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2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
93
Citations
30156
World Ranking
234
National Ranking
83

Bruce A. Kimball 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 Bruce A. Kimball sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 325 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce A. Kimball 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 Bruce A. Kimball sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 93 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agronomy

Agronomy, Carbon dioxide, Growing season, Evapotranspiration and Botany are his primary areas of study. As part of his studies on Agronomy, Bruce A. Kimball often connects relevant subjects like Climate change. His Climate change research incorporates themes from Crop yield, Food security and Yield.

Bruce A. Kimball interconnects Photosynthesis, Stomatal conductance, Productivity, Biomass and Poaceae in the investigation of issues within Carbon dioxide. His research in Evapotranspiration intersects with topics in Mediterranean climate, Vegetation and Animal science. Bruce A. Kimball combines subjects such as Greenhouse effect and Trace gas with his study of Botany.

His most cited work include:

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production (801 citations)
  • Climate Impacts on Agriculture: Implications for Crop Production (709 citations)
  • Methodologies for simulating impacts of climate change on crop production (371 citations)

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

Bruce A. Kimball spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Carbon dioxide, Botany, Horticulture and Photosynthesis. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Soil water, Canopy and Evapotranspiration. His Canopy research focuses on Atmospheric sciences and how it relates to Energy balance, Climate change and Global warming.

His Evapotranspiration study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Latent heat and Water-use efficiency. His research in Carbon dioxide tackles topics such as Stomatal conductance which are related to areas like Transpiration. His Botany study incorporates themes from Loam and Orange.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (34.39%)
  • Carbon dioxide (28.46%)
  • Botany (28.06%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Agronomy (34.39%)
  • Canopy (15.02%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (12.65%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Canopy, Atmospheric sciences, Climate change and Crop. The study of Agronomy is intertwined with the study of Nitrogen assimilation in a number of ways. His studies deal with areas such as Field plot, Energy balance and Infrared heater as well as Canopy.

His work carried out in the field of Atmospheric sciences brings together such families of science as Hydrology, Microclimate, Ecosystem and Global change. The study incorporates disciplines such as Precipitation and Growing season in addition to Climate change. His Crop research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cultivar, Agriculture, Agricultural productivity, Soil water and Yield.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production (801 citations)
  • Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods (180 citations)
  • Nitrate assimilation is inhibited by elevated CO 2 in field-grown wheat (126 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

Bruce A. Kimball mainly focuses on Agronomy, Atmospheric sciences, Global warming, Growing season and Crop yield. His Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Ecophysiology and Nitrogen assimilation. His study looks at the relationship between Atmospheric sciences and topics such as Canopy, which overlap with Energy balance and Atmospheric instability.

The various areas that he examines in his Global warming study include Ecotone, Vegetation and Ecosystem. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Crop yield, Irrigation, Yield, Intensity, Thermal and Evapotranspiration is strongly linked to Sowing. His studies in Crop integrate themes in fields like Agriculture, Climate change and Yield.

Best Publications

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;P. Martre;P. Martre;R. P. Rötter

  • Climate Impacts on Agriculture: Implications for Crop Production

    Jerry L. Hatfield;Kenneth J. Boote;B. A. Kimball;Lewis A. Ziska

  • Carbon Dioxide and Agricultural Yield: An Assemblage and Analysis of 430 Prior Observations1

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  • Methodologies for simulating impacts of climate change on crop production

    Jeffrey W. White;Gerrit Hoogenboom;Bruce A. Kimball;Gerard W. Wall

  • Field-based phenomics for plant genetics research

    Jeffrey W. White;Pedro Andrade-Sanchez;Michael A. Gore;Kevin F. Bronson

  • Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods

    Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Senthold Asseng;Christoph Müller;Frank Ewert

  • C4 grasses prosper as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland.

    Jack A. Morgan;Daniel R. LeCain;Elise Pendall;Dana M. Blumenthal

  • The Dependence of Bare Soil Albedo on Soil Water Content.

    S. B. Idso;R. D. Jackson;R. J. Reginato;B. A. Kimball

  • Crop responses to elevated CO2 and interactions with H2O, N, and temperature.

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  • Productivity and water use of wheat under free‐air CO2 enrichment

    Bruce A. Kimball;Paul J. Pinter;Richard L. Garcia;Robert L. LaMORTE

  • Simulated wheat growth affected by rising temperature, increased water deficit and elevated atmospheric CO2

    S. Asseng;P.D. Jamieson;B. Kimball;P. Pinter

  • Measuring Wheat Senescence with a Digital Camera

    F. J. Adamsen;Paul J. Pinter;Edward M. Barnes;Robert L. LaMorte

  • Infrared heater arrays for warming ecosystem field plots

    Bruce A. Kimball;Matthew M. Conley;Shiping Wang;Xingwu Lin

  • Increasing atmospheric CO2: effects on crop yield, water use and climate

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  • The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions.

    Enli Wang;Pierre Martre;Zhigan Zhao;Zhigan Zhao;Frank Ewert

  • Decreases in Stomatal Conductance of Soybean under Open-Air Elevation of [CO2] Are Closely Coupled with Decreases in Ecosystem Evapotranspiration

    Carl J. Bernacchi;Bruce A. Kimball;Devin R. Quarles;Stephen P. Long

  • Effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on plant growth: the interactive role of air temperature

    S.B. Idso;B.A. Kimball;M.G. Anderson;J.R. Mauney

  • Theory and performance of an infrared heater for ecosystem warming

    B. A. Kimball

  • Estimating cotton evapotranspiration crop coefficients with a multispectral vegetation index

    Douglas J. Hunsaker;Paul J. Pinter;Edward M. Barnes;Bruce A. Kimball

  • The Three Stages of Drying of a Field Soil1

    S. B. Idso;R. J. Reginato;R. D. Jackson;B. A. Kimball

  • Effects of increasing atmospheric CO2 on vegetation

    B. A. Kimball;J. R. Mauney;F. S. Nakayama;S. B. Idso

  • Elevated CO2, drought and soil nitrogen effects on wheat grain quality

    B. A. Kimball;C. F. Morris;P. J. Pinter;G. W. Wall

  • Effects of elevated CO2 and drought on wheat: testing crop simulation models for different experimental and climatic conditions

    F Ewert;D Rodriguez;P Jamieson;M.A Semenov

  • Effect of warming and grazing on litter mass loss and temperature sensitivity of litter and dung mass loss on the Tibetan plateau

    Caiyun Luo;Guangping Xu;Zengguo Chao;Shiping Wang

  • Nitrate assimilation is inhibited by elevated CO 2 in field-grown wheat

    Arnold J. Bloom;Martin Burger;Bruce A. Kimball;Paul J. Pinter

  • Coordinated approaches to quantify long-term ecosystem dynamics in response to global change

    Yiqi Luo;Jerry Melillo;Shuli Niu;Claus Beier

  • Elevated CO2 increases sorghum biomass under drought conditions

    M. J. Ottman;B. A. Kimball;P. J. Pinter;G. W. Wall

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Pinter
Paul J. Pinter Agricultural Research Service
Gerard W. Wall
Gerard W. Wall Agricultural Research Service
R. L. LaMorte
R. L. LaMorte Agricultural Research Service
Michael J. Ottman
Michael J. Ottman University of Arizona
Sherwood B. Idso
Sherwood B. Idso Agricultural Research Service
Steven W. Leavitt
Steven W. Leavitt University of Arizona
Jeffrey W. White
Jeffrey W. White University of Florida
George R. Hendrey
George R. Hendrey City University of New York
Thomas L. Thompson
Thomas L. Thompson Virginia Tech
Johan N. Lundström
Johan N. Lundström Karolinska Institute

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