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2026
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New Zealand
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
67
Citations
15272
World Ranking
1987
National Ranking
8

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
65
Citations
14542
World Ranking
926
National Ranking
6

Brent Clothier 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 Brent Clothier sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 331 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brent Clothier 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 Brent Clothier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Theory and Practical Application of Heat Pulse to Measure Sap Flow

    Steve Green;Brent Clothier;Bryan Jardine

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

    S. R. Green;B. E. Clothier

  • 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

  • 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

  • Water repellency and its measurement by using intrinsic sorptivity

    RW Tillman;Scotter;MG Wallis;BE Clothier

  • Phytoextraction: an assessment of biogeochemical and economic viability

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

  • 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

  • Preferential flow and transport in soil : progress and prognosis

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

  • The constant head well permeameter: effect of unsaturated flow

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

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

    Brett Robinson;Nick Kim;Monica Marchetti;Christophe Moni

  • Rootzone processes and the efficient use of irrigation water

    Brent E. Clothier;Steven R. Green

  • Measuring unsaturated sorptivity and hydraulic conductivity using multiple disc permeameters

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

  • Measurement of Sorptivity and Soil Water Diffusivity in the Field

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

    Steve Green;Brent Clothier

  • 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

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

    S. R. Green;B. E. Clothier

  • Transpiration and root water uptake by olive trees

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

  • Partial rootzone drying is a feasible option for irrigating processing tomatoes

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

  • Root uptake and transpiration: From measurements and models to sustainable irrigation

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

  • ROOTS: THE BIG MOVERS OF WATER AND CHEMICAL IN SOIL

    Brent E. Clothier;Steve R. Green

  • Phytoremediation: using plants as biopumps to improve degraded environments

    Brett Robinson;Steve Green;Tessa Mills;Brent Clothier

  • 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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Green
Steve Green Plant & Food Research
Brett Robinson
Brett Robinson University of Canterbury
Marnik Vanclooster
Marnik Vanclooster Université Catholique de Louvain
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Marijn van der Velde
Marijn van der Velde European Commission Joint Research Centre
R. J. Gilkes
R. J. Gilkes University of Western Australia
Michel Vauclin
Michel Vauclin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Glendon W. Gee
Glendon W. Gee Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Per Moldrup
Per Moldrup Aalborg University
Syuntaro Hiradate
Syuntaro Hiradate Kyushu University

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