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Michael J. White

Michael J. White

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
50
Citations
10917
World Ranking
2745
National Ranking
1334

Michael J. White publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael J. White sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 184 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Michael J. White D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael J. White sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael J. White is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has a research focus within Environmental Science. Their work prominently addresses subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

White's research covers several key topics including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Hydrological Forecasting Using AI, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with White include Jeffrey G. Arnold, Natalja Čerkasova, Peter M. Allen, Philip W. Gassman, and Ryan T. Bailey.

White has published multiple papers in a range of scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "A review of the effectiveness of vegetated buffers to mitigate pesticide and nutrient transport into surface waters from agricultural areas" (2020) in Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Development of reservoir operation functions in SWAT+ for national environmental assessments" (2020) in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Development of a Field Scale SWAT+ Modeling Framework for the Contiguous U.S." (2022) in JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
  • "A framework for parameter estimation, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty analysis for holistic hydrologic modeling using SWAT+" (2024) in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Conceptual Framework of Connectivity for a National Agroecosystem Model Based on Transport Processes and Management Practices" (2020) in JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association

White's most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Water
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Their scientific contributions span practical hydrologic modeling frameworks, watershed management, and agricultural environmental impact studies. The research integrates modeling techniques and assessments that address environmental processes on regional and national scales.

Best Publications

  • The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

    Ibrahim Abubakar;Robert W Aldridge;Delan Devakumar;Miriam Orcutt

  • Segregation and diversity measures in population distribution

    Michael J. White

  • The Measurement of Spatial Segregation.

    Michael J. White

  • American Neighborhoods and Residential Differentiation

    Michael J. White

  • Post-secondary school participation of immigrant and native youth: the role of familial resources and educational expectations

    Jennifer E. Glick;Michael J. White

  • The Dimensions of Segregation Revisited

    Douglas S. Massey;Michael J. White;Voon-Chin Phua

  • The academic trajectories of immigrant youths: analysis within and across cohorts.

    Jennifer E. Glick;Michael J. White

  • Language usage, social capital, and school completion among immigrants and native-born ethnic groups

    Michael J. White;Gayle Kaufman

  • Implicit and Explicit Occupational Gender Stereotypes

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  • Generation status, social capital, and the routes out of high school

    Michael J. White;Jennifer E. Glick

  • Internal migration in China, 1950–1988

    Zai Liang;Michael J. White

  • Market Transition, Government Policies, and Interprovincial Migration in China: 1983-1988

    Zai Liang;Michael J. White

  • Immigration, Naturalization, and Residential Assimilation among Asian Americans in 1980

    Michael J. White;Ann E. Biddlecom;Shenyang Guo

  • Migration, community context, and child immunization in Ethiopia.

    Gebre-Egzbiabher Kiros;Michael J. White

  • Achieving Anew: How New Immigrants Do in American Schools, Jobs, and Neighborhoods

    Michael J. White;Jennifer E. Glick

  • Italy's path to very low fertility: the adequacy of economic and second demographic transition theories.

    David I. Kertzer;Michael J. White;Laura Bernardi;Giuseppe Gabrielli

  • Migrant fertility in Ghana: Selection versus adaptation and disruption as causal mechanisms

    Arpita Chattopadhyay;Michael J. White;Cornelius Debpuur

  • Urbanization and Fertility: An Event-History Analysis of Coastal Ghana

    Michael J. White;Salut Muhidin;Catherine Andrzejewski;Eva Tagoe

  • The use of cognitive self-instruction in the treatment of behaviorally disturbed adolescents

    James J. Snyder;Michael J. White

  • The Interrelation of Fertility and Geographic Mobility in Peru: A Hazards Model Analysis

    Michael J. White;Lorenzo Moreno;Shenyang Guo

  • Immigrants' children's transition to secondary school in Italy.

    Nicola Barban;Michael J. White

  • International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution

    Michael J. White

  • International Migration Systems: A Global Approach.

    Michael J. White;Mary M. Kritz;Lin Lean Lim;Hania Zlotnick

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Bryson
Alex Bryson University College London
Mark A. Collinson
Mark A. Collinson University of the Witwatersrand
Laura Bernardi
Laura Bernardi University of Lausanne
Sharon Sassler
Sharon Sassler Cornell University
Lori M. Hunter
Lori M. Hunter University of Colorado Boulder
Frank D. Bean
Frank D. Bean University of California, Irvine
Susan M Sawyer
Susan M Sawyer University of Melbourne
Stephen Tollman
Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand
Donatien Beguy
Donatien Beguy United Nations
Scott W. Nixon
Scott W. Nixon University of Rhode Island

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