Michael E. Essington

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Essington is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Essington has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pollution, 29 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 20 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Essington's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Heavy metals in environment (14 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers). Michael E. Essington is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Heavy metals in environment (14 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers). Michael E. Essington collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Michael E. Essington's co-authors include Donald D. Howard, Dibyendu Sarkar, K. C. Misra, Melanie Stewart, Shas V. Mattigod, Jaehoon Lee, Donald D. Tyler, G. A. O’Connor, Robert S. Bowman and C. Owen Gwathmey and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Essington

90 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Soil and Water Chemistry 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Soil and Water Chemistry
    2003 752 citations Michael E. Essington 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 E. Essington United States 24 818 595 476 368 362 95 2.5k
Gerhard W. Brümmer Germany 29 1.1k 1.4× 558 0.9× 468 1.0× 268 0.7× 249 0.7× 65 2.6k
P. M. Huang Canada 24 694 0.8× 549 0.9× 225 0.5× 363 1.0× 272 0.8× 75 2.3k
Claudio Colombo Italy 30 624 0.8× 468 0.8× 544 1.1× 276 0.8× 352 1.0× 71 2.8k
William R. Roy United States 18 1.2k 1.5× 695 1.2× 274 0.6× 477 1.3× 561 1.5× 54 2.9k
L. J. Evans Canada 29 1.0k 1.2× 519 0.9× 340 0.7× 492 1.3× 478 1.3× 67 2.8k
David G. Lumsdon United Kingdom 32 574 0.7× 996 1.7× 576 1.2× 513 1.4× 261 0.7× 65 2.8k
George F. Vance United States 31 436 0.5× 786 1.3× 505 1.1× 512 1.4× 302 0.8× 79 3.0k
N. Karimian Iran 31 926 1.1× 1.0k 1.7× 557 1.2× 236 0.6× 351 1.0× 121 2.7k
Emmanuel Dœlsch France 31 786 1.0× 327 0.5× 227 0.5× 252 0.7× 378 1.0× 82 2.2k
Jie Ma China 35 1.4k 1.7× 729 1.2× 478 1.0× 490 1.3× 342 0.9× 148 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael E. Essington

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael E. Essington

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martin, Rebeca San, et al.. (2025). Amorphous calcium phosphate-coated surfaces as a model for bone microenvironment in prostate cancer. Heliyon. 11(3). e41929–e41929.
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Rakshit, Sudipta, et al.. (2025). Effect of Oxytetracycline on Molybdenum Adsorption at the Hematite–Water Interface: Insights From Macroscopic and in Situ ATR‐FTIR Study. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 188(3). 447–455. 1 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Effects of Rock Covering on Underlying Engineered Media in Bioretention Practices in Middle Tennessee, USA. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education. 179(1). 2–13.
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Brown, Jason R., John S. Schwartz, Michael E. Essington, et al.. (2024). The role of dissolved organic carbon in Great Smoky Mountains National Park streams impacted by long-term acid deposition. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196(11). 1096–1096.
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Fan, Yuchuan, Jie Zhuang, Michael E. Essington, et al.. (2023). Characterizing the role of hydraulic retention time on nitrate removal indices in denitrifying bioreactors by nonlinear models. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 32. 103431–103431. 6 indexed citations
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González‐Chaves, Adrian, Michael E. Essington, Scott C. Lenaghan, et al.. (2023). Soil elemental changes during human decomposition. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287094–e0287094. 10 indexed citations
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Fan, Yuchuan, et al.. (2022). The global significance of abiotic factors affecting nitrate removal in woodchip bioreactors. The Science of The Total Environment. 848. 157739–157739. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuangli, et al.. (2019). Ammonia Volatilization Loss and Corn Nitrogen Nutrition and Productivity with Efficiency Enhanced UAN and Urea under No-tillage. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6610–6610. 40 indexed citations
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Essington, Michael E., et al.. (2019). The cation exchange behavior of tylosin in loess-derived soil. Chemosphere. 233. 615–624. 3 indexed citations
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Essington, Michael E.. (2015). Soil and Water Chemistry. 132 indexed citations
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Lee, Jaehoon, et al.. (2014). Sorption and Transport of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals in Soil—A Laboratory Study. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 78(5). 1531–1543. 19 indexed citations
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Howard, Donald D., Michael E. Essington, & Joanne Logan. (2002). Long-Term Broadcast and Banded Phosphorus Fertilization of Corn Produced Using Two Tillage Systems. Agronomy Journal. 94(1). 51–51. 7 indexed citations
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Essington, Michael E., et al.. (2001). Potassium fertilization of conventional- and no-till cotton. ˜The œjournal of cotton science/Journal of cotton science. 5(4). 197–205. 8 indexed citations
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Howard, Donald D., et al.. (2000). Buffering of foliar potassium and boron solutions for no-tillage cotton production.. ˜The œjournal of cotton science/Journal of cotton science. 4(4). 237–244. 22 indexed citations
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Essington, Michael E., et al.. (1999). Evaluation of calcium nitrate as an in-furrow applied starter for cotton. ˜The œjournal of cotton science/Journal of cotton science. 3(3). 126–131. 1 indexed citations
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Yoder, R., Daniel C. Yoder, Michael E. Essington, et al.. (1998). Subsurface Water Movement on an Agricultural Watershed. Water resources engineering. 1254–1259. 1 indexed citations
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Essington, Michael E.. (1997). Environmental Soil Chemistry. Soil Science. 162(3). 229–231. 23 indexed citations
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Essington, Michael E., et al.. (1986). Recarbonation of retorted oil shale: The influence on mineralogy and leachate chemistry. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Essington, Michael E., Shas V. Mattigod, & J. O. Ervin. (1985). Particle Sedimentation Rates in the Linear Density Gradient. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 49(3). 767–771. 3 indexed citations
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Bowman, Robert S., Michael E. Essington, & G. A. O’Connor. (1981). Soil Sorption of Nickel: Influence of Solution Composition. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 45(5). 860–865. 38 indexed citations

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