Thomas Tuch

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Tuch is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Tuch has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Atmospheric Science, 38 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Thomas Tuch's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (38 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (22 papers). Thomas Tuch is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (38 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (22 papers). Thomas Tuch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Finland and Switzerland. Thomas Tuch's co-authors include Joachim Heinrich, Annette Peters, J. Heyder, H. E. Wichmann, Alfred Wiedensohler, Birgit Wehner, W. Birmili, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, H.‐Erich Wichmann and G. Wölke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Tuch

55 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Respiratory Effects Are Associated With the Number of Ult... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. Respiratory Effects Are Associated With the Number of Ultrafine Particles
    1997 1.0k citations Thomas Tuch 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 Tuch Germany 26 2.5k 1.8k 985 814 648 56 3.3k
Ilias G. Kavouras United States 33 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 586 0.6× 677 0.8× 507 0.8× 97 3.9k
Richard E. Peltier United States 35 3.2k 1.3× 3.1k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 552 0.9× 65 4.5k
Jaroslav Schwarz Czechia 32 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 948 1.0× 609 0.7× 548 0.8× 128 3.2k
H.M. ten Brink Netherlands 31 3.1k 1.3× 2.9k 1.6× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 929 1.4× 111 4.5k
María Cruz Minguillón Spain 40 3.9k 1.6× 2.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 1.7k 2.1× 1.4k 2.1× 86 5.0k
Jenny Rissler Sweden 28 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 965 1.0× 391 0.5× 395 0.6× 92 2.6k
M. Eileen Birch United States 22 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 462 0.5× 567 0.7× 681 1.1× 45 3.2k
Andrea Polidori United States 32 3.0k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 461 0.5× 1.5k 1.8× 743 1.1× 55 3.6k
Mauro Masiol Italy 37 2.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 756 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 946 1.5× 85 3.7k
Margarita Evtyugina Portugal 30 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 392 0.4× 571 0.7× 437 0.7× 60 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Tuch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Tuch

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brean, James, David C. S. Beddows, Tuukka Petäjä, et al.. (2024). Insights into the sources of ultrafine particle numbers at six European urban sites obtained by investigating COVID-19 lockdowns. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(16). 9515–9531. 3 indexed citations
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Brean, James, David C. S. Beddows, Kay Weinhold, et al.. (2024). Road Traffic Emissions Lead to Much Enhanced New Particle Formation through Increased Growth Rates. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(24). 10664–10674. 6 indexed citations
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Pinxteren, Dominik van, Laurent Poulain, Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, et al.. (2023). Residential Wood Combustion in Germany: A Twin-Site Study of Local Village Contributions to Particulate Pollutants and Their Potential Health Effects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 12–30. 9 indexed citations
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Pileci, Rosaria E., Robin L. Modini, Michele Bertó, et al.. (2021). Comparison of co-located refractory black carbon (rBC) and elemental carbon (EC) mass concentration measurements during field campaigns at several European sites. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(2). 1379–1403. 23 indexed citations
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Yuan, Jinfeng, Robin L. Modini, Marco Zanatta, et al.. (2021). Variability in the mass absorption cross section of black carbon (BC) aerosols is driven by BC internal mixing state at a central European background site (Melpitz, Germany) in winter. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(2). 635–655. 25 indexed citations
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Ansmann, Albert, Holger Baars, Joel C. Corbin, et al.. (2021). Measurement report: Comparison of airborne, in situ measured, lidar-based, and modeled aerosol optical properties in the central European background – identifying sources of deviations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(22). 16745–16773. 13 indexed citations
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Ren, Yangang, Gerald Spindler, Benoît Grosselin, et al.. (2020). Role of the dew water on the ground surface in HONO distribution: a case measurement in Melpitz. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(21). 13069–13089. 25 indexed citations
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Pileci, Rosaria E., Robin L. Modini, Michele Bertó, et al.. (2020). Comparison of co–located rBC and EC mass concentration measurements during field campaigns at several European sites. 5 indexed citations
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Poulain, Laurent, Gerald Spindler, Achim Grüner, et al.. (2020). Multi-year ACSM measurements at the central European research station Melpitz (Germany) – Part 1: Instrument robustness, quality assurance, and impact of upper size cutoff diameter. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(9). 4973–4994. 23 indexed citations
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Lei, Ting, Nan Ma, Juan Hong, et al.. (2020). Nano-hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analyzer (nano-HTDMA) for investigating hygroscopic properties of sub-10 nm aerosol nanoparticles. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 13(10). 5551–5567. 17 indexed citations
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Gunsch, Matthew J., Rachel M. Kirpes, Katheryn R. Kolesar, et al.. (2017). Contributions of transported Prudhoe Bay oil field emissions to the aerosol population in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(17). 10879–10892. 46 indexed citations
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Ma, Nan, W. Birmili, Thomas Müller, et al.. (2014). Tropospheric aerosol scattering and absorption over central Europe: a closure study for the dry particle state. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(12). 6241–6259. 21 indexed citations
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Shen, Xiaojing, Junying Sun, Yuhong Zhang, et al.. (2011). First long-term study of particle number size distributions and new particle formation events of regional aerosol in the North China Plain. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(4). 1565–1580. 124 indexed citations
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Costabile, Francesca, W. Birmili, Steven L. Klose, et al.. (2009). Spatio-temporal variability and principal components of the particle number size distribution in an urban atmosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(9). 3163–3195. 88 indexed citations
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Birmili, W., et al.. (2009). Dispersion of traffic-related exhaust particles near the Berlin urban motorway – estimation of fleet emission factors. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(7). 2355–2374. 47 indexed citations
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Birmili, W., Kerstin Schepanski, Albert Ansmann, et al.. (2007). An episode of extremely high PM concentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine. 4 indexed citations
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Voigtländer, Jens, Thomas Tuch, W. Birmili, & Alfred Wiedensohler. (2006). Correlation between traffic density and particle size distribution in a street canyon and the dependence on wind direction. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(12). 4275–4286. 33 indexed citations
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Rose, Diana, Birgit Wehner, Matthias Ketzel, et al.. (2006). Atmospheric number size distributions of soot particles and estimation of emission factors. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(4). 1021–1031. 100 indexed citations
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Stratmann, Frank, Holger Siebert, Gerald Spindler, et al.. (2003). New-particle formation events in a continental boundary layer: first results from the SATURN experiment. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 3(5). 1445–1459. 48 indexed citations

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