2026 Gilles Lemaire: 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	66	867	798	22	21	181	17132

Gilles Lemaire 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 Gilles Lemaire sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 467+

This scientist: 181 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gilles Lemaire 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 Gilles Lemaire sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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
Agriculture
Agronomy

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Crop, Nitrogen cycle, Ecophysiology and Forestry. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Canopy and Botany. The concepts of his Crop study are interwoven with issues in Fertilizer, Crop yield, Leaf area index and Dry matter.

His Nitrogen cycle research incorporates themes from Agriculture, Soil water, Primary production, Ecosystem and Vegetation. As a part of the same scientific study, Gilles Lemaire usually deals with the Ecophysiology, concentrating on Nutrient and frequently concerns with Poaceae. His work deals with themes such as Nitrogen fertilizer, Zea mays and Grazing, which intersect with Forestry.

His most cited work include:

N uptake and distribution in crops: an agronomical and ecophysiological perspective (548 citations)
N Uptake and Distribution in Plant Canopies (457 citations)
Decline in Percentage N of C3 and C4 Crops with Increasing Plant Mass (444 citations)

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

Gilles Lemaire focuses on Agronomy, Agroforestry, Crop, Grazing and Shoot. His study focuses on the intersection of Agronomy and fields such as Canopy with connections in the field of Dry matter. The study incorporates disciplines such as Ecology, Grassland management, Sustainability, Grassland and Ecosystem services in addition to Agroforestry.

The Crop study combines topics in areas such as Fertilizer, Allometry, Biomass, Agriculture and Biomass. Gilles Lemaire has researched Grazing in several fields, including Stocking, Pasture and Cycling. His research on Shoot also deals with topics like

Medicago sativa that intertwine with fields like Horticulture,
Ecophysiology that intertwine with fields like Nutrient.

He most often published in these fields:

Agronomy (54.11%)
Agroforestry (24.66%)
Crop (20.55%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

Agronomy (54.11%)
Crop (20.55%)
Crop livestock (4.11%)

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

Gilles Lemaire mainly focuses on Agronomy, Crop, Crop livestock, Agriculture and Cropping. His study in Fertilizer, Crop yield, Biomass, Water-use efficiency and Pasture are all subfields of Agronomy. His Fertilizer research integrates issues from Soil water, Nutrient and Greenhouse gas.

He has included themes like Canopy and Shoot in his Biomass study. His Crop research includes elements of Biomass, Vegetative reproduction, Cultivar and Allometry. Gilles Lemaire interconnects Agroforestry, Stocking and Agricultural sustainability in the investigation of issues within Crop livestock.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

Integrated crop–livestock systems: Strategies to achieve synergy between agricultural production and environmental quality (284 citations)
Coupling carbon and nitrogen cycles for environmentally sustainable intensification of grasslands and crop-livestock systems (163 citations)
Quantifying crop nitrogen status for comparisons of agronomic practices and genotypes (83 citations)

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

Ecology
Agriculture
Botany

His main research concerns Agronomy, Crop, Cropping, Agriculture and Allometry. His work on Agronomy deals in particular with Biomass, Pasture, Tiller, Shoot and Crop rotation. His Pasture research incorporates elements of Canopy and Photosynthetically active radiation.

Many of his studies on Crop involve topics that are commonly interrelated, such as Fertilizer. In his study, Sustainability is inextricably linked to Environmental quality, which falls within the broad field of Agriculture. His studies in Allometry integrate themes in fields like Cultivar, Hybrid, Nitrate reductase, Biomass and Yield.

Best Publications

N uptake and distribution in crops: an agronomical and ecophysiological perspective

F. Gastal;G. Lemaire

1066
Citations
Integrated crop–livestock systems: Strategies to achieve synergy between agricultural production and environmental quality

Gilles Lemaire;Alan Franzluebbers;Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho;Benoît Dedieu

901
Citations
Diagnosis tool for plant and crop N status in vegetative stage Theory and practices for crop N management

Gilles Lemaire;Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy;François Gastal

899
Citations
Decline in Percentage N of C3 and C4 Crops with Increasing Plant Mass

D. J. Greenwood;G. Lemaire;G. Gosse;P. Cruz

839
Citations
N Uptake and Distribution in Plant Canopies

G. Lemaire;F. Gastal

810
Citations
Relationships between dynamics of nitrogen uptake and dry matter accumulation in maize crops. Determination of critical N concentration

Daniel Plénet;Gilles Lemaire

563
Citations
Coupling carbon and nitrogen cycles for environmentally sustainable intensification of grasslands and crop-livestock systems

Jean-François Soussana;Gilles Lemaire

463
Citations
Diagnosis of the Nitrogen Status in Crops

Gilles Lemaire

400
Citations
Relation entre dynamique de croissance et dynamique de prélèvement d'azote pour un peuplement de graminées fourragères. I. — Etude de l'effet du milieu

Gilles Lemaire;Jean Salette;Monique Sigogne;Jean-Pierre Terrasson

385
Citations
Leaf tissue turnover and efficiency of herbage utilization.

G. Lemaire;M. Agnusdei

380
Citations
Is crop N demand more closely related to dry matter accumulation or leaf area expansion during vegetative growth

Gilles Lemaire;Erik van Oosterom;John Sheehy;Marie Hélène Jeuffroy

333
Citations
Tiller dynamics of grazed swards.

C. Matthew;S. G. Assuero;C. K. Black;N. R. S. Hamilton

322
Citations
Growth Rate and % N of Field Grown Crops: Theory and Experiments

D. J. Greenwood;F. Gastal;G. Lemaire;A. Draycott

295
Citations
Production maximale de matière sèche et rayonnement solaire intercepté par un couvert végétal

Ghislain Gosse;Claude Varlet-Grancher;Raymond Bonhomme;Michel Chartier

288
Citations
A Modified Self-thinning Equation to Describe Size/Density Relationships for Defoliated Swards

C. Matthew;G. Lemaire;N.R.Sackville Hamilton;A. Hernandez-Garay

268
Citations
The effect of daily herbage allowance, herbage mass and animal factors upon herbage intake by grazing dairy cows

JL Peyraud;EA Comeron;MH Wade;G. Lemaire

255
Citations
Critical nitrogen concentrations: implications for high-yielding rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars in the tropics

J.E Sheehy;M.J.A Dionora;P.L Mitchell;S Peng

253
Citations
A Model of the Leaf Extension Rate of Tall Fescue in Response to Nitrogen and Temperature

F. Gastal;G. Belanger;G. Lemaire

239
Citations
The effect of nitrogen fertilization upon the herbage production of tall fescue swards continuously grazed with sheep. 1. Herbage growth dynamics

A. Mazzanti;G. Lemaire;F. Gastal

209
Citations
Grassland Ecophysiology and Grazing Ecology

Gilles Lemaire;J. Hodgson;A. de Moraes;C. Nabinger

205
Citations
Nitrogen and Carbon Flows Estimated by 15N and 13C Pulse-Chase Labeling during Regrowth of Alfalfa

J. C. Avice;A. Ourry;G. Lemaire;J. Boucaud

200
Citations
Grassland productivity and ecosystem services.

G. Lemaire;J. Hodgson;A. Chabbi

195
Citations