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D-Index
51
Citations
8957
World Ranking
2032
National Ranking
27

Alon Ben-Gal 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 Alon Ben-Gal sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 167 publications — 66th percentile

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

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

Alon Ben-Gal 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 Alon Ben-Gal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alon Ben-Gal is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Organization in Israel, focusing primarily on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including plant science, soil science, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

The main topics addressed by Ben-Gal's work include:

  • Irrigation Practices and Water Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement

Ben-Gal has published extensively in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Precision Agriculture
  • Irrigation Science

Recent publications by Ben-Gal include:

  • "Sustainable Management of Olive Orchard Nutrition: A Review," 2020, published in Agriculture
  • "Opportunities for expanding the use of wastewaters for irrigation of olives," 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • "Consequences of irrigation and fertigation of vegetable crops with variable quality water: Israel as a case study," 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • "Root structural plasticity enhances salt tolerance in mature olives," 2020, Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • "Mitigating risks and maximizing sustainability of treated wastewater reuse for irrigation," 2023, Water Research X

Throughout their career, Ben-Gal has collaborated with various researchers, frequently working alongside:

  • Jianchu Shi
  • Uri Yermiyahu
  • Qiang Zuo
  • Arnon Dag
  • Xun Wu

The scope of Ben-Gal's research reveals a strong focus on irrigation strategies, wastewater reuse, and plant response to environmental stresses, particularly within the context of Mediterranean and arid agricultural systems. Their work contributes to understanding water management and sustainability in agriculture, aiming to optimize resource use and crop resilience.

Best Publications

  • A review of approaches for evapotranspiration partitioning

    D. Kool;D. Kool;N. Agam;N. Lazarovitch;J.L. Heitman

  • Critical knowledge gaps and research priorities in global soil salinity

    Jan W. Hopmans;A.S. Qureshi;I. Kisekka;R. Munns;R. Munns

  • Coping with salinity in irrigated agriculture: Crop evapotranspiration and water management issues

    P.S. Minhas;Tiago B. Ramos;Alon Ben-Gal;Luis S. Pereira

  • Rethinking Desalinated Water Quality and Agriculture

    U. Yermiyahu;A. Tal;A. Ben-Gal;A. Bar-Tal

  • Evaluating water stress in irrigated olives: correlation of soil water status, tree water status, and thermal imagery

    Alon Ben-Gal;Nurit Agam;Victor Alchanatis;Yafit Cohen

  • Getis-Ord's hot- and cold-spot statistics as a basis for multivariate spatial clustering of orchard tree data

    Aviva Peeters;Manuela Zude;Jana Käthner;Mustafa Ünlü

  • Combined effect of salinity and excess boron on plant growth and yield

    U. Yermiyahu;A. Ben-Gal;R. Keren;R. J. Reid

  • Long-term Response of Grapevines to Salinity: Osmotic Effects and Ion Toxicity

    Uri Shani;Alon Ben-Gal

  • Yield, transpiration and growth of tomatoes under combined excess boron and salinity stress

    Alon Ben-Gal;Uri Shani

  • Effect of irrigation water salinity on transpiration and on leaching requirements: A case study for bell peppers

    Alon Ben-Gal;Eviatar Ityel;Lynn Dudley;Shabtai Cohen

  • An insight to the performance of crop water stress index for olive trees

    N. Agam;Y. Cohen;J.A.J. Berni;V. Alchanatis

  • Flowering and Fruit Set of Olive Trees in Response to Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium

    Ran Erel;Arnon Dag;Alon Ben-Gal;Amnon Schwartz

  • Plant response to the soil environment: An analytical model integrating yield, water, soil type, and salinity

    Uri Shani;Alon Ben-Gal;Effi Tripler;Lynn M. Dudley;Lynn M. Dudley

  • Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Gravel-Filled Cavities

    Alon Ben-Gal;Naftali Lazorovitch;Uri Shani

  • Modelling transpiration and growth in salinity-stressed tomato under different climatic conditions

    Louise Karlberg;Alon Ben-Gal;Per-Erik Jansson;Uri Shani

  • Influence of Plant, Soil, and Water on the Leaching Fraction

    Lynn M. Dudley;Alon Ben-Gal;Uri Shani

  • Long-term growth, water consumption and yield of date palm as a function of salinity

    Effi Tripler;Uri Shani;Yechezkel Mualem;Alon Ben-Gal

  • Sustainable Management of Olive Orchard Nutrition: A Review

    Isaac Zipori;Ran Erel;Uri Yermiyahu;Alon Ben-Gal

  • The effect of irrigation level and harvest mechanization on virgin olive oil quality in a traditional rain-fed 'Souri' olive orchard converted to irrigation

    Arnon Dag;Alon Ben-Gal;Uri Yermiyahu;Loai Basheer

  • Consequence of salinity and excess boron on growth, evapotranspiration and ion uptake in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., cv. Medjool)

    Effi Tripler;Alon Ben-Gal;Uri Shani

  • Long-term irrigation with reclaimed wastewater: implications on nutrient management, soil chemistry and olive (Olea europaea L.) performance.

    Ran Erel;Amir Eppel;Uri Yermiyahu;Alon Ben-Gal

  • Olive orchard irrigation with reclaimed wastewater: Agronomic and environmental considerations

    Eran Segal;Arnon Dag;Alon Ben-Gal;Isaac Zipori

  • Fertilization and blending alternatives for irrigation with desalinated water.

    Alon Ben-Gal;Uri Yermiyahu;Shabtai Cohen

  • Phosphorus Availability under Continuous Point Source Irrigation

    Alon Ben-Gal;Lynn M. Dudley

  • Is osmotic potential a more appropriate property than electrical conductivity for evaluating whole-plant response to salinity?

    Alon Ben-Gal;Hamutal Borochov-Neori;Uri Yermiyahu;Uri Shani

  • The importance of olive (Olea europaea L.) tree nutritional status on its productivity

    Ran Erel;Ran Erel;Uri Yermiyahu;Jonna Van Opstal;Jonna Van Opstal;Alon Ben-Gal

Frequent Co-Authors

Uri Yermiyahu
Uri Yermiyahu Agricultural Research Organization
Arnon Dag
Arnon Dag Agricultural Research Organization
Joshua L. Heitman
Joshua L. Heitman North Carolina State University
Asher Bar-Tal
Asher Bar-Tal Agricultural Research Organization
Shabtai Cohen
Shabtai Cohen Agricultural Research Organization
Jirka Šimůnek
Jirka Šimůnek University of California, Riverside
Ofer Dahan
Ofer Dahan Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Per-Erik Jansson
Per-Erik Jansson Royal Institute of Technology
William P. Kustas
William P. Kustas Agricultural Research Service
Joseph Riov
Joseph Riov Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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