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Plant Science and Agronomy

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44
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2959
National Ranking
45

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Citations
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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.

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36 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.

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.

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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.

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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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