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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 97 156 134 17 16 455 41230

Budiman Minasny publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Budiman Minasny between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Budiman Minasny published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 25.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 60 publications in 2025. 64 of the 725 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 60. Peak 60 publications in 2025. 1999: 4 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 23 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 57 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 47 publications 2018: 48 publications 2019: 39 publications 2020: 46 publications 2021: 46 publications 2022: 43 publications 2023: 53 publications 2024: 45 publications 2025: 60 publications 2026: 4 publications
1999 2026

725 publications in total across all disciplines

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Budiman Minasny: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 4
2000 3
2001 3
2002 7
2003 6
2004 6
2005 5
2006 15
2007 17
2008 17
2009 18
2010 23
2011 22
2012 26
2013 20
2014 57
2015 20
2016 25
2017 47
2018 48
2019 39
2020 46
2021 46
2022 43
2023 53
2024 45
2025 60
2026 4
Total 725
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Budiman Minasny publications per year - data summary

  • Budiman Minasny, a Earth Science scholar from University of Sydney, has 725 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1999 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 60 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2000 and 2001, with 3 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 25.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 25.9 per year counting only the 28 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 205 publications, 28% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1999-2008: 83 publications (8.3 per year); 2009-2018: 306 publications (30.6 per year); 2019-2026: 336 publications (42.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Budiman Minasny publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Budiman Minasny sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 448–457 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 455 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27 455
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Budiman Minasny publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Budiman Minasny, a Earth Science scholar from University of Sydney, records 455 publications - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Budiman Minasny, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Budiman Minasny ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Budiman Minasny D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Budiman Minasny sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 97 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15 97
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Budiman Minasny D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Budiman Minasny, a Earth Science scholar from University of Sydney, records 97 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Budiman Minasny, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Budiman Minasny ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Budiman Minasny is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's work covers various topics related to soils and environmental processes. These topics include:

  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Budiman Minasny has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Machine learning for digital soil mapping: Applications, challenges and suggested solutions, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review, 2021, Geoderma
  • Machine learning and soil sciences: a review aided by machine learning tools, 2020, SOIL
  • Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils, 2022, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Geoderma, Soil Security, Geoderma Regional, European Journal of Soil Science, and CATENA.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alex B. McBratney
  • Alexandre M.J.-C. Wadoux
  • Brendan Malone
  • Wartini Ng
  • Mercedes Román Dobarco

Budiman Minasny is also an author of a book titled Soil Spectral Inference with R, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021. This publication has accumulated citations in academic literature, indicating engagement from the research community.

Best Publications

  • On digital soil mapping

    A.B McBratney;M.L Mendonça Santos;B Minasny

  • Soil carbon 4 per mille

    Budiman Minasny;Brendan P. Malone;Alex B. McBratney;Denis A. Angers

  • The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

    Uta Stockmann;Mark A. Adams;John W. Crawford;Damien J. Field

  • A conditioned Latin hypercube method for sampling in the presence of ancillary information

    Budiman Minasny;Alex B. McBratney

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Digital soil mapping: A brief history and some lessons

    Budiman Minasny;Alex.B. McBratney

  • Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

    W Amelung;W Amelung;D Bossio;W de Vries;I Kögel-Knabner

  • Digital Soil Map of the World

    Pedro A. Sanchez;Sonya Ahamed;Florence Carré;Alfred E. Hartemink

  • Mapping continuous depth functions of soil carbon storage and available water capacity

    Brendan Malone;Alexander McBratney;Budiman Minasny;G M Laslett

  • From pedotransfer functions to soil inference systems

    Alex B McBratney;Budiman Minasny;Stephen R Cattle;R.Willem Vervoort

  • Limited effect of organic matter on soil available water capacity

    B. Minasny;A. B. McBratney

  • Comparison of different approaches to the development of pedotransfer functions for water-retention curves

    Budiman Minasny;Alex B. McBratney;Keith L. Bristow

  • Pedotransfer functions in Earth system science: challenges and perspectives

    Kris Van Looy;Johan Bouma;Michael Herbst;John Koestel

  • Digital mapping of soil carbon

    Budiman Minasny;Alex B. McBratney;Brendan P. Malone;Ichsani Wheeler

  • Colour space models for soil science

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;B. Minasny;P. Roudier;P. Roudier;A.B. McBratney

  • Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review

    Songchao Chen;Dominique Arrouays;Vera Leatitia Mulder;Laura Poggio

  • GlobalSoilMap: Toward a Fine-Resolution Global Grid of Soil Properties

    Dominique Arrouays;Michael G. Grundy;Alfred E. Hartemink;Jonathan W. Hempel

  • Convolutional neural network for simultaneous prediction of several soil properties using visible/near-infrared, mid-infrared, and their combined spectra

    Wartini Ng;Budiman Minasny;Maryam Montazerolghaem;Jose Padarian

  • Using deep learning to predict soil properties from regional spectral data

    J. Padarian;B. Minasny;A.B. McBratney

  • Soil Security: Solving the Global Soil Crisis

    Andrea Koch;Alex McBratney;Mark Adams;Damien Field

  • The neuro-m method for fitting neural network parametric pedotransfer functions

    Budiman Minasny;Alex. B. McBratney

  • The Matérn function as a general model for soil variograms

    Budiman Minasny;Alex. B. McBratney

  • Removing the effect of soil moisture from NIR diffuse reflectance spectra for the prediction of soil organic carbon

    Budiman Minasny;Alex B. McBratney;Veronique Bellon-Maurel;Jean-Michel Roger

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex B. McBratney
Alex B. McBratney University of Sydney
Alfred E. Hartemink
Alfred E. Hartemink University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
John Triantafilis
John Triantafilis University of New South Wales
Mogens Humlekrog Greve
Mogens Humlekrog Greve Aarhus University
Christian Walter
Christian Walter Institut Agro, France
Inakwu O. A. Odeh
Inakwu O. A. Odeh University of Sydney
Denis A. Angers
Denis A. Angers Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Luca Montanarella
Luca Montanarella European Commission
Nicolas P.A. Saby
Nicolas P.A. Saby INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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