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D-Index
66
Citations
20070
World Ranking
855
National Ranking
232

Chris van Kessel 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 Chris van Kessel sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 129 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris van Kessel 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 Chris van Kessel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2006 - 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:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

Agronomy, Agriculture, Fertilizer, Soil organic matter and Soil carbon are his primary areas of study. Chris van Kessel has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Nutrient and Greenhouse gas. Chris van Kessel has included themes like Crop yield, Leaching and Irrigation in his Agriculture study.

His research integrates issues of Incubation, Nitrification and Animal science in his study of Fertilizer. His studies deal with areas such as Environmental chemistry, Organic matter and Nitrogen fixation as well as Soil organic matter. In his research, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Greenhouse effect, Global warming and Biosphere is intimately related to Carbon sequestration, which falls under the overarching field of Soil carbon.

His most cited work include:

  • Acid fumigation of soils to remove carbonates prior to total organic carbon or CARBON‐13 isotopic analysis (733 citations)
  • Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and Prospects (648 citations)
  • Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture (571 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Fertilizer, Soil organic matter, Soil water and Growing season. His Agronomy research includes elements of Agriculture, Soil carbon and Greenhouse gas. His Fertilizer research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cover crop, Manure, Tillage and Animal science.

His research in Soil organic matter intersects with topics in Organic matter, Nutrient, Trifolium repens, Carbon dioxide and Lolium perenne. His Soil water research integrates issues from Environmental chemistry and Carbon sequestration. The concepts of his Growing season study are interwoven with issues in Productivity, Straw and Crop.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (70.18%)
  • Fertilizer (31.58%)
  • Soil organic matter (22.81%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2020)?

  • Agronomy (70.18%)
  • Greenhouse gas (14.04%)
  • Agriculture (11.40%)

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

His main research concerns Agronomy, Greenhouse gas, Agriculture, Fertilizer and Soil carbon. His research investigates the connection between Agronomy and topics such as Soil organic matter that intersect with problems in Crop residue. His Greenhouse gas research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Biomass, Yield, Methane and Seeding.

His Agriculture study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Mediterranean climate, Soil water, Climate change and Irrigation. As a member of one scientific family, Chris van Kessel mostly works in the field of Soil water, focusing on Environmental chemistry and, on occasion, Wetland and Pore water pressure. His Fertilizer research includes themes of Nitrous oxide, Animal science and Drainage.

Between 2012 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture (571 citations)
  • When does no-till yield more? A global meta-analysis (288 citations)
  • Climate, duration, and N placement determine N2O emissions in reduced tillage systems: a meta‐analysis (241 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Tillage, Fertilizer, Agriculture and Conventional tillage. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Soil carbon and Greenhouse gas. His studies in Tillage integrate themes in fields like Agroforestry, Soil scientist and Water erosion.

When carried out as part of a general Fertilizer research project, his work on Coated urea is frequently linked to work in Yield, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Growing season, concentrating on Productivity and intersecting with Climate change. His Crop rotation research incorporates elements of Strip-till, No-till farming, Cropping system and Crop yield.

Best Publications

  • Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture

    Cameron M. Pittelkow;Xinqiang Liang;Bruce A. Linquist;Kees Jan van Groenigen

  • Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and Prospects

    Jagdish K. Ladha;Himanshu Pathak;Timothy J. Krupnik;J. Six

  • Acid fumigation of soils to remove carbonates prior to total organic carbon or CARBON-13 isotopic analysis

    David Harris;William R. Horwáth;Chris van Kessel

  • When does no-till yield more? A global meta-analysis

    Cameron M. Pittelkow;Bruce A. Linquist;Mark E. Lundy;Xinqiang Liang

  • The relationship between carbon input, aggregation, and soil organic carbon stabilization in sustainable cropping systems

    Angela Y. Y. Kong;Johan Six;Dennis C. Bryant;R. Ford Denison

  • An agronomic assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from major cereal crops

    Bruce Linquist;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Maria Arlene Adviento-Borbe;Cameron Pittelkow

  • Interactions between plant growth and soil nutrient cycling under elevated CO2: a meta-analysis

    Marie Anne de Graaff;Marie Anne de Graaff;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Johan Six;Bruce Hungate

  • Fertilizer management practices and greenhouse gas emissions from rice systems: A quantitative review and analysis

    Bruce A. Linquist;Maria Arlene Adviento-Borbe;Cameron M. Pittelkow;Chris van Kessel

  • Agricultural management of grain legumes: has it led to an increase in nitrogen fixation?

    Chris van Kessel;Christopher Hartley

  • Climate, duration, and N placement determine N2O emissions in reduced tillage systems: a meta‐analysis

    Chris van Kessel;Rodney Venterea;Johan Six;Maria Arlene Adviento-Borbe

  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and grain arsenic levels in rice systems.

    Bruce A. Linquist;Merle M. Anders;Maria Arlene A. Adviento-Borbe;Rufus L. Chaney

  • Element interactions limit soil carbon storage

    Kees Jan Van Groenigen;Johan Six;Bruce A. Hungate;Marie Anne De Graaff;Marie Anne De Graaff

  • When does nitrate become a risk for humans

    David S. Powlson;Tom M. Addiscott;Nigel Benjamin;Kenneth G. Cassman

  • Sequestering Soil Organic Carbon: A Nitrogen Dilemma

    Jan Willem van Groenigen;Chris van Kessel;Bruce A. Hungate;Oene Oenema

  • Rice yield and nitrogen utilization efficiency under alternative straw management practices.

    Alison J. Eagle;Jeffrey A. Bird;William R. Horwath;Bruce A. Linquist

  • Enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers for rice systems: Meta-analysis of yield and nitrogen uptake

    Bruce A. Linquist;Lijun Liu;Chris van Kessel;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Kees Jan van Groenigen

  • Dissolved organic nitrogen : an overlooked pathway of nitrogen loss from agricultural systems?

    Chris van Kessel;Tim Clough;Jan Willem van Groenigen

  • Role of Nitrogen Fertilization in Sustaining Organic Matter in Cultivated Soils

    Jagdish K. Ladha;C. Kesava Reddy;Agnes T. Padre;Chris van Kessel

  • Increased greenhouse-gas intensity of rice production under future atmospheric conditions

    Kees Jan van Groenigen;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Chris van Kessel;Bruce A. Hungate

  • Assessing the effect of elevated carbon dioxide on soil carbon: a comparison of four meta-analyses

    Bruce A. Hungate;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Johan Six;Julie D. Jastrow

  • Higher yields and lower methane emissions with new rice cultivars.

    Yu Jiang;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Kees Jan van Groenigen;Shan Huang;Bruce A. Hungate

  • Carbon-13 input and turn-over in a pasture soil exposed to long-term elevated atmospheric CO2

    Chris Van Kessel;Jennifer Nitschelm;William R. Horwath;David Harris

  • Net soil carbon input under ambient and elevated CO2 concentrations: isotopic evidence after 4 years

    Chris Van Kessel;William R. Horwath;Ueli Hartwig;David Harris

  • Changes in microbial activity and composition in a pasture ecosystem exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide

    Constanza M. Montealegre;Chris van Kessel;Michael P. Russelle;Michael J. Sadowsky

  • Tillage and seasonal emissions of CO2, N2O and NO across a seed bed and at the field scale in a Mediterranean climate

    Juhwan Lee;Jan W. Hopmans;Chris van Kessel;Amy P. King

  • Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in a tropical rainforest: 15N natural abundance measurements supported by experimental isotopic enrichment.

    Thijs L. Pons;Kristel Perreijn;Chris Van Kessel;Marinus J. A. Werger

  • Tillage and Field Scale Controls on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Juhwan Lee;Johan Six;Amy P. King;Chris van Kessel

  • Elevated CO2 increases nitrogen rhizodeposition and microbial immobilization of root-derived nitrogen.

    Marie‐Anne De Graaff;Marie‐Anne De Graaff;Johan Six;Chris Van Kessel

  • Estimation of annual nitrous oxide emissions from a transitional grassland-forest region in Saskatchewan, Canada

    Marife D. Cirre;Daniel J. Pennock;Chris Van Kessel;D. Kirk Elliot

  • Quantitative estimates of uptake and internal cycling of 14N-labeled fertilizer in mature walnut trees

    Steve Weinbaum;Chris Van Kessel

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2 alters microbial population structure in a pasture ecosystem

    Constanza M. Montealegre;Chris Van Kessel;Jurg M. Blumenthal;Hor Gil Hur

  • Optimal Fertilizer Nitrogen Rates and Yield‐Scaled Global Warming Potential in Drill Seeded Rice

    Maria Arlene Adviento-Borbe;Cameron M. Pittelkow;Merle Anders;Chris van Kessel

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Six
Johan Six ETH Zurich
Bruce A. Linquist
Bruce A. Linquist University of California, Davis
Kees Jan van Groenigen
Kees Jan van Groenigen University of Exeter
William R. Horwath
William R. Horwath University of California, Davis
Bruce A. Hungate
Bruce A. Hungate Northern Arizona University
Rodney T. Venterea
Rodney T. Venterea Agricultural Research Service
Steven J. Fonte
Steven J. Fonte Colorado State University
Shuijin Hu
Shuijin Hu North Carolina State University

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