Thomas Leya

1.3k total citations
24 papers, 733 citations indexed

About

Thomas Leya is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Leya has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 733 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Thomas Leya's work include Polar Research and Ecology (13 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (9 papers). Thomas Leya is often cited by papers focused on Polar Research and Ecology (13 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (9 papers). Thomas Leya collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Thomas Leya's co-authors include Daniel Remias, Cornelius Lütz, Torsten Müller, Günter Führ, Ulf Karsten, Linda Nedbalová, Lenka Procházková, Siegfried Aigner, Stefan Schwaiger and Hermann Stuppner and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Leya

22 papers receiving 721 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Leya Germany 13 431 199 181 180 154 24 733
Tomokazu Yamazaki Japan 17 82 0.2× 52 0.3× 340 1.9× 394 2.2× 100 0.6× 45 922
Qunjie Gao United States 9 146 0.3× 283 1.4× 195 1.1× 282 1.6× 19 0.1× 10 783
Martin Schliep Australia 16 192 0.4× 119 0.6× 311 1.7× 549 3.0× 13 0.1× 21 897
Ronald W. Hoham United States 19 697 1.6× 281 1.4× 303 1.7× 224 1.2× 170 1.1× 33 1.0k
Martina Pichrtová Czechia 14 238 0.6× 232 1.2× 198 1.1× 202 1.1× 37 0.2× 23 586
Einar Skarstad Egeland Norway 13 199 0.5× 88 0.4× 171 0.9× 126 0.7× 33 0.2× 17 592
M. Chihara Japan 12 306 0.7× 104 0.5× 199 1.1× 294 1.6× 13 0.1× 29 1.1k
Mickaël Baqué Germany 17 267 0.6× 281 1.4× 100 0.6× 161 0.9× 17 0.1× 54 832
Bernd M. A. Kroon Netherlands 16 220 0.5× 110 0.6× 566 3.1× 251 1.4× 57 0.4× 21 997
Aaron C. Hartmann United States 13 523 1.2× 37 0.2× 262 1.4× 280 1.6× 10 0.1× 23 918

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Leya

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Leya

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Leya

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

All Works

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Hulatt, Chris J., et al.. (2024). The genome of the Arctic snow alga Limnomonas spitsbergensis (Chlamydomonadales). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(7). 7 indexed citations
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Novis, Phil M., et al.. (2024). Chloromonas fuhrii sp. nov . (Chlorophyceae), a cosmopolitan alga from colored snow. Phycologia. 63(2). 211–224. 2 indexed citations
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Zervas, Athanasios, Stefanie Lutz, Thomas Leya, et al.. (2024). Long-Read–Based Hybrid Genome Assembly and Annotation of Snow Algal Strain CCCryo 101-99 (cf. Sphaerocystis sp., Chlamydomonadales). Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(7). 2 indexed citations
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Abarca, Nélida, Jonas Zimmermann, Oliver Skibbe, et al.. (2023). Molecular phylogenetics coupled with morphological analyses of Arctic and Antarctic strains place Chamaepinnularia (Bacillariophyta) within the Sellaphoraceae. Fottea. 24(1). 1–22. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuguang, Patricio Jeraldo, William G. Herbert, et al.. (2022). Whole genome sequencing of cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. CCCryo 231-06 using microfluidic single cell technology. iScience. 25(5). 104291–104291. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuguang, Patricio Jeraldo, William G. Herbert, et al.. (2022). Non-random genetic alterations in the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. exposed to space conditions. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12580–12580. 3 indexed citations
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Yakimovich, Kurt M., et al.. (2021). A Molecular Analysis of Microalgae from Around the Globe to Revise Raphidonema (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology. 57(5). 1419–1432. 8 indexed citations
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Leya, Thomas. (2020). The CCCryo Culture Collection of Cryophilic Algae as a valuable bioresource for algal biodiversity and for novel, industrially marketable metabolites. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 3(1). 167–188. 15 indexed citations
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Baqué, Mickaël, Franziska Hanke, Ute Böttger, et al.. (2018). Protection of cyanobacterial carotenoids' Raman signatures by Martian mineral analogues after high‐dose gamma irradiation. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 49(10). 1617–1627. 16 indexed citations
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Baqué, Mickaël, et al.. (2017). BIOMEX on EXPOSE-R2: First results on the preservation of Raman biosignatures after space exposure. elib (German Aerospace Center). 3697.
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Spijkerman, Elly, Alexander Wacker, Guntram Weithoff, & Thomas Leya. (2012). Elemental and fatty acid composition of snow algae in Arctic habitats. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 380–380. 51 indexed citations
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Remias, Daniel, Ulf Karsten, Cornelius Lütz, & Thomas Leya. (2010). Physiological and morphological processes in the Alpine snow alga Chloromonas nivalis (Chlorophyceae) during cyst formation. PROTOPLASMA. 243(1-4). 73–86. 84 indexed citations
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Möhlmann, D., et al.. (2009). Photosynthesis activity of frozen cyanobacteria, snow alga and lichens as pre-tests for further on studies with simulation of Mars equatorial latitude temperatures. 355. 1 indexed citations
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Leya, Thomas, et al.. (2006). 75. Adaptation strategies of psychrophilic snow algae to their cold environment. Cryobiology. 53(3). 399–399. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Torsten, Thomas Leya, & Günter Führ. (2001). Persistent Snow Algal Fields in Spitsbergen: Field Observations and a Hypothesis about the Annual Cell Circulation. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 33(1). 42–51. 36 indexed citations
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Reichle, C., Thomas Schnelle, Torsten Müller, Thomas Leya, & Günter Führ. (2000). A new microsystem for automated electrorotation measurements using laser tweezers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1459(1). 218–229. 26 indexed citations
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Leya, Thomas, et al.. (2000). Taxonomy and Biophysical Properties of Cryophilic Microalgae and Their Environmental Factors in Northwest Spitsbergen, Svalbard. 8 indexed citations
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Nys, Rocky de, et al.. (1996). The need for standardised broad scale bioassay testing: A case study using the red algaLaurencia rigida. Biofouling. 10(1-3). 213–224. 58 indexed citations

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