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Thomas C. G. Bosch

Thomas C. G. Bosch

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
20216
World Ranking
6575
National Ranking
471

Thomas C. G. Bosch publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. G. Bosch sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 287 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Thomas C. G. Bosch D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. G. Bosch sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas C. G. Bosch is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on molecular biology, paleontology, ecology, dermatology, and microbiology as subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics that include marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, gut microbiota and health, dermatology and skin diseases, microbial community ecology and physiology, planarian biology and electrostimulation, antimicrobial peptides and activities, as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations are Alexander Klimovich, Christoph Giez, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Tim Lachnit, and Peter Deines.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas C. G. Bosch include:

  • The hygiene hypothesis, the COVID pandemic, and consequences for the human microbiome, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Exploring the human hair follicle microbiome, 2020, British Journal of Dermatology
  • Prototypical pacemaker neurons interact with the resident microbiota, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis, 2022, BMC Biology
  • Dynamic interactions within the host-associated microbiota cause tumor formation in the basal metazoan Hydra, 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Their work has been published primarily in venues such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Microbiology, mBio, and Zoology.

Best Publications

  • Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

    Margaret McFall-Ngai;Michael G. Hadfield;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Hannah V. Carey

  • The dynamic genome of Hydra

    Jarrod A. Chapman;Ewen F. Kirkness;Oleg Simakov;Oleg Simakov;Steven E. Hampson

  • Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes.

    Kevin R. Theis;Nolwenn M. Dheilly;Jonathan L. Klassen;Robert M. Brucker

  • More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution?

    Konstantin Khalturin;Georg Hemmrich;Sebastian Fraune;René Augustin

  • The innate immune repertoire in Cnidaria - ancestral complexity and stochastic gene loss

    David James Miller;Georg Hemmrich;Eldon E. Ball;David C. Hayward

  • Eco-Evo-Devo: developmental symbiosis and developmental plasticity as evolutionary agents

    Scott F. Gilbert;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Cristina Ledón-Rettig

  • Metaorganisms as the new frontier.

    Thomas C.G. Bosch;Margaret J. McFall-Ngai

  • Long-term maintenance of species-specific bacterial microbiota in the basal metazoan Hydra

    Sebastian Fraune;Thomas C. G. Bosch

  • Transgenic Hydra allow in vivo tracking of individual stem cells during morphogenesis

    Jörg Wittlieb;Konstantin Khalturin;Jan U. Lohmann;Friederike Anton-Erxleben

  • Why bacteria matter in animal development and evolution.

    Sebastian Fraune;Thomas C. G. Bosch

  • Silencing of developmental genes in Hydra.

    Jan U Lohmann;Ingrid Endl;Thomas C.G Bosch

  • Distinct antimicrobial peptide expression determines host species-specific bacterial associations

    Sören Franzenburg;Jonas Walter;Sven Künzel;Jun Wang

  • Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: the simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence.

    Thomas C.G. Bosch;René Augustin;Friederike Anton-Erxleben;Sebastian Fraune

  • Why polyps regenerate and we don't: towards a cellular and molecular framework for Hydra regeneration.

    Thomas C.G. Bosch

  • Thermotolerance and synthesis of heat shock proteins: these responses are present in Hydra attenuata but absent in Hydra oligactis

    Thomas C. G. Bosch;Susan M. Krylow;Hans R. Bode;Robert E. Steele

  • Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

    Corinna Bang;Tal Dagan;Peter Deines;Nicole Dubilier

  • FoxO is a critical regulator of stem cell maintenance in immortal Hydra

    Anna-Marei Boehm;Konstantin Khalturin;Friederike Anton-Erxleben;Georg Hemmrich

  • Bacteria–bacteria interactions within the microbiota of the ancestral metazoan Hydra contribute to fungal resistance

    Sebastian Fraune;Friederike Anton-Erxleben;René Augustin;Sören Franzenburg

  • Regulation of Polyp-to-Jellyfish Transition in Aurelia aurita

    Björn Fuchs;Björn Fuchs;Wei Wang;Simon Graspeuntner;Yizhu Li

  • Stem cells of Hydra magnipapillata can differentiate into somatic cells and germ line cells

    Thomas C.G. Bosch;Charles N. David

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Baines
John F. Baines Max Planck Society
Ute Hentschel
Ute Hentschel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Philip Rosenstiel
Philip Rosenstiel Kiel University
Charles N. David
Charles N. David Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Hinrich Schulenburg
Hinrich Schulenburg Kiel University
Jan U. Lohmann
Jan U. Lohmann Heidelberg University
Arne Traulsen
Arne Traulsen Max Planck Society
Ruth A. Schmitz
Ruth A. Schmitz Kiel University
Scott F. Gilbert
Scott F. Gilbert Swarthmore College
Chuya Shinzato
Chuya Shinzato University of Tokyo

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