World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
71
Citations
23481
World Ranking
652
National Ranking
194

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
71
Citations
23505
World Ranking
1282
National Ranking
475

Carl J. Bernacchi 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 Carl J. Bernacchi sits on this spectrum.

36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36 publications 467+

This scientist: 249 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carl J. Bernacchi 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 Carl J. Bernacchi sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Carl J. Bernacchi is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences with a significant emphasis on environmental science. The main subfields of study include plant science, global and planetary change, ecology, agronomy and crop science, and environmental engineering.

Their scholarly work covers a range of key topics related to plant water relations and carbon dynamics, remote sensing in agriculture, plant responses to elevated CO2, bioenergy crop production and management, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, climate change impacts on agriculture, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Bernacchi has published extensively in several frequent venues, including:

  • Global Change Biology
  • GCB Bioenergy
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bernacchi include:

  • The effect of increasing temperature on crop photosynthesis: from enzymes to ecosystems, 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Towards a multiscale crop modelling framework for climate change adaptation assessment, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Redefining droughts for the U.S. Corn Belt: The dominant role of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit over soil moisture in regulating stomatal behavior of Maize and Soybean, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Deriving high-spatiotemporal-resolution leaf area index for agroecosystems in the U.S. Corn Belt using Planet Labs CubeSat and STAIR fusion data, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment

Their frequent collaborators include Evan H. DeLucia, Caitlin E. Moore, Kaiyu Guan, N. Gomez-Casanovas, and Elizabeth A. Ainsworth. These coauthors have contributed on numerous occasions across Bernacchi's research efforts.

Bernacchi was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

    Andrew D. B. Leakey;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Carl J. Bernacchi;Carl J. Bernacchi;Alistair Rogers;Alistair Rogers

  • Fitting photosynthetic carbon dioxide response curves for C3 leaves

    Thomas D. Sharkey;Carl J. Bernacchi;Graham D. Farquhar;Eric L. Singsaas

  • Improved temperature response functions for models of Rubisco-limited photosynthesis: In vivo Rubisco enzyme kinetics

    C. J. Bernacchi;E. L. Singsaas;C. Pimentel;A. R. Portis

  • Gas exchange measurements, what can they tell us about the underlying limitations to photosynthesis? Procedures and sources of error

    S. P. Long;C. J. Bernacchi

  • Improved temperature response functions for models of Rubisco‐limited photosynthesis

    C. J. Bernacchi;E. L. Singsaas;C. Pimentel;A. R. Portis

  • Temperature Response of Mesophyll Conductance. Implications for the Determination of Rubisco Enzyme Kinetics and for Limitations to Photosynthesis in Vivo

    Carl J. Bernacchi;Carl J. Bernacchi;Archie R. Portis;Archie R. Portis;Hiromi Nakano;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • A meta-analysis of elevated [CO2] effects on soybean (Glycine max) physiology, growth and yield

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Phillip A. Davey;Carl J. Bernacchi;Orla C. Dermody

  • The effect of increasing temperature on crop photosynthesis: from enzymes to ecosystems.

    Caitlin E Moore;Caitlin E Moore;Katherine Meacham-Hensold;Pauline Lemonnier;Rebecca A Slattery

  • In vivo temperature response functions of parameters required to model RuBP-limited photosynthesis

    C. J. Bernacchi;C. Pimentel;Stephen P. Long

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites

    Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan

  • The Costs of Photorespiration to Food Production Now and in the Future

    Berkley J. Walker;Berkley J. Walker;Andy VanLoocke;Carl J. Bernacchi;Carl J. Bernacchi;Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort

  • ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station

    Joshua B. Fisher;Brian Lee;Adam J. Purdy;Gregory H. Halverson

  • 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

  • Intensifying drought eliminates the expected benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean.

    Sharon B Gray;Orla Dermody;Stephanie P Klein;Anna M Locke

  • Towards a multiscale crop modelling framework for climate change adaptation assessment

    Bin Peng;Kaiyu Guan;Jinyun Tang;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth

  • Carbon budget of mature no-till ecosystem in North Central Region of the United States

    Steven E. Hollinger;Carl J. Bernacchi;Tilden P. Meyers

  • Leaf photosynthesis and carbohydrate dynamics of soybeans grown throughout their life‐cycle under Free‐Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment

    A. Rogers;D. J. Allen;P. A. Davey;P. B. Morgan

  • The growth of soybean under free air [CO2] enrichment (FACE) stimulates photosynthesis while decreasing in vivo Rubisco capacity

    Carl J. Bernacchi;Patrick B. Morgan;Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Stephen P. Long

  • Reduced nitrogen losses after conversion of row crop agriculture to perennial biofuel crops.

    Candice M. Smith;Mark B. David;Mark B. David;Corey A. Mitchell;Corey A. Mitchell;Michael D. Masters

  • Increased C availability at elevated carbon dioxide concentration improves N assimilation in a legume

    Alistair Rogers;Yves Gibon;Mark Stitt;Patrick B. Morgan

  • Will photosynthesis of maize (Zea mays) in the US Corn Belt increase in future [CO2] rich atmospheres? An analysis of diurnal courses of CO2 uptake under free-air concentration enrichment (FACE)

    Andrew D.B. Leakey;C. J. Bernacchi;C. J. Bernacchi;F. G. Dohleman;D. R. Ort;D. R. Ort

  • Global Warming Can Negate the Expected CO2 Stimulation in Photosynthesis and Productivity for Soybean Grown in the Midwestern United States

    Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera;Matthew Siebers;Sharon B. Gray;David W. Drag

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Ort
Donald R. Ort University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Evan H. DeLucia
Evan H. DeLucia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen P. Long
Stephen P. Long University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew D. B. Leakey
Andrew D. B. Leakey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kaiyu Guan
Kaiyu Guan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tilden P. Meyers
Tilden P. Meyers National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Xin-Guang Zhu
Xin-Guang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alistair Rogers
Alistair Rogers Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Carl J. Bernacchi

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles