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Albert Porcar-Castell

Albert Porcar-Castell

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
6021
World Ranking
8606
National Ranking
125

Albert Porcar-Castell publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Albert Porcar-Castell sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 108 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Albert Porcar-Castell D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Albert Porcar-Castell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Albert Porcar-Castell is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural biological sciences. Their work covers multiple subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, plant science, molecular biology, and atmospheric science.

Their research focuses on several main topics:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Light effects on plants

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Albert Porcar-Castell include:

  • "Chlorophyll a fluorescence illuminates a path connecting plant molecular biology to Earth-system science," 2021, Nature Plants
  • "Reduction of structural impacts and distinction of photosynthetic pathways in a global estimation of GPP from space-borne solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Structural and photosynthetic dynamics mediate the response of SIF to water stress in a potato crop," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Heatwave breaks down the linearity between sun-induced fluorescence and gross primary production," 2021, New Phytologist
  • "Warmer spring alleviated the impacts of 2018 European summer heatwave and drought on vegetation photosynthesis," 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jon Atherton
  • Chao Zhang
  • Troy S. Magney
  • Anu Riikonen
  • Jaakko Oivukkamäki

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Phytologist
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Linking chlorophyll a fluorescence to photosynthesis for remote sensing applications: mechanisms and challenges

    Albert Porcar-Castell;Esa Tyystjärvi;Jon Atherton;Christiaan van der Tol

  • OCO-2 advances photosynthesis observation from space via solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

    Y. Sun;C. Frankenberg;J. D. Wood;D. S. Schimel

  • PRI assessment of long-term changes in carotenoids/chlorophyll ratio and short-term changes in de-epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle

    I. Filella;A. Porcar-Castell;S. Munné-Bosch;J. Bäck

  • Chlorophyll a fluorescence illuminates a path connecting plant molecular biology to Earth-system science.

    Albert Porcar-Castell;Zbyněk Malenovský;Troy Magney;Shari Van Wittenberghe;Shari Van Wittenberghe

  • Estimating leaf mass per area and equivalent water thickness based on leaf optical properties: Potential and limitations of physical modeling and machine learning

    Jean-Baptiste Féret;G. Le Maire;G. Le Maire;S. Jay;D. Berveiller

  • A high-resolution portrait of the annual dynamics of photochemical and non-photochemical quenching in needles of Pinus sylvestris

    Albert Porcar-Castell

  • Physiology of the seasonal relationship between the photochemical reflectance index and photosynthetic light use efficiency

    Albert Porcar-Castell;José Ignacio Garcia-Plazaola;Caroline J. Nichol;Pasi Kolari

  • Heatwave breaks down the linearity between sun-induced fluorescence and gross primary production.

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  • Interpreting canopy development and physiology using a European phenology camera network at flux sites

    L. Wingate;J. Ogée;E. Cremonese;G. Filippa

  • Reduction of structural impacts and distinction of photosynthetic pathways in a global estimation of GPP from space-borne solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

    Zhaoying Zhang;Zhaoying Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Albert Porcar-Castell;Joanna Joiner

  • The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)

    Aud Helen Halbritter Rechsteiner;Hans J. De Boeck;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Sabine Reinsch

  • Structural and photosynthetic dynamics mediate the response of SIF to water stress in a potato crop

    Shan Xu;Shan Xu;Shan Xu;Jon Atherton;Anu Riikonen;Chao Zhang

  • Thermal energy dissipation and xanthophyll cycles beyond the Arabidopsis model.

    José Ignacio García-Plazaola;Raquel Esteban;Beatriz Fernández-Marín;Ilse Kranner

  • Disentangling Changes in the Spectral Shape of Chlorophyll Fluorescence : Implications for Remote Sensing of Photosynthesis

    Troy S. Magney;Christian Frankenberg;Philipp Köhler;Gretchen North

  • A new monitoring PAM fluorometer (MONI-PAM) to study the short- and long-term acclimation of photosystem II in field conditions.

    Albert Porcar-Castell;Erhard Pfündel;Janne F. J. Korhonen;Eija Juurola

  • Field and controlled environment measurements show strong seasonal acclimation in photosynthesis and respiration potential in boreal Scots pine

    Pasi Kolari;Tommy Chan;Albert Porcar-Castell;Jaana Bäck

  • Interpreting canopy development and physiology using the EUROPhen camera network at flux sites

    Lisa Wingate;Jerome Ogée;Edoardo Cremonese;Gianluca Filippa

  • Warmer spring alleviated the impacts of 2018 European summer heatwave and drought on vegetation photosynthesis

    Songhan Wang;Songhan Wang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Albert Porcar-Castell

  • From remotely sensed solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence to ecosystem structure, function, and service: Part I—Harnessing theory

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  • Improving Estimates of Gross Primary Productivity by Assimilating Solar-Induced Fluorescence Satellite Retrievals in a Terrestrial Biosphere Model Using a Process-Based SIF Model

    C. Bacour;F. Maignan;N. Macbean;A. Porcar‐castell

  • Seasonal acclimation of photosystem II in Pinus sylvestris. II. Using the rate constants of sustained thermal energy dissipation and photochemistry to study the effect of the light environment.

    Albert Porcar-Castell;Eija Juurola;Ingo Ensminger;Ingo Ensminger;Frank Berninger

  • Using spectral chlorophyll fluorescence and the photochemical reflectance index to predict physiological dynamics

    J. Atherton;C.J. Nichol;A. Porcar-Castell

  • Seasonal variation in boreal pine forest albedo and effects of canopy snow on forest reflectance

    Nea Kuusinen;Pasi Kolari;Janne Levula;Albert Porcar-Castell

Frequent Co-Authors

Pasi Kolari
Pasi Kolari University of Helsinki
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Jaana Bäck
Jaana Bäck University of Helsinki
Eero Nikinmaa
Eero Nikinmaa University of Helsinki
Beatriz Fernández-Marín
Beatriz Fernández-Marín University of the Basque Country
Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Pertti Hari
Pertti Hari University of Helsinki
Jochen Stutz
Jochen Stutz University of California, Los Angeles
Eija Honkavaara
Eija Honkavaara Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

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