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D-Index
48
Citations
7980
World Ranking
2428
National Ranking
91

Antonio Vallejo 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 Antonio Vallejo sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 112 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Antonio Vallejo 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 Antonio Vallejo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Fertilizer
  • Carbon dioxide

Antonio Vallejo mostly deals with Irrigation, Urea, Nitrous oxide, Nitrification and Urease. His Irrigation research includes elements of Cover crop and Leaching. His study focuses on the intersection of Leaching and fields such as Fertilizer with connections in the field of Alkali soil.

Antonio Vallejo has researched Nitrous oxide in several fields, including Denitrification, Grassland and Arable land. His research investigates the connection between Nitrification and topics such as Slurry that intersect with problems in Loam, Compost and Denitrification process. The concepts of his Urease study are interwoven with issues in Ammonia and Ammonia volatilization from urea.

His most cited work include:

  • Meta-analysis of the effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on crop productivity and nitrogen use efficiency (254 citations)
  • The potential of organic fertilizers and water management to reduce N2O emissions in Mediterranean climate cropping systems. A review (202 citations)
  • Meta-analysis of strategies to control nitrate leaching in irrigated agricultural systems and their effects on crop yield. (149 citations)

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

Soil water, Fertilizer, Denitrification, Nitrous oxide and Nitrification are his primary areas of study. His work carried out in the field of Soil water brings together such families of science as Organic matter, Carbon dioxide and Water content. The Fertilizer study combines topics in areas such as Leaching, Crop, Irrigation, Crop yield and Nutrient.

His Denitrification research incorporates elements of Environmental chemistry and Loam. His work in Nitrification tackles topics such as Urea which are related to areas like Mineralogy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Ammonia and Ammonia volatilization from urea in addition to Urease.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Soil water (31.68%)
  • Fertilizer (30.69%)
  • Denitrification (25.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Nitrous oxide (25.74%)
  • Nitrification (22.77%)
  • Fertilizer (30.69%)

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

Antonio Vallejo mainly focuses on Nitrous oxide, Nitrification, Fertilizer, Urease and Environmental chemistry. His work is dedicated to discovering how Nitrous oxide, Calcium ammonium nitrate are connected with Crop and Bioenergy and other disciplines. His research in Nitrification tackles topics such as Nutrient cycle which are related to areas like Soil water, Soil horizon, Cropping system and Soil type.

Antonio Vallejo combines subjects such as Denitrification, Soil carbon and Nutrient with his study of Fertilizer. His Urease research is classified as research in Urea. His work in Manure covers topics such as Greenhouse gas which are related to areas like Soil management, Cover crop, Hordeum vulgare and Irrigation.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The effect of nitrification inhibitors on NH3 and N2O emissions in highly N fertilized irrigated Mediterranean cropping systems. (36 citations)
  • Determining the influence of environmental and edaphic factors on the fate of the nitrification inhibitors DCD and DMPP in soil. (24 citations)
  • Urea-based fertilization strategies to reduce yield-scaled N oxides and enhance bread-making quality in a rainfed Mediterranean wheat crop (22 citations)

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of the effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on crop productivity and nitrogen use efficiency

    Diego Abalos;Simon Jeffery;Alberto Sanz-Cobena;Guillermo Guardia

  • The potential of organic fertilizers and water management to reduce N2O emissions in Mediterranean climate cropping systems. A review

    Eduardo Aguilera;Luis Lassaletta;Luis Lassaletta;Alberto Sanz-Cobena;Josette Garnier

  • Meta-analysis of strategies to control nitrate leaching in irrigated agricultural systems and their effects on crop yield.

    M. Quemada;M. Baranski;M.N.J. Nobel-de Lange;A. Vallejo

  • Strategies for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in Mediterranean agriculture: a review.

    A. Sanz-Cobena;L. Lassaletta;E. Aguilera;A. del Prado

  • Gaseous emissions of N2O and NO and NO3− leaching from urea applied with urease and nitrification inhibitors to a maize (Zea mays) crop

    Alberto Sanz-Cobena;Laura Sánchez-Martín;Lourdes García-Torres;Antonio Vallejo

  • Nitrogen oxide emissions from an irrigated maize crop amended with treated pig slurries and composts in a Mediterranean climate

    Ana Meijide;José A. Díez;Laura Sánchez-Martín;Susana López-Fernández

  • An inhibitor of urease activity effectively reduces ammonia emissions from soil treated with urea under Mediterranean conditions

    Alberto Sanz-Cobena;Thomas H. Misselbrook;Augusto Arce;Juan I. Mingot

  • Nitrogen oxides emission from soils bearing a potato crop as influenced by fertilization with treated pig slurries and composts

    Antonio Vallejo;Ute M. Skiba;Lourdes García-Torres;Augusto Arce

  • Effect of water addition and the urease inhibitor NBPT on the abatement of ammonia emission from surface applied urea

    Alberto Sanz-Cobena;Thomas Misselbrook;Vicci Camp;Antonio Vallejo

  • Do cover crops enhance N2O, CO2 or CH4 emissions from soil in Mediterranean arable systems?

    A. Sanz-Cobena;S. García-Marco;M. Quemada;J.L. Gabriel

  • The influence of soluble carbon and fertilizer nitrogen on nitric oxide and nitrous oxide emissions from two contrasting agricultural soils

    Laura Sánchez-Martín;Antonio Vallejo;Jan Dick;Ute M Skiba

  • Comparison of N losses (NO − 3 , N 2 O, NO) from surface applied, injected or amended (DCD) pig slurry of an irrigated soil in a Mediterranean climate

    Antonio Vallejo;Lourdes García-Torres;José A. Díez;Augusto Arce

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from European agriculture - an analysis of variability and drivers of emissions from field experiments

    R. M. Rees;J. Augustin;G. Alberti;B. C. Ball

  • Effectiveness of urease inhibition on the abatement of ammonia, nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions in a non-irrigated Mediterranean barley field

    Diego Abalos;Alberto Sanz-Cobena;Thomas Misselbrook;Antonio Vallejo

  • Combination of drip irrigation and organic fertilizer for mitigating emissions of nitrogen oxides in semiarid climate

    Laura Sanchez-Martín;Ana Meijide;Lourdes Garcia-Torres;Antonio Vallejo

  • Management of irrigation frequency and nitrogen fertilization to mitigate GHG and NO emissions from drip-fertigated crops.

    Diego Abalos;Laura Sanchez-Martin;Lourdes Garcia-Torres;Jan Willem van Groenigen

  • Integrated Fertilizer and Irrigation Management to Reduce Nitrate Leaching in Central Spain

    J. A. Diez;R. Caballero;R. Roman;A. Tarquis

  • Influence of drip and furrow irrigation systems on nitrogen oxide emissions from a horticultural crop

    Laura Sánchez-Martín;Augusto Arce;Alejandro Benito;Lourdes Garcia-Torres

  • Role of maize stover incorporation on nitrogen oxide emissions in a non-irrigated Mediterranean barley field

    Diego Abalos;Alberto Sanz-Cobena;Lourdes Garcia-Torres;Jan Willem van Groenigen

  • Effect of antecedent soil moisture conditions on emissions and isotopologue distribution of N2O during denitrification

    Anja Bergstermann;Laura Cárdenas;Roland Bol;Lucy Gilliam

  • The effect of nitrification inhibitors on NH3 and N2O emissions in highly N fertilized irrigated Mediterranean cropping systems.

    Jaime Recio;Antonio Vallejo;Julia Le-Noë;Josette Garnier

  • Effect of tillage and crop (cereal versus legume) on greenhouse gas emissions and Global Warming Potential in a non-irrigated Mediterranean field

    Guillermo Guardia;Angela Tellez-Rio;Sonia García-Marco;Diana Martin-Lammerding

  • META-ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES TO CONTROL NITRATE LEACHING IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

    M. Quemada;A. Vallejo

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego Abalos
Diego Abalos Aarhus University
Laura M. Cardenas
Laura M. Cardenas Rothamsted Research
Miguel Quemada
Miguel Quemada Technical University of Madrid
David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Mark R. Theobald
Mark R. Theobald Technical University of Madrid
Luis Lassaletta
Luis Lassaletta Technical University of Madrid
Tom Misselbrook
Tom Misselbrook Rothamsted Research
Ute Skiba
Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council
Josette Garnier
Josette Garnier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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