Thomas Pape

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
116 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Pape is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Pape has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 48 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 32 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Pape's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (79 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (48 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers). Thomas Pape is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (79 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (48 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers). Thomas Pape collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Thomas Pape's co-authors include T. Schneider, Gerhard Bohrmann, Walter Michaelis, Richard Seifert, Martin Blumenberg, Heiko Sahling, Joachim Reitner, Volker Thiel, Miriam Römer and André Bahr and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Pape

111 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

HKL2MAP: a graphical user interface for macromolecular phasing withSHELXprograms

2004 656 citations Thomas Pape et al. profile →
Microbial Reefs in the Black Sea Fueled by Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane

2002 563 citations Walter Michaelis, Richard Seifert et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Pape	3.3k	1.9k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	116	5.4k
Volker Thiel	2.9k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	856 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.2×	125	5.9k
Martin Blumenberg	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	850 0.6×	848 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	101	3.7k
T. C. Onstott	3.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	3.1k 2.8×	228	10.9k
Barry A. Cragg	3.0k 0.9×	880 0.5×	764 0.6×	782 0.7×	2.8k 2.5×	50	4.5k
Dong Feng	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	857 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	684 0.6×	238	6.9k
Jens Kallmeyer	2.4k 0.7×	892 0.5×	488 0.4×	743 0.7×	2.1k 1.9×	101	4.8k
Ann Pearson	2.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	603 0.5×	2.5k 2.2×	3.3k 3.0×	127	6.7k
Timothy G. Ferdelman	3.6k 1.1×	969 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	3.8k 3.4×	120	7.9k
Fumio Inagaki	4.9k 1.5×	957 0.5×	848 0.6×	944 0.8×	5.8k 5.2×	194	9.0k
Sean P. Sylva	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	2.6k 2.4×	72	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Pape

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Smrzka, Daniel, Jennifer Zwicker, Andrea Schröder‐Ritzrau, et al.. (2025). Marine carbon burial enhanced by microbial carbonate formation at hydrocarbon seeps. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Rumble, D., Edward Young, Jabrane Labidi, et al.. (2023). Diverse Origins of Gases From Mud Volcanoes and Seeps in Tectonically Fragmented Terrane. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(10). 7 indexed citations

Blumenberg, Martin, Stefan Schlömer, Lutz Reinhardt, et al.. (2022). Biomarker insights into a methane-enriched Holocene peat-setting from “Doggerland” (central North Sea). The Holocene. 32(10). 1015–1025. 4 indexed citations

Zabel, Matthias, Ronnie N. Glud, Hamed Sanei, et al.. (2022). High Carbon Mineralization Rates in Subseafloor Hadal Sediments—Result of Frequent Mass Wasting. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(9). 12 indexed citations

Pape, Thomas, Livio Ruffine, Wei‐Li Hong, et al.. (2020). Shallow Gas Hydrate Accumulations at a Nigerian Deepwater Pockmark—Quantities and Dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(9). 10 indexed citations

Pape, Thomas, Stefan Bünz, Wei‐Li Hong, et al.. (2019). Origin and Transformation of Light Hydrocarbons Ascending at an Active Pockmark on Vestnesa Ridge, Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(1). 25 indexed citations

Laso-Pérez, Rafael, Daan M. van Vliet, Halina E. Tegetmeyer, et al.. (2019). Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by “ Candidatus Methanoliparia” in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio. 10(4). 66 indexed citations

Wallmann, Klaus, Michael Riedel, Wei‐Li Hong, et al.. (2018). Gas hydrate dissociation off Svalbard induced by isostatic rebound rather than global warming. Nature Communications. 9(1). 83–83. 110 indexed citations

Rubin‐Blum, Maxim, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Christian Borowski, et al.. (2017). Short-chain alkanes fuel mussel and sponge Cycloclasticus symbionts from deep-sea gas and oil seeps. Nature Microbiology. 2(8). 17093–17093. 58 indexed citations

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Sahling, Heiko, Christian Borowski, Elva Escobar‐Briones, et al.. (2016). Seafloor observations at Campeche Knolls, southern Gulf of Mexico: coexistence of asphalt deposits, oil seepage, and gas venting. 2 indexed citations

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Sahling, Heiko, Christian Borowski, Elva Escobar‐Briones, et al.. (2016). Massive asphalt deposits, oil seepage, and gas venting support abundantchemosynthetic communities at the Campeche Knolls, southern Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences. 13(15). 4491–4512. 38 indexed citations

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Sahling, Heiko, Miriam Römer, Thomas Pape, et al.. (2014). Gas emissions at the continental margin west of Svalbard: mapping, sampling, and quantification. Biogeosciences. 11(21). 6029–6046. 84 indexed citations

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Jia, Fenglong, et al.. (2011). A revisional study of Amobia Robineau-Desvoidy from mainland China (Diptera, Sarcophagidae, Miltogrammatinae). Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations

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Niemann, Helge, Katrin Knittel, Américo Montiel, et al.. (2009). Biogeochemistry of a low-activity cold seep in the Larsen B area, western Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Biogeosciences. 6(11). 2383–2395. 53 indexed citations

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Pape, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Andrea Palladio : 1508-1580, architect between the Renaissance and Baroque.

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Perner, Mirjam, Jan Kuever, Richard Seifert, et al.. (2007). The influence of ultramafic rocks on microbial communities at the Logatchev hydrothermal field, located 15Â°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 61(1). 97–109. 73 indexed citations

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Pape, Thomas. (2006). Dense populations of Archaea associated with the hadromerid demosponge Tentorium semisuberites from Arctic deep waters. Polar Biology. 2 indexed citations

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Zielinski, Frank, Thomas Pape, Frank Wenzhöfer, Richard Seifert, & Nicole Dubilier. (2005). Hydrogen may be an energy source for endosymbiotic bacteria of the vent mussel Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Seifert, Richard, Martin Blumenberg, Thomas Pape, et al.. (2003). Methane in the Black Sea - biogeochemical and microbiological aspects. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 6339. 1 indexed citations

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Michaelis, Walter, Richard Seifert, Katja Nauhaus, et al.. (2002). Microbial Reefs in the Black Sea Fueled by Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane. Science. 297(5583). 1013–1015. 563 indexed citations breakdown →

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