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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 44 2959 2752 45 40 120 9805
Environmental Sciences 47 5693 5457 18 18 150 10901

Eli Zaady publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eli Zaady between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eli Zaady published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2016. 20 of the 172 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2016. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 8 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 3 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 10 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 8 publications
1986 2025

172 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eli Zaady: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 0
1993 2
1994 1
1995 1
1996 3
1997 1
1998 3
1999 1
2000 3
2001 3
2002 6
2003 3
2004 2
2005 1
2006 8
2007 1
2008 3
2009 4
2010 8
2011 2
2012 5
2013 6
2014 8
2015 5
2016 18
2017 9
2018 8
2019 7
2020 1
2021 10
2022 8
2023 8
2024 12
2025 8
Total 172
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Eli Zaady publications per year - data summary

  • Eli Zaady, a Plant Science and Agronomy scholar from Agricultural Research Organization, has 172 publications recorded across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1986 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2016, with 18 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 40 years in the span carry no publications at all (1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992).
  • The rate of publication averages 4.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 4.8 per year counting only the 36 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 46 publications, 27% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1986-1999: 15 publications (1.1 per year); 2000-2013: 55 publications (3.9 per year); 2014-2025: 102 publications (8.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Eli Zaady 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 Eli Zaady 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, 116–120 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: 120 publications — 40th percentile

40% 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
116–120 253 120
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
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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Eli Zaady publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 6,494 Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 88 ranges running from 36–40 to 467+ publications.
  • Eli Zaady, a Plant Science and Agronomy scholar from Agricultural Research Organization, records 120 publications - the 40th percentile of the discipline.
  • 40% of ranked Plant Science and Agronomy scientists score the same or lower than Eli Zaady, and about 60% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 136–140 publications range, and Eli Zaady ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 111–115 publications, holding 255 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 55% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 141–145 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 467 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Eli Zaady 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 Eli Zaady 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, 44 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: 44 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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 44
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
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Eli Zaady D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 6,494 Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 80 ranges running from 30 to 109+ D-Index.
  • Eli Zaady, a Plant Science and Agronomy scholar from Agricultural Research Organization, records 44 D-Index - the 55th percentile of the discipline.
  • 55% of ranked Plant Science and Agronomy scientists score the same or lower than Eli Zaady, and about 45% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 43 D-Index range, and Eli Zaady ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 34 D-Index, holding 288 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 66% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (2% of the field).

Overview

Eli Zaady is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Organization in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science, with considerable work published in both fields.

The scientist's subfields of study include:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Pollution

Main topics covered by their research are:

  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Eli Zaady has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
  • Pankaj Trivedi
  • Fernando D. Alfaro
  • David J. Eldridge
  • Yu-Rong Liu

Their work has appeared commonly in publication venues such as:

  • Agronomy
  • Nature Communications
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment
  • Land Degradation and Development

Some of Eli Zaady's recent papers include:

  • Global homogenization of the structure and function in the soil microbiome of urban greenspaces, 2021, Science Advances
  • Global hotspots for soil nature conservation, 2022, Nature
  • Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide, 2023, Nature Communications
  • The global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome, 2022, Microbiome

Best Publications

  • Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;José L. Quero;Nicholas J. Gotelli;Adrián Escudero

  • Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in global drylands

    Fernando T. Maestre;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Thomas C. Jeffries;David J. Eldridge

  • Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Antonio Gallardo;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

    Unknown

  • Infiltration through three contrasting biological soil crusts in patterned landscapes in the Negev, Israel

    D.J Eldridge;Eli Zaady;Moshe Shachak

  • Light asymmetry explains the effect of nutrient enrichment on grassland diversity.

    Niv DeMalach;Eli Zaady;Ronen Kadmon

  • Global homogenization of the structure and function in the soil microbiome of urban greenspaces

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;David J. Eldridge;Yu-Rong Liu;Blessing Sokoya

  • Global hotspots for soil nature conservation

    Unknown

  • Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands

    Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso;David J. Eldridge;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Santiago Soliveres

  • Soil biodiversity supports the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces

    Unknown

  • Patterns of CO2 exchange in biological soil crusts of successional age

    Eli Zaady;Uwe Kuhn;Burkhard Wilske;Lisseth Sandoval-Soto

  • Patterns and Controls on Nitrogen Cycling of Biological Soil Crusts

    Nichole N. Barger;Bettina Weber;Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Eli Zaady

  • Infiltration, penetration resistance and microphytic crust composition in contrasted microsites within a Mediterranean semi-arid steppe

    Fernando T Maestre;Mayte Huesca;Eli Zaady;Susana Bautista

  • Soil functions and ecosystem services in conventional, conservation, and integrated agricultural systems. A review

    Ilan Stavi;Golan Bel;Eli Zaady

  • Nitrogen fixation in macro- and microphytic patches in the Negev desert

    Eli Zaady;Peter Groffman;Moshe Shachak;Moshe Shachak

  • Soil contamination in nearby natural areas mirrors that in urban greenspaces worldwide

    Unknown

  • The germination of mucilaginous seeds of t Plantago coronopus, Reboudia pinnata, and t Carrichtera annua on cyanobacterial soil crust from the Negev Desert

    Eli Zaady;Yitzchak Gutterman;Bertrand Boeken

  • Litter as a regulator of N and C dynamics in macrophytic patches in Negev desert soils

    Eli Zaady;Peter M. Groffman;Moshe Shachak

  • Size asymmetry of resource competition and the structure of plant communities

    Niv DeMalach;Eli Zaady;Jacob Weiner;Ronen Kadmon

  • The effect of microphytes on the spectral reflectance of vegetation in semiarid regions

    Arnon Karnieli;Moshe Shachak;Haim Tsoar;Eli Zaady

  • Biochemical Aspects of Fumaric Acid Accumulation by Rhizopus arrhizus.

    William Kenealy;Eli Zaady;James C. du Preez;Barry Stieglitz

  • Climate and soil attributes determine plant species turnover in global drylands

    Werner Ulrich;Santiago Soliveres;Fernando T. Maestre;Nicholas J. Gotelli

  • Assessment of the spatial distribution of soil microbial communities in patchy arid and semi-arid landscapes of the Negev Desert using combined PLFA and DGGE analyses.

    Eric A. Ben-David;Eli Zaady;Yoni Sher;Ali Nejidat

  • Microphytic crusts, shrub patches and water harvesting in the Negev Desert: the Shikim system

    David J. Eldridge;Eli Zaady;Moshe Shachak

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Shachak
Moshe Shachak Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Arnon Karnieli
Arnon Karnieli Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
David J. Eldridge
David J. Eldridge University of New South Wales
Fernando T. Maestre
Fernando T. Maestre King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Matthew A. Bowker
Matthew A. Bowker Northern Arizona University
José Luis Quero
José Luis Quero University of Córdoba
Julio R. Gutiérrez
Julio R. Gutiérrez University of La Serena
Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald
Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Santiago Soliveres
Santiago Soliveres University of Alicante

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