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D-Index
95
Citations
40466
World Ranking
203
National Ranking
17

David S. Ellsworth 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 S. Ellsworth sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 225 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Ellsworth 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 S. Ellsworth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David S. Ellsworth is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The central topics of their work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Tree-ring climate responses, Plant and animal studies, and Climate variability and models.

Recent significant publications by David S. Ellsworth and collaborators include the following papers:

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Extreme heat increases stomatal conductance and drought-induced mortality risk in vulnerable plant species, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Global response patterns of plant photosynthesis to nitrogen addition: A meta-analysis, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • A Simple Method for Simulating Drought Effects on Plants, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Stomatal responses of terrestrial plants to global change, 2023, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David S. Ellsworth include:

  • Kristine Y. Crous
  • Belinda E. Medlyn
  • Mark G. Tjoelker
  • Martin G. De Kauwe
  • Renée M. Marchin

Their research contributions have been published most prominently in the following venues:

  • New Phytologist
  • Tree Physiology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • From tropics to tundra: global convergence in plant functioning

    Peter B. Reich;Michael B. Walters;David S. Ellsworth

  • Leaf Life-Span in Relation to Leaf, Plant, and Stand Characteristics among Diverse Ecosystems

    Peter B Reich;M B Walters;D S Ellsworth

  • GENERALITY OF LEAF TRAIT RELATIONSHIPS: A TEST ACROSS SIX BIOMES

    Peter B. Reich;David S. Ellsworth;Michael B. Walters;James M. Vose

  • Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO 2 -enriched atmosphere

    Ram Oren;David S Ellsworth;David S Ellsworth;Kurt H Johnsen;Nathan C. Phillips

  • Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;Derek Eamus;David S. Ellsworth

  • Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2

    Peter B. Reich;Sarah E. Hobbie;Tali Lee;David S. Ellsworth

  • Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance history and climate on carbon and water budgets in evergreen needleleaf forests

    Peter E Thornton;Beverley E Law;Henry L Gholz;Kenneth L Clark

  • Temperature response of parameters of a biochemically based model of photosynthesis. II. A review of experimental data

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;E. Dreyer;D. Ellsworth;M. Forstreuter

  • Canopy structure and vertical patterns of photosynthesis and related leaf traits in a deciduous forest.

    D. S. Ellsworth;P. B. Reich

  • Tree and forest functioning in an enriched CO2 atmosphere

    Henrik Saxe;David S. Ellsworth;James Heath

  • Functional responses of plants to elevated atmospheric CO2– do photosynthetic and productivity data from FACE experiments support early predictions?

    Robert S. Nowak;David S. Ellsworth;Stanley D. Smith

  • Leaf lifespan as a determinant of leaf structure and function among 23 amazonian tree species.

    P. B. Reich;C. Uhl;M. B. Walters;D. S. Ellsworth

  • Plant diversity enhances ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition

    Peter Bernard Reich;Jean Knops;David Tilman;Joseph M Craine

  • Leaf structure (specific leaf area) modulates photosynthesis–nitrogen relations: evidence from within and across species and functional groups

    P. B. Reich;D. S. Ellsworth;M. B. Walters

  • Relationships of leaf dark respiration to leaf nitrogen, specific leaf area and leaf life-span: a test across biomes and functional groups.

    Peter B. Reich;Michael B. Walters;David S. Ellsworth;James M. Vose

  • Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

    Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

    Anthony P. Walker;Martin G. De Kauwe;Ana Bastos;Soumaya Belmecheri

  • Different photosynthesis-nitrogen relations in deciduous hardwood and evergreen coniferous tree species.

    P. B. Reich;M. B. Walters;B. D. Kloeppel;D. S. Ellsworth

  • A free‐air enrichment system for exposing tall forest vegetation to elevated atmospheric CO2

    George R. Hendrey;David S. Ellsworth;Keith F. Lewin;JohN. Nagy

  • Why are non-photosynthetic tissues generally 13C enriched compared with leaves in C3 plants? Review and synthesis of current hypotheses.

    Lucas A. Cernusak;Guillaume Tcherkez;Claudia Keitel;William K. Cornwell

  • Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: From the geological past to the next century

    Peter J Franks;Mark A Adams;Jeffrey S. Amthor;Margaret M Barbour

  • Photosynthesis, carboxylation and leaf nitrogen responses of 16 species to elevated pCO2 across four free‐air CO2 enrichment experiments in forest, grassland and desert

    David S Ellsworth;Peter B Reich;Elke S Naumburg;George W Koch

  • Forest water use and water use efficiency at elevated CO2: a model‐data intercomparison at two contrasting temperate forest FACE sites

    Martin G. De Kauwe;Belinda E. Medlyn;Soenke Zaehle;Anthony P. Walker

  • Leaf mass per area, nitrogen content and photosynthetic carbon gain in Acer saccharum seedlings in contrasting forest light environments

    D. S. Ellsworth;P. B. Reich

  • Belowground carbon allocation in forests estimated from litterfall and IRGA-based soil respiration measurements

    E.A Davidson;K Savage;P Bolstad;D.A Clark

  • Leaf gas exchange responses of 13 prairie grassland species to elevated CO2 and increased nitrogen supply

    Tali D. Lee;Mark G. Tjoelker;David S. Ellsworth;Peter B. Reich

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Kristine Y. Crous
Kristine Y. Crous Western Sydney University
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University
David T. Tissue
David T. Tissue Western Sydney University
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Teresa E. Gimeno
Teresa E. Gimeno Basque Centre for Climate Change
Remko A. Duursma
Remko A. Duursma Western Sydney University
Mark G. Tjoelker
Mark G. Tjoelker Western Sydney University
Craig V. M. Barton
Craig V. M. Barton Western Sydney University

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