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Emmanuel Frossard

Emmanuel Frossard

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Switzerland
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
92
Citations
25619
World Ranking
254
National Ranking
9

Emmanuel Frossard 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 Emmanuel Frossard sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 466 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Emmanuel Frossard 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 Emmanuel Frossard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 92 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 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

  • 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

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

    Jansa J;Mozafar A;Anken T;Ruh R

  • 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

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

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

  • Reactions controlling the cycling of P in soils

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Organic phosphorus in the environment

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

  • Phosphorus in action : biological processes in soil phosphorus cycling

    Else K. Bünemann;Astrid Oberson;Emmanuel Frossard

  • Assessing the intensity of temperate European agriculture at the landscape scale

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Basal organic phosphorus mineralization in soils under different farming systems

    Fritz Oehl;Emmanuel Frossard;Andreas Fliessbach;David Dubois

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Utilization of soil organic phosphorus by higher plants.

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

  • 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

  • Kinetics of microbial phosphorus uptake in cultivated soils

    Fritz Oehl;Astrid Oberson;Mirijam Probst;Andreas Fliessbach

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

    Jan Jansa;Ahmad Mozafar;Emmanuel Frossard

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

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

  • Enzymatic hydrolysis of organic phosphorus.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Astrid Oberson
Astrid Oberson ETH Zurich
Else K. Bünemann
Else K. Bünemann Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Jan Jansa
Jan Jansa Czech Academy of Sciences
Paul Mäder
Paul Mäder Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
Idupulapati M. Rao
Idupulapati M. Rao Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Rainer Schulin
Rainer Schulin ETH Zurich
Beat Frey
Beat Frey Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Ivano Brunner
Ivano Brunner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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