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D-Index
57
Citations
17605
World Ranking
1405
National Ranking
367

Andrew D. B. Leakey 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 Andrew D. B. Leakey sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 133 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew D. B. Leakey 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 Andrew D. B. Leakey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Gene

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Photosynthesis, Carbon dioxide, Crop and Ecosystem. Andrew D. B. Leakey specializes in Agronomy, namely Crop yield. The Photosynthesis study combines topics in areas such as Canopy and Growing season.

Andrew D. B. Leakey has researched Carbon dioxide in several fields, including Primary production, Acclimatization, Respiration and Water content. His Crop research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Phytic acid, Botany, Agricultural productivity and Animal science. Ecology covers Andrew D. B. Leakey research in Ecosystem.

His most cited work include:

  • Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimulation with Rising CO2 Concentrations (1144 citations)
  • Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE (1007 citations)
  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science (666 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Photosynthesis, Stomatal conductance, Carbon dioxide and Botany. His work is dedicated to discovering how Agronomy, Transpiration are connected with Free-air concentration enrichment and other disciplines. His study in Photosynthesis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Canopy, Acclimatization and Horticulture.

His work deals with themes such as Photosynthetic acclimation, Carbon cycle, Water content and C4 photosynthesis, which intersect with Stomatal conductance. His Carbon dioxide research incorporates elements of Sucrose, Environmental protection, Primary production, Water use and Photosystem II. His Botany study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Nutrient and Animal science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (43.93%)
  • Photosynthesis (41.12%)
  • Stomatal conductance (22.43%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Agronomy (43.93%)
  • Sorghum (7.48%)
  • Water-use efficiency (6.54%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Sorghum, Water-use efficiency, Photosynthesis and Stomatal conductance. His research brings together the fields of Pollutant and Agronomy. Andrew D. B. Leakey has included themes like Biomass and Biological system in his Sorghum study.

Transpiration, Andropogoneae, Miscanthus and Maladaptation is closely connected to Canopy in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Water-use efficiency. Much of his study explores Photosynthesis relationship to Natural variation. As part of his studies on Stomatal conductance, Andrew D. B. Leakey frequently links adjacent subjects like Machine learning.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Water Use Efficiency as a Constraint and Target for Improving the Resilience and Productivity of C3 and C4 Crops. (50 citations)
  • Deleterious Mutation Burden and Its Association with Complex Traits in Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ). (21 citations)
  • Uncovering hidden genetic variation in photosynthesis of field-grown maize under ozone pollution (17 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Gene

His primary areas of study are Genetic variation, Photosynthesis, Sorghum, Hybrid and Apoplast. His research integrates issues of Mutation, Phenotype, Genetic architecture and Nonsynonymous substitution in his study of Genetic variation. His research in Photosynthesis intersects with topics in Biomass, Water use, Canopy and Drought tolerance.

His Sorghum research integrates issues from Statistics, Bayesian network, Dynamic Bayesian network, Bayesian probability and Indirect selection. His Hybrid research is included under the broader classification of Agronomy.

Best Publications

  • Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimulation with Rising CO2 Concentrations

    Stephen P. Long;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Andrew D. B. Leakey;Josef Nösberger

  • Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

    Andrew D. B. Leakey;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Carl J. Bernacchi;Carl J. Bernacchi;Alistair Rogers;Alistair Rogers

  • Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition.

    Samuel S. Myers;Antonella Zanobetti;Itai Kloog;Peter Huybers

  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

    Erika J. Edwards;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg;Stephen A. Smith

  • Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

    Elizabeth T. Borer;Eric W. Seabloom;Daniel S. Gruner;W. Stanley Harpole

  • Photosynthesis, Productivity, and Yield of Maize Are Not Affected by Open-Air Elevation of CO2 Concentration in the Absence of Drought

    Andrew D.B. Leakey;Martin Uribelarrea;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Shawna L. Naidu

  • A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

    Alistair Rogers;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Gordon Bonan

  • Global food insecurity. Treatment of major food crops with elevated carbon dioxide or ozone under large-scale fully open-air conditions suggests recent models may have overestimated future yields

    Stephen P Long;Elizabeth A Ainsworth;Elizabeth A Ainsworth;Andrew D.B Leakey;Patrick B Morgan

  • Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and the future of C4 crops for food and fuel

    Andrew D.B. Leakey

  • Will elevated carbon dioxide concentration amplify the benefits of nitrogen fixation in legumes

    Alistair Rogers;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Andrew D.B. Leakey

  • Water Use Efficiency as a Constraint and Target for Improving the Resilience and Productivity of C3 and C4 Crops.

    Andrew D.B. Leakey;John N. Ferguson;Charles P. Pignon;Alex Wu

  • FACE-ing the facts: inconsistencies and interdependence among field, chamber and modeling studies of elevated [CO2] impacts on crop yield and food supply.

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Andrew D. B. Leakey;Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Stephen P. Long

  • Intensifying drought eliminates the expected benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean.

    Sharon B Gray;Orla Dermody;Stephanie P Klein;Anna M Locke

  • High-Throughput Phenotyping of Maize Leaf Physiological and Biochemical Traits Using Hyperspectral Reflectance.

    Craig R. Yendrek;Tiago Tomaz;Christopher M. Montes;Youyuan Cao

  • Genomic basis for stimulated respiration by plants growing under elevated carbon dioxide

    Andrew D. B. Leakey;Fangxiu Xu;Kelly M. Gillespie;Justin M. McGrath

  • Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop.

    Katarzyna Głowacka;Katarzyna Głowacka;Johannes Kromdijk;Katherine Kucera;Jiayang Xie

  • Climate change challenges, plant science solutions

    Unknown

  • Targets for Crop Biotechnology in a Future High-CO2 and High-O3 World

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Alistair Rogers;Alistair Rogers;Andrew D.B. Leakey

  • Next generation of elevated [CO2] experiments with crops: a critical investment for feeding the future world

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Claus Beier;Carlo Calfapietra;Reinhart Ceulemans

  • Will photosynthesis of maize (Zea mays) in the US Corn Belt increase in future [CO2] rich atmospheres? An analysis of diurnal courses of CO2 uptake under free-air concentration enrichment (FACE)

    Andrew D.B. Leakey;C. J. Bernacchi;C. J. Bernacchi;F. G. Dohleman;D. R. Ort;D. R. Ort

  • Arabidopsis transcript and metabolite profiles: ecotype‐specific responses to open‐air elevated [CO2]

    Pinghua Li;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Andrew D. B. Leakey;Alexander Ulanov

  • Hourly and seasonal variation in photosynthesis and stomatal conductance of soybean grown at future CO(2) and ozone concentrations for 3 years under fully open-air field conditions.

    Carl J. Bernacchi;Andrew D. B. Leakey;Lindsey E. Heady;Patrick B. Morgan

  • Urgent need for a common metric to make precipitation manipulation experiments comparable.

    S. Vicca;S. Vicca;A. K. Gilgen;A. K. Gilgen;M. Camino Serrano;F. E. Dreesen

  • Impairment of C4 photosynthesis by drought is exacerbated by limiting nitrogen and ameliorated by elevated [CO2] in maize

    R. J. Cody Markelz;Reid S. Strellner;Andrew D. B. Leakey

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth A. Ainsworth
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donald R. Ort
Donald R. Ort University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl J. Bernacchi
Carl J. Bernacchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen P. Long
Stephen P. Long University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alistair Rogers
Alistair Rogers Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ivan Baxter
Ivan Baxter Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Randall L. Nelson
Randall L. Nelson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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