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D-Index
70
Citations
25265
World Ranking
951
National Ranking
450

John W. Morse publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John W. Morse sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 157 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

John W. Morse D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John W. Morse sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

John W. Morse was affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with specific subfields including ecology, oceanography, environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's work covered several main topics related to coastal and marine environments. These included:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Coastal and marine dynamics
  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

John W. Morse published frequently in a number of academic journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Wetlands
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series

Their recent notable papers included:

  • "Chesapeake Bay acidification buffered by spatially decoupled carbonate mineral cycling" (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Source partitioning of oxygen-consuming organic matter in the hypoxic zone of the Chesapeake Bay" (2020, Limnology and Oceanography)
  • "Tidal Marsh Restoration at Poplar Island: II. Elevation Trends, Vegetation Development, and Carbon Dynamics" (2020, Wetlands)
  • "A review of how we assess denitrification in oyster habitats and proposed guidelines for future studies" (2021, Limnology and Oceanography Methods)
  • "Tidal Marsh Restoration at Poplar Island I: Transformation of Estuarine Sediments into Marsh Soils" (2020, Wetlands)

Throughout their career, John W. Morse collaborated frequently with other researchers. Their most common coauthors included:

  • Michael S. Owens
  • Lorie W. Staver
  • J. Court Stevenson
  • Sairah Y. Malkin
  • Jianzhong Su

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of Sedimentary Carbonates

    John W. Morse;Fred T. Mackenzie

  • Carbon isotopic fractionation in synthetic aragonite and calcite: Effects of temperature and precipitation rate

    Christopher S Romanek;Ethan L Grossman;John W Morse

  • Calcium Carbonate Formation and Dissolution

    John W Morse;Rolf S Arvidson;Andreas Lüttge

  • Pyritization of trace metals in anoxic marine sediments

    Miguel A Huerta-Diaz;John W I Morse

  • The incorporation of Mg2+ and Sr2+ into calcite overgrowths: influences of growth rate and solution composition

    Alfonso Mucci;John W Morse

  • CHEMICAL INFLUENCES ON TRACE METAL-SULFIDE INTERACTIONS IN ANOXIC SEDIMENTS

    J.W. Morse;G.W. Luther

  • The dissolution kinetics of major sedimentary carbonate minerals

    John W Morse;Rolf S Arvidson

  • The chemistry of the hydrogen sulfide and iron sulfide systems in natural waters

    John W. Morse;Frank J. Millero;Jeffrey C. Cornwell;David Rickard

  • Acid volatile sulfide (AVS)

    David Terence Rickard;John W. Morse

  • EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF OXYGEN‐DEFICIENT MARINE BASINS

    Donald C. Rhoads;John W. Morse

  • Partition coefficients in calcite: Examination of factors influencing the validity of experimental results and their application to natural systems

    John W. Morse;John W. Morse;Michael L. Bender;Michael L. Bender

  • Dissolution kinetics of calcium carbonate in sea water; IV, Theory of calcite dissolution

    Robert A. Berner;John W. Morse

  • Influences of temperature and Mg:Ca ratio on CaCO3 precipitates from seawater

    John W. Morse;Qiwei Wang;Mai Yin Tsio

  • A quantitative method for determination of trace metal concentrations in sedimentary pyrite

    Miguel A. Huerta-Diaz;John W. Morse

  • Ostwald processes and mineral paragenesis in sediments

    John W. Morse;William H. Casey

  • Adsorption and coprecipitation of divalent metals with mackinawite (FeS)

    John W. Morse;Takeshi Arakaki

  • Initial responses of carbonate-rich shelf sediments to rising atmospheric pCO2 and “ocean acidification”: Role of high Mg-calcites

    John W. Morse;Andreas J. Andersson;Fred T. Mackenzie

  • The kinetics of calcium carbonate dissolution and precipitation

    John W. Morse

  • The characterization of iron sulfide minerals in anoxic marine sediments

    Jeffrey C Cornwell;John W Morse

  • The carbonic acid system and calcite solubility in aqueous Na-K-Ca-Mg-Cl-SO4 solutions from 0 to 90°C

    Shiliang He;John W Morse

  • Interactions of trace metals with authigenic sulfide minerals: implications for their bioavailability

    John W Morse

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay-Christian Emeis
Kay-Christian Emeis Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Frank J. Millero
Frank J. Millero University of Miami
Bob J. Presley
Bob J. Presley Texas A&M University
Alfonso Mucci
Alfonso Mucci McGill University
Fred T. Mackenzie
Fred T. Mackenzie University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ethan L. Grossman
Ethan L. Grossman Texas A&M University
Steven F. DiMarco
Steven F. DiMarco Texas A&M University
Gilbert T. Rowe
Gilbert T. Rowe Texas A&M University
Jeffrey C. Cornwell
Jeffrey C. Cornwell University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Gregory R. Choppin
Gregory R. Choppin Florida State University

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