The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald C. Nelson sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 128 publications — 29th percentile
29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerald C. Nelson sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile
34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
Gerald C. Nelson is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. The primary focus of their research lies within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.
The main topics addressed in Nelson's research include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Climate Variability and Models, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, and Agricultural Risk and Resilience.
Nelson has contributed to various academic journals, frequently publishing in Global Change Biology, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Nature Food, Scientific Data, and PLoS ONE. Their work features a combination of empirical and modeling studies relevant to climate change and agricultural productivity.
Recent publications by Gerald C. Nelson include:
Frequent co-authors with whom Nelson has collaborated include Philip K. Thornton, Francisco Meza, Toshihiro Hasegawa, Hitomi Wakatsuki, and Aidan D. Farrell. These collaborations indicate a network of researchers concentrated on climate impacts related to agriculture and sustainability.
The combination of Nelson's research topics and collaborative efforts reflects an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and addressing the effects of climate variability and change on agricultural systems and food security.
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