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Spain
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
89
Citations
34112
World Ranking
291
National Ranking
4

Elias Fereres 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 Elias Fereres sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 271 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.

Elias Fereres 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 Elias Fereres sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Spain Leader Award
  • 2000 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Botany
  • Ecology

His primary scientific interests are in Irrigation, Agronomy, Canopy, Deficit irrigation and Evapotranspiration. The Irrigation study combines topics in areas such as Agroforestry, Soil water, Water stress, Horticulture and Agricultural engineering. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Soil management, Surface runoff and Soil conservation.

His Canopy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Water use, Remote sensing and Stomatal conductance. Elias Fereres focuses mostly in the field of Deficit irrigation, narrowing it down to topics relating to Irrigation management and, in certain cases, Water conservation. The concepts of his Evapotranspiration study are interwoven with issues in Olive trees, Crop and Olea.

His most cited work include:

  • Deficit irrigation for reducing agricultural water use (1057 citations)
  • Deficit irrigation for reducing agricultural water use (1057 citations)
  • AquaCrop-The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: I. Concepts and Underlying Principles (820 citations)

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

Elias Fereres spends much of his time researching Irrigation, Agronomy, Deficit irrigation, Evapotranspiration and Canopy. His Irrigation study incorporates themes from Agriculture, Transpiration and Horticulture, Orchard. His biological study deals with issues like Soil water, which deal with fields such as Water content.

Elias Fereres combines subjects such as Water conservation, Low-flow irrigation systems, Water supply, Agricultural engineering and Irrigation scheduling with his study of Deficit irrigation. His Evapotranspiration research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Mediterranean climate, Water balance, Lysimeter and Drip irrigation. His Canopy study combines topics in areas such as Fruit tree, Leaf area index, Spatial variability, Stomatal conductance and Remote sensing.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Irrigation (63.95%)
  • Agronomy (50.68%)
  • Deficit irrigation (34.69%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Irrigation (63.95%)
  • Agronomy (50.68%)
  • Transpiration (24.49%)

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

Elias Fereres mainly investigates Irrigation, Agronomy, Transpiration, Agriculture and Deficit irrigation. Elias Fereres has included themes like Water scarcity, Water use, Evapotranspiration, Water supply and Orchard in his Irrigation study. His Evapotranspiration research incorporates elements of Water balance and San Joaquin.

Agronomy connects with themes related to Soil water in his study. In his study, Growing season, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Horticulture and Stomatal conductance is strongly linked to Canopy, which falls under the umbrella field of Transpiration. His research integrates issues of Water resource management, Climate change, Phenology and Water resources in his study of Agriculture.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions. (99 citations)
  • The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions. (99 citations)
  • Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein (97 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Botany

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Irrigation, Agriculture, Transpiration and Orchard. His primary area of study in Irrigation is in the field of Deficit irrigation. His Agriculture research integrates issues from Climate change and Water resources.

His Orchard research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Canopy and Yield. His Canopy study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Horticulture and Stomatal conductance. As part of the same scientific family, Elias Fereres usually focuses on Crop yield, concentrating on Agricultural engineering and intersecting with Crop simulation model and Geospatial analysis.

Best Publications

  • Deficit irrigation for reducing agricultural water use

    Elias Fereres;María Auxiliadora Soriano

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production

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

  • 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

  • Thermal and Narrowband Multispectral Remote Sensing for Vegetation Monitoring From an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

    J. Berni;P.J. Zarco-Tejada;L. Suarez;E. Fereres

  • 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

  • Water stress, growth, and osmotic adjustment

    T. C. Hsiao;E. Acevedo;E. Fereres;D. W. Henderson

  • 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

  • On the conservative behavior of biomass water productivity

    Pasquale Steduto;Theodore C. Hsiao;Elìas Fereres

  • Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods

    Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Senthold Asseng;Christoph Müller;Frank Ewert

  • Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein

    Senthold Asseng;Pierre Martre;Andrea Maiorano;Reimund P Rötter

  • Yield Responses of a Mature Olive Orchard to Water Deficits

    Alfonso Moriana;Francisco Orgaz;Miguel Pastor;Elias Fereres

  • Mapping canopy conductance and CWSI in olive orchards using high resolution thermal remote sensing imagery

    J.A.J. Berni;P.J. Zarco-Tejada;G. Sepulcre-Cantó;E. Fereres;E. Fereres

  • A systematic and quantitative approach to improve water use efficiency in agriculture

    Theodore C. Hsiao;Pasquale Steduto;Elias Fereres

  • Irrigation scheduling protocols using continuously recorded trunk diameter measurements

    David A. Goldhamer;Elias Fereres

  • Mapping crop water stress index in a ‘Pinot-noir’ vineyard: comparing ground measurements with thermal remote sensing imagery from an unmanned aerial vehicle

    J. Bellvert;P. J. Zarco-Tejada;J. Girona;E. Fereres;E. Fereres

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

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

  • Using high resolution UAV thermal imagery to assess the variability in the water status of five fruit tree species within a commercial orchard

    V. Gonzalez-Dugo;P. Zarco-Tejada;E. Nicolás;P. A. Nortes

  • The Physiology of Adaptation and Yield Expression in Olive

    D. J. Connor;D. J. Connor;E. Fereres

  • Stomatal and photosynthetic responses of olive (Olea europaea L.) leaves to water deficits

    A. Moriana;F. J. Villalobos;F. J. Villalobos;E. Fereres;E. Fereres

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco J. Villalobos
Francisco J. Villalobos University of Córdoba
Francisco Orgaz
Francisco Orgaz Spanish National Research Council
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada Spanish National Research Council
Victoria González-Dugo
Victoria González-Dugo Spanish National Research Council
Theodore C. Hsiao
Theodore C. Hsiao University of California, Davis
Ignacio J. Lorite
Ignacio J. Lorite Regional Government of Andalusia
José A. Gómez
José A. Gómez Spanish National Research Council
Dirk Raes
Dirk Raes KU Leuven
Andrew J. Challinor
Andrew J. Challinor University of Leeds
Joan Girona
Joan Girona Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

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