Thomas M. Schmidt

45.3k total citations · 14 hit papers
204 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas M. Schmidt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas M. Schmidt has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas M. Schmidt's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers), Gut microbiota and health (33 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (26 papers). Thomas M. Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers), Gut microbiota and health (33 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (26 papers). Thomas M. Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Thomas M. Schmidt's co-authors include Vincent B. Young, David A. Relman, Daniel H. Buckley, Norman R. Pace, Benjamin R. K. Roller, Stanley Falkow, John Dunbar, Joel A. Klappenbach, Edward F. DeLong and Arvind Venkataraman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Schmidt

192 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

Fundamentals of Microbial Commun... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2012 2000 1999 2008 1992 250 500 750 1000
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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. Fundamentals of Microbial Community Resistance and Resilience
    2012 1.2k citations Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  2. rRNA Operon Copy Number Reflects Ecological Strategies of Bacteria
    2000 854 citations Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  3. A new version of the RDP (Ribosomal Database Project)
    1999 840 citations Thomas M. Schmidt et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  4. Decreased Diversity of the Fecal Microbiome in RecurrentClostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea
    2008 799 citations Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  5. Identification of the Uncultured Bacillus of Whipple’s Disease
    1992 796 citations David A. Relman, Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  6. rrnDB: improved tools for interpreting rRNA gene abundance in bacteria and archaea and a new foundation for future development
    2014 782 citations Byron J. Smith, Benjamin R. K. Roller et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  7. The Agent of Bacillary Angiomatosis
    1990 689 citations David A. Relman, Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  8. Analysis of a marine picoplankton community by 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing
    1991 604 citations Thomas M. Schmidt et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →
  9. Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals
    2015 586 citations John R. Erb‐Downward, Robert P. Dickson et al. mBio profile →
  10. Comparison of the Respiratory Microbiome in Healthy Nonsmokers and Smokers
    2013 585 citations Arvind Venkataraman, Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  11. Dynamics of Human Gut Microbiota and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Response to Dietary Interventions with Three Fermentable Fibers
    2019 552 citations Nielson T. Baxter, Alexander W. Schmidt et al. mBio profile →
  12. Exploiting rRNA operon copy number to investigate bacterial reproductive strategies
    2016 366 citations Benjamin R. K. Roller, Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  13. Perennial grasslands enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes
    2014 351 citations Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →
  14. The Bacterial Connection between the Oral Cavity and the Gut Diseases
    2020 273 citations Thomas M. Schmidt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas M. Schmidt United States 66 8.9k 6.1k 2.4k 1.8k 1.7k 204 20.2k
Todd Z. DeSantis United States 29 11.5k 1.3× 6.3k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 52 21.6k
Christian L. Lauber United States 25 8.8k 1.0× 4.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 943 0.6× 33 17.9k
Donna Berg-Lyons United States 14 8.9k 1.0× 6.4k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.4× 929 0.5× 14 19.7k
William A. Walters United States 24 11.6k 1.3× 4.1k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 30 19.8k
Jason W. Sahl United States 32 8.5k 0.9× 7.5k 1.2× 1.7k 0.7× 2.8k 1.6× 1.1k 0.7× 122 20.1k
Andrew Han United States 13 10.4k 1.2× 6.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 3.5k 1.9× 1.1k 0.6× 18 22.7k
Daniel McDonald United States 47 13.3k 1.5× 4.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 116 22.8k
Michael Rosen United States 20 10.3k 1.2× 6.8k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 3.4k 1.9× 1.1k 0.6× 73 25.4k
Emily B. Hollister United States 33 9.7k 1.1× 7.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.6× 3.1k 1.7× 975 0.6× 62 21.6k
Robert G. Beiko Canada 40 9.4k 1.1× 4.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 866 0.5× 107 16.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Calvi, Marco, A. Larry Arsenault, Thomas M. Schmidt, et al.. (2024). Experimental results of a YBCO bulk superconducting undulator magnetic optimization. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 27(10). 5 indexed citations
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Calvi, Marco, Eugenio Ferrari, Arturo Alarcon, et al.. (2023). Versatile modulators for laser-based FEL seeding at SwissFEL. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 30(2). 276–283. 1 indexed citations
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Calvi, Marco, Eduard Prat, Thomas M. Schmidt, et al.. (2023). GdBCO bulk superconducting helical undulator for x-ray free-electron lasers. Physical Review Research. 5(3). 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kai, M. Bartkowiak, Thomas M. Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Record field in a 10 mm-period bulk high-temperature superconducting undulator. Superconductor Science and Technology. 36(5). 05LT01–05LT01. 19 indexed citations
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Kinjo, Ryota, Marco Calvi, Kai Zhang, et al.. (2022). Inverse analysis of critical current density in a bulk high-temperature superconducting undulator. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 25(4). 6 indexed citations
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Pfister, Catherine A., S.H. Light, Brendan J. M. Bohannan, et al.. (2022). Conceptual Exchanges for Understanding Free-Living and Host-Associated Microbiomes. mSystems. 7(1). e0137421–e0137421. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Byron J., Richard A. Miller, & Thomas M. Schmidt. (2021). Muribaculaceae Genomes Assembled from Metagenomes Suggest Genetic Drivers of Differential Response to Acarbose Treatment in Mice. mSphere. 6(6). e0085121–e0085121. 94 indexed citations
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Prat, Eduard, Eugenio Ferrari, Marco Calvi, et al.. (2021). Demonstration of a compact x-ray free-electron laser using the optical klystron effect. Applied Physics Letters. 119(15). 9 indexed citations
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Ashley, Shanna L., Michael W. Sjoding, Antonia P. Popova, et al.. (2020). Lung and gut microbiota are altered by hyperoxia and contribute to oxygen-induced lung injury in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 12(556). 112 indexed citations
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Calvi, Marco, et al.. (2020). Numerical Design Optimization of Short-Period HTS Staggered Array Undulators. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 30(4). 1–5. 11 indexed citations
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Baxter, Nielson T., et al.. (2019). Dynamics of Human Gut Microbiota and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Response to Dietary Interventions with Three Fermentable Fibers. mBio. 10(1). 552 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Kai, et al.. (2019). Magnetization current simulation of high temperature bulk superconductors using A-V-A formula based iterative algorithm method. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Yun‐Gi, Sang‐Uk Seo, Joseph M. Pickard, et al.. (2017). Neonatal acquisition of Clostridia species protects against colonization by bacterial pathogens. Science. 356(6335). 315–319. 191 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Thomas M., et al.. (2014). La religión en la sociedad postsecular: Transformación y relocalización de lo religioso en la modernidad tardía. Repositorio Institucional E-DocUR (Universidad Del Rosario).
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Smith, Byron J., et al.. (2014). rrnDB: improved tools for interpreting rRNA gene abundance in bacteria and archaea and a new foundation for future development. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(D1). D593–D598. 782 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dethlefsen, Les & Thomas M. Schmidt. (2007). Performance of the Translational Apparatus Varies with the Ecological Strategies of Bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(8). 3237–3245. 61 indexed citations
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Baron, Jill S., et al.. (2007). Complex Patterns in Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Influence Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. AGUFM. 2007.
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Buckley, Daniel H. & Thomas M. Schmidt. (2001). Environmental factors influencing the distribution of rRNA from Verrucomicrobia in soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 35(1). 105–112. 96 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Thomas M. & David A. Relman. (1994). [16] Phylogenetic identification of uncultured pathogens using ribosomal RNA sequences. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 235. 205–222. 60 indexed citations
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Guerrero, Ricardo, Carlos Pedrós‐Alió, Thomas M. Schmidt, & Jordi Mas. (1985). A survey of buoyant density of microorganisms in pure cultures and natural samples.. PubMed. 1(1-2). 53–65. 21 indexed citations

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