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Thomas Hummel

Thomas Hummel

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Neuroscience

D-Index
127
Citations
67638
World Ranking
306
National Ranking
24

Thomas Hummel publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Hummel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,090 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Thomas Hummel D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Hummel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 127 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas Hummel is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany, with a scholarly focus primarily on neuroscience and engineering. Their body of work encompasses extensive research in sensory systems and biomedical engineering, with significant contributions to nutrition and dietetics, neurology, and immunology and allergy as well.

The main topics of Hummel's research include olfactory and sensory function studies, advanced chemical sensor technologies, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, neurobiology and insect physiology research, long-term effects of COVID-19, and sinusitis and nasal conditions.

Hummel has published extensively in several prominent venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in the European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, followed by Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie, Rhinology Journal, Chemical Senses, and Scientific Reports.

Recent papers associated with their work cover topics related to olfactory dysfunction and COVID-19. These include:

  • Olfactory Dysfunction in COVID-19, 2020, JAMA
  • Olfactory and Gustatory Dysfunction as an Early Identifier of COVID-19 in Adults and Children: An International Multicenter Study, 2020, Otolaryngology
  • Recent Smell Loss Is the Best Predictor of COVID-19 Among Individuals With Recent Respiratory Symptoms, 2020, Chemical Senses
  • S1-Leitlinie Post-COVID/Long-COVID, 2021, Pneumologie
  • Predictive Value of Sudden Olfactory Loss in the Diagnosis of COVID-19, 2020, ORL

Thomas Hummel frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably including Antje Haehner, Anna Oleszkiewicz, Antje Hähner, Ilona Croy, and Aytuğ Altundağ. The count of collaborations varies, with Antje Haehner being the most frequent coauthor.

Best Publications

  • ‘Sniffin’ Sticks': Olfactory Performance Assessed by the Combined Testing of Odor Identification, Odor Discrimination and Olfactory Threshold

    Thomas Hummel;B. Sekinger;S. R. Wolf;E. Pauli

  • Normative data for the "Sniffin' Sticks" including tests of odor identification, odor discrimination, and olfactory thresholds: an upgrade based on a group of more than 3,000 subjects.

    T. Hummel;G. Kobal;H. Gudziol;Alan Mackay-Sim

  • Multicenter investigation of 1,036 subjects using a standardized method for the assessment of olfactory function combining tests of odor identification, odor discrimination, and olfactory thresholds.

    G. Kobal;L. Klimek;M. Wolfensberger;H. Gudziol

  • Olfactory Disorders and Quality of Life—An Updated Review

    Ilona Croy;Steven Nordin;Thomas Hummel

  • "Sniffin' sticks": screening of olfactory performance.

    G Kobal;T Hummel;B Sekinger;S Barz

  • Position Paper on Olfactory Dysfunction

    T Hummel;K L Whitcroft;P Andrews;A Altundag

  • Updated Sniffin’ Sticks normative data based on an extended sample of 9139 subjects

    A. Oleszkiewicz;V. A. Schriever;I. Croy;A. Hähner

  • Effects of olfactory training in patients with olfactory loss

    Thomas Hummel;Karo Rissom;Jens Reden;Aantje Hähner

  • Characteristics of Olfactory Disorders in Relation to Major Causes of Olfactory Loss

    Andreas F. P. Temmel;Christian Quint;Bettina Schickinger-Fischer;Ludger Klimek

  • The association between smoking and smell and taste impairment in the general population

    Mechtild M Vennemann;Thomas Hummel;Klaus Berger

  • A Study on the Frequency of Olfactory Dysfunction

    B N. Landis;C G. Konnerth;T Hummel

  • Prevalence of smell loss in Parkinson's disease--a multicenter study.

    A. Haehner;S. Boesveldt;H. W. Berendse;Alan Mackay-Sim

  • More Than Smell-COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthesis.

    Valentina Parma;Kathrin Ohla;Maria G Veldhuizen;Masha Y Niv

  • Differential Neural Responses Evoked by Orthonasal versus Retronasal Odorant Perception in Humans

    Dana M. Small;Johannes C. Gerber;Y. Erica Mak;Thomas Hummel

  • Quantitative assessment of gustatory function in a clinical context using impregnated "taste strips".

    C Mueller;S Kallert;B Renner;K Stiassny

  • Cognitive factors in odor detection, odor discrimination, and odor identification tasks

    Margareta Hedner;Maria Larsson;Nancy Arnold;Gesualdo M. Zucco

  • "Taste Strips" - a rapid, lateralized, gustatory bedside identification test based on impregnated filter papers.

    Basile Nicolas Landis;Antje Welge-Luessen;Annika Brämerson;Mats Bende

  • Olfactory disorders and their consequences for quality of life

    Thomas Hummel;Steven Nordin

  • Screening of olfactory function with a four-minute odor identification test: reliability, normative data, and investigations in patients with olfactory loss.

    Thomas Hummel;Kati Rosenheim;Claus-Günther Konnerth;Gerd Kobal

  • Ratings of overall olfactory function.

    Basile Nicolas Landis;T Hummel;M Hugentobler;Roland Giger

  • Olfactory loss may be a first sign of idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

    Antje Haehner;Thomas Hummel;Cornelia Hummel;Ulrike Sommer

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerd Kobal
Gerd Kobal University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ilona Croy
Ilona Croy Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Antje Haehner
Antje Haehner TU Dresden
Jörn Lötsch
Jörn Lötsch Goethe University Frankfurt
Basile Nicolas Landis
Basile Nicolas Landis University of Geneva
Johannes Frasnelli
Johannes Frasnelli Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Johan N. Lundström
Johan N. Lundström Karolinska Institute
Agnieszka Sorokowska
Agnieszka Sorokowska University of Wrocław
Moustafa Bensafi
Moustafa Bensafi Grenoble Alpes University

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