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Belinda E. Medlyn 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 Belinda E. Medlyn sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 268 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Belinda E. Medlyn 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 Belinda E. Medlyn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2019 - Australian Laureate Fellow

Overview

Belinda E. Medlyn is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

Their work explores topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Tree-ring climate responses, Forest ecology and management, Fire effects on ecosystems, Climate variability and models, and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Medlyn has contributed to several publications in notable venues, commonly publishing in New Phytologist, Global Change Biology, Nature, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Plant Cell & Environment.

Recent papers include:

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment, 2020, Nature
  • Stomatal optimization based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Identifying areas at risk of drought-induced tree mortality across South-Eastern Australia, 2020, Global Change Biology

Throughout their career, Medlyn has frequently collaborated with researchers including Martin G. De Kauwe, Matthias M. Boer, Brendan Choat, David T. Tissue, and Mingkai Jiang.

The Australian Laureate Fellow award was conferred on Medlyn in 2019.

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Triggers of tree mortality under drought

    Brendan Choat;Timothy J. Brodribb;Craig R. Brodersen;Remko A. Duursma

  • Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;Derek Eamus;David S. Ellsworth

  • CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

    Richard J Norby;Jeffrey M Warren;Colleen M Iversen;Belinda E Medlyn

  • Temperature response of parameters of a biochemically based model of photosynthesis. II. A review of experimental data

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;E. Dreyer;D. Ellsworth;M. Forstreuter

  • Stomatal conductance of forest species after long‐term exposure to elevated CO2 concentration: a synthesis

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;C. V. M. Barton;M. S. J. Broadmeadow;R. Ceulemans

  • Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

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  • Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

    Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

    Anthony P. Walker;Martin G. De Kauwe;Ana Bastos;Soumaya Belmecheri

  • Effects of elevated (CO2) on photosynthesis in European forest species: a meta-analysis of model parameters

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Belinda E. Medlyn;F. W. Badeck;D. G.G. De Pury;C. V.M. Barton

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

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

  • Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

    Owen K. Atkin;Keith J. Bloomfield;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon–nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free‐Air CO2 Enrichment studies

    Soenke Zaehle;Belinda E. Medlyn;Martin G. De Kauwe;Anthony P. Walker

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

    Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

  • Forest water use and water use efficiency at elevated CO2: a model‐data intercomparison at two contrasting temperate forest FACE sites

    Martin G. De Kauwe;Belinda E. Medlyn;Soenke Zaehle;Anthony P. Walker

  • On the minimum leaf conductance: its role in models of plant water use, and ecological and environmental controls.

    Remko A. Duursma;Christopher J. Blackman;Rosana Lopéz;Rosana Lopéz;Nicolas K. Martin‐StPaul

  • How should we model plant responses to drought? An analysis of stomatal and non-stomatal responses to water stress

    Shuangxi Zhou;Remko A. Duursma;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeff W.G. Kelly

  • Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance

    John E Drake;John E Drake;Mark G Tjoelker;Angelica Varhammar;Belinda E Medlyn

  • Using ecosystem experiments to improve vegetation models

    Belinda E Medlyn;Belinda E Medlyn;Sonke Zaehle;Martin G De Kauwe;Anthony P Walker

  • Forest resilience and tipping points at different spatio-temporal scales: approaches and challenges

    Christopher P. O. Reyer;Niels Brouwers;Anja Rammig;Barry W. Brook

  • Temperature response of parameters of a biochemically based model of photosynthesis. I. Seasonal changes in mature maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;D. Loustau;S. Delzon

Frequent Co-Authors

Remko A. Duursma
Remko A. Duursma Western Sydney University
Martin G. De Kauwe
Martin G. De Kauwe University of Bristol
David S. Ellsworth
David S. Ellsworth Western Sydney University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Richard J. Norby
Richard J. Norby University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David T. Tissue
David T. Tissue Western Sydney University
Ying-Ping Wang
Ying-Ping Wang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Kristine Y. Crous
Kristine Y. Crous Western Sydney University
Anthony P. Walker
Anthony P. Walker Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ross E. McMurtrie
Ross E. McMurtrie University of New South Wales

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