Michael W. Schmidt

52.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
229 papers, 37.8k citations indexed

About

Michael W. Schmidt is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael W. Schmidt has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 37.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Soil Science, 55 papers in Ecology and 52 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Michael W. Schmidt's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (54 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (45 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (29 papers). Michael W. Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (54 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (45 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (29 papers). Michael W. Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Michael W. Schmidt's co-authors include Mark S. Gordon, Shiro Koseki, Nikita Matsunaga, Michel Dupuis, Theresa L. Windus, Jerry A. Boatz, Kim K. Baldridge, Kiet A. Nguyen, John A. Montgomery and Jan H. Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael W. Schmidt

226 papers receiving 36.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

General atomic and molecular electronic structure system

1993 17.8k citations Michael W. Schmidt, Mark S. Gordon et al. profile →
Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

2011 4.4k citations Michael W. Schmidt, Margaret Torn et al. profile →
Black carbon in soils and sediments: Analysis, distribution, implications, and current challenges

2000 1.0k citations Michael W. Schmidt et al. profile →
How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils?

2008 576 citations Alexander Heim, Michael W. Schmidt et al. profile →
THE CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF MCSCF WAVEFUNCTIONS

1998 567 citations Michael W. Schmidt, Mark S. Gordon profile →
Black (pyrogenic) carbon: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions

2006 557 citations Caroline M. Preston, Michael W. Schmidt Biogeosciences profile →
Five years of whole-soil warming led to loss of subsoil carbon stocks and increased CO ₂ efflux

2021 159 citations Cristina Castanha, Caitlin Hicks Pries et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael W. Schmidt United States	66	10.9k	7.6k	6.8k	6.4k	5.3k	229	37.8k
Robert G. Gilbert Australia	89	2.8k 0.3×	614 0.1×	10.9k 1.6×	3.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.3×	678	35.1k
Ian R. McDonald United Kingdom	74	7.2k 0.7×	320 0.0×	1.6k 0.2×	7.2k 1.1×	2.1k 0.4×	364	25.7k
Peter G. Jones Germany	77	571 0.1×	1.3k 0.2×	29.5k 4.3×	4.8k 0.8×	2.3k 0.4×	2.1k	55.2k
John A. Ripmeester Canada	82	2.2k 0.2×	348 0.0×	2.9k 0.4×	5.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	605	25.2k
Paul Meakin United States	82	1.9k 0.2×	314 0.0×	2.7k 0.4×	6.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.2×	440	25.2k
A. R. Ravishankara United States	80	3.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.2×	794 0.1×	1.9k 0.3×	354 0.1×	385	24.6k
Alan G. Marshall United States	102	3.5k 0.3×	169 0.0×	1.8k 0.3×	2.5k 0.4×	502 0.1×	657	40.3k
Roger Atkinson United States	95	4.6k 0.4×	154 0.0×	2.6k 0.4×	6.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.2×	619	48.7k
Klaus Schmidt‐Rohr United States	69	744 0.1×	1.1k 0.1×	973 0.1×	5.4k 0.8×	308 0.1×	283	16.9k
Emily A. Carter United States	93	9.3k 0.9×	191 0.0×	2.3k 0.3×	17.9k 2.8×	1.8k 0.3×	514	33.5k

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Rowley, Mike C., Jasquelin Peña, Matthew A. Marcus, et al.. (2025). Calcium is associated with specific soil organic carbon decomposition products. SOIL. 11(1). 381–388. 1 indexed citations

Ofiti, Nicholas O. E., Michael W. Schmidt, Samuel Abiven, et al.. (2023). Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7533–7533. 33 indexed citations

Ofiti, Nicholas O. E., et al.. (2023). Rapid loss of complex polymers and pyrogenic carbon in subsoils under whole-soil warming. Nature Geoscience. 16(4). 344–348. 41 indexed citations

Schmidt, Michael W., et al.. (2019). 亜鉛被覆鋼のレーザビームろう付におけるシーム特性に及ぼすろう付速度の影響【JST・京大機械翻訳】. Journal of Laser Applications. 31(2). 22407–22407. 1 indexed citations

Koseki, Shiro, Nikita Matsunaga, Toshio Asada, Michael W. Schmidt, & Mark S. Gordon. (2019). Spin–Orbit Coupling Constants in Atoms and Ions of Transition Elements: Comparison of Effective Core Potentials, Model Core Potentials, and All-Electron Methods. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123(12). 2325–2339. 59 indexed citations

Schmidt, Michael W., et al.. (2019). IT Service Management Frameworks Compared – Simplifying Service Portfolio Management. Immunotechnology. 421–427. 3 indexed citations

Schmidt, Michael W., et al.. (2017). 業界及び学界のレーザベース付加製造【Powered by NICT】. 66(2). 561–583. 55 indexed citations

Schmidt, Michael W. & Mark S. Gordon. (2017). Effect of Boron Clusters on the Ignition Reaction of HNO₃ and Dicynanamide-Based Ionic Liquids. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(41). 8003–8011. 7 indexed citations

Torn, Margaret, Abad Chabbi, Patrick Crill, et al.. (2015). A call for international soil experiment networks for studying, predicting, and managing global change impacts. SOIL. 1(2). 575–582. 20 indexed citations

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Maestrini, Bernardo, Samuel Abiven, Nimisha Singh, et al.. (2014). Carbon losses from pyrolysed and original wood in a forest soil under natural and increased N deposition. Biogeosciences. 11(18). 5199–5213. 43 indexed citations

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Brodie, Eoin, Malick Bill, Cristina Castanha, et al.. (2012). The Role of Actinobacteria in Biochar Decomposition in a Mediterranean Grassland Soil. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Singh, Nimisha, Samuel Abiven, Margaret Torn, & Michael W. Schmidt. (2012). Fire-derived organic carbon in soil turns over on a centennial scale. Biogeosciences. 9(8). 2847–2857. 183 indexed citations

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Singh, Nimisha, Samuel Abiven, Margaret Torn, & Michael W. Schmidt. (2011). Fire-derived organic carbon turnover in soils on a centennial scale. 4 indexed citations

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Schneider, Maximilian P.W., et al.. (2010). The benzene polycarboxylic acid (BPCA) pattern of wood pyrolyzed between 200°C and 1000°C. Organic Geochemistry. 41(10). 1082–1088. 152 indexed citations

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Hagedorn, Frank, Alexander Heim, Anna K. Gilgen, et al.. (2010). Summer drought reduces total and litter-derived soil CO ₂ effluxes in temperate grassland – clues from a ¹³ C litter addition experiment. Biogeosciences. 7(3). 1031–1041. 41 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Michael W.. (2010). From wood pasture to "Urwald" - changes in vegetation and plant species composition of the "Urwald Sababurg" nature reserve (Reinhardswald, Germany) over a hundred year period.. 81(2). 53–60. 2 indexed citations

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Hammes, Karen, et al.. (2008). Centennial black carbon turnover observed in a Russian steppe soil. Biogeosciences. 5(5). 1339–1350. 161 indexed citations

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Hammes, Karen, et al.. (2008). Centennial black carbon turnover observed in a Russian steppe soil. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 18 indexed citations

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Eckmeier, Eileen, Renate Gerlach, J. O. Skjemstad, Otto Ehrmann, & Michael W. Schmidt. (2007). Minor changes in soil organic carbon and charcoal concentrations detected in a temperate deciduous forest a year after an experimental slash-and-burn. Biogeosciences. 4(3). 377–383. 51 indexed citations

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Preston, Caroline M. & Michael W. Schmidt. (2006). Black (pyrogenic) carbon: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions. Biogeosciences. 3(4). 397–420. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

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