J. Timothy Ball

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

J. Timothy Ball is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Timothy Ball has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in J. Timothy Ball's work include Plant responses to elevated CO2 (28 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). J. Timothy Ball is often cited by papers focused on Plant responses to elevated CO2 (28 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (25 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). J. Timothy Ball collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. J. Timothy Ball's co-authors include Joseph A. Berry, G. J. Collatz, Dale W. Johnson, Marshall A. Atwater, R. F. Walker, Kevin L. Griffin, David T. Tissue, Klaus Raschke, Paul F. Daley and Weixin Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Remote Sensing of Environment and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

J. Timothy Ball

47 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Physiological and environmental regulation of stomatal conductance, photosynthesis and transpiration: a model that includes a laminar boundary layer

1991 1.8k citations J. Timothy Ball, Joseph A. Berry et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Timothy Ball United States	25	2.6k	1.7k	989	440	429	50	3.4k
M. Fuchs Israel	30	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	611 0.6×	499 1.1×	1.3k 3.0×	76	3.7k
Alain Perrier France	24	2.4k 0.9×	913 0.5×	672 0.7×	714 1.6×	318 0.7×	43	3.1k
T. A. Black Canada	28	2.4k 0.9×	553 0.3×	890 0.9×	430 1.0×	1.1k 2.7×	51	3.2k
Pertti Hari Finland	35	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	386 0.9×	678 1.6×	135	3.7k
George Burba United States	28	3.0k 1.2×	840 0.5×	899 0.9×	458 1.0×	1.2k 2.8×	51	3.7k
J. M. Massheder United Kingdom	14	2.4k 0.9×	626 0.4×	884 0.9×	951 2.2×	849 2.0×	14	3.5k
Laurent Misson United States	29	2.5k 1.0×	730 0.4×	966 1.0×	778 1.8×	1.1k 2.6×	41	3.4k
Yoshiko Kosugi Japan	28	2.0k 0.8×	754 0.4×	680 0.7×	374 0.8×	736 1.7×	140	2.8k
Lawrence E. Hipps United States	30	2.5k 0.9×	770 0.5×	846 0.9×	456 1.0×	647 1.5×	121	3.1k
J. Comstock United States	26	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	378 0.9×	368 0.9×	33	3.4k

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Phillips, Donald L., Mark G. Johnson, David T. Tingey, et al.. (2006). CO2 and N-fertilization effects on fine-root length, production, and mortality: a 4-year ponderosa pine study. Oecologia. 148(3). 517–525. 23 indexed citations

Tissue, David T., Kevin L. Griffin, & J. Timothy Ball. (1999). Photosynthetic adjustment in field-grown ponderosa pine trees after six years of exposure to elevated CO2. Tree Physiology. 19(4-5). 221–228. 96 indexed citations

Tingey, David T., Mark G. Johnson, David L. Phillips, Dale W. Johnson, & J. Timothy Ball. (1996). Effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen on the synchrony of shoot and root growth in ponderosa pine. Tree Physiology. 16(11-12). 905–914. 66 indexed citations

Griffin, Kevin L., J. Timothy Ball, & Boyd R. Strain. (1996). Direct and indirect effects of elevated CO2 on whole-shoot respiration in ponderosa pine seedlings. Tree Physiology. 16(1-2). 33–41. 34 indexed citations

Luo, Yiqi, D. A. Sims, Richard B. Thomas, David T. Tissue, & J. Timothy Ball. (1996). Sensitivity of leaf photosynthesis to CO₂ concentration is an invariant function for C₃ plants: A test with experimental data and global applications. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 10(2). 209–222. 36 indexed citations

Carey, Eileen V., Evan H. DeLucia, & J. Timothy Ball. (1996). Stem maintenance and construction respiration in Pinus ponderosa grown in different concentrations of atmospheric CO2. Tree Physiology. 16(1-2). 125–130. 54 indexed citations

Griffin, Kevin L., D. A. Sims, Yiqi Luo, et al.. (1996). EcoCELLs: tools for mesocosm scale measurements of gas exchange. Plant Cell & Environment. 19(10). 1210–1221. 34 indexed citations

Walker, R. F., et al.. (1995). Interactive effects of atmospheric CO{sub 2} enrichment and soil N on growth and ectomycorrhizal colonization of ponderosa pine seedlings. Forest Science. 41(3). 491–500. 18 indexed citations

Ball, J. Timothy, et al.. (1995). Changes in the carbon cycle at elevated CO{sub 2}. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 76(2). 1 indexed citations

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Walker, R. F., et al.. (1995). Interactive Effects of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment and Soil N on Growth and Ectomycorrhizal Colonization of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings. Forest Science. 41(3). 491–500. 17 indexed citations

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Walker, R. F., et al.. (1995). Enriched atmospheric CO 2 and soil P effects on growth and ectomycorrhizal colonization of juvenile ponderosa pine. Forest Ecology and Management. 78(1-3). 207–215. 20 indexed citations

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Ball, J. Timothy, et al.. (1994). Insights on carbon budgets for Ponderosa pine systems growing at three levels of CO[sub 2] and of nitrogen from leaf to whole open-top chamber flux measurements. 1 indexed citations

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Daley, Paul F., et al.. (1990). Visualizing photosynthesis through processing of chlorophyll fluorescence images. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1245. 243–243. 1 indexed citations

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Woodrow, Ian E., J. Timothy Ball, & Joseph A. Berry. (1990). Control of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation by the boundary layer, stomata and ribulose 1,5‐biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Plant Cell & Environment. 13(4). 339–347. 18 indexed citations

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Daley, Paul F., Klaus Raschke, J. Timothy Ball, & Joseph A. Berry. (1989). Topography of Photosynthetic Activity of Leaves Obtained from Video Images of Chlorophyll Fluorescence. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 90(4). 1233–1238. 158 indexed citations

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Ball, J. Timothy. (1988). AN ANALYSIS OF STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE. 141 indexed citations

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Ball, J. Timothy, et al.. (1981). Sensitivity of Computed Incoming Solar Radiation at the Surface to Cloud Analyses. Monthly Weather Review. 109(4). 889–894. 6 indexed citations

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Ball, J. Timothy, et al.. (1980). Cloud-Coverage Characteristics during Phase III of GATE as Derived from Satellite and Ship Data. Monthly Weather Review. 108(9). 1419–1429. 7 indexed citations

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Ball, J. Timothy, et al.. (1970). Observational Comparison of Rural and Urban Boundary Layer Turbulence. Journal of applied meteorology. 9(6). 862–873. 37 indexed citations

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Ball, J. Timothy, et al.. (1968). The Diagnosis of Upper-Level Humidity. Journal of applied meteorology. 7(4). 613–619. 7 indexed citations

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