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Cristine L.S. Morgan

Cristine L.S. Morgan

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 35 7606 7042 2590 2290 121 4718

Cristine L.S. Morgan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Cristine L.S. Morgan between 1978 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Cristine L.S. Morgan published across 49 years, from 1978 to 2026, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2020. 18 of the 196 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2020. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 6 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 17 publications 2026: 1 publication
1978 2026

196 publications in total across all disciplines

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Cristine L.S. Morgan: publications per year, 1978 to 2026
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 1
2001 2
2002 1
2003 4
2004 1
2005 1
2006 1
2007 6
2008 3
2009 8
2010 4
2011 8
2012 11
2013 6
2014 13
2015 3
2016 8
2017 14
2018 9
2019 13
2020 21
2021 11
2022 8
2023 7
2024 10
2025 17
2026 1
Total 196
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Cristine L.S. Morgan publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristine L.S. Morgan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 118–127 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 121 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540 121
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Cristine L.S. Morgan D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cristine L.S. Morgan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372 35
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Cristine L.S. Morgan is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant work in environmental science. The subfields of study in which they are active include soil science, environmental engineering, civil and structural engineering, ecology, and plant science.

The main topics of Cristine L.S. Morgan's work encompass:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Management and Crop Yield
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Introducing the North American project to evaluate soil health measurements," 2020, Agronomy Journal
  • "Impressions of digital soil maps: The good, the not so good, and making them ever better," 2020, Geoderma Regional
  • "Novel technologies for emission reduction complement conservation agriculture to achieve negative emissions from row-crop production," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A minimum suite of soil health indicators for North American agriculture," 2023, Soil Security
  • "Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health," 2022, Geoderma

Cristine L.S. Morgan frequently publishes in journals such as Geoderma, Crops & Soils, SSRN Electronic Journal, Soil Science Society of America Journal, and Soil Security.

Frequent coauthors working with Morgan include:

  • Dianna K. Bagnall
  • Shannon B. Cappellazzi
  • Daniel Liptzin
  • Jason P. Ackerson
  • Alex B. McBratney

In 2020, Morgan was recognized as a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).

Best Publications

  • Soil Security: Solving the Global Soil Crisis

    Andrea Koch;Alex McBratney;Mark Adams;Damien Field

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for High-Throughput Phenotyping and Agronomic Research

    Yeyin Shi;J. Alex Thomasson;Seth C. Murray;N. Ace Pugh

  • In Situ Characterization of Soil Clay Content with Visible Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

    Travis H. Waiser;Cristine L. S. Morgan;David J. Brown;C. Tom Hallmark

  • Simulated in situ characterization of soil organic and inorganic carbon with visible near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

    Cristine L.S. Morgan;Travis H. Waiser;David J. Brown;C. Tom Hallmark

  • Introducing the North American project to evaluate soil health measurements

    Charlotte E. Norris;G. Mac Bean;Shannon B. Cappellazzi;Michael Cope

  • POLARIS Soil Properties: 30-m Probabilistic Maps of Soil Properties Over the Contiguous United States

    Nathaniel W. Chaney;Budiman Minasny;Jonathan D. Herman;Travis W. Nauman

  • Comparison of soil reflectance spectra and calibration models obtained using multiple spectrometers

    Yufeng Ge;Cristine L.S. Morgan;Sabine Grunwald;David J. Brown

  • Impressions of digital soil maps: The good, the not so good, and making them ever better

    Dominique Arrouays;Alex McBratney;Johan Bouma;Zamir Libohova

  • Moisture insensitive prediction of soil properties from VNIR reflectance spectra based on external parameter orthogonalization

    Nuwan K. Wijewardane;Yufeng Ge;Cristine L.S. Morgan

  • VisNIR spectra of dried ground soils predict properties of soils scanned moist and intact

    Yufeng Ge;Cristine L.S. Morgan;Jason P. Ackerson

  • Rapid identification of oil-contaminated soils using visible near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.

    Somsubhra Chakraborty;David C. Weindorf;Cristine L.S. Morgan;Yufeng Ge

  • Modeling Forest Aboveground Biomass and Volume Using Airborne LiDAR Metrics and Forest Inventory and Analysis Data in the Pacific Northwest

    Ryan D. Sheridan;Sorin C. Popescu;Demetrios Gatziolis;Cristine L. S. Morgan

  • Comparison and detection of total and available soil carbon fractions using visible/near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

    D.V. Sarkhot;S. Grunwald;Y. Ge;C.L.S. Morgan

  • Predicting clay content on field-moist intact tropical soils using a dried, ground VisNIR library with external parameter orthogonalization

    Jason P. Ackerson;José A.M. Demattê;Cristine L.S. Morgan

  • Vertisol Crack Extent Associated with Gilgai and Soil Moisture in the Texas Gulf Coast Prairie

    A. Sz. Kishné;C. L. S. Morgan;W. L. Miller

  • Modeling hydraulic properties of sandy soils of Niger using pedotransfer functions

    C. Manyame;C.L. Morgan;J.L. Heilman;D. Fatondji

  • Estimating plant-available water across a field with an inverse yield model

    Cristine L. S. Morgan;John M. Norman;Birl Lowery

  • Evaluation and improvement of the default soil hydraulic parameters for the Noah Land Surface Model

    Andrea Sz. Kishné;Yohannes Tadesse Yimam;Cristine L.S. Morgan;Bright C. Dornblaser

  • Phenomic selection and prediction of maize grain yield from near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of kernels

    Holly M. Lane;Seth C. Murray;Osval A. Montesinos‑López;Abelardo Montesinos‑López

  • Mid-infrared attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy for soil carbon and particle size determination

    Yufeng Ge;J. Alex Thomasson;Cristine L.S. Morgan

  • Two approaches to mapping plant available water: EM-38 measurements and inverse yield modeling.

    C. L. S. Morgan;J. M. Norman;R. P. Wolkowski;B. Lowery

  • Spectral reflectance variability from soil physicochemical properties in oil contaminated soils

    Somsubhra Chakraborty;David C. Weindorf;Yuanda Zhu;Bin Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex B. McBratney
Alex B. McBratney University of Sydney
Kevin J. McInnes
Kevin J. McInnes Texas A&M University
Laszlo B. Kish
Laszlo B. Kish Texas A&M University
John M. Norman
John M. Norman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Johan Bouma
Johan Bouma Wageningen University & Research
William L. Rooney
William L. Rooney Texas A&M University
Binayak P. Mohanty
Binayak P. Mohanty Texas A&M University
Budiman Minasny
Budiman Minasny University of Sydney
Sabine Grunwald
Sabine Grunwald University of Florida
David C. Weindorf
David C. Weindorf Central Michigan University

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