Thorsten Dittmar

39.5k total citations · 15 hit papers
278 papers, 29.2k citations indexed

About

Thorsten Dittmar is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Dittmar has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 29.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Oceanography, 147 papers in Ecology and 58 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Dittmar's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (172 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (76 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (51 papers). Thorsten Dittmar is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (172 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (76 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (51 papers). Thorsten Dittmar collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thorsten Dittmar's co-authors include Boris Koch, Gerhard Kattner, Jutta Niggemann, Norbert Hertkorn, Aron Stubbins, Thomas Riedel, Lars J. Tranvik, Michael W. Schmidt, Steven Bouillon and Erik Kristensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Dittmar

268 papers receiving 28.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

2011 4.4k citations Thorsten Dittmar, Georg Guggenberger et al. profile →
A simple and efficient method for the solid‐phase extraction of dissolved organic matter (SPE‐DOM) from seawater

2008 1.5k citations Thorsten Dittmar et al. profile →
From mass to structure: an aromaticity index for high‐resolution mass data of natural organic matter

2006 1.3k citations Thorsten Dittmar et al. profile →
Organic carbon dynamics in mangrove ecosystems: A review

2008 1.0k citations Thorsten Dittmar et al. profile →
Mangrove production and carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates

2008 944 citations Thorsten Dittmar et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Chemodiversity of dissolved organic matter in lakes driven by climate and hydrology

2014 640 citations Anne M. Kellerman, Thorsten Dittmar et al. profile →
Persistence of dissolved organic matter in lakes related to its molecular characteristics

2015 558 citations Anne M. Kellerman, Thorsten Dittmar et al. profile →
Global Charcoal Mobilization from Soils via Dissolution and Riverine Transport to the Oceans

2013 458 citations Rudolf Jaffé, Jutta Niggemann et al. profile →
Iron traps terrestrially derived dissolved organic matter at redox interfaces

2013 437 citations Thorsten Dittmar et al. profile →
From mass to structure: an aromaticity index for high‐resolution mass data of natural organic matter

2015 391 citations Thorsten Dittmar et al. profile →
Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

2019 351 citations Vanessa-Nina Roth, Markus Lange et al. profile →
What’s in an EEM? Molecular Signatures Associated with Dissolved Organic Fluorescence in Boreal Canada

2014 329 citations Aron Stubbins, Yves T. Prairie et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Universal molecular structures in natural dissolved organic matter

2018 295 citations Maren Zark, Thorsten Dittmar profile →
Enigmatic persistence of dissolved organic matter in the ocean

2021 152 citations Thorsten Dittmar, Sinikka T. Lennartz et al. profile →
The black carbon cycle and its role in the Earth system

2022 139 citations Sinikka T. Lennartz, Michael Seidel et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thorsten Dittmar

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Optical characterization of black carbon-derived DOM: Implication for the fluorescence detection of fuel combustion products in marine waters 2024 ·Marine Chemistry ·(unknown), Catherine Guigue, (unknown), Xavier Mari, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jutta Niggemann, Thorsten Dittmar, Marc Tedetti	1
2	Rapid Down‐Slope Transport of Fresh Dissolved Organic Matter to the Deep Ocean in the Eastern North Atlantic 2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Bingbing Wei, Michael Seidel, Gesine Mollenhauer, Alice Lefebvre, Elda Miramontes, Hendrik Grotheer, Marcus Elvert, Jenny Wendt, Thorsten Dittmar, Moritz Holtappels	2
3	Mechanisms Underpinning the Net Removal Rates of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Global Ocean 2024 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Sinikka T. Lennartz, David P. Keller, Andreas Oschlies, Bernd Blasius, Thorsten Dittmar	4
4	Solid phase extraction of ocean dissolved organic matter with PPL cartridges: efficiency and selectivity 2023 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·(unknown), Mar Nieto‐Cid, Isabel Fuentes‐Santos, Thorsten Dittmar, (unknown)	15
5	Complex dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the roof of the world – Tibetan DOM molecular characteristics indicate sources, land use effects, and processing along the fluvial–limnic continuum 2023 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Michael Seidel, Thorsten Dittmar, Georg Guggenberger	6
6	Organic Molecular Signatures of the Congo River and Comparison to the Amazon 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Martin R. Kurek, Aron Stubbins, Travis W. Drake, Thorsten Dittmar, José Mauro Sousa de Moura, R. M. Holmes, Helena Osterholz, Johan Six, José N. Wabakanghanzi, Bienvenu Jean Dinga, (unknown), Robert G. M. Spencer	22
7	Niche partitioning by photosynthetic plankton as a driver of CO2-fixation across the oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Ocean 2021 ·The ISME Journal ·(unknown), Wiebke Mohr, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Julie LaRoche, Dhwani Desai, Peter Croot, Daniela Voß, Oliver Zielinski, Gaute Lavik, Sten Littmann, Clara Martínez‐Pérez, Bernhard Tschitschko, (unknown), Helena Osterholz, Thorsten Dittmar, Marcel M. M. Kuypers	12
8	Carbon and alkalinity outwelling across the groundwater‐creek‐shelf continuum off Amazonian mangroves 2021 ·Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Alex Cabral, Thorsten Dittmar, Mitchell Call, Jan Schölten, Carlos Eduardo de Rezende, E. Nils, Martha Gledhill, Michael Seidel, Isaac R. Santos	34
9	The evolution of stream dissolved organic matter composition following glacier retreat in coastal watersheds of southeast Alaska 2021 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), Jason B. Fellman, Eran Hood, Anne M. Kellerman, Peter A. Raymond, Aron Stubbins, Thorsten Dittmar, Robert G. M. Spencer	13
10	Drivers of Organic Molecular Signatures in the Amazon River 2021 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Martin R. Kurek, Aron Stubbins, Travis W. Drake, José Mauro Sousa de Moura, R. M. Holmes, Helena Osterholz, Thorsten Dittmar, Bernhard Peucker‐Ehrenbrink, (unknown), Robert G. M. Spencer	18
11	Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter 2020 ·Journal of Ecology ·Markus Lange, Vanessa-Nina Roth, Nico Eisenhauer, Christiane Roscher, Thorsten Dittmar, Christine Fischer, (unknown), Anke Hildebrandt, Alexandru Milcu, Liesje Mommer, Natalie J. Oram, Janneke Ravenek, Stefan Scheu, Bernhard Schmid, Tanja Strecker, Cameron Wagg, Alexandra Weigelt, Gerd Gleixner	39
12	Controls of Land Use and the River Continuum Concept on Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in an Anthropogenically Disturbed Subtropical Watershed 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Alan Roebuck, Michael Seidel, Thorsten Dittmar, Rudolf Jaffé	75
13	Inorganic and organic iron and copper species of the subterranean estuary: Origins and fate 2019 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Hannelore Waska, Hans‐Jürgen Brumsack, Gudrun Massmann, Andrea Koschinsky, Bernhard Schnetger, Heike Simon, Thorsten Dittmar	20
14	Nitrogen Cycling of Active Bacteria within Oligotrophic Sediment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Flank 2018 ·Geomicrobiology Journal ·Brandi Kiel Reese, Laura Zinke, (unknown), (unknown), Beth N. Orcutt, Xinxu Zhang, Ulrike Jaekel, Fengping Wang, Thorsten Dittmar, (unknown), Benjamin Tully, Adina Paytan, Jason B. Sylvan, Jan P. Amend, Katrina J. Edwards, Peter R. Girguis	29
15	Biphasic cellular adaptations and ecological implications of Alteromonas macleodii degrading a mixture of algal polysaccharides 2018 ·The ISME Journal ·Hanna Koch, (unknown), Thomas Schweder, Beatriz E. Noriega‐Ortega, Silvia Vidal‐Melgosa, Jan‐Hendrik Hehemann, Thorsten Dittmar, Heike M. Freese, Dörte Becher, Meinhard Simon, Matthias Wietz	59
16	Aphotic N ₂ fixation along an oligotrophic to ultraoligotrophic transect in the western tropical South Pacific Ocean 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Mar Benavides, (unknown), Pia H. Moisander, Jutta Niggemann, Thorsten Dittmar, Solange Duhamel, Olivier Grosso, Mireille Pujo‐Pay, (unknown), (unknown), Sophie Bonnet	13
17	The Optical, Chemical, and Molecular Dissolved Organic Matter Succession Along a Boreal Soil‐Stream‐River Continuum 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Ryan Hutchins, (unknown), Sherry L. Schiff, Thorsten Dittmar, Yves T. Prairie, Paul A. del Giorgio	59
18	Fate of the Amazon River dissolved organic matter in the tropical Atlantic Ocean 2015 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Patricia M. Medeiros, Michael Seidel, Nicholas Ward, Edward J. Carpenter, Helga do Rosário Gomes, Jutta Niggemann, Alex V. Krusche, Jeffrey E. Richey, Patricia L. Yager, Thorsten Dittmar	175
19	Dissolved organic matter molecular composition and concentrations from a large scale mesocosm study KOSMOS 2013 Kristineberg) on ocean acidification 2015 ·Maren Zark, Thorsten Dittmar, Ulf Riebesell	2
20	Regeneration of nutrients in the northern Benguela upwelling and the Angola-Benguela Front areas 2001 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·Thorsten Dittmar, (unknown)	11

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