Torsten Thomas

23.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
204 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Torsten Thomas is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Torsten Thomas has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Ecology, 79 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Torsten Thomas's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (57 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (43 papers). Torsten Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (57 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (43 papers). Torsten Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Singapore. Torsten Thomas's co-authors include Staffan Kjelleberg, Suhelen Egan, Peter D. Steinberg, Catherine Burke, Nicole S. Webster, Jack A. Gilbert, Folker Meyer, Shaun Nielsen, Bernd Wemheuer and Ricardo Cavicchioli and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Torsten Thomas

202 papers receiving 11.8k citations

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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.

Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species

2011 597 citations Peter D. Steinberg, Doug Rusch et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis

2012 593 citations Torsten Thomas et al. profile →
The seaweed holobiont: understanding seaweed–bacteria interactions

2012 484 citations Suhelen Egan, Peter D. Steinberg et al. profile →
Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences

2020 466 citations Torsten Thomas, Bernd Wemheuer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Torsten Thomas Australia	61	5.4k	4.1k	2.3k	2.0k	1.2k	204	12.0k
Pei‐Yuan Qian Hong Kong	74	7.3k 1.4×	5.2k 1.3×	6.7k 2.9×	2.9k 1.5×	1.9k 1.5×	623	23.8k
Richard Christen France	62	5.8k 1.1×	6.2k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	813 0.4×	337 0.3×	168	14.2k
Matthias Horn Austria	57	4.9k 0.9×	7.7k 1.9×	622 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	938 0.8×	157	16.7k
Fabiano L. Thompson Brazil	65	6.2k 1.2×	5.6k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	330 0.3×	319	15.4k
Peter D. Steinberg Australia	74	8.3k 1.5×	5.9k 1.4×	8.3k 3.6×	1.8k 0.9×	694 0.6×	227	21.1k
David Lane France	38	9.5k 1.8×	11.9k 2.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	970 0.8×	100	25.4k
Rolf Daniel Germany	66	6.0k 1.1×	8.5k 2.1×	742 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	545 0.4×	444	16.8k
Yong Wang China	49	3.3k 0.6×	4.9k 1.2×	633 0.3×	548 0.3×	578 0.5×	410	11.8k
Thomas Rattei Austria	55	6.4k 1.2×	8.4k 2.1×	646 0.3×	902 0.4×	611 0.5×	177	17.7k
Rocky de Nys Australia	68	2.9k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	4.4k 1.9×	1.7k 0.8×	454 0.4×	261	16.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Torsten, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Ulva-Phaeobacter co-culture: A two-phase light intensity approach for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture applications. Journal of Applied Phycology. 37(2). 1227–1240.

Montoya, José M., et al.. (2024). A mechanistic framework for complex microbe-host symbioses. Trends in Microbiology. 33(1). 96–111. 5 indexed citations

Saha, Mahasweta, Marwan E. Majzoub, Teng Yang, et al.. (2024). Non‐selective microbiota reduction after the elicitation of a seaweed's immune response. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 16(3). e13268–e13268. 3 indexed citations

Bell, James J., Valerio Micaroni, Francesca Strano, et al.. (2024). Marine heatwave‐driven mass mortality and microbial community reorganisation in an ecologically important temperate sponge. Global Change Biology. 30(8). e17417–e17417. 10 indexed citations

Wemheuer, Bernd, Weizhi Song, Holly Bennett, et al.. (2023). Functional characterization and taxonomic classification of novel gammaproteobacterial diversity in sponges. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 46(2). 126401–126401. 5 indexed citations

Hardoim, Cristiane Cassiolato Pires, Pablo R. Hardoim, Gisele Lôbo‐Hajdu, Márcio Reis Custódio, & Torsten Thomas. (2023). The microbiome of the sponge Aplysina caissara in two sites with different levels of anthropogenic impact. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 370. 1 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Priscila, Tahsin Khan, Marwan E. Majzoub, et al.. (2022). Differential priority effects impact taxonomy and functionality of host‐associated microbiomes. Molecular Ecology. 32(23). 6278–6293. 21 indexed citations

Barno, Adam R., Helena Villela, Manuel Aranda, Torsten Thomas, & Raquel S. Peixoto. (2021). Host under epigenetic control: A novel perspective on the interaction between microorganisms and corals. BioEssays. 43(10). e2100068–e2100068. 15 indexed citations

John, Oliver Dean, Peter Mouatt, Marwan E. Majzoub, et al.. (2019). Physiological and Metabolic Effects of Yellow Mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis) Rind in Rats with Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(1). 272–272. 30 indexed citations

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McGeoch, Mélodie A., Guillaume Latombe, Nigel R. Andrew, et al.. (2019). Measuring continuous compositional change using decline and decay in zeta diversity. Ecology. 100(11). e02832–e02832. 87 indexed citations

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Majzoub, Marwan E., et al.. (2018). Causes and Consequences of a Variant Strain of Phaeobacter inhibens With Reduced Competition. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2601–2601. 14 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Alicia, Stephen Joseph, T. Vincent Verheyen, et al.. (2018). Effect of clay and iron sulphate on volatile and water-extractable organic compounds in bamboo biochars. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 133. 22–29. 15 indexed citations

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Ozkan, Jerome, Cristina Díez‐Vives, Shaun Nielsen, et al.. (2017). THE TEMPORAL STABILITY OF THE OCULAR SURFACE MICROBIOME. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 5615–5615. 1 indexed citations

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Song, Weizhi, et al.. (2017). HgtSIM: a simulator for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in microbial communities. PeerJ. 5. e4015–e4015. 7 indexed citations

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Webster, Nicole S. & Torsten Thomas. (2016). The Sponge Hologenome. mBio. 7(2). e00135–16. 246 indexed citations

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Weiß, Michael, Kurt LaButti, Sam Pitluck, et al.. (2013). Permanent draft genome sequence of Comamonas testosteroni KF-1. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 8(2). 239–254. 17 indexed citations

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Yau, Sheree, Federico M. Lauro, Matthew Z. DeMaere, et al.. (2011). Virophage control of antarctic algal host–virus dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(15). 6163–6168. 217 indexed citations

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Thomas, Torsten, Doug Rusch, Matthew Z. DeMaere, et al.. (2010). Functional genomic signatures of sponge bacteria reveal unique and shared features of symbiosis. The ISME Journal. 4(12). 1557–1567. 207 indexed citations

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Siddiqui, Khawar Sohail & Torsten Thomas. (2008). Protein adaptation in extremophiles. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 77 indexed citations

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Johnson, Justin, Dana Busam, Tamara V. Feldblyum, et al.. (2006). A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(30). 11240–11245. 190 indexed citations

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