Thomas Weber

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Weber is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Weber has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Oceanography, 10 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Thomas Weber's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (25 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). Thomas Weber is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (25 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers). Thomas Weber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Thomas Weber's co-authors include Curtis Deutsch, Tim DeVries, David A. Siegel, Philip W. Boyd, Marina Lévy, Hervé Claustre, Daniele Bianchi, Annette Kock, Nicola A. Wiseman and Rainer Kiko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Weber

33 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean

2019 501 citations Philip W. Boyd, Hervé Claustre et al. Nature profile →
Global niche of marine anaerobic metabolisms expanded by particle microenvironments

2018 226 citations Daniele Bianchi, Thomas Weber et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Weber United States	20	1.8k	926	569	536	404	34	2.6k
Andrew P. Rees United Kingdom	32	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	650 1.1×	387 0.7×	367 0.9×	90	2.8k
Hema Naik India	25	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	463 0.8×	470 0.9×	288 0.7×	46	2.3k
Christoph Völker Germany	29	2.1k 1.2×	547 0.6×	859 1.5×	559 1.0×	944 2.3×	86	2.9k
Stefan Förster Germany	25	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	534 0.9×	730 1.4×	316 0.8×	56	3.2k
M. Dileep Kumar India	31	2.3k 1.3×	828 0.9×	865 1.5×	392 0.7×	705 1.7×	59	2.9k
Sandra Arndt Belgium	26	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	593 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	993 2.5×	60	2.9k
Uta Passow Germany	17	1.7k 0.9×	741 0.8×	273 0.5×	430 0.8×	316 0.8×	18	2.2k
Shangbin Xiao China	22	731 0.4×	692 0.7×	447 0.8×	796 1.5×	945 2.3×	79	2.4k
Laura Farı́as Chile	29	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	699 1.2×	622 1.2×	386 1.0×	95	3.0k
Falk Pollehne Germany	26	1.2k 0.7×	674 0.7×	234 0.4×	508 0.9×	278 0.7×	53	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Weber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Weber

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Weber

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weber, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Quantifying Lithogenic Inputs to the Ocean From the GEOTRACES Thorium Transects in a Data‐Assimilation Model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 39(6). 2 indexed citations

Weber, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Development of a fast‐response system with integrated calibration for high‐resolution mapping of dissolved methane concentration in surface waters. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 22(5). 321–332.

Tagliabue, Alessandro & Thomas Weber. (2024). Novel Insights into Ocean Trace Element Cycling from Biogeochemical Models. Oceanography. 37(2). 131–141. 4 indexed citations

Sieber, Matthias, Xiaopeng Bian, Shotaro Takano, et al.. (2023). The Importance of Reversible Scavenging for the Marine Zn Cycle Evidenced by the Distribution of Zinc and Its Isotopes in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(4). 14 indexed citations

Joung, DongJoo, C. Ruppel, John Southon, Thomas Weber, & J. D. Kessler. (2022). Negligible atmospheric release of methane from decomposing hydrates in mid-latitude oceans. Nature Geoscience. 15(11). 885–891. 14 indexed citations

Cram, Jacob A., Clara A. Fuchsman, Megan Duffy, et al.. (2021). Slow Particle Remineralization, Rather Than Suppressed Disaggregation, Drives Efficient Flux Transfer Through the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen Deficient Zone. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(1). 15 indexed citations

Leung, Shirley, Thomas Weber, Jacob A. Cram, & Curtis Deutsch. (2021). Variable particle size distributions reduce the sensitivity of global export flux to climate change. Biogeosciences. 18(1). 229–250. 12 indexed citations

Weber, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Ocean Dust Deposition Rates Constrained in a Data‐Assimilation Model of the Marine Aluminum Cycle. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35(9). 21 indexed citations

Roshan, Saeed, Tim DeVries, Jingfeng Wu, Seth G. John, & Thomas Weber. (2020). Reversible scavenging traps hydrothermal iron in the deep ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 542. 116297–116297. 27 indexed citations

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Yang, Simon, Bonnie X. Chang, Mark J. Warner, et al.. (2020). Global reconstruction reduces the uncertainty of oceanic nitrous oxide emissions and reveals a vigorous seasonal cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(22). 11954–11960. 74 indexed citations

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Weber, Thomas & Daniele Bianchi. (2020). Efficient Particle Transfer to Depth in Oxygen Minimum Zones of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Frontiers in Earth Science. 8. 35 indexed citations

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Boyd, Philip W., Hervé Claustre, Marina Lévy, David A. Siegel, & Thomas Weber. (2019). Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean. Nature. 568(7752). 327–335. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weber, Thomas, Nicola A. Wiseman, & Annette Kock. (2019). Global ocean methane emissions dominated by shallow coastal waters. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4584–4584. 217 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Daniele, Thomas Weber, Rainer Kiko, & Curtis Deutsch. (2018). Global niche of marine anaerobic metabolisms expanded by particle microenvironments. Nature Geoscience. 11(4). 263–268. 226 indexed citations breakdown →

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DeVries, Tim & Thomas Weber. (2017). The export and fate of organic matter in the ocean: New constraints from combining satellite and oceanographic tracer observations. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(3). 535–555. 178 indexed citations

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Weber, Thomas & Curtis Deutsch. (2012). Oceanic nitrogen reservoir regulated by plankton diversity and ocean circulation. Nature. 489(7416). 419–422. 86 indexed citations

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Deutsch, Curtis & Thomas Weber. (2011). Nutrient Ratios as a Tracer and Driver of Ocean Biogeochemistry. Annual Review of Marine Science. 4(1). 113–141. 132 indexed citations

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Weber, Thomas & Curtis Deutsch. (2010). Ocean nutrient ratios governed by plankton biogeography. Nature. 467(7315). 550–554. 226 indexed citations

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Salzmann, Gian M., et al.. (2009). Comparison of native axial radiographs with axial MR imaging for determination of the trochlear morphology in patients with trochlear dysplasia. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 130(3). 335–340. 73 indexed citations

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Weber, Thomas, et al.. (2008). CFD Modeling Optimizes the Design of Primary Settling Tanks at MWRDGC's Calumet Water Reclamation Plant. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2008(15). 1698–1713. 2 indexed citations

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