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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
57
Citations
10430
World Ranking
1461
National Ranking
130

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Organic chemistry

His primary areas of investigation include Soil water, Agronomy, Fertilizer, Environmental chemistry and Plough. His work carried out in the field of Soil water brings together such families of science as Organic matter and Environmental engineering. His studies deal with areas such as Soil organic matter, Loam, Phosphorus and Nitrogen as well as Agronomy.

He focuses mostly in the field of Phosphorus, narrowing it down to topics relating to Biomass and, in certain cases, Park Grass Experiment. While the research belongs to areas of Fertilizer, A. E. Johnston spends his time largely on the problem of Soil biodiversity, intersecting his research to questions surrounding No-till farming and Soil texture. The Environmental chemistry study combines topics in areas such as Pollution and Soil horizon.

His most cited work include:

  • Phosphorus Loss from Soil to Water (343 citations)
  • Optical bistability and signal amplification in a semiconductor crystal: applications of new low‐power nonlinear effects in InSb (252 citations)
  • Long-term Experiments in Agricultural and Ecological Sciences (226 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

A. E. Johnston focuses on Agronomy, Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Agriculture and Potassium. A. E. Johnston works mostly in the field of Agronomy, limiting it down to topics relating to Soil organic matter and, in certain cases, Soil fertility, as a part of the same area of interest. His Soil water research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Organic matter, Plough, Grassland and Arable land.

A. E. Johnston has included themes like Contamination, Soil contamination and Environmental engineering in his Environmental chemistry study. In his study, Soil management is inextricably linked to Agroforestry, which falls within the broad field of Agriculture. His Fertilizer study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Loam, Poaceae and Animal science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (48.50%)
  • Soil water (24.81%)
  • Environmental chemistry (16.92%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2004-2018)?

  • Agronomy (48.50%)
  • Phosphorus (12.03%)
  • Nitrogen (10.15%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Agronomy, Phosphorus, Nitrogen, Potassium and Agroforestry. His Agronomy study incorporates themes from Soil water, Soil fertility and Phosphate. His Soil water research integrates issues from Agroecosystem and Phosphate fertilizer.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Park Grass Experiment, Plant nutrition and Grassland in addition to Phosphorus. His Nitrogen study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Soil pH and Crop production. A. E. Johnston combines subjects such as Crop and Soil phosphorus with his study of Fertilizer.

Between 2004 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • Determinants of Species Richness in the Park Grass Experiment (197 citations)
  • Efficiency of soil and fertilizer phosphorus use. Reconciling changing concepts of soil phosphorus behaviour with agronomic information (189 citations)
  • Testing the distinctness of shoot ionomes of angiosperm families using the Rothamsted Park Grass Continuous Hay Experiment (55 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Organic chemistry

A. E. Johnston mainly investigates Agronomy, Phosphorus, Fertilizer, Nitrogen and Crop yield. A. E. Johnston works mostly in the field of Phosphorus, limiting it down to concerns involving Park Grass Experiment and, occasionally, Biomass, Species richness and Plant ecology. His research in Fertilizer intersects with topics in Soil structure, Soil water and Loam.

A. E. Johnston specializes in Soil water, namely Soil contamination. His work on Soil nitrogen as part of general Nitrogen study is frequently linked to Production and Dilemma, bridging the gap between disciplines. His Crop yield research includes elements of Agriculture, Winter wheat and Soil fertility.

Best Publications

  • Phosphorus Loss from Soil to Water

    H. Tunney;O. T. Carton;P. C. Brookes;A. E. Johnston

  • Increases in the polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon content of an agricultural soil over the last century

    Kevin C. Jones;Jennifer A. Stratford;Keith S. Waterhouse;Edward T. Furlong

  • Efficiency of soil and fertilizer phosphorus use. Reconciling changing concepts of soil phosphorus behaviour with agronomic information

    J.K. Syers;A.E. Johnston;D. Curtin

  • Long-term Experiments in Agricultural and Ecological Sciences

    John A. Lee;R. A. Leigh;A. E. Johnston

  • Determinants of Species Richness in the Park Grass Experiment

    M. J. Crawley;A. E. Johnston;J. Silvertown;M. Dodd

  • Soil organic matter, effects on soils and crops

    A.E. Johnston

  • Changes in soil chemistry accompanying acidification over more than 100 years under woodland and grass at Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK

    L. Blake;K. W. T. Goulding;C. J. B. Mott;A. E. Johnston

  • The nitrogen cycle in the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment: recovery and losses of 15N-labelled fertilizer applied in spring and inputs of nitrogen from the atmosphere

    D. S. Powlson;A. E. Johnston;D. S. Jenkinson

  • Cadmium accumulation in soils from long‐continued applications of superphosphate

    H. P. Rothbaum;R. L. Goguel;A. E. Johnston;G. E. G. Mattingly

  • The importance of long‐term experiments in agriculture: their management to ensure continued crop production and soil fertility; the Rothamsted experience

    A. E. Johnston;P. R. Poulton

  • Soil acidification during more than 100 years under permanent grassland and woodland at Rothamsted

    A. E. Johnston;K. W. T. Goulding;P. R. Poulton

  • Influence of soil type, crop management and weather on the recovery of 15N-labelled fertilizer applied to winter wheat in spring

    D. S. Powlson;P. B. S. Hart;P. R. Poulton;A. E. Johnston

  • Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in an agricultural soil: Long-term changes in profile distribution

    K.C. Jones;J.A. Stratford;P. Tidridge;K.S. Waterhouse

  • Changes in soil phosphorus fractions following positive and negative phosphorus balances for long periods

    L. Blake;A.E. Johnston;P.R. Poulton;K.W.T. Goulding

  • Long-term changes in the polychlorinated biphenyl content of United Kingdom soils.

    R. E. Alcock;A. E. Johnston;S. P. McGrath;M. L. Berrow

  • Evidence for a decline of PCBs and PAHs in rural vegetation and air in the United Kingdom.

    K. C. Jones;G. Sanders;S. R. Wild;V. Burnett

  • Isotopic Character of Lead Deposited from the Atmosphere at a Grassland Site in the United Kingdom Since 1860

    J. R. Bacon;Kevin C. Jones;S. P. McGrath;A. E. Johnston

  • A drought experiment using mobile shelters: the effect of drought on barley yield, water use and nutrient uptake

    W. Day;B. J. Legg;B. K. French;A. E. Johnston

  • Setting and justifying upper critical limits for phosphorus in soils.

    E. Sibbesen;A. N. Sharpley;H. Tunney;O. T. Carton

  • Cadmium in cereal grain and herbage from long-term experimental plots at Rothamsted, UK.

    K.C. Jones;A.E. Johnston

  • Hydrological and chemical controls on phosphorus loss from catchments.

    H. B. Pionke;W. J. Gburek;A. N. Sharpley;J. A. Zollweg

  • Retrospective analysis of an archived soil collection. II. Cadmium.

    K.C. Jones;C.J. Symon;A.E. Johnston

  • Increases in the polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and -furan content of soils and vegetation since the 1840s

    Lars Owe Kjeller;Kevin C. Jones;A. E. Johnston;Christoffer Rappe

  • BIOLOGICAL WEED CONTROL VIA NUTRIENT COMPETITION: POTASSIUM LIMITATION OF DANDELIONS

    Elizabeth A. Tilman;David Tilman;Michael J. Crawley;A. E. Johnston

  • Some aspects of achieving sustainable phosphorus use in agriculture.

    B. Higgs;A. E. Johnston;J. L. Salter;C. J. Dawson

  • Contamination of Environmental Samples Prepared for PCB Analysis.

    Ruth E. Alcock;Crispin J. Halsall;Catherine A. Harris;A. E. Johnston

  • Concentrations of potassium in the dry-matter and tissue water of field-grown spring barley and their relationships to grain-yield

    R. A. Leigh;A. E. Johnston

  • Soil fertility and soil organic matter

    A. E. Johnston

  • Retrospective analysis of an archived soil collection I. Metals

    K. C. Jones;C. J. Symon;A. E. Johnston

  • Sustainable management of potassium

    M. Askegaard;J. Eriksen;A. E. Johnston;P. Schjønning

  • Understanding phosphorus and its use in agriculture

    A. E. Johnston;I. Steen

  • Long-Term Experiments in Agricultural and Ecological Sciences.

    A. D. Bradshaw;R. A. Leigh;A. E. Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Poulton
Paul R. Poulton Rothamsted Research
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Keith Goulding
Keith Goulding Rothamsted Research
David S. Powlson
David S. Powlson Rothamsted Research
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research
D. S. Jenkinson
D. S. Jenkinson Rothamsted Research
Roger A. Leigh
Roger A. Leigh University of Cambridge
Philip C. Brookes
Philip C. Brookes Zhejiang University
Crispin J. Halsall
Crispin J. Halsall Lancaster University
Michael J. Crawley
Michael J. Crawley Imperial College London

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