2026 Brigitte Josefine Feigl: 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	40	3938	3684	73	70	94	6061

Overview

Brigitte Josefine Feigl is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Engineering, with key contributions to several subfields including Soil Science, Biomedical Engineering, Agronomy and Crop Science, Building and Construction, and Pollution.

Feigl's work covers a range of topics related to soil and bioenergy systems. The main research areas include:

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Biofuel production and bioconversion
Soil Management and Crop Yield
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Bioenergy crop production and management
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants

The scientist has contributed to notable publications in a variety of journals, including:

Rangeland Ecology & Management
Sustainability
Soil Research
Biomass and Bioenergy
Journal of Environmental Management

Representative recent papers include:

Agrosilvopastoral Systems and Well-Managed Pastures Increase Soil Carbon Stocks in the Brazilian Cerrado (2020, Rangeland Ecology & Management)
Trade-Offs between Sugarcane Straw Removal and Soil Organic Matter in Brazil (2020, Sustainability)
Carbon and nitrogen stocks and organic matter fractions in the topsoil of traditional and agrisilvicultural systems in the Southeast of Brazil (2021, Soil Research)
Sugarcane residue and N-fertilization effects on soil GHG emissions in south-central, Brazil (2022, Biomass and Bioenergy)
Assessment of microbial diversity associated with CH4 emission from sugarcane vinasse storage and transportation systems (2020, Journal of Environmental Management)

Feigl frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri
Juliana Martins Ribeiro
Leidivan Almeida Frazão
Marcos Siqueira Neto
Maurício Roberto Cherubin

Best Publications

Conversion of the Amazon rainforest to agriculture results in biotic homogenization of soil bacterial communities.

Jorge L. M. Rodrigues;Vivian H. Pellizari;Rebecca Mueller;Kyunghwa Baek

627
Citations
Crop residue harvest for bioenergy production and its implications on soil functioning and plant growth: A review

Maurício Roberto Cherubin;Dener Márcio da Silva Oliveira;Brigitte Josefine Feigl;Laisa Gouveia Pimentel

285
Citations
Impact of pasture, agriculture and crop-livestock systems on soil C stocks in Brazil

João Luís Nunes Carvalho;Guilherme Silva Raucci;Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri;Martial Bernoux

251
Citations
Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils in the Cerrado region of the Brazilian Amazon

J. L. N. Carvalho;Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri;Brigitte Josefine Feigl;Marisa de Cassia Piccolo

244
Citations
Nitrogen dynamics in soils of forests and active pastures in the western Brazilian Amazon Basin

Christopher Neill;Marisa C. Piccolo;Paul A. Steudler;Jerry M. Melillo

230
Citations
Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions: the importance of agriculture and livestock

Carlos Clemente Cerri;Stoecio Malta Ferreira Maia;Marcelo Valadares Galdos;Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri

222
Citations
Effect of sugarcane harvesting systems on soil carbon stocks in Brazil: an examination of existing data

C. C. Cerri;M. V. Galdos;S. M. F. Maia;Martial Bernoux

202
Citations
Consequence of forest-to-pasture conversion on CH4 fluxes in the Brazilian Amazon Basin

Paul A. Steudler;Jerry M. Melillo;Brigitte J. Feigl;Christopher Neill

185
Citations
Changes in the origin and quality of soil organic matter after pasture introduction in Rondônia (Brazil)

Brigitte J. Feigl;Jerry Melillo;Carlos C. Cerri

185
Citations
Nitrous oxide emissions from forests and pastures of various ages in the Brazilian Amazon

J M Melillo;P A Steudler;Brigitte Josefine Feigl;C Neill

174
Citations
Soil greenhouse gas fluxes from vinasse application in Brazilian sugarcane areas

Bruna Gonçalves de Oliveira;João Luís Nunes Carvalho;Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri;Carlos Clemente Cerri

171
Citations
Seasonal variation of soil chemical properties and CO2 and CH4 fluxes in unfertilized and P-fertilized pastures in an Ultisol of the Brazilian Amazon

Silvana Aparecida Pavan Fernandes;Martial Bernoux;Carlos C. Cerri;Brigitte J. Feigl

162
Citations
Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions: the importance of agriculture and livestock.

Carlos Clemente Cerri;Stoecio Malta Ferreira Maia;Marcelo Valadares Galdos;Pellegrino Cerri

158
Citations
N2O and CH4 emissions from soils under conventional and no-till management practices in Goiânia (Cerrados, Brazil)

Aurelie Metay;Robert Oliver;Eric Scopel;Jean-Marie Douzet

150
Citations
Inorganic nitrogen, microbial biomass and microbial activity of a sandy Brazilian Cerrado soil under different land uses.

Leidivan Almeida Frazão;Marisa de Cássia Piccolo;Brigitte Josefine Feigl;Carlos Clemente Cerri

142
Citations
Loss of soil (macro)fauna due to the expansion of Brazilian sugarcane acreage.

André L.C. Franco;André L.C. Franco;Marie L.C. Bartz;Maurício R. Cherubin;Dilmar Baretta

134
Citations
Specific microbial gene abundances and soil parameters contribute to C, N, and greenhouse gas process rates after land use change in Southern Amazonian Soils

Daniel R. Lammel;Brigitte J. Feigl;Carlos C. Cerri;Klaus Nüsslein

133
Citations
Stocks and dynamics of soil carbon following deforestation for pasture in Rondônia.

Christopher Neill;Carlos C. Cerri;Jerry M. Melillo;Brigitte J. Feigl

126
Citations
Soil microbial biomass in Amazonian soils: Evaluation of methods and estimates of pool sizes

B.J. Feigl;G.P. Sparling;D.J. Ross;C.C. Cerri

121
Citations
Greenhouse gas mitigation options in Brazil for land-use change, livestock and agriculture

Carlos Clemente Cerri;Martial Bernoux;Stoecio Malta Ferreira Maia;Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri

117
Citations
Emissions of CO2, N2O, and NO in conventional and no-till management practices in Rondônia, Brazil

Caio Cesar Passianoto;Toby Ahrens;Brigitte J. Feigl;Paul A. Steudler

104
Citations