Tom Fenchel

30.1k citations
194 papers · 21.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 69

Impact in

  • Oceanography top 0.01%
    • Marine and coastal ecosystems
    • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Ecology top 0.02%
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
    • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Papers in

    • Marine and coastal ecosystems 53
    • Marine Biology and Ecology Research 39
    • Marine and coastal plant biology 16
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 71
    • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 11

Tom Fenchel

191 papers receiving 19.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles 2008 · 2.2k citations
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Peers

Tom Fenchel
Comparison fields: 5 of 170
  • Oceanography 10.7k
  • Ecology 13.7k
  • Environmental Chemistry 3.6k
  • Global and Planetary Change 2.7k
  • Molecular Biology 6.4k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Fenchel

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Tom Fenchel, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 201419
2 201421
3 2008147
4 200686
5 20057
6 200431
7 200323
8 199920
9
The Evolution of Life without Oxygen
199427
10 199415
11 19936
12 199245
13 19919
14 1991132
15
The Role of Protozoa in Nature in terms of Functional Properties Related to Size
199010
16 199044
17 1975117
18 1975204
19
Manual of microbial ecology
197411
20 196568

About Tom Fenchel

Tom Fenchel is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Molecular Biology, having authored 194 papers that have together received 21.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (82 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (71 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (53 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (39 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (19 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (12 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (10.7k citations), Ecology (13.7k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.6k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.7k citations) and Molecular Biology (6.4k citations). Tom Fenchel has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Bland J. Finlay, Paul G. Falkowski, Edward F. DeLong, T. Frede Thingstad, JG Field, J. S. Gray, F Azam, LA Meyer-Reil, T. H. Blackburn and Genoveva F. Esteban. Their work appears in journals such as Ophelia, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Protist, Oikos and Aquatic Microbial Ecology.

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