 175 indexed citations
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Paulsen, Marvin R, et al.. (1989). Corn Breakage in Overseas Shipments to Japan. Transactions of the ASAE. 32(3). 1007–1014. 7 indexed citations

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