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Thomas Pape

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
17889
World Ranking
5968
National Ranking
53

Thomas Pape publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 617 publications — 97th percentile

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

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

Thomas Pape 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 Pape sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

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

    Walter Michaelis;Richard Seifert;Katja Nauhaus;Tina Treude

  • 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

  • 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

  • Membrane lipid patterns typify distinct anaerobic methanotrophic consortia

    Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Joachim Reitner;Thomas Pape

  • Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses.

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

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

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

  • Ecological And Evolutionary Legacy Of Megafauna Extinctions

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • An Anaerobic World in Sponges

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

  • Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: Two decades of progress and prospects

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

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

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

  • The Sarcophagidae - Diptera - Of Fennoscandia and Denmark

    Thomas Pape

  • Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758

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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Miriam Römer;Heiko Sahling;Thomas Pape;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Subduction zone earthquake as potential trigger of submarine hydrocarbon seepage

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Heiko Sahling
Heiko Sahling University of Bremen
Marta E Torres
Marta E Torres Oregon State University
Richard Seifert
Richard Seifert Universität Hamburg
Achim J Kopf
Achim J Kopf University of Bremen
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Klaus Wallmann
Klaus Wallmann GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Krzysztof Szpila
Krzysztof Szpila Nicolaus Copernicus University
Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen

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