W. Thomas

503 total citations
19 papers, 401 citations indexed

About

W. Thomas is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Thomas has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 401 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 5 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in W. Thomas's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (8 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (6 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (5 papers). W. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (8 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (6 papers) and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (5 papers). W. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Norway. W. Thomas's co-authors include Åke Rühling, Reimer Herrmann, Egbert Matzner, Reinhard Bierl, W. D. Shults, Lyndon R. Babcock, Michael Oehme, R. Colin Garner, Stein Manø and Carl N. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety and CATENA.

In The Last Decade

W. Thomas

19 papers receiving 338 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Thomas Germany 13 212 121 106 101 70 19 401
Joel K. McCrady United States 10 187 0.9× 105 0.9× 17 0.2× 83 0.8× 122 1.7× 12 359
A. Riss Austria 9 177 0.8× 226 1.9× 263 2.5× 65 0.6× 171 2.4× 9 506
Harry Warren Canada 11 122 0.6× 190 1.6× 52 0.5× 24 0.2× 73 1.0× 40 493
Cecilia Agrell Sweden 9 365 1.7× 121 1.0× 26 0.2× 151 1.5× 58 0.8× 12 472
D.J. Bakker Netherlands 7 209 1.0× 119 1.0× 13 0.1× 49 0.5× 34 0.5× 12 317
Andrea Hanus-Illnar Austria 9 122 0.6× 164 1.4× 332 3.1× 90 0.9× 206 2.9× 10 492
Sirkka Juntto Finland 5 248 1.2× 75 0.6× 18 0.2× 191 1.9× 17 0.2× 9 401
David Woodfine Canada 10 280 1.3× 124 1.0× 16 0.2× 102 1.0× 24 0.3× 13 398
J.L. Sericano United States 11 547 2.6× 249 2.1× 21 0.2× 32 0.3× 18 0.3× 16 637
Jörg Münch Germany 4 322 1.5× 123 1.0× 11 0.1× 96 1.0× 12 0.2× 4 390

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Thomas

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Thomas, W.. (1986). Accumulation of Airborne Trace Pollutants by Arctic Plants and Soil. Water Science & Technology. 18(2). 47–57. 19 indexed citations
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Thomas, W.. (1986). Representativity of mosses as biomonitor organisms for the accumulation of environmental chemicals in plants and soils. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 11(3). 339–346. 44 indexed citations
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Thomas, W.. (1986). Principal component analysis of trace substance concentrations in rainwater samples. Atmospheric Environment (1967). 20(5). 995–1000. 18 indexed citations
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Thomas, W., et al.. (1985). Classification of plant species by their organic (PAH, PCB, BHC) and inorganic (heavy metals) trace pollutant concentrations. The Science of The Total Environment. 46(1-4). 83–94. 13 indexed citations
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Oehme, Michael, Stein Manø, & W. Thomas. (1985). Quantitative determination of sub-ppb traces of polychlorinated compounds and pesticides in moss samples. Fresenius Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie. 321(7). 655–659. 12 indexed citations
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Thomas, W., et al.. (1984). Polyaromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and trace metals in moss samples from Iceland.. 10(1). 27–32. 12 indexed citations
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Bierl, Reinhard, et al.. (1984). Spatial and temporal concentration gradients of PAH (fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene), γ-BHC and 2,4-D in samples of soil, soil water and ground water in an agricultural research area. Fresenius Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie. 319(2). 172–179. 18 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Reimer & W. Thomas. (1984). Behaviour of some PAH, PCB and organochlorine pesticides in an estuary, a comparison — Exe, Devon. Fresenius Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie. 319(2). 152–159. 11 indexed citations
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Thomas, W., et al.. (1984). Accumulation of airborne pollutants (PAH, chlorinated hydrocarbons, heavy metals) in various plant species and humus. Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological and Biological. 36(4). 295–310. 81 indexed citations
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McAnally, William H., et al.. (1984). Columbia River Hybrid Modeling System. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 110(3). 300–311. 8 indexed citations
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McAnally, William H., et al.. (1984). Application of Columbia Hybrid Modeling System. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 110(5). 627–642. 9 indexed citations
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Thomas, W.. (1982). Comparison of regional and temporal trace substance distribution in bulk precipitation and atmospheric dust. The Science of The Total Environment. 23. 369–378. 3 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Reimer, et al.. (1981). Pollutant (Zn, PO4, NO2, PAH, γ-BHC, coprostanol) transport and its modeling in a small stream. CATENA. 8(1). 191–199. 2 indexed citations
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Matzner, Egbert, et al.. (1981). Content and storage of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in two forested ecosystems in northern Germany. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde. 144(3). 283–288. 22 indexed citations
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Thomas, W., Lyndon R. Babcock, & W. D. Shults. (1971). OAK RIDGE AIR QUALITY INDEX.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 18 indexed citations

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