2026 Enzo Lombi: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	86	2541	2295	71	69	287	26094
Plant Science and Agronomy	90	281	262	27	26	267	30396

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Chemistry

2541

2295

287

26094

Plant Science and Agronomy

281

262

267

30396

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

26094

World Ranking

2541

National Ranking

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

30396

World Ranking

281

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Enzo Lombi is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental sciences and agricultural biological sciences, as reflected by a substantial number of publications in these fields. Lombi has contributed notably to the understanding of soil and water nutrient dynamics, plant micronutrient interactions, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and heavy metals in the environment.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, key subfields of their research are:

Plant Science
Pollution
Environmental Chemistry
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Soil Science

Lombi's work addresses a variety of topics, including:

Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Heavy metals in environment
Phosphorus and nutrient management
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Radioactive element chemistry and processing

The scientist has published frequently in these venues:

Environmental Science & Technology
Geoderma
SSRN Electronic Journal
The Science of The Total Environment
Chemosphere

Frequent collaborators associated with Enzo Lombi's research include:

Casey L. Doolette
Peter M. Kopittke
Gianluca Brunetti
Barbara Drigo
Brigid A. McKenna

Some of the recent papers featuring Lombi's work are:

Probing the nature of soil organic matter (2021), published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
Chemical Speciation and Distribution of Cadmium in Rice Grain and Implications for Bioavailability to Humans (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
Cellular binding, uptake and biotransformation of silver nanoparticles in human T lymphocytes (2021), published in Nature Nanotechnology
Insights into the fate of antimony (Sb) in contaminated soils: Ageing influence on Sb mobility, bioavailability, bioaccessibility and speciation (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
Use of X-ray tomography for examining root architecture in soils (2021), published in Geoderma

Best Publications

Arsenic fractionation in soils using an improved sequential extraction procedure

Walter W Wenzel;Natalie Kirchbaumer;Thomas Prohaska;Gerhard Stingeder

1611
Citations
Soil and the intensification of agriculture for global food security.

Peter M. Kopittke;Neal W. Menzies;Peng Wang;Brigid A. McKenna

1302
Citations
Nanotechnology: A New Opportunity in Plant Sciences

Peng Wang;Peng Wang;Enzo Lombi;Fang-Jie Zhao;Peter M. Kopittke

1018
Citations
Cellular compartmentation of cadmium and zinc in relation to other elements in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri.

Hendrik Küpper;Enzo Lombi;Fang Jie Zhao;Steve P. McGrath

894
Citations
Phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils: natural hyperaccumulation versus chemically enhanced phytoextraction.

E. Lombi;F.J. Zhao;S.J. Dunham;S.P. McGrath

854
Citations
Plant and rhizosphere processes involved in phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils

S. P. McGrath;F. J. Zhao;E. Lombi

791
Citations
Leaching of heavy metals from contaminated soils using EDTA

B Sun;F.J Zhao;E Lombi;S.P McGrath

712
Citations
Phytoremediation of metals, metalloids, and radionuclides

McGrath Sp;Zhao Fj;Lombi E

710
Citations
Assessing the potential for zinc and cadmium phytoremediation with the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

F.J. Zhao;E. Lombi;S.P. McGrath

569
Citations
Cadmium accumulation in populations of Thlaspi caerulescens and Thlaspi goesingense

E. Lombi;F. J. Zhao;S. J. Dunham;S. P. McGRATH

563
Citations
Nanoparticle Size and Coating Chemistry Control Foliar Uptake Pathways, Translocation, and Leaf-to-Rhizosphere Transport in Wheat

Astrid Avellan;Jie Yun;Yilin Zhang;Eleanor Spielman-Sun

552
Citations
In situ fixation of metals in soils using bauxite residue: chemical assessment

Enzo Lombi;Fang-Jie Zhao;Gangya Zhang;Bo Sun

523
Citations
Characteristics of cadmium uptake in two contrasting ecotypes of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

Fang‐Jie Zhao;Rebecca E. Hamon;Enzo Lombi;Mike J. McLaughlin

498
Citations
Constitutive Overexpression of the OsNAS Gene Family Reveals Single-Gene Strategies for Effective Iron- and Zinc-Biofortification of Rice Endosperm

Alexander A. T. Johnson;Alexander A. T. Johnson;Bianca Kyriacou;Bianca Kyriacou;Damien L. Callahan;Lorraine Carruthers

457
Citations
Cellular compartmentation of nickel in the hyperaccumulators Alyssum lesbiacum, Alyssum bertolonii and Thlaspi goesingense

Hendrik Küpper;Enzo Lombi;Fang Jie Zhao;Gerlinde Wieshammer

432
Citations
Zinc hyperaccumulation and cellular distribution in Arabidopsis halleri

F. J. Zhao;E. Lombi;T. Breedon;S. P. McGrath

431
Citations
Speciation and Localization of Arsenic in White and Brown Rice Grains

Andrew A. Meharg;Enzo Lombi;Paul N. Williams;Kirk G. Scheckel

416
Citations
Influence of Iron Status on Cadmium and Zinc Uptake by Different Ecotypes of the Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

Enzo Lombi;Kathryn L. Tearall;Jonathan R. Howarth;Fang-Jie Zhao

405
Citations
Arsenic distribution and speciation in the fronds of the hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata

Enzo Lombi;Fang‐Jie Zhao;Mark Fuhrmann;Lena Q. Ma

386
Citations
Field evaluation of Cd and Zn phytoextraction potential by the hyperaccumulators Thlaspi caerulescens and Arabidopsis halleri.

S.P. McGrath;E. Lombi;C.W. Gray;N. Caille

378
Citations
Physiological evidence for a high-affinity cadmium transporter highly expressed in a Thlaspi caerulescens ecotype

E. Lombi;F. J. Zhao;S. P. McGrath;S. D. Young

363
Citations
An inter-laboratory study to test the ability of amendments to reduce the availability of Cd, Pb, and Zn in situ.

Sally Brown;Barbara Christensen;Enzo Lombi;Mike McLaughlin

339
Citations
Plant and rhizosphere processes involved in phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils.

S. P. McGrath;F. J. Zhao;E. Lombi;D. S. Powlson

42
Citations