David B. Lobell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David B. Lobell between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David B. Lobell published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 16.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2019. 39 of the 431 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30

2000 2025

431 publications in total across all disciplines

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David B. Lobell: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year	Publications
2000	2
2001	2
2002	4
2003	6
2004	5
2005	3
2006	13
2007	20
2008	16
2009	12
2010	26
2011	17
2012	15
2013	19
2014	25
2015	20
2016	14
2017	24
2018	20
2019	30
2020	30
2021	27
2022	20
2023	22
2024	24
2025	15
Total	431

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David B. Lobell 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 David B. Lobell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

50 100 150 200 250

36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 279 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
36–40	2
41–45	7
46–50	40
51–55	58
56–60	60
61–65	107
66–70	130
71–75	153
76–80	191
81–85	199
86–90	206
91–95	218
96–100	226
101–105	227
106–110	247
111–115	255
116–120	253
121–125	233
126–130	219
131–135	201
136–140	194
141–145	176
146–150	157
151–155	147
156–160	151
161–165	159
166–170	137
171–175	128
176–180	126
181–185	98
186–190	114
191–195	100
196–200	90
201–205	71
206–210	98
211–215	70
216–220	86
221–225	61
226–230	58
231–235	53
236–240	64
241–245	39
246–250	46
251–255	51
256–260	36
261–265	44
266–270	35
271–275	30
276–280	33	279
281–285	35
286–290	36
291–295	26
296–300	26
301–305	31
306–310	30
311–315	21
316–320	29
321–325	14
326–330	15
331–335	15
336–340	17
341–345	15
346–350	12
351–355	17
356–360	18
361–365	12
366–370	11
371–375	6
376–380	6
381–385	11
386–390	9
391–395	10
396–400	8
401–405	4
406–410	9
411–415	11
416–420	4
421–425	7
426–430	4
431–435	3
436–440	5
441–445	8
446–450	6
451–455	7
456–460	5
461–465	6
466	2
467+	99

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David B. Lobell 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 David B. Lobell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

50 100 150 200 250

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	200
31	236
32	253
33	283
34	288
35	240
36	246
37	243
38	247
39	229
40	232
41	230
42	228
43	219
44	193
45	164
46	158
47	143
48	131
49	127
50	122
51	122
52	110
53	102
54	98
55	79
56	85
57	88
58	91
59	62
60	61
61	59
62	54
63	61
64	59
65	58
66	41
67	49
68	39
69	32
70	40
71	47
72	38
73	28
74	29
75	28
76	22
77	21
78	25
79	26
80	19
81	16
82	12
83	16
84	14
85	11
86	17
87	13
88	10
89	12
90	18
91	16
92	16
93	17
94	12
95	8
96	9
97	9
98	11
99	12
100	5
101	8
102	4
103	11
104	5
105	9
106	7
107	4
108	8
109+	99	109

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
2013 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
2010 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David B. Lobell is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

Climate change impacts on agriculture
Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Agricultural risk and resilience
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
Remote-Sensing Image Classification
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Smart Agriculture and AI

David B. Lobell has authored multiple recent papers notable for their research venues and citation counts. These include:

Using publicly available satellite imagery and deep learning to understand economic well-being in Africa, 2020, Nature Communications
Using satellite imagery to understand and promote sustainable development, 2021, Science
Transfer learning in environmental remote sensing, 2023, Remote Sensing of Environment
Weakly Supervised Deep Learning for Segmentation of Remote Sensing Imagery, 2020, Remote Sensing
Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture, 2024, Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, underscoring multidisciplinary teamwork within their research field. Frequent collaborators include:

Marshall Burke
Stefano Ermon
Sherrie Wang
Stefania Di Tommaso
Jillian M. Deines

David B. Lobell has published extensively in several venues, with a concentration of work in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Remote Sensing
Environmental Research Letters
Remote Sensing of Environment

The scientist's contributions also extend to book publications. These include the titles:

Dynamic, High-Resolution Wealth Measurement in Data-Scarce Environments, 2025, published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks
Higher Levels of No-Till Agriculture Associated with Lower PM2.5 in the Corn Belt, 2022, published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks

David B. Lobell has received several awards related to their scientific work, such as:

Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 2013
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2010
James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2010

Best Publications

Climate Trends and Global Crop Production Since 1980

David B. Lobell;Wolfram Schlenker;Wolfram Schlenker;Justin Costa-Roberts

5157
Citations
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030

David B. Lobell;David B. Lobell;Marshall B. Burke;Claudia Tebaldi;Michael D. Mastrandrea

3933
Citations
Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates

Chuang Zhao;Bing Liu;Shilong Piao;Xuhui Wang

3042
Citations
Global Scale Climate-Crop Yield Relationships and the Impacts of Recent Warming

David B Lobell;Christopher B Field

2726
Citations
A meta-analysis of crop yield under climate change and adaptation

Andrew J. Challinor;Andrew J. Challinor;J. Watson;David B. Lobell;Howden Sm

2460
Citations
Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production

S. Asseng;F. Ewert;P. Martre;P. Martre;R. P. Rötter

2444
Citations
Crop yield gaps: their importance, magnitudes, and causes.

David B. Lobell;Kenneth G. Cassman;Christopher B. Field

1919
Citations
Robust negative impacts of climate change on African agriculture

Wolfram Schlenker;David B Lobell

1907
Citations
Combining satellite imagery and machine learning to predict poverty

Neal Jean;Marshall Burke;Marshall Burke;Michael Xie;W. Matthew Davis

1770
Citations
Food security and food production systems

John R. Porter;Liyong Xie;Andrew J. Challinor;Kevern Cochrane

1658
Citations
Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials

David B. Lobell;Marianne Bänziger;Cosmos Magorokosho;Bindiganavile Vivek

1495
Citations
The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop Productivity

David B. Lobell;Sharon M. Gourdji

1474
Citations
Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa

Marshall B. Burke;Edward Miguel;Shanker Satyanath;John A. Dykema

1412
Citations
Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification

Jennifer A. Burney;Steven J. Davis;David B. Lobell

1404
Citations
Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation.

G. Bala;K. Caldeira;M. Wickett;T. J. Phillips

1209
Citations
Greater sensitivity to drought accompanies maize yield increase in the U.S. Midwest

David B. Lobell;Michael J. Roberts;Wolfram Schlenker;Noah Braun

1187
Citations
On the use of statistical models to predict crop yield responses to climate change

David B. Lobell;Marshall B. Burke;Marshall B. Burke

1159
Citations
Climate and Management Contributions to Recent Trends in U.S. Agricultural Yields

David B. Lobell;Gregory P. Asner

1131
Citations
The critical role of extreme heat for maize production in the United States

David B. Lobell;Graeme L. Hammer;Greg McLean;Carlos Messina

1115
Citations
Biomass energy: the scale of the potential resource.

Christopher B. Field;J. Elliott Campbell;David B. Lobell

1049
Citations
Radically rethinking agriculture for the 21st century.

N. V. Fedoroff;D. S. Battisti;R. N. Beachy;P. J. M. Cooper

990
Citations
Global scale climate–crop yieldrelationships and the impacts of recentwarming

David Lobell;Christopher Field

3
Citations