Michael Messina

2.2k total citations
79 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Messina is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Messina has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael Messina's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (23 papers), Forest ecology and management (18 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers). Michael Messina is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (23 papers), Forest ecology and management (18 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers). Michael Messina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Hong Kong. Michael Messina's co-authors include William H. Conner, Kent R. Wilson, Jeffrey L. Krause, Rob D. Coalson, Jianwei Che, Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Bruce C. Garrett, Bern Kohler, YiJing Yan and Gregory K. Schenter and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Messina

74 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Messina United States 21 870 362 360 319 248 79 1.7k
W. E. Jones Canada 26 611 0.7× 265 0.7× 516 1.4× 119 0.4× 345 1.4× 149 2.5k
Vincent P. Gutschick United States 25 343 0.4× 922 2.5× 478 1.3× 460 1.4× 67 0.3× 58 2.3k
R. Lösch Germany 30 894 1.0× 455 1.3× 212 0.6× 123 0.4× 65 0.3× 136 2.6k
W. Köhler Germany 20 363 0.4× 186 0.5× 96 0.3× 132 0.4× 181 0.7× 77 1.5k
Florian Köhler Switzerland 18 314 0.4× 359 1.0× 462 1.3× 734 2.3× 42 0.2× 27 1.9k
Patrice Coll France 29 260 0.3× 67 0.2× 400 1.1× 27 0.1× 414 1.7× 106 2.5k
Weizhong Sun China 11 298 0.3× 354 1.0× 207 0.6× 139 0.4× 194 0.8× 27 879
Robert O. Lawton United States 19 126 0.1× 616 1.7× 310 0.9× 565 1.8× 36 0.1× 37 2.1k
John F. Walker United States 27 540 0.6× 463 1.3× 433 1.2× 328 1.0× 102 0.4× 84 2.5k
G. H. Kohlmaier Germany 14 169 0.2× 381 1.1× 100 0.3× 56 0.2× 60 0.2× 47 742

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Messina

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Messina

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Messina, Michael, et al.. (2019). A Quantitative Explanation of the Dynamics Underlying the Franck–Condon Principle: A Mostly Classical Viewpoint. Journal of Chemical Education. 96(6). 1171–1177. 6 indexed citations
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South, David B., Xuhui Lee, & Michael Messina. (2011). Will afforestation in temperate zones warm the Earth. Journal of Horticulture and Forestry. 156(7). 195–199. 5 indexed citations
3.
Hass, Amir, et al.. (2011). Determination of Phosphate in Selective Extractions for Soil Iron Oxides by the Molybdenum Blue Method in an Automated Continuance Flow Injection System. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 42(14). 1619–1635. 10 indexed citations
4.
Hass, Amir, et al.. (2010). Soil Carbon After Midrotation Phosphorus Fertilization of Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda L.) Stands in East Texas. Soil Science. 175(8). 382–389. 2 indexed citations
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Azevedo, João, X. Ben Wu, Michael Messina, & Richard F. Fisher. (2005). Assessment of Sustainability in Intensively Managed Forested Landscapes: A Case Study in Eastern Texas. Forest Science. 51(4). 321–333. 10 indexed citations
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Zoppe, Justin O., et al.. (2005). A variational solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation by a restricted superposition of frozen Gaussian wavepackets. Chemical Physics Letters. 407(4-6). 308–314. 8 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael, et al.. (2003). Performance of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings and micropropagated plantlets on an east Texas site. Forest Ecology and Management. 178(3). 257–270. 9 indexed citations
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MacDonald, David, et al.. (2002). A Critical Comparison of Approximation Methods and Models for Equilibrium Properties of Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bonds. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences. 42(6). 1390–1397. 3 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael, et al.. (2000). Loblolly Pine Stand Early Development Under Reserve-Tree Silvicultural Systems in East Texas. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 24(1). 11–16. 4 indexed citations
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Heilman, J. L., et al.. (1999). Diurnal changes in water conduction in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and Virginia pine (P. virginiana) during soil dehydration. Tree Physiology. 19(9). 575–581. 5 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael. (1999). The Hartree-Fock Self-Consistent Field: An Allegorical Connection Using Two Coupled Harmonic Oscillators. Journal of Chemical Education. 76(10). 1439–1439. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Jianshu, Michael Messina, & Kent R. Wilson. (1997). Quantum control of dissipative systems: Exact solutions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 106(12). 5239–5248. 40 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael, et al.. (1995). Water relations and growth of loblolly pine seedlings planted under a shelterwood and in a clear-cut. Tree Physiology. 15(1). 19–26. 20 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael & Rob D. Coalson. (1991). Time-of-flight spectra and angular observables for ultraviolet photodesorption of molecules from surfaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 95(12). 8977–8990. 11 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael. (1990). Herbicides increase growth responses to fertiliser in a 5-year-old Eucalyptus regnans plantation.. New Zealand journal of forestry science. 20(2). 168–175. 11 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael & Rob D. Coalson. (1990). Reduced partial dissociation cross sections for a molecule photodesorbed from a surface. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 92(9). 5712–5721. 17 indexed citations
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Hunter, Ian, et al.. (1989). A statistical and graphical method for assessing the performance of forest tree species during the establishment phase, relative to a marker species. Commonwealth forestry review. 68(3). 181–189. 1 indexed citations
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Phillips, Douglas R., Michael Messina, Alexander Clark, & Douglas J. Frederick. (1989). Nutrient content prediction equations for wetland trees in the US Southern Coastal plain. Biomass. 19(3). 169–187. 4 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael, et al.. (1985). Early growth and survival of Acacia melanoxylon: effect of wood control and fertiliser.. New Zealand journal of forestry science. 15(1). 111–116. 2 indexed citations
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Messina, Michael, R. Ballard, Douglas J. Frederick, & Alexander Clark. (1983). A Test of a Single Disk for Estimation of Hardwood Bole and Branch Nutrient Concentrations. Forest Science. 29(3). 618–626. 2 indexed citations

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