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Alex B. McBratney

Alex B. McBratney

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Earth Science
Australia
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 122 38 31 6 6 570 63218

Alex B. McBratney publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alex B. McBratney between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alex B. McBratney published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 16.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 64 publications in 2014. 73 of the 759 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 64. Peak 64 publications in 2014. 1981: 7 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 8 publications 1992: 13 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 17 publications 2001: 24 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 22 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 37 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 34 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 64 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 41 publications 2018: 39 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 34 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 31 publications 2024: 31 publications 2025: 42 publications
1981 2025

759 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alex B. McBratney: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 7
1982 1
1983 2
1984 1
1985 1
1986 1
1987 2
1988 2
1989 4
1990 5
1991 8
1992 13
1993 8
1994 5
1995 4
1996 5
1997 9
1998 5
1999 11
2000 17
2001 24
2002 15
2003 13
2004 11
2005 10
2006 18
2007 22
2008 18
2009 14
2010 37
2011 22
2012 34
2013 20
2014 64
2015 20
2016 24
2017 41
2018 39
2019 24
2020 19
2021 34
2022 21
2023 31
2024 31
2025 42
Total 759
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Alex B. McBratney publications per year - data summary

  • Alex B. McBratney, a Earth Science scholar from University of Sydney, has 759 publications recorded across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1981 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2014, with 64 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1986, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 16.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 16.9 per year counting only the 45 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 159 publications, 21% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1981-1995: 64 publications (4.3 per year); 1996-2010: 229 publications (15.3 per year); 2011-2025: 466 publications (31.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Alex B. McBratney 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 Alex B. McBratney sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 568–577 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 570 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7 570
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Alex B. McBratney publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Alex B. McBratney, a Earth Science scholar from University of Sydney, records 570 publications - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Alex B. McBratney, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Alex B. McBratney ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Alex B. McBratney 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 Alex B. McBratney sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 106+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98 122
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Alex B. McBratney D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Alex B. McBratney, a Earth Science scholar from University of Sydney, records 122 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Alex B. McBratney, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Alex B. McBratney ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Alex B. McBratney is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and focuses their research within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics, primarily centered on soil and environmental systems. These topics include:

  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Alex B. McBratney has contributed to numerous publications in prominent scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Soil Security
  • Geoderma
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Geoderma Regional

Recent papers coauthored with colleagues elucidate a broad spectrum of environmental and soil science challenges, including:

  • Risk of pesticide pollution at the global scale (2021), published in Nature Geoscience
  • Machine learning for digital soil mapping: Applications, challenges and suggested solutions (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Machine learning and soil sciences: a review aided by machine learning tools (2020), published in SOIL
  • The global environmental hazard of glyphosate use (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils (2022), published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

The frequent collaborators who have coauthored multiple papers with Alex B. McBratney include:

  • Budiman Minasny
  • Alexandre M.J.-C. Wadoux
  • Wartini Ng
  • Mercedes Román Dobarco
  • José Padarian

In addition to journal articles, Alex B. McBratney has contributed to book publications with Springer International Publishing. Notable titles include:

  • Soil Spectral Inference with R (2021)
  • Urban Soils (2022)

Alex B. McBratney was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2016.

Best Publications

  • On digital soil mapping

    A.B McBratney;M.L Mendonça Santos;B Minasny

  • Visible, near infrared, mid infrared or combined diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for simultaneous assessment of various soil properties

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;D.J.J. Walvoort;A.B. McBratney;L.J. Janik

  • Soil carbon 4 per mille

    Budiman Minasny;Brendan P. Malone;Alex B. McBratney;Denis A. Angers

  • The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

    Uta Stockmann;Mark A. Adams;John W. Crawford;Damien J. Field

  • A conditioned Latin hypercube method for sampling in the presence of ancillary information

    Budiman Minasny;Alex B. McBratney

  • Future Directions of Precision Agriculture

    Alex B. McBratney;Brett Whelan;Tihomir Ancev;Johan Bouma

  • Risk of pesticide pollution at the global scale

    Fiona H. M. Tang;Manfred Lenzen;Alexander McBratney;Federico Maggi

  • Choosing functions for semi‐variograms of soil properties and fitting them to sampling estimates

    A. B. McBRATNEY;R. Webster

  • The dimensions of soil security

    Alex McBratney;Damien J. Field;Andrea Koch

  • Critical review of chemometric indicators commonly used for assessing the quality of the prediction of soil attributes by NIR spectroscopy

    Véronique Bellon-Maurel;Elvira Fernandez-Ahumada;Bernard Palagos;Jean-Michel Roger

  • Further results on prediction of soil properties from terrain attributes: heterotopic cokriging and regression-kriging

    I.O.A. Odeh;I.O.A. Odeh;A.B. McBratney;D.J. Chittleborough

  • An overview of pedometric techniques for use in soil survey

    Alex B. McBratney;Inakwu O.A. Odeh;Thomas F.A. Bishop;Marian S. Dunbar

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Digital soil mapping: A brief history and some lessons

    Budiman Minasny;Alex.B. McBratney

  • Soil organic carbon prediction by hyperspectral remote sensing and field vis-NIR spectroscopy: An Australian case study

    Cécile Gomez;Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel;Alex B. McBratney

  • Digital Soil Map of the World

    Pedro A. Sanchez;Sonya Ahamed;Florence Carré;Alfred E. Hartemink

  • Application of fuzzy sets in soil science: fuzzy logic, fuzzy measurements and fuzzy decisions

    Alex.B. McBratney;Inakwu O.A. Odeh

  • Determining the composition of mineral-organic mixes using UV–vis–NIR diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;R.N. McGlynn;A.B. McBratney

  • Mapping continuous depth functions of soil carbon storage and available water capacity

    Brendan Malone;Alexander McBratney;Budiman Minasny;G M Laslett

  • Spatial prediction of soil properties from landform attributes derived from a digital elevation model

    I.O.A. Odeha;A.B. McBratney;D.J. Chittleborough

  • From pedotransfer functions to soil inference systems

    Alex B McBratney;Budiman Minasny;Stephen R Cattle;R.Willem Vervoort

Frequent Co-Authors

Budiman Minasny
Budiman Minasny University of Sydney
Inakwu O. A. Odeh
Inakwu O. A. Odeh University of Sydney
Alfred E. Hartemink
Alfred E. Hartemink University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
R. A. Viscarra Rossel
R. A. Viscarra Rossel Curtin University
John Triantafilis
John Triantafilis University of New South Wales
Cristine L.S. Morgan
Cristine L.S. Morgan Texas A&M University
Chris Moran
Chris Moran Curtin University
Philippe Lagacherie
Philippe Lagacherie University of Montpellier
Christian Walter
Christian Walter Institut Agro, France

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