Thomas Kunz

30.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
561 papers, 21.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kunz is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Computer Networks and Communications and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kunz has authored 561 papers receiving a total of 21.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 217 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 149 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kunz's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (223 papers), Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (120 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (70 papers). Thomas Kunz is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (223 papers), Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (120 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (70 papers). Thomas Kunz collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Thomas Kunz's co-authors include Gary F. McCracken, Winifred F. Frick, Akbar Zubaid, Marc St‐Hilaire, P. A. Racey, Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez, Theodore H. Fleming, Tatyana Lobova, Dana Marie Bauer and Kate E. Langwig and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kunz

538 papers receiving 20.2k citations

Hit Papers

Ecosystem services provid... 1970 2026 1988 2007 2011 2010 2011 2009 1982 250 500 750 1000
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. Ecosystem services provided by bats
    2011 1.0k citations Thomas Kunz et al. profile →
  2. An Emerging Disease Causes Regional Population Collapse of a Common North American Bat Species
    2010 698 citations Thomas Kunz et al. profile →
  3. Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture
    2011 585 citations Gary F. McCracken, Thomas Kunz et al. profile →
  4. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats
    2009 452 citations Thomas Kunz profile →
  5. Ecology of Bats
    1982 434 citations Thomas Kunz profile →
  6. Bats of America
    1970 399 citations Thomas Kunz et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Kunz 13.5k 9.8k 3.2k 2.5k 2.5k 561 21.7k
Martin Wikelski 11.5k 0.9× 16.0k 1.6× 3.5k 1.1× 802 0.3× 2.2k 0.9× 395 25.9k
Gareth Jones 14.2k 1.0× 12.1k 1.2× 4.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.4× 6.1k 2.5× 462 22.2k
Graeme D. Ruxton 12.6k 0.9× 7.4k 0.8× 777 0.2× 92 0.0× 1.4k 0.6× 445 23.9k
Alexandros Stamatakis 15.9k 1.2× 16.2k 1.7× 2.3k 0.7× 3.1k 1.2× 91 0.0× 176 63.3k
Roland Kays 2.6k 0.2× 10.0k 1.0× 3.2k 1.0× 157 0.1× 783 0.3× 212 14.1k
Eugene W. Myers 4.5k 0.3× 14.0k 1.4× 279 0.1× 5.1k 2.0× 54 0.0× 126 88.6k
Stephen J. Simpson 10.3k 0.8× 5.5k 0.6× 647 0.2× 242 0.1× 101 0.0× 524 31.8k
Wayne M. Getz 3.5k 0.3× 7.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 572 0.2× 295 16.2k
Henri Weimerskirch 7.7k 0.6× 20.6k 2.1× 2.1k 0.7× 146 0.1× 834 0.3× 394 25.2k
Gábor Marth 3.4k 0.3× 6.1k 0.6× 585 0.2× 2.6k 1.0× 76 0.0× 74 60.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Kunz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kunz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yousefi, Saleh, et al.. (2025). Multi-Stream TSN Gate Control Scheduling in the Presence of Clock Synchronization. 11–20. 1 indexed citations
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Farooq, Muhammad Omer & Thomas Kunz. (2025). Combining Supervised and Reinforcement Learning to Build a Generic Defensive Cyber Agent. Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy. 5(2). 23–23.
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Esfandiari, Babak, et al.. (2025). Machine learning approaches for predicting link failures in production networks. Computer Networks. 259. 111098–111098.
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Farooq, Muhammad Omer & Thomas Kunz. (2024). A Generic Blue Agent Training Framework for Autonomous Cyber Operations. 515–521. 1 indexed citations
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Yousefi, Saleh, et al.. (2024). Latency Bounds for TSN Scheduling in the Presence of Clock Synchronization. IEEE Networking Letters. 7(1). 41–45.
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Yousefi, Saleh, et al.. (2022). Applications of Machine Learning in Resource Management for RAN-Slicing in 5G and Beyond Networks: A Survey. IEEE Access. 10. 106581–106612. 37 indexed citations
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Yousefi, Saleh, et al.. (2021). Energy-Efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning Assisted Resource Allocation for 5G-RAN Slicing. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 71(1). 856–871. 56 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas, et al.. (2020). The Value of Simple Heuristics for Virtualized Network Function Placement. Future Internet. 12(10). 161–161. 1 indexed citations
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Beitz, Toralf, et al.. (2020). Characterization of volatile metabolites formed by molds on barley by mass and ion mobility spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 55(5). e4501–e4501. 14 indexed citations
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Alam, Muhammad Raisul, Marc St‐Hilaire, & Thomas Kunz. (2019). Peer-to-peer energy trading among smart homes. Applied Energy. 238. 1434–1443. 191 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Exploiting Multi-Beam Antennas for End-to-End Delay Reduction in Ad Hoc Networks. Mobile Networks and Applications. 23(5). 1293–1305. 3 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas, et al.. (2015). A Recursive Method for Clock Synchronization in Asymmetric Packet-Based Networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 24(4). 2332–2342. 13 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas, et al.. (2010). EXtending Mobility to Publish/Subscribe Systems Using a Pro-Active Caching Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Isaac, Susan, et al.. (2010). Foraging Behaviour of Megachiropteran Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Courtallam, Tamilnadu, South India. BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences. 7(2). 175–180. 1 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas, et al.. (2008). A pro-active mobility extension for pub/sub systems. 32. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Li & Thomas Kunz. (2007). Localization applying an efficient neural network mapping. 1. 23 indexed citations
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Abdullah, Aminah, et al.. (1999). Chemical composition of leaves consumed by the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis, in peninsular Malaysia. Acta Chiropterologica. 1(2). 209–214. 7 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas, et al.. (1996). Single stepping in event-visualization tools. Conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research. 19. 2 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas. (1994). Visualizing abstract events. Conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research. 38. 13 indexed citations
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Kunz, Thomas & Gary F. McCracken. (1993). Tents and Harems: Alteration of Leaves by Foliage-Roosting Bats. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club. 1 indexed citations

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