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D-Index
46
Citations
6382
World Ranking
2753
National Ranking
676

Colin M. Orians 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 Colin M. Orians sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 123 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Colin M. Orians 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 Colin M. Orians sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Colin M. Orians is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and focuses their research on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, insect science, general ecology, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their research topics cover a breadth of areas such as plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, insect-plant interactions and control, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, tea polyphenols and their effects, animal ecology and behavior studies, and plant parasitism and resistance.

Orians has published extensively in several venues. Most frequently, their work appears in:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Oecologia
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Elizabeth E. Crone, Gabriela M. Garcia, Eric R. Scott, Selena Ahmed, and Timothy S. Griffin.

Some notable recent papers by Orians and their coauthors include:

  • "Changes in Tea Plant Secondary Metabolite Profiles as a Function of Leafhopper Density and Damage," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "By wind or wing: pollination syndromes and alternate bearing in horticultural systems," 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Nutrient enrichment and rainfall affect plant phenology and floral resource availability for pollinators," 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Editorial: Responses of Tea Plants to Climate Change: From Molecules to Ecosystems," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Reproductive tradeoffs in a perennial crop: Exploring the mechanisms of coffee alternate bearing in relation to farm management," 2022, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Best Publications

  • The effects of hybridization in plants on secondary chemistry: implications for the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore interactions.

    Colin M. Orians

  • Jasmonic acid induces rapid changes in carbon transport and partitioning in Populus.

    Benjamin A. Babst;Richard A. Ferrieri;Dennis W. Gray;Dennis W. Gray;Manuel Lerdau

  • Sedum cools soil and can improve neighboring plant performance during water deficit on a green roof

    Colleen Butler;Colin M. Orians

  • Morphological and molecular evidence for hybridization and introgression in a willow (Salix) hybrid zone.

    T. M. Hardig;S. J. Brunsfeld;R. S. Fritz;M. Morgan

  • Plants as resource mosaics: a functional model for predicting patterns of within‐plant resource heterogeneity to consumers based on vascular architecture and local environmental variability

    Colin M. Orians;Clive G. Jones

  • Environmental Factors Variably Impact Tea Secondary Metabolites in the Context of Climate Change.

    Selena Ahmed;Timothy S Griffin;Debra Kraner;M Katherine Schaffner

  • Effects of extreme climate events on tea (Camellia sinensis) functional quality validate indigenous farmer knowledge and sensory preferences in tropical China.

    Selena Ahmed;Selena Ahmed;Selena Ahmed;John Richard Stepp;Colin M. Orians;Timothy S. Griffin

  • Herbivores, Vascular Pathways, and Systemic Induction: Facts and Artifacts

    Colin Orians

  • Methyl jasmonate elicits rapid changes in carbon and nitrogen dynamics in tomato.

    Sara Gómez;Sara Gómez;Richard A. Ferrieri;Michael Schueller;Colin M. Orians

  • Native plant enthusiasm reaches new heights: Perceptions, evidence, and the future of green roofs

    Colleen Butler;Erin Butler;Colin M. Orians

  • Herbivore-induced resource sequestration in plants: why bother?

    Colin M. Orians;Alexandra Thorn;Sara Gómez;Sara Gómez

  • Testing the growth–differentiation balance hypothesis: dynamic responses of willows to nutrient availability

    Carolyn Glynn;Daniel A. Herms;Colin M. Orians;Robert C. Hansen

  • Seedling herbivory by slugs in a willow hybrid system: developmental changes in damage, chemical defense, and plant performance.

    Robert S. Fritz;Cris G. Hochwender;Debra A. Lewkiewicz;Sara Bothwell

  • Evolution of Plant Defenses in Nonindigenous Environments

    Colin M. Orians;David Ward

  • Vascular Architecture Generates Fine Scale Variation in Systemic Induction of Proteinase Inhibitors in Tomato

    Colin M. Orians;Jason Pomerleau;Rafael Ricco

  • Patterns and consequences of differential vascular sectoriality in 18 temperate tree and shrub species

    A. E. Zanne;K. Sweeney;M. Sharma;C. M. Orians

  • Dynamic changes in root hydraulic properties in response to nitrate availability

    Vit Gloser;Vit Gloser;Maciej A. Zwieniecki;Colin M. Orians;N. Michele Holbrook

  • Willow hybridization differentially affects preference and performance of herbivorous beetles

    Colin M. Orians;Cynthia H. Huang;Alexander Wild;Katherine A. Dorfman

  • Interspecific and temporal variation in herbivore responses to hybrid willows

    Robert S. Fritz;Bernadette M. Roche;Steven J. Brunsfeld;Colin M. Orians

  • Herbivore-Induced Changes in Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) Primary Metabolism: A Whole Plant Perspective

    Adam D. Steinbrenner;Adam D. Steinbrenner;Sara Gómez;Sara Gómez;Sonia Osorio;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Secondary chemistry of hybrid and parental willows: Phenolic glycosides and condensed tannins in Salix sericea, S. eriocephala , and their hybrids

    Colin M. Orians;Robert S. Fritz

  • Genetic and soil-nutrient effects on the abundance of herbivores on willow

    Colin M. Orians;Robert S. Fritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan L. Preisser
Evan L. Preisser University of Rhode Island
Robert S. Fritz
Robert S. Fritz Vassar College
Timothy S. Griffin
Timothy S. Griffin University of Maine
Chunlin Long
Chunlin Long Minzu University of China
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Michael R. Thorpe
Michael R. Thorpe Australian National University
Edward J. Kennelly
Edward J. Kennelly City University of New York
Christer Björkman
Christer Björkman Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bruce T. Anderson
Bruce T. Anderson Boston University
David A. Orwig
David A. Orwig Harvard University

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