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D-Index
54
Citations
9577
World Ranking
1723
National Ranking
455

Frank Forcella 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 Frank Forcella sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 200 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank Forcella 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 Frank Forcella sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy

Frank Forcella mainly focuses on Agronomy, Weed, Weed control, Seedling and Dormancy. Agronomy is often connected to Agriculture in his work. His Weed study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Conventional tillage, Crop and Arable land.

He combines topics linked to Sowing with his work on Weed control. His research investigates the connection between Germination and topics such as Soil water that intersect with issues in Microclimate. His study looks at the relationship between Seed dormancy and topics such as Water potential, which overlap with Growing degree-day.

His most cited work include:

  • Modeling seedling emergence (415 citations)
  • Environmental control of dormancy in weed seed banks in soil (414 citations)
  • Implications of weed seedbank dynamics to weed management (230 citations)

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

Frank Forcella focuses on Agronomy, Weed, Weed control, Crop and Seedling. His research brings together the fields of Cuphea and Agronomy. Frank Forcella focuses mostly in the field of Weed, narrowing it down to matters related to Germination and, in some cases, Soil water.

Frank Forcella works mostly in the field of Weed control, limiting it down to topics relating to Agroforestry and, in certain cases, Agriculture and Cropping system, as a part of the same area of interest. In Crop, Frank Forcella works on issues like Cuphea viscosissima, which are connected to Temperate climate, Habit and Indeterminate growth. His biological study deals with issues like Water potential, which deal with fields such as Soil temperature.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (81.29%)
  • Weed (51.61%)
  • Weed control (32.90%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Agronomy (81.29%)
  • Cover crop (6.45%)
  • Camelina (7.10%)

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

His main research concerns Agronomy, Cover crop, Camelina, Weed control and Camelina sativa. His Agronomy study focuses mostly on Chenopodium, Fertilizer, Crop rotation and Tillage. His Weed control study incorporates themes from Weed and Organic farming.

In his papers, Frank Forcella integrates diverse fields, such as Weed and Relay. His work carried out in the field of Camelina sativa brings together such families of science as Yield and Cuphea, Cuphea viscosissima, Cuphea lanceolata. His work focuses on many connections between Cuphea viscosissima and other disciplines, such as Seedling, that overlap with his field of interest in Germination.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Economics and agronomics of relay-cropping pennycress and Camelina with Soybean in Minnesota (15 citations)
  • Reduced Potential for Nitrogen Loss in Cover Crop-Soybean Relay Systems in a Cold Climate. (14 citations)
  • Winter camelina seed yield and quality responses to harvest time (14 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Statistics

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Cover crop, Camelina sativa, Camelina and Crop. The various areas that he examines in his Agronomy study include Cuphea viscosissima and Pollinator. His Cover crop research focuses on Thlaspi arvense and how it relates to Agriculture, Cropping, Raphanus and Forage.

The Camelina sativa study combines topics in areas such as Cuphea, Cuphea lanceolata, Pollen, Pollination and Beneficial insects. His studies in Camelina integrate themes in fields like Secale and Sowing. His Crop study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Agroforestry, Growing degree-day, Yield and Growing season.

Best Publications

  • Modeling seedling emergence

    Frank Forcella;Roberto L. Benech Arnold;Rudolfo Sanchez;Claudio M. Ghersa

  • Environmental control of dormancy in weed seed banks in soil

    Roberto L Benech-Arnold;Rodolfo A Sánchez;Frank Forcella;Betina C Kruk

  • Implications of weed seedbank dynamics to weed management

    Douglas D. Buhler;Robert G. Hartzler;Frank Forcella

  • Rapid canopy closure for maize production in the northern US corn belt: Radiation-use efficiency and grain yield

    M.E. Westgate;F. Forcella;D.C. Reicosky;J. Somsen

  • Weed Seedbanks of the U.S. Corn Belt: Magnitude, Variation, Emergence, and Application

    Frank Forcella;Robert G. Wilson;Karen A. Renner;Jack H. Dekker

  • Crop Species Diversity Changes in the United States: 1978-2012

    Jonathan Aguilar;Greta G. Gramig;John R. Hendrickson;David W. Archer

  • Prediction of weed seedling densities from buried seed reserves.

    F. Forcella

  • Weed seed bank emergence across the Corn Belt

    Frank Forcella;Robert G. Wilson;Jack Dekker;Robert J. Kremer

  • Estimation of Crop Yield Loss Due to Interference by Multiple Weed Species

    Scott M. Swinton;Douglas D. Buhler;Frank Forcella;Jeffrey L. Gunsolus

  • Using pennycress, camelina, and canola cash cover crops to provision pollinators

    Carrie A. Eberle;Matthew D. Thom;Kristine T. Nemec;Frank Forcella

  • Real-time assessment of seed dormancy and seedling growth for weed management

    Frank Forcella

  • Declines in pinyon pine cone production associated with regional warming

    Miranda D. Redmond;Frank Forcella;Nichole N. Barger

  • Seedling emergence model for velvetleaf

    Frank Forcella

  • Spatial and temporal stability of weed populations over five years

    Nathalie Colbach;Frank Forcella;Gregg A. Johnson

  • Estimating hourly incoming solar radiation from limited meteorological data

    Kurt Spokas;Frank Forcella

  • Application of Weed Seedbank Ecology to Low-Input Crop Management.

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  • Integrating measurements of seed availability and removal to estimate weed seed losses due to predation

    Paula R. Westerman;Matt Liebman;Andrew H. Heggenstaller;Frank Forcella

  • Genetically Modified Crops and Farmland Biodiversity

    Les G. Firbank;Frank Forcella

  • Influence of crop rotation, tillage, and management inputs on weed seed production

    George O. Kegode;Frank Forcella;Sharon Clay

  • WEED SEED POPULATIONS IN RIDGE AND CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE

    Frank Forcella;Michael J. Lindstrom

  • WeedTurf: a predictive model to aid control of annual summer weeds in turf

    Roberta Masin;Maria Clara Zuin;David W. Archer;Frank Forcella

  • Stability of corn ( Zea mays )- foxtail ( Setaria spp.) interference relationships

    John L. Lindquist;David A. Mortensen;Philip Westra;W. J. Lambert

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon A. Clay
Sharon A. Clay South Dakota State University
David W. Archer
David W. Archer Agricultural Research Service
Douglas D. Buhler
Douglas D. Buhler Michigan State University
Kurt A. Spokas
Kurt A. Spokas United States Department of Agriculture
Adam S. Davis
Adam S. Davis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donald L. Wyse
Donald L. Wyse University of Minnesota
David E. Clay
David E. Clay South Dakota State University
John L. Lindquist
John L. Lindquist University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jane M. F. Johnson
Jane M. F. Johnson US Department of Agriculture
John Cardina
John Cardina The Ohio State University

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