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Adrian C. Newton publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adrian C. Newton sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 382 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Adrian C. Newton D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adrian C. Newton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Adrian C. Newton is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in Adrian C. Newton's work include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Adrian C. Newton include:

  • "Scientists' warning to humanity on tree extinctions," 2022, Plants People Planet
  • "Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "Ecological restoration of agricultural land can improve its contribution to economic development," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Does agricultural intensification cause tipping points in ecosystem services?" 2021, Landscape Ecology
  • "Challenging the Status Quo through Social Influence: Changes in Sustainable Consumption through the Influence of Social Networks," 2021, Sustainability

Adrian C. Newton frequently publishes in venues such as Landscape Ecology, Sustainability, Ecography, Plants People Planet, and Ecology Letters.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Lucy E. Ridding
  • James M. Bullock
  • Anita Díaz
  • Stephen C. L. Watson
  • Paul Evans

In addition to journal articles, Adrian C. Newton has published a book titled Ecosystem Collapse and Recovery in 2021, which was released by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Climate change, plant diseases and food security: an overview

    S. Chakraborty;A. C. Newton

  • Integrating pests and pathogens into the climate change/food security debate

    Peter J. Gregory;Scott N. Johnson;Adrian C. Newton;John S. I. Ingram

  • Induced Resistance for Plant Disease Control: Maximizing the Efficacy of Resistance Elicitors

    Dale Walters;David Walsh;Adrian Newton;Gary Lyon

  • Liming impacts on soils, crops and biodiversity in the UK: A review.

    J.E. Holland;A.E. Bennett;A.C. Newton;P.J. White

  • Cereal variety and species mixtures in practice, with emphasis on disease resistance

    Maria R. Finckh;Edward S. Gacek;Henriette Goyeau;Christian Lannou

  • Crops that feed the world 4. Barley: a resilient crop? Strengths and weaknesses in the context of food security

    Adrian Clive Newton;Andrew J. Flavell;Timothy S. George;Philip Leat

  • Pathogenesis, parasitism and mutualism in the trophic space of microbe–plant interactions

    Adrian C. Newton;Bruce D.L. Fitt;Simon D. Atkins;Dale R. Walters

  • Implications of climate change for diseases, crop yields and food security

    Adrian C. Newton;Scott N. Johnson;Peter J. Gregory

  • Cereal landraces for sustainable agriculture

    A. C. Newton;T. Akar;J. P. Baresel;P. J. Bebeli

  • Novel disease control compounds: the potential to ‘immunize’ plants against infection

    G. D. Lyon;T. Reglinski;A. C. Newton

  • Species Distribution Modeling in the Tropics: Problems, Potentialities, and the Role of Biological Data for Effective Species Conservation:

    L. Cayuela;D. J. Golicher;A. C. Newton;M. Kolb

  • Commercialisation of non-timber forest products: first steps in analysing the factors influencing success

    E. Marshall;A. C. Newton;K. Schreckenberg

  • The development and application of molecular markers for abiotic stress tolerance in barley.

    B.P. Forster;R.P. Ellis;W.T.B. Thomas;A.C. Newton

  • Molecular effects of resistance elicitors from biological origin and their potential for crop protection.

    Lea Wiesel;Adrian C. Newton;Ian Elliott;David Booty

  • Induced Resistance for Plant Defence

    Dale Walters;Adrian Newton;Gary Lyon

  • Deployment of diversity for enhanced crop function

    A.C. Newton;G.S. Begg;J.S. Swanston

  • The Barley mlo-gene: an important powdery mildew resistance source

    Michael F. Lyngkjær;Adrian C. Newton;Jannie L. Atzema;Susan J. Baker

  • Pushing AI to wireless network edge: an overview on integrated sensing, communication, and computation towards 6G

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  • Facilitation and sustainable agriculture: a mechanistic approach to reconciling crop production and conservation

    Rob W. Brooker;Alison J. Karley;Adrian C. Newton;Robin J. Pakeman

  • Resistance, epidemiology and sustainable management of Rhynchosporium secalis populations on barley

    J. Zhan;J. Zhan;J. Zhan;Bruce D.L. Fitt;H. O. Pinnschmidt;S. J. P. Oxley;S. J. P. Oxley;S. J. P. Oxley

  • Understanding the genetic control and physiological traits associated with rhizosheath production by barley (Hordeum vulgare).

    Timothy S. George;Lawrie K. Brown;Luke Ramsay;Philip J. White

  • Tropical trees: the potential for domestication and the rebuilding of forest resources

    R. R. B. Leakey;A. C. Newton

  • Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

    Adrian Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Bullock
James M. Bullock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Roger R.B. Leakey
Roger R.B. Leakey Independent Scientist / Consultant, UK
William T. B. Thomas
William T. B. Thomas James Hutton Institute
Andrea C. Premoli
Andrea C. Premoli National University of Comahue
Antonio Lara
Antonio Lara Austral University of Chile
Guadalupe Williams-Linera
Guadalupe Williams-Linera Instituto de Ecología
Luis Cayuela
Luis Cayuela King Juan Carlos University
Christine A. Hackett
Christine A. Hackett University of Dundee
Paul R. J. Birch
Paul R. J. Birch James Hutton Institute
Dale R. Walters
Dale R. Walters Scotland's Rural College

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