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D-Index
58
Citations
11079
World Ranking
1361
National Ranking
96

Erwin Beck 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 Erwin Beck sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 242 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Erwin Beck 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 Erwin Beck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

His primary areas of study are Botany, Biochemistry, Horticulture, Photosynthesis and Chloroplast. His Botany study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Frost and Starch. His Enzyme, Dephosphorylation, Incubation and Pronase study, which is part of a larger body of work in Biochemistry, is frequently linked to Electron donor, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His work carried out in the field of Horticulture brings together such families of science as Celtis africana and Celtis. His studies deal with areas such as Lichen, Organelle and Cyanide as well as Photosynthesis. His Chloroplast research integrates issues from Carbon fixation, Chlorophyll, Spinach and HEPES.

His most cited work include:

  • Sorghum and salinity. II. Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of sorghum under salt stress (359 citations)
  • Specific and unspecific responses of plants to cold and drought stress. (320 citations)
  • Biosynthesis and Degradation of Starch in Higher Plants (313 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Biochemistry, Ecology, Photosynthesis and Agronomy. His Botany study frequently links to related topics such as Horticulture. His Biochemistry study typically links adjacent topics like Chromatography.

Erwin Beck specializes in Ecology, namely Ecosystem. Photosynthesis is frequently linked to Biophysics in his study. Erwin Beck has researched Chloroplast in several fields, including Chlorophyll and Spinach.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (31.30%)
  • Biochemistry (16.79%)
  • Ecology (14.12%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2021)?

  • Ecology (14.12%)
  • Biodiversity (5.73%)
  • Botany (31.30%)

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

Erwin Beck mainly focuses on Ecology, Biodiversity, Botany, Ecosystem and Agronomy. His studies in Biodiversity integrate themes in fields like Climate change, Land use and Ecosystem services. His Botany research includes themes of Genetically modified crops and Embryo.

The concepts of his Ecosystem study are interwoven with issues in Biomass, Evapotranspiration, Biogeochemical cycle and Threatened species. Erwin Beck combines subjects such as Bracken and Canopy with his study of Agronomy. His Shoot research integrates issues from Nutrient and Germination.

Between 2009 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Plant Desiccation Tolerance (82 citations)
  • Regeneration of seven indigenous tree species in a dry Afromontane forest, southern Ethiopia (67 citations)
  • Afforestation or intense pasturing improve the ecological and economic value of abandoned tropical farmlands (59 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

His primary areas of study are Botany, Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Agronomy and Setaria sphacelata. Erwin Beck integrates Botany with Podocarpus in his study. His Biodiversity study combines topics in areas such as Deforestation, Effects of global warming, Greenhouse gas, Global change and Rainforest.

His Ecosystem services study also includes fields such as

  • Environmental resource management which is related to area like Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystem, Total human ecosystem, Ecosystem valuation and Ecosystem health,
  • Afforestation and related Landscape diversity, Agriculture, Ecological succession and Disturbance. His research integrates issues of Eucalyptus, Canopy, Woody plant and Pinus patula in his study of Agronomy. His study in the fields of Photoprotection under the domain of Photosynthesis overlaps with other disciplines such as Chamaegigas.

Best Publications

  • Specific and unspecific responses of plants to cold and drought stress.

    Erwin H Beck;Sebastian Fettig;Claudia Knake;Katja Hartig

  • Sorghum and salinity. II. Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of sorghum under salt stress

    Godfrey Wafula Netondo;John Collins Onyango;Erwin Beck

  • Biosynthesis and Degradation of Starch in Higher Plants

    Erwin Beck;Paul Ziegler

  • Sorghum and salinity: I. Response of growth, water relations, and ion accumulation to NaCl salinity

    Godfrey Wafula Netondo;John Collins Onyango;Erwin Beck

  • Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador

    Erwin Beck;Jörg Bendix;Ingrid Kottke;Franz Makeschin

  • Plant resistance to cold stress: mechanisms and environmental signals triggering frost hardening and dehardening.

    Erwin H. Beck;Richard Heim;Jens Hansen

  • H2O2 destruction by ascorbate-dependent systems from chloroplasts

    Dieter Groden;Erwin Beck

  • Seasonal changes in the utilization and turnover of assimilation products in 8-year-old scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees

    Jens Hansen;Erwin Beck

  • Crosstalk between auxin, cytokinins, and sugars in the plant cell cycle.

    Katja Hartig;Erwin Beck

  • Seasonal changes in structure and function of spruce chloroplasts.

    Margot Senser;Franz Schötz;Erwin Beck

  • Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in a tropical evergreen mountain rain forest

    J. Bendix;J. Homeier;E. Cueva Ortiz;P. Emck

  • Regeneration of seven indigenous tree species in a dry Afromontane forest, southern Ethiopia

    Getachew Tesfaye;Demel Teketay;Masresha Fetene;Erwin Beck

  • Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem — a Synthesis

    E. Beck;I. Kottke;J. Bendix;F. Makeschin

  • Cytokinins in the perennial herb Urtica dioica L. as influenced by its nitrogen status

    Bernd M. Wagner;Erwin Beck

  • Plant Desiccation Tolerance

    Ulrich Lüttge;Erwin Beck;Dorothea Bartels

  • Exotic trees as nurse-trees for the regeneration of natural tropical forests

    Senbeta Feyera;Erwin Beck;Ulrich Lüttge

  • Afforestation or intense pasturing improve the ecological and economic value of abandoned tropical farmlands

    Thomas Knoke;Jörg Bendix;Perdita Pohle;Ute Hamer

  • Maize Root Phytase (Purification, Characterization, and Localization of Enzyme Activity and Its Putative Substrate)

    Frank Hübel;Erwin Beck

  • The Ecosystem (Reserva Biológica San Francisco)

    E. Beck;F. Makeschin;F. Haubrich;M. Richter

  • Frost hardening and photosynthetic performance of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) needles: I. Seasonal changes in the photosynthetic apparatus and its function

    Gerd Vogg;Richard Heim;Jens Hansen;C. Schäfer

  • Regulation of shoot/root ratio by cytokinins from roots in Urtica dioica : Opinion

    Erwin H. Beck

  • The fate and path of assimilation products in the stem of 8-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees

    Jens Hansen;Erwin Beck

  • Growth and alkaloid contents in leaves of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf (Apocynaceae) as influenced by light intensity, water and nutrient supply.

    M. Höft;R. Verpoorte;Erwin Beck

  • Reasons for an outstanding plant diversity in the tropical Andes of southern Ecuador.

    Michael Richter;Karl-Heinz Diertl;Paul Emck;Thorsten Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Bendix
Jörg Bendix Philipp University of Marburg
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Renate Scheibe
Renate Scheibe Osnabrück University
Nina Buchmann
Nina Buchmann ETH Zurich
Stephan Clemens
Stephan Clemens University of Bayreuth
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen University of Freiburg
Otto Kandler
Otto Kandler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ulrich Lüttge
Ulrich Lüttge Technical University of Darmstadt
Miroslav Strnad
Miroslav Strnad Palacký University, Olomouc
Ingrid Kottke
Ingrid Kottke University of Tübingen

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