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D-Index
58
Citations
14300
World Ranking
1325
National Ranking
346

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Crop Science Teaching Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - International Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)

Overview

Charles Francis is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields including Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Business and International Management.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Soil Management and Crop Yield, Agriculture, Land Use and Rural Development, Organic Food and Agriculture, Weed Control and Herbicide Applications, and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Frequent publication venues for Charles Francis include Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, where they have published extensively, alongside contributions to Agronomy Journal, Open Research Europe, Soil Use and Management, and Rangeland Ecology & Management.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francis include Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Sabrina J. Ruis, Roger W. Elmore, Christopher A. Proctor, and Katja Koehler-Cole.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Charles Francis include:

  • The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (2024, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Can we feed the world without destroying it? (2023, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems)

Other relevant recent publications associated with the same venues but by coauthors in the field include:

  • Urban food sovereignty: urgent need for agroecology and systems thinking in a post-COVID-19 future (2020, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Impacts of cover crop planting dates on soils after four years (2020, Agronomy Journal)
  • Cover crop productivity and subsequent soybean yield in the western Corn Belt (2020, Agronomy Journal)

Throughout their career, Charles Francis has been recognized with several awards, including the Crop Science Teaching Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 2012, Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005, the International Agronomy Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 2002, and fellowships from both the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy, awarded in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Agroecology: The Ecology of Food Systems

    C. Francis;G. Lieblein;S. Gliessman;T. A. Breland

  • Cover Crops and Ecosystem Services: Insights from Studies in Temperate Soils

    Humberto Blanco-Canqui;Tim M. Shaver;John L. Lindquist;Charles A. Shapiro

  • Multiple Cropping Systems

    Charles A. Francis

  • Food system orientation and quality perception among consumers and producers of organic food in Hedmark County, Norway

    Hanne Torjusen;Geir Lieblein;Margareta Wandel;Charles A Francis

  • Farmers and nature conservation: What is known about attitudes, context factors and actions affecting conservation?

    Johan Ahnström;Jenny Höckert;Hanna L. Bergeå;Charles A. Francis

  • Agroecology as a Science, a Movement and a Practice

    A. Wezel;S. Bellon;T. Doré;C. Francis

  • Biological efficiencies in multiple-cropping systems

    Charles A. Francis

  • A Rapid Method for Plant Leaf Area Estimation in Maize (Zea mays L.) 1

    C. A. Francis;J. N. Rutger;A. F. E. Palmer

  • Sustainable agriculture in temperate zones.

    Charles A. Francis;Cornelia Butler Flora;Larry D. King

  • A review of insect prevalence in maize (Zea mays L.) and bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) polycultural systems

    Miguel Angel Altieri;Charles A. Francis;Aart Van Schoonhoven;Jerry D. Doll

  • Wheat Nitrogen Use Efficiency in a Bed Planting System in Northwest Mexico

    Agustin Limon-Ortega;Kenneth D. Sayre;Charles A. Francis

  • Optimizing Cover Crop Benefits with Diverse Mixtures and an Alternative Termination Method

    Samuel Edward Wortman;Charles A. Francis;Mark L. Bernards;Rhae A. Drijber

  • Introduction: distribution, and importance of multiple cropping.

    C. A. Francis

  • Marketing locally produced foods: Consumer and farmer opinions in Washington County, Nebraska

    Mindi L. Schneider;Charles A. Francis

  • Innovative Education in Agroecology: Experiential Learning for a Sustainable Agriculture

    C. A. Francis;Nicholas R Jordan;Paul M Porter;T. A. Breland

  • Cover Crop Mixtures for the Western Corn Belt: Opportunities for Increased Productivity and Stability

    Samuel E Wortman;Charles Francis;John L. Lindquist

  • Strip Intercropping Effects on Yield and Yield Components of Corn, Grain Sorghum, and Soybean

    Gary W. Lesoing;Charles A. Francis

  • Stability of Grain Sorghum Yield Components Across Diverse Environments1

    G. M. Heinrich;C. A. Francis;J. D. Eastin

  • Adapting varieties for intercropped systems in the tropics

    C.A. Francis;C.A. Flor;S.R. Temple

  • Adapting Varieties for Intercropping Systems in the Tropics

    C. A. Francis;C. A. Flor;S. R. Temple

  • Wheat and Maize Yields in Response to Straw Management and Nitrogen under a Bed Planting System

    Agustin Limon-Ortega;Kenneth D. Sayre;Charles A. Francis

  • Energy output:input ratio of maize and sorghum management systems in eastern Nebraska

    A.J. Franzluebbers;C.A. Francis

  • Farmland conversion to non-agricultural uses in the US and Canada: current impacts and concerns for the future

    Charles A. Francis;Twyla E. Hansen;Allison A. Fox;Paula J. Hesje

  • Becoming an Agroecologist through Action Education

    Geir Lieblein;Edvin Østergaard;Charles Francis

  • Transdisciplinary Research for a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector

    C. A. Francis;G. Lieblein;T. A. Breland;L. Salomonsson

  • Emergy evaluation of grazing cattle in Argentina's Pampas

    G.C. Rótolo;T. Rydberg;G. Lieblein;C. Francis;C. Francis

  • The State of the Nation's Ecosystems.

    Charles A. Francis

  • Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems

    Charles Francis

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Lindquist
John L. Lindquist University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Paul M. Porter
Paul M. Porter University of Minnesota
Humberto Blanco-Canqui
Humberto Blanco-Canqui University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sergio Ulgiati
Sergio Ulgiati Parthenope University of Naples
Rhae A. Drijber
Rhae A. Drijber University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Charles A. Shapiro
Charles A. Shapiro University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Miguel A. Altieri
Miguel A. Altieri University of California, Berkeley
John R. Porter
John R. Porter University of Copenhagen
Matt Liebman
Matt Liebman Iowa State University
Daniel T. Walters
Daniel T. Walters University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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