2026 Esteban G. Jobbágy: 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	61	1126	1032	5	5	182	29040
Ecology and Evolution	71	1275	1217	5	5	230	32613

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Argentina Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Argentina Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Argentina Leader Award
2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Esteban G. Jobbágy is affiliated with the National University of San Luis in Argentina and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans a range of interconnected subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, and Soil Science.

The main topics covered by their research include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jobbágy cover diverse themes and are published in various well-known journals:

Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Ten facts about land systems for sustainability, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat, 2020, Conservation Letters
Agroecology in Large Scale Farming-A Research Agenda, 2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Agricultural acceleration of soil carbonate weathering, 2020, Global Change Biology

Frequent coauthors contributing to Jobbágy's publications include Marcelo D. Nosetto, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Patricio N. Magliano, María Poca, and George Castellanos.

The scientist's work appears frequently in leading publication venues such as Ecología Austral, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Hydrology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Recognition of Jobbágy's contributions is reflected in awards such as Fellowship of the American Geophysical Union awarded in 2018 and Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND ITS RELATION TO CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

6349
Citations
Trading water for carbon with biological carbon sequestration

Robert B. Jackson;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Roni Avissar;Somnath Baidya Roy

1577
Citations
The distribution of soil nutrients with depth: Global patterns and the imprint of plants

Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

1405
Citations
Effects of afforestation on water yield: a global synthesis with implications for policy

Kathleen A. Farley;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

1328
Citations
Ecosystem carbon loss with woody plant invasion of grasslands.

Robert B. Jackson;Jay L. Banner;Esteban G. Jobbágy;William T. Pockman;William T. Pockman

1237
Citations
Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth

Ying Fan;Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

1220
Citations
Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future

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1018
Citations
The climate of Patagonia: general patterns and controls on biotic processes

José M. Paruelo;Adriana Beltrán;Esteban Jobbágy;Osvaldo E. Sala

793
Citations
Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: theory and data synthesis

Osvaldo E. Sala;Laureano A. Gherardi;Lara Reichmann;Esteban Jobbágy

670
Citations
THE UPLIFT OF SOIL NUTRIENTS BY PLANTS: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES ACROSS SCALES

Esteban G. Jobbágy;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

633
Citations
A global meta-analysis of soil exchangeable cations, pH, carbon, and nitrogen with afforestation.

Sean T. Berthrong;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

599
Citations
BELOWGROUND CONSEQUENCES OF VEGETATION CHANGE AND THEIR TREATMENT IN MODELS

R. B. Jackson;H. J. Schenk;H. J. Schenk;E. G. Jobbágy;J. Canadell

525
Citations
Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

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522
Citations
Pathways of Grazing Effects on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen

Gervasio Piñeiro;José M. Paruelo;Martín Oesterheld;Esteban G. Jobbágy

480
Citations
Protecting climate with forests

Robert B. Jackson;James T. Randerson;Josep G. Canadell;Ray G. Anderson

476
Citations
Ecological and environmental footprint of 50 years of agricultural expansion in Argentina

Ernesto F. Viglizzo;Ernesto F. Viglizzo;Ernesto F. Viglizzo;Federico C. Frank;Federico C. Frank;Lorena V. Carreño;Esteban G. Jobbágy

427
Citations
Rooting depth, water availability, and vegetation cover along an aridity gradient in Patagonia

Ernst-Detlef Schulze;Harold A. Mooney;O. E. Sala;E. Jobbagy

408
Citations
PATTERNS AND CONTROLS OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE: A REMOTE SENSING APPROACH†

Esteban G. Jobbágy;Osvaldo E. Sala;José M. Paruelo

356
Citations
Groundwater use and salinization with grassland afforestation

Esteban G. Jobbágy;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

334
Citations
Land-use change and water losses: the case of grassland afforestation across a soil textural gradient in central Argentina

Marcelo D. Nosetto;Marcelo D. Nosetto;Esteban G. Jobbágy;José M. Paruelo

322
Citations
CONTROLS OF GRASS AND SHRUB ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION IN THE PATAGONIAN STEPPE

Esteban G. Jobbágy;Osvaldo E. Sala

307
Citations
The hydrologic consequences of land cover change in central Argentina

M.D. Nosetto;M.D. Nosetto;E.G. Jobbágy;A.B. Brizuela;A.B. Brizuela;R.B. Jackson

296
Citations
Global controls of forest line elevation in the northern and southern hemispheres

Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

286
Citations