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D-Index
68
Citations
12914
World Ranking
798
National Ranking
24

Chantal Hamel 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 Chantal Hamel sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 212 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chantal Hamel 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 Chantal Hamel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chantal Hamel is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with considerable work in Plant Science, Soil Science, Cell Biology, Ecology, and Pharmacology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Chantal Hamel has published articles in several prominent scientific journals, with frequent contributions to Frontiers in Plant Science, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Microbial Ecology, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Applied Soil Ecology.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Strategies to improve soil health by optimizing the plant-soil-microbe-anthropogenic activity nexus, 2023, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Fungal Communities of the Canola Rhizosphere: Keystone Species and Substantial Between-Year Variation of the Rhizosphere Microbiome, 2020, Microbial Ecology
  • Using enzyme activities as an indicator of soil fertility in grassland - an academic dilemma, 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Similar Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in 31 Durum Wheat Cultivars (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) Under Field Conditions in Eastern Canada, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Bacterial Communities of the Canola Rhizosphere: Network Analysis Reveals a Core Bacterium Shaping Microbial Interactions, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors with whom Hamel has collaborated extensively include:

  • Marc St-Arnaud
  • Mohamed Hijri
  • Jean-Baptiste Floc'h
  • Mario Laterrière
  • Luke D. Bainard

Best Publications

  • Acquisition of Cu, Zn, Mn and Fe by mycorrhizal maize (Zea mays L.) grown in soil at different P and micronutrient levels

    A. Liu;C. Hamel;R. I. Hamilton;B. L. Ma

  • Enhanced hyphal growth and spore production of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices in an in vitro system in the absence of host roots

    M. St-Arnaud;C. Hamel;B. Vimard;M. Caron

  • Soil microbial dynamics in maize-growing soil under different tillage and residue management systems

    T.A. Spedding;C. Hamel;G.R. Mehuys;C.A. Madramootoo

  • Fungicide: Modes of Action and Possible Impact on Nontarget Microorganisms

    Chao Yang;Chantal Hamel;Vladimir Vujanovic;Yantai Gan

  • Seasonal changes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as affected by tillage practices and fertilization : Hyphal density and mycorrhizal root colonization

    Z. Kabir;I.P. O'Halloran;J.W. Fyles;C. Hamel

  • Long-term phosphorus fertilization impacts soil fungal and bacterial diversity but not AM fungal community in alfalfa.

    M. S. Beauregard;C. Hamel;Atul-Nayyar;M. St-Arnaud

  • Diversifying crop rotations with pulses enhances system productivity.

    Yantai Gan;Chantal Hamel;John T. O’Donovan;Herb Cutforth

  • Strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of field crops for semiarid areas. A review

    Yantai Gan;Chang Liang;Chantal Hamel;Herb Cutforth

  • The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis links N mineralization to plant demand.

    A. Atul-Nayyar;A. Atul-Nayyar;C. Hamel;C. Hamel;K. Hanson;J. Germida

  • Soil microbial quality associated with yield reduction in continuous-pea

    Atul Nayyar;Chantal Hamel;Guy Lafond;Bruce D. Gossen

  • Seasonal and long-term resource-related variations in soil microbial communities in wheat-based rotations of the Canadian prairie

    Chantal Hamel;Chantal Hamel;Keith Hanson;Fernando Selles;Andre F. Cruz

  • Spatial and temporal structuring of arbuscular mycorrhizal communities is differentially influenced by abiotic factors and host crop in a semi-arid prairie agroecosystem.

    Luke D. Bainard;Jillian D. Bainard;Chantal Hamel;Yantai Gan

  • Root Morphology of Contrasting Maize Genotypes

    Carlos Costa;Carlos Costa;Lianne M. Dwyer;Xiaomin Zhou;Pierre Dutilleul

  • Negative feedback on a perennial crop: Fusarium crown and root rot of asparagus is related to changes in soil microbial community structure

    C. Hamel;V. Vujanovic;R. Jeannotte;A. Nakano-Hylander

  • Do tree-based intercropping systems increase the diversity and stability of soil microbial communities?

    Simon Lacombe;Robert L. Bradley;Chantal Hamel;Carole Beaulieu

  • A Sampling Method for Measurement of Large Root Systems with Scanner-Based Image Analysis

    Carlos Costa;Lianne M. Dwyer;Robert I. Hamilton;Chantal Hamel

  • Resistance responses of mycorrhizal Ri T-DNA-transformed carrot roots to infection by Fusarium oxysporum s. sp. chrysanthemi

    N . Benhamou;J. A. Fortin;C. Hamel;M. St-Arnaud

  • Long-term effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on soil microbial community structure and function under continuous wheat production

    Yunliang Li;Julien Tremblay;Luke D. Bainard;Barbara Cade‐Menun

  • Crop yield : physiology and processes

    Donald L. Smith;Chantal Hamel

  • Altered growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. chrysanthemi in an in vitro dual culture system with the vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices growing on Daucus carota transformed roots

    M. St-Arnaud;C. Hamel;B. Vimard;M. Caron

  • Denitrification and nitrous oxide to nitrous oxide plus dinitrogen ratios in the soil profile under three tillage systems

    Abdirashid A. Elmi;Chandra Madramootoo;Chantal Hamel;Aiguo Liu

  • Dynamics of the mycorrhizal symbiosis of corn (Zea mays L.) : effects of host physiology, tillage practice and fertilization on spatial distribution of extra-radical mycorrhizal hyphae in the field

    Z Kabir;I.P O'Halloran;J.W Fyles;C Hamel

  • Vertical distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under corn ( Zea mays L.) in no-till and conventional tillage systems

    Z. Kabir;I. P. O'Halloran;P. Widden;C. Hamel

  • Thirty-seven years of soil nitrogen and phosphorus fertility management shapes the structure and function of the soil microbial community in a Brown Chernozem

    Andre Freire Cruz;Chantal Hamel;Keith Hanson;Fernando Selles

  • Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on N and P cycling in the root zone

    Chantal Hamel

  • Nutrient dynamics: utilizing biotic-abiotic interactions for improved management of agricultural soils

    Chantal Hamel;Christine Landry;Abdirashid Elmi;Aiguo Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc St-Arnaud
Marc St-Arnaud University of Montreal
Yantai Gan
Yantai Gan Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Donald L. Smith
Donald L. Smith McGill University
Luke D. Bainard
Luke D. Bainard Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Noura Ziadi
Noura Ziadi Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
F. Selles
F. Selles Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Robert P. Zentner
Robert P. Zentner Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Reynald Lemke
Reynald Lemke Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Joann K. Whalen
Joann K. Whalen McGill University
Barbara J. Cade-Menun
Barbara J. Cade-Menun Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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