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Dirk Raes

Dirk Raes

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 56 1487 1364 15 15 202 57099

Dirk Raes publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dirk Raes between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dirk Raes published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2009. 6 of the 261 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2009. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 25 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 1 publication 2021: 6 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 5 publications
1970 2025

261 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dirk Raes: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 2
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 4
1996 1
1997 0
1998 2
1999 0
2000 9
2001 14
2002 15
2003 15
2004 7
2005 9
2006 19
2007 10
2008 21
2009 25
2010 9
2011 18
2012 14
2013 9
2014 11
2015 5
2016 6
2017 7
2018 2
2019 1
2020 1
2021 6
2022 6
2023 4
2024 1
2025 5
Total 261
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Dirk Raes 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 Dirk Raes sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 201–205 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 202 publications — 78th percentile

78% 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 71 202
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
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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Dirk Raes 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 Dirk Raes sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 56 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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 56
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
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Statistics
  • Ecology

His primary areas of study are Soil water, Irrigation, Agronomy, Hydrology and Evapotranspiration. His study in Agronomy focuses on Crop yield and Deficit irrigation. His Deficit irrigation research includes elements of Agroforestry, Agricultural engineering, Chenopodium quinoa and Agriculture.

Within one scientific family, Dirk Raes focuses on topics pertaining to Lysimeter under Hydrology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Surface irrigation. His Crop coefficient and Blaney–Criddle equation investigations are all subjects of Evapotranspiration research. The study incorporates disciplines such as Consumptive water use, Irrigation statistics, Atmometer and Irrigation management in addition to Blaney–Criddle equation.

His most cited work include:

  • Crop evapotranspiration : guidelines for computing crop water requirements (15397 citations)
  • AquaCrop-The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: I. Concepts and Underlying Principles (820 citations)
  • Green roofs as a tool for solving the rainwater runoff problem in the urbanized 21st century (640 citations)

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

Dirk Raes mainly focuses on Agronomy, Irrigation, Hydrology, Crop and Deficit irrigation. His Agronomy research focuses on Crop residue and how it connects with Conventional tillage, Soil quality and No-till farming. His Irrigation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Agriculture, Agricultural engineering, Environmental engineering and Water resource management.

As a part of the same scientific family, Dirk Raes mostly works in the field of Hydrology, focusing on Soil water and, on occasion, Canopy and Water content. His Deficit irrigation research focuses on Irrigation statistics in particular. His research in Evapotranspiration is mostly concerned with Crop coefficient.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (31.73%)
  • Irrigation (27.40%)
  • Hydrology (24.52%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?

  • Agronomy (31.73%)
  • Crop (17.31%)
  • Crop yield (12.98%)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Crop, Crop yield, Irrigation and Soil water. Dirk Raes combines subjects such as Canopy and Soil fertility with his study of Agronomy. His studies in Crop integrate themes in fields like Agroforestry and Decision support system.

His Crop yield research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Agriculture, Crop residue, Tillage, Conventional tillage and Crop coefficient. His work carried out in the field of Agriculture brings together such families of science as Agricultural engineering, Catchment hydrology and Water resources. Dirk Raes studies Hydrology, namely Evapotranspiration.

Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Crop evapotranspiration estimation with FAO56: Past and future (276 citations)
  • Crop yield response to water (273 citations)
  • AquaCrop: FAO'S crop water productivity and yield response model * (110 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

His main research concerns Agronomy, Crop yield, Canopy, Crop and Crop coefficient. The concepts of his Canopy study are interwoven with issues in Biomass and Soil water. As part of the same scientific family, Dirk Raes usually focuses on Biomass, concentrating on Phenology and intersecting with Evapotranspiration.

His work in Evapotranspiration covers topics such as Animal science which are related to areas like Climate change. His work carried out in the field of Crop coefficient brings together such families of science as Soil science, Land use, Intercropping, Drainage and Soil salinity. His Deficit irrigation research integrates issues from Soil management, Fertilizer and Eragrostis.

Best Publications

  • Crop evapotranspiration : guidelines for computing crop water requirements

    Richard G. Allen;Luis S. Pereira;Dirk Raes;Martin Smith

  • AquaCrop-The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: I. Concepts and Underlying Principles

    Pasquale Steduto;Theodore C. Hsiao;Dirk Raes;Elias Fereres

  • Deficit irrigation as an on-farm strategy to maximize crop water productivity in dry areas

    Sam Geerts;Dirk Raes

  • AquaCrop — The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: II. Main Algorithms and Software Description

    Dirk Raes;Pasquale Steduto;Theodore C. Hsiao;Elias Fereres

  • Green roofs as a tool for solving the rainwater runoff problem in the urbanized 21st century

    Jeroen Mentens;Dirk Raes;Martin Hermy

  • Crop yield response to water

    Pasquale Steduto;Theodore C. Hsiao;Elias Fereres;Dirk Raes

  • AquaCrop—The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: III. Parameterization and Testing for Maize

    Theodore C. Hsiao;Lee Heng;Pasquale Steduto;Basilio Rojas-Lara

  • Crop evapotranspiration estimation with FAO56: Past and future

    Luis S. Pereira;Richard G. Allen;Martin Smith;Dirk Raes

  • Revised FAO Procedures for Calculating Evapotranspiration: Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56 with Testing in Idaho

    Richard G. Allen;Martin Smith;Luis S. Pereira;Dirk Raes

  • A recommendation on standardized surface resistance for hourly calculation of reference ETo by the FAO56 Penman-Monteith method

    Richard G. Allen;William O. Pruitt;James L. Wright;Terry A. Howell

  • FAO-56 Dual Crop Coefficient Method for Estimating Evaporation from Soil and Application Extensions

    Richard G. Allen;Luis S. Pereira;Martin Smith;Dirk Raes

  • AquaCrop: FAO'S crop water productivity and yield response model *

    Eline Vanuytrecht;Dirk Raes;Pasquale Steduto;Theodore C. Hsiao

  • Plant-water relationships and growth strategies of Jatropha curcas L. seedlings under different levels of drought stress

    Wouter Maes;Wouter Mj Achten;Bert Reubens;Dirk Raes

  • Dynamics of reference evapotranspiration in the Bolivian highlands (Altiplano)

    Magali Garcia;Dirk Raes;Rick Allen;Carlos Herbas

  • Sediment deposition and pedogenesis in exclosures in the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

    Katrien Descheemaeker;Jan Nyssen;Joni Rossi;Jean Poesen

  • AquaCrop-OS: An open source version of FAO’s crop water productivity model

    T. Foster;T. Foster;N. Brozović;A.P. Butler;C.M.U. Neale

  • Runoff on slopes with restoring vegetation: A case study from the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

    Katrien Descheemaeker;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Dirk Raes

  • Analysis of rainfall onset, cessation and length of growing season for western Kenya

    Edward M. Mugalavai;Emmanuel C. Kipkorir;Dirk Raes;Manchiraju S. Rao

  • Simulation of yield decline as a result of water stress with a robust soil water balance model

    Dirk Raes;Sam Geerts;Emmanuel Kipkorir;Joost Wellens

  • Global sensitivity analysis of yield output from the water productivity model

    Eline Vanuytrecht;Dirk Raes;Patrick Willems

  • Simulating Yield Response of Quinoa to Water Availability with AquaCrop

    Sam Geerts;Dirk Raes;Magali Garcia;Roberto Miranda

Frequent Co-Authors

Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Elias Fereres
Elias Fereres University of Córdoba
Bram Govaerts
Bram Govaerts International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Theodore C. Hsiao
Theodore C. Hsiao University of California, Davis
Mitiku Haile
Mitiku Haile Mekelle University
Nele Verhulst
Nele Verhulst International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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