2026 Emmanuel Frossard: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	92	254	238	9	9	466	25619

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Emmanuel Frossard is a researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, with a focus on agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science. Their research spans several main topics and subfields, contributing to the understanding of plant and soil dynamics, nutrient management, and environmental chemistry.

The main fields of study for Frossard include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science

Subfields of study encompass:

Plant Science
Soil Science
Environmental Chemistry
Ecology
Pollution

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as:

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Heavy metals in environment
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Phosphorus and nutrient management
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Frossard illustrate the focus and scope of their work:

"Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
"Estimates of mean residence times of phosphorus in commonly considered inorganic soil phosphorus pools," 2020, Biogeosciences
"Understanding soil selenium accumulation and bioavailability through size resolved and elemental characterization of soil extracts," 2022, Nature Communications
"Transdisciplinary co-creation increases the utilization of knowledge from sustainable development research," 2022, Environmental Science & Policy
"Repeated drying and rewetting differently affect abiotic and biotic soil phosphorus (P) dynamics in a sandy soil: A 33P soil incubation study," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Frossard frequently publishes in scientific venues such as:

Biogeosciences
Geoderma
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Regular collaborators in the scientist's body of work include:

Astrid Oberson
Federica Tamburini
Timothy I. McLaren
Julian Helfenstein
Delwendé Innocent Kiba

Emmanuel Frossard's research contributes broadly to understanding nutrient cycling, soil ecology, and sustainable agricultural practices through multidisciplinary investigations and collaboration within the fields of environmental and agricultural sciences.

Best Publications

Processes governing phosphorus availability in temperate soils

E. Frossard;L. M. Condron;A. Oberson;S. Sinaj

787
Citations
Potential for increasing the content and bioavailability of Fe, Zn and Ca in plants for human nutrition.

Emmanuel Frossard;Marcel Bucher;Felix Mächler;Ahmad Mozafar

775
Citations
Diversity and structure of AMF communities as affected by tillage in a temperate soil.

Jansa J;Mozafar A;Anken T;Ruh R

690
Citations
Grass―legume mixtures can yield more nitrogen than legume pure stands due to mutual stimulation of nitrogen uptake from symbiotic and non-symbiotic sources

Daniel Nyfeler;Olivier Huguenin-Elie;Matthias Suter;Emmanuel Frossard

470
Citations
SOIL TILLAGE AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN MAIZE ROOTS

J. Jansa;A. Mozafar;G. Kuhn;T. Anken

452
Citations
Reactions controlling the cycling of P in soils

E. Frossard;Michel Brossard;M.J. Hedley;A. Metherell

397
Citations
Strong mixture effects among four species in fertilized agricultural grassland led to persistent and consistent transgressive overyielding

Daniel Nyfeler;Olivier Huguenin‐Elie;Matthias Suter;Emmanuel Frossard

383
Citations
Phosphorus Transformations in an Oxisol under contrasting land-use systems: The role of the soil microbial biomass

Astrid Oberson;Dennis Keith Friesen;Idupulapati Madhusudana Rao;S. Bühler

376
Citations
Low-P tolerance by maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes: Significance of root growth, and organic acids and acid phosphatase root exudation

Alain Gaume;Felix Mächler;Carlos De León;Luis Narro

350
Citations
Organic phosphorus in the environment

Benjamin L. Turner;Emmanuel Frossard;Darren S. Baldwin

341
Citations
Phosphorus in action : biological processes in soil phosphorus cycling

Else K. Bünemann;Astrid Oberson;Emmanuel Frossard

333
Citations
Assessing the intensity of temperate European agriculture at the landscape scale

Felix Herzog;B. Steiner;Debra Bailey;Jacques Baudry

328
Citations
Influence of sulfur on apparent N-use efficiency, yield and quality of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) grown on a calcareous soil

J Fismes;P.C Vong;A Guckert;E Frossard

291
Citations
Microbial community composition and substrate use in a highly weathered soil as affected by crop rotation and P fertilization

E.K. Bunemann;Deborah A. Bossio;P.C. Smithson;Emmanuel Frossard

289
Citations
Chemical nature of organic phosphorus in cultivated and uncultivated soils under different environmental conditions

L. M. Condron;E. Frossard;H. Tiessen;R. H. Newman

267
Citations
Basal organic phosphorus mineralization in soils under different farming systems

Fritz Oehl;Emmanuel Frossard;Andreas Fliessbach;David Dubois

253
Citations
Release of phenols from Lupinus albus L. roots exposed to Cu and their possible role in Cu detoxification

Christoph Jung;Valérie Maeder;Felix Funk;Beat Frey

233
Citations
Long-distance transport of P and Zn through the hyphae of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in symbiosis with maize

Jan Jansa;Ahmad Mozafar;Emmanuel Frossard

233
Citations
Soil phoD and phoX alkaline phosphatase gene diversity responds to multiple environmental factors.

Sabine A. Ragot;Michael A. Kertesz;Éva Mészáros;Emmanuel Frossard

232
Citations
Utilization of soil organic phosphorus by higher plants.

A. E. Richardson;T. S. George;M. Hens;R. J. Simpson

231
Citations
Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil.

Julian Helfenstein;Federica Tamburini;Christian von Sperber;Christian von Sperber;Michael S. Massey

231
Citations
Kinetics of microbial phosphorus uptake in cultivated soils

Fritz Oehl;Astrid Oberson;Mirijam Probst;Andreas Fliessbach

230
Citations
Phosphorus Acquisition Strategies within Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community of a Single Field Site

Jan Jansa;Ahmad Mozafar;Emmanuel Frossard

221
Citations
Chemical and Biological Gradients along the Damma Glacier Soil Chronosequence, Switzerland

Stefano M. Bernasconi;Andreas Bauder;Bernard Bourdon;Ivano Brunner

217
Citations
Enzymatic hydrolysis of organic phosphorus.

H. Quiquampoix;D. Mousain;B. L. Turner;E. Frossard

210
Citations