2026 Brent Clothier: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	65	926	853	6	5	331	14542
Environmental Sciences	67	1987	1895	8	7	354	15272

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award
2015 - Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship, American Society of Agronomy
2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2000 - Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, American Society of Agronomy
1995 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
1992 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Brent Clothier is affiliated with Plant & Food Research in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these broad fields, Clothier has contributed extensively to subfields including global and planetary change, plant science, soil science, civil and structural engineering, and environmental engineering.

Clothier's research topics cover diverse aspects of plant water relations and carbon dynamics, soil and unsaturated flow, irrigation practices and water management, soil moisture and remote sensing, climate change impacts on agriculture, water resources management and optimization, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for Clothier include:

Agricultural Water Management
SSRN Electronic Journal
Environmental Technology & Innovation
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Land

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Brent Clothier include:

Soil moisture decline in China's monsoon loess critical zone: More a result of land-use conversion than climate change, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Irrigation management in poplar (Populus spp.) plantations: A review, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
Variations in water-balance components and carbon stocks in poplar plantations with differing water inputs over a whole rotation: implications for sustainable forest management under climate change, 2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Effects of Increased N Deposition on Leaf Functional Traits of Four Contrasting Tree Species in Northeast China, 2020, Plants
Heat stress decreased transpiration but increased evapotranspiration in gerbera, 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science

Clothier has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Steve Green, Khalil Ammar, Mohamed A. Dawoud, Wei Hu, and Benye Xi.

Over the course of their career, Brent Clothier has been recognized with multiple awards and honors in the fields of soil science and agricultural research. These include:

Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship, American Society of Agronomy, 2015
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2005
Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2000
Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), 1995
Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1994
Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), 1992

Best Publications

Does biochar influence soil physical properties and soil water availability

Marcus Hardie;Brent Clothier;Sally Bound;Garth Oliver

555
Citations
Natural and induced cadmium-accumulation in poplar and willow: Implications for phytoremediation

Brett H. Robinson;Tessa M. Mills;Daniel Petit;Lindsay E. Fung

498
Citations
Theory and Practical Application of Heat Pulse to Measure Sap Flow

Steve Green;Brent Clothier;Bryan Jardine

421
Citations
Water Use of Kiwifruit Vines and Apple Trees by the Heat-Pulse Technique

S. R. Green;B. E. Clothier

377
Citations
ESTIMATION OF SOIL HEAT FLUX FROM NET RADIATION DURING THE GROWTH OF ALFALFA

B.E. Clothier;K.L. Clawson;P.J. Pinter;M.S. Moran

314
Citations
Heat-pulse measurements of sap flow in olives for automating irrigation: tests, root flow and diagnostics of water stress

J.E Fernández;M.J Palomo;A Dı́az-Espejo;B.E Clothier

313
Citations
Water repellency and its measurement by using intrinsic sorptivity

RW Tillman;Scotter;MG Wallis;BE Clothier

302
Citations
Phytoextraction: an assessment of biogeochemical and economic viability

Brett Robinson;José-Enrique Fernández;Paula Madejón;Teodoro Marañón

265
Citations
Deficit irrigation and partial rootzone drying maintain fruit dry mass and enhance fruit quality in ‘Petopride’ processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum, Mill.)

J.A Zegbe-Domı́nguez;M.H Behboudian;A Lang;B.E Clothier

259
Citations
Preferential flow and transport in soil : progress and prognosis

B. E. Clothier;S. R. Green;M. Deurer

257
Citations
The constant head well permeameter: effect of unsaturated flow

W. D. Reynolds;D. E. Elrick;B. E. Clothier

251
Citations
Arsenic hyperaccumulation by aquatic macrophytes in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Brett Robinson;Nick Kim;Monica Marchetti;Christophe Moni

250
Citations
Rootzone processes and the efficient use of irrigation water

Brent E. Clothier;Steven R. Green

246
Citations
Measuring unsaturated sorptivity and hydraulic conductivity using multiple disc permeameters

K. R. J. Smettem;B. E. Clothier

245
Citations
Measurement of Sorptivity and Soil Water Diffusivity in the Field

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239
Citations
The root zone dynamics of water uptake by a mature apple tree

Steve Green;Brent Clothier

236
Citations
Soil Amendments Affecting Nickel and Cobalt Uptake by Berkheya coddii : Potential Use for Phytomining and Phytoremediation

B.H. Robinson;R.R. Brooks;B.E. Clothier

227
Citations
Root water uptake by kiwifruit vines following partial wetting of the root zone

S. R. Green;B. E. Clothier

218
Citations
Transpiration and root water uptake by olive trees

Félix Moreno;J. Enrique Fernández;Brent E. Clothier;Steven R. Green

213
Citations
Partial rootzone drying is a feasible option for irrigating processing tomatoes

J.A Zegbe;M.H Behboudian;B.E Clothier

210
Citations
Root uptake and transpiration: From measurements and models to sustainable irrigation

Steve R. Green;M.B. Kirkham;Brent E. Clothier

192
Citations
ROOTS: THE BIG MOVERS OF WATER AND CHEMICAL IN SOIL

Brent E. Clothier;Steve R. Green

191
Citations
Phytoremediation: using plants as biopumps to improve degraded environments

Brett Robinson;Steve Green;Tessa Mills;Brent Clothier

173
Citations
The water footprint of hydroelectricity: a methodological comparison from a case study in New Zealand

Indika Herath;Indika Herath;Markus Deurer;Markus Deurer;David Horne;Ranvir Singh

172
Citations
In Situ Measurement of the Effective Transport Volume for Solute Moving Through Soil

B. E. Clothier;M. B. Kirkham;J. E. McLean

170
Citations