Thomas Thiel

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Thiel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Thiel has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Thiel's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (8 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (8 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Thomas Thiel is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (8 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (8 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Thomas Thiel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Thomas Thiel's co-authors include Andreas Graner, Rajeev K. Varshney, W. Michalek, Uwe Scholz, Thomas A. Münch, Sebastian Beier, Martin Mascher, Nils Stein, Peter Langridge and Raja Kota and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Thiel

17 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Exploiting EST databases ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2017 500 1000 1.5k
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. Exploiting EST databases for the development and characterization of gene-derived SSR-markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
    2003 2.0k citations Thomas Thiel, W. Michalek et al. Theoretical and Applied Genetics profile →
  2. MISA-web: a web server for microsatellite prediction
    2017 1.6k citations Sebastian Beier, Thomas Thiel et al. Bioinformatics 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 Thiel 2.7k 2.7k 1.5k 973 354 17 4.9k
Patrick P. Edger 3.7k 1.3× 3.1k 1.1× 880 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 318 0.9× 96 5.2k
Martin Mascher 4.1k 1.5× 2.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 600 0.6× 247 0.7× 120 5.7k
Keith L. Adams 3.7k 1.4× 4.4k 1.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 188 0.5× 53 6.2k
Stephan Greiner 1.6k 0.6× 3.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.7× 458 1.3× 30 5.0k
Michael K. Hanafey 3.0k 1.1× 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 484 0.5× 315 0.9× 11 4.2k
Kevin L. Childs 4.0k 1.5× 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 418 0.4× 187 0.5× 85 5.8k
Rick Kesseli 4.7k 1.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.9k 1.3× 959 1.0× 440 1.2× 52 6.1k
Ning Jiang 6.0k 2.2× 4.6k 1.7× 1.4k 1.0× 547 0.6× 333 0.9× 85 7.7k
Shujun Ou 4.2k 1.5× 2.8k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 425 0.4× 213 0.6× 34 5.4k
Jeffrey P. Mower 1.6k 0.6× 3.9k 1.4× 613 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 202 0.6× 64 4.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Thiel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Thiel

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Beier, Sebastian, Thomas Thiel, Thomas A. Münch, Uwe Scholz, & Martin Mascher. (2017). MISA-web: a web server for microsatellite prediction. Bioinformatics. 33(16). 2583–2585. 1593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Corral, José M. Miguel del, Heiko Vogel, Olawale Mashood Aliyu, et al.. (2013). A Conserved Apomixis-Specific Polymorphism Is Correlated with Exclusive Exonuclease Expression in Premeiotic Ovules of Apomictic Boechera Species. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 163(4). 1660–1672. 60 indexed citations
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Cockram, James, Thomas Thiel, Burkhard Steuernagel, et al.. (2012). Genome Dynamics Explain the Evolution of Flowering Time CCT Domain Gene Families in the Poaceae. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45307–e45307. 91 indexed citations
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Cockram, James, Thomas Thiel, Burkhard Steuernagel, et al.. (2011). Molecular, phylogenetic and comparative genomic analysis of the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene family in the Poaceae. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 10(1). 67–82. 49 indexed citations
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Sharbel, Timothy F., José M. Miguel del Corral, Thomas Thiel, et al.. (2009). Molecular signatures of apomictic and sexual ovules in the Boechera holboellii complex. The Plant Journal. 58(5). 870–882. 71 indexed citations
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Thiel, Thomas, Andreas Graner, Robbie Waugh, et al.. (2009). Evidence and evolutionary analysis of ancient whole-genome duplication in barley predating the divergence from rice. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 209–209. 57 indexed citations
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Laurent, V., Pierre Devaux, Thomas Thiel, et al.. (2007). Comparative effectiveness of sugar beet microsatellite markers isolated from genomic libraries and GenBank ESTs to map the sugar beet genome. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 115(6). 793–805. 46 indexed citations
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Stein, Nils, Manoj Prasad, Uwe Scholz, et al.. (2007). A 1,000-loci transcript map of the barley genome: new anchoring points for integrative grass genomics. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 114(5). 823–839. 177 indexed citations
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Varshney, Rajeev K., Thomas Thiel, Michaël Baum, et al.. (2007). Identification and validation of a core set of informative genic SSR and SNP markers for assaying functional diversity in barley. Molecular Breeding. 22(1). 1–13. 57 indexed citations
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Graner, Andreas, Thomas Thiel, Elena Potokina, et al.. (2005). Molecular Mapping in Barley: Shifting from the Structural to the Functional Level. Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 41(3). 81–88. 2 indexed citations
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Varshney, Rajeev K., Urs Hähnel, Thomas Thiel, et al.. (2005). Genetic and Physical Mapping of Genic Microsatellites in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 41(4). 153–159. 2 indexed citations
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Kota, Raja, Rajeev K. Varshney, Thomas Thiel, Klaus J. Dehmer, & Andreas Graner. (2004). Generation and Comparison of EST-Derived SSRs and SNPs in Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.). Hereditas. 135(2-3). 145–151. 84 indexed citations
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Thiel, Thomas. (2004). SNP2CAPS: a SNP and INDEL analysis tool for CAPS marker development. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(1). 5e–5. 152 indexed citations
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Bauer, Petra, Thomas Thiel, Marco Klatte, et al.. (2004). Analysis of Sequence, Map Position, and Gene Expression Reveals Conserved Essential Genes for Iron Uptake in Arabidopsis and Tomato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 136(4). 4169–4183. 66 indexed citations
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Thiel, Thomas, W. Michalek, Rajeev K. Varshney, & Andreas Graner. (2003). Exploiting EST databases for the development and characterization of gene-derived SSR-markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 106(3). 411–422. 1973 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kota, Raja, Stephen Rudd, Axel Facius, et al.. (2003). Snipping polymorphisms from large EST collections in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 270(1). 24–33. 92 indexed citations
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Varshney, Rajeev K., Thomas Thiel, Nils Stein, Peter Langridge, & Andreas Graner. (2002). In silico analysis on frequency and distribution of microsatellites in ESTs of some cereal species.. PubMed. 7(2A). 537–46. 303 indexed citations

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