Michael Bretz

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Bretz is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bretz has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 18 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Bretz's work include Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (16 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (12 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (11 papers). Michael Bretz is often cited by papers focused on Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (16 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (12 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (11 papers). Michael Bretz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Canada. Michael Bretz's co-authors include J. G. Dash, E. O. McLean, O. E. Vilches, D. C. Hickernell, Mojtaba Aghajani Delavar, M. Ali Akber Dewan, Junye Wang, Franco Nori, Peter Kurczynski and A. L. Thomson and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bretz

33 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. Machine learning in modelling land-use and land cover-change (LULCC): Current status, challenges and prospects
    2022 254 citations Junye Wang, Michael Bretz et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Bretz United States 19 848 576 252 168 158 34 1.4k
Η. Meier Switzerland 20 1.1k 1.2× 188 0.3× 146 0.6× 27 0.2× 83 0.5× 66 1.8k
Alexandre Valance France 30 450 0.5× 146 0.3× 334 1.3× 112 0.7× 651 4.1× 126 2.9k
D. Evans United Kingdom 25 848 1.0× 67 0.1× 103 0.4× 47 0.3× 96 0.6× 160 2.4k
V. V. Palciauskas United States 11 518 0.6× 806 1.4× 361 1.4× 22 0.1× 96 0.6× 15 1.9k
Kenneth M. Golden United States 22 145 0.2× 122 0.2× 113 0.4× 94 0.6× 974 6.2× 71 1.8k
T. Okane Australia 30 265 0.3× 385 0.7× 519 2.1× 1.3k 7.8× 1.1k 6.9× 153 2.7k
Heide Friedrich New Zealand 25 669 0.8× 53 0.1× 83 0.3× 136 0.8× 84 0.5× 103 2.1k
K. Tanaka Japan 29 579 0.7× 104 0.2× 899 3.6× 266 1.6× 206 1.3× 325 3.8k
Yves Tessier France 18 265 0.3× 48 0.1× 194 0.8× 577 3.4× 275 1.7× 37 1.6k
W. T. Pike United Kingdom 26 431 0.5× 137 0.2× 249 1.0× 20 0.1× 192 1.2× 153 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Bretz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Bretz

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All Works

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Wang, Junye, Michael Bretz, M. Ali Akber Dewan, & Mojtaba Aghajani Delavar. (2022). Machine learning in modelling land-use and land cover-change (LULCC): Current status, challenges and prospects. The Science of The Total Environment. 822. 153559–153559. 254 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1997). Sound-producing sand avalanches. Contemporary Physics. 38(5). 329–342. 21 indexed citations
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Nori, Franco, B. L. T. Plourde, & Michael Bretz. (1995). Nori, Plourde, and Bretz Reply:. Physical Review Letters. 74(17). 3498–3498. 1 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1994). Structural imaging of a thick-walled carbon microtubule. Journal of Crystal Growth. 141(1-2). 304–309. 15 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1992). Imaging of avalanches in granular materials. Physical Review Letters. 69(16). 2431–2434. 95 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1989). Spherical acoustic resonators in the undergraduate laboratory. American Journal of Physics. 57(2). 129–133. 4 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1989). Microcalorimetry study of the monolayer4He ordering transition on single crystal graphite. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 76(3-4). 199–223. 2 indexed citations
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Qian, Xueyu & Michael Bretz. (1988). Layer Growth and Dynamics of Xenon Films Deposited on Ag(111). Physical Review Letters. 61(13). 1497–1500. 4 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1986). Electron microscopy and krypton adsorption characterization of high-purity MgO powder. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 1(1). 114–119.
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1985). Morphology and surface uniformity growth in magnesium oxide dehydration. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 89(17). 3761–3766. 18 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael & Roy Clarke. (1985). Comment on "High-Resolution Scanning-Ion-Microprobe Study of Graphite and Its Intercalation Compounds". Physical Review Letters. 55(22). 2506–2506. 4 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1984). Nuclear-magnetic-resonance study of methane adsorbed on graphite. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 29(3). 1159–1175. 27 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1982). Dynamics of Methane Monolayers Adsorbed on Graphite. Physical Review Letters. 49(20). 1503–1507. 21 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael. (1978). ORDERING IN MONOLAYER HELIUM FILMS ON GRAPHITE. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 39(C6). C6–1348. 1 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael. (1977). Ordered Helium Films on Highly Uniform Graphite—Finite-Size Effects, Critical Parameters, and the Three-State Potts Model. Physical Review Letters. 38(9). 501–505. 157 indexed citations
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Sander, L. M., Michael Bretz, & Milton W. Cole. (1976). Effects of surface-normal motion for adsorbedHe4films. Physical review. B, Solid state. 14(1). 61–66. 18 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, et al.. (1974). Specific heat of para-hydrogen monolayers on graphite. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 17(5-6). 479–488. 24 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael. (1973). Heat Capacity of MultilayerHe4on Graphite. Physical Review Letters. 31(24). 1447–1450. 60 indexed citations
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Bretz, Michael, J. G. Dash, D. C. Hickernell, E. O. McLean, & O. E. Vilches. (1973). Phases ofHe3andHe4Monolayer Films Adsorbed on Basal-Plane Oriented Graphite. Physical review. A, General physics. 8(3). 1589–1615. 348 indexed citations
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Dash, J. G. & Michael Bretz. (1972). Short-range order and melting anomalies in thin films. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 9(3-4). 291–306. 13 indexed citations

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