2026 Thomas Pape: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	73	5968	5504	53	51	617	17889

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Biology and Biochemistry

5968

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617

17889

Biology and Biochemistry

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17889

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5968

National Ranking

Overview

Thomas Pape is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering, with particular focus on several specialized subfields.

The main subfields of study include Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography. Pape's work addresses key topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine and Environmental Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

The list of recent papers illustrates Pape's contributions to the study of sediment and gas hydrate systems in marine environments:

Impact of iron release by volcanic ash alteration on carbon cycling in sediments of the northern Hikurangi margin, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Clumped methane isotopologue-based temperature estimates for sources of methane in marine gas hydrates and associated vent gases, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Electron Acceptor Availability Shapes Anaerobically Methane Oxidizing Archaea (ANME) Communities in South Georgia Sediments, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
In-situ borehole temperature measurements confirm dynamics of the gas hydrate stability zone at the upper Danube deep sea fan, Black Sea, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Formation pathways of light hydrocarbons in deep sediments of the Danube deep-sea fan, Western Black Sea, 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Pape include:

Gerhard Bohrmann
Miriam Römer
Michael Riedel
Sabine Kasten
Martin Kölling

Regarding publication venues, Pape has multiple papers published in several journals, including:

Marine and Petroleum Geology
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

Brian M. Wiegmann;Michelle D. Trautwein;Isaac S. Winkler;Norman B. Barr

1061
Citations
Microbial reefs in the Black Sea fueled by anaerobic oxidation of methane

Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

899
Citations
Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

774
Citations
Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

Thomas Pape;Vladimir Blagoderov;Mikhail B. Mostovski

541
Citations
Membrane lipid patterns typify distinct anaerobic methanotrophic consortia

Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Joachim Reitner;Thomas Pape

447
Citations
Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses.

Jillian M. Petersen;Frank U. Zielinski;Thomas Pape;Richard Seifert

322
Citations
Pollinating Flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production

Axel Ssymank;C. A. Kearns;Thomas Pape;F. Christian Thompson

314
Citations
Ecological And Evolutionary Legacy Of Megafauna Extinctions

Mauro Galetti;Mauro Galetti;Marcos Moleón;Marcos Moleón;Pedro Jordano;Mathias M. Pires

295
Citations
Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

271
Citations
DNA-based identification and molecular systematics of forensically important Sarcophagidae (Diptera).

Jeffrey D. Wells;Thomas Pape;Felix A. H. Sperling

259
Citations
Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and McAlpine's fly.

Sujatha Narayanan Kutty;Thomas Pape;Brian M. Wiegmann;Rudolf Meier

254
Citations
An Anaerobic World in Sponges

Friederike Hoffmann;Ole Larsen;Volker Thiel;Hans Tore Rapp

239
Citations
Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: Two decades of progress and prospects

David K. Yeates;Brian M. Wiegmann;Gregory W. Courtney;Rudolf Meier

223
Citations
Biosynthesis of hopanoids by sulfate-reducing bacteria (genus Desulfovibrio).

Martin Blumenberg;Martin Krüger;Katja Nauhaus;Helen M. Talbot

219
Citations
The Sarcophagidae - Diptera - Of Fennoscandia and Denmark

Thomas Pape

205
Citations
Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758

Z.-Q Zhang;T Pape;Vladimir A. Blagoderov;Mikhail B. Mostovski

155
Citations
Widespread methane seepage along the continental margin off Svalbard - from Bjørnøya to Kongsfjorden

Susan Mau;Miriam Römer;Marta E Torres;Ingeborg Bussmann

153
Citations
New Species in the Old World: Europe as a Frontier in Biodiversity Exploration, a Test Bed for 21st Century Taxonomy

Benoît Fontaine;Kees van Achterberg;Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga;Rafael Araujo

147
Citations
Quantification of gas bubble emissions from submarine hydrocarbon seeps at the Makran continental margin (offshore Pakistan)

Miriam Römer;Heiko Sahling;Thomas Pape;Gerhard Bohrmann

146
Citations
Subduction zone earthquake as potential trigger of submarine hydrocarbon seepage

David Fischer;José M. Mogollón;Michael Strasser;Thomas Pape

136
Citations