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D-Index
67
Citations
14437
World Ranking
2006
National Ranking
824

Gregory W. McCarty publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gregory W. McCarty sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 233 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Gregory W. McCarty D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gregory W. McCarty sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 80th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gregory W. McCarty is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States and specializes in environmental science with a focus on hydrology and watershed management. Their research spans multiple subfields, including ecology, global and planetary change, water science and technology, environmental engineering, and environmental chemistry.

The primary research topics addressed by McCarty include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

McCarty has published extensively in scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
  • Remote Sensing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Using NASA Earth observations and Google Earth Engine to map winter cover crop conservation performance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed" (2020) published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Estimating the effect of winter cover crops on nitrogen leaching using cost-share enrollment data, satellite remote sensing, and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) modeling" (2020) published in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
  • "Mapping Forested Wetland Inundation in the Delmarva Peninsula, USA Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Comparative analysis of water budgets across the U.S. long-term agroecosystem research network" (2020) published in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Uncertainty assessment of multi-parameter, multi-GCM, and multi-RCP simulations for streamflow and non-floodplain wetland (NFW) water storage" (2021) published in Journal of Hydrology

Collaborations are a notable part of McCarty's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Xuesong Zhang (18 publications)
  • Glenn E. Moglen (17 publications)
  • Ling Du (12 publications)
  • Megan Lang (10 publications)
  • Cathleen J. Hapeman (9 publications)

Best Publications

  • The impact of agricultural soil erosion on the global carbon cycle

    K. Van Oost;T. A. Quine;G. Govers;S. De Gryze

  • Mid-Infrared and Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy for Soil Carbon Measurement

    G. W. McCarty;J. B. Reeves;V. B. Reeves;R. F. Follett

  • Acquisition of NIR-Green-Blue Digital Photographs from Unmanned Aircraft for Crop Monitoring

    E. Raymond Hunt;W. Dean Hively;Stephen J. Fujikawa;David S. Linden

  • Modes of action of nitrification inhibitors

    G. W. McCarty

  • Effect of freeze-thaw events on mineralization of soil nitrogen

    T. H. DeLuca;D. R. Keeney;G. W. McCarty

  • Evaluating the relationship between biomass, percent groundcover and remote sensing indices across six winter cover crop fields in Maryland, United States.

    Kusuma Prabhakara;W. Dean Hively;Gregory W. McCarty

  • Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Agricultural Soils

    J. B. Reeves;G. W. McCarty;J. J. Meisinger

  • The potential of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for the determination of carbon inventories in soils.

    J. Reeves;G. McCarty;T. Mimmo

  • Soil and soil organic carbon redistribution on the landscape

    Jerry C. Ritchie;Gregory W. McCarty;Erik R. Venteris;T.C. Kaspar

  • Mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for the quantitative analysis of agricultural soils.

    James B. Reeves;Gregory W. Mccarty;Valerie B. Reeves

  • Denitrification and N mineralization from hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa Roth) and rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crop monocultures and bicultures

    R.C. Rosecrance;R.C. Rosecrance;G.W. McCarty;D.R. Shelton;J.R. Teasdale

  • Impact of soil movement on carbon sequestration in agricultural ecosystems.

    G.W. McCarty;J.C. Ritchie

  • Near- and mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for measuring soil metal content.

    Grzegorz Siebielec;Gregory W. McCarty;Tomasz I. Stuczynski;James B. Reeves

  • Short-term Changes in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools during Tillage Management Transition

    G. W. McCarty;N. N. Lyssenko;J. L. Starr

  • COMPARISON OF NEAR INFRARED AND MID INFRARED DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY FOR FIELD-SCALE MEASUREMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY PARAMETERS

    Gregory W. McCarty;James B. Reeves

  • Effects of Soil Structure Disturbance on Mineralization of Organic Soil Nitrogen

    H. L. Kristensen;G. W. McCarty;J. J. Meisinger

  • Denitrification capacity and denitrification potential of subsurface soils

    J. C. Yeomans;J. M. Bremner;G. W. McCarty

  • Availability of organic carbon for denitrification of nitrate in subsoils

    G. W. McCarty;J. M. Bremner

  • 137Cesium and soil carbon in a small agricultural watershed

    Jerry C Ritchie;Gregory W McCarty

  • Phytotoxicity of foliar-applied urea.

    Michael J. Krogmeier;Gregory W. McCarty;John M. Bremner

  • Denitrification and degassing in groundwater estimated from dissolved dinitrogen and argon

    G. Blicher-Mathiesen;G.W. McCarty;L.P. Nielsen

  • A MODIS-based burned area assessment for Russian croplands: Mapping requirements and challenges

    Joanne V. Hall;Tatiana V. Loboda;Louis Giglio;Gregory W. McCarty

  • Analysis of manure and soil nitrogen mineralization during incubation.

    Francisco J. Calderón;Francisco J. Calderón;Gregory W. McCarty;James B. Reeves

  • Can near or mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy be used to determine soil carbon pools?

    James B. Reeves;Ronald F. Follett;Gregory W. McCarty;John M. Kimble

  • Evaluation of coal combustion byproducts as soil liming materials: their influence on soil pH and enzyme activities

    R. Siddaramappa;R. J. Wright;E. E. Codling;G. Gao

  • Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics During Incubation of Manured Soil

    Francisco J. Calderón;Gregory W. McCarty;Jo Ann S. Van Kessel;James B. Reeves

Frequent Co-Authors

J. M. Bremner
J. M. Bremner Iowa State University
Ali M. Sadeghi
Ali M. Sadeghi Agricultural Research Service
Xuesong Zhang
Xuesong Zhang Agricultural Research Service
Daniel R. Shelton
Daniel R. Shelton Agricultural Research Service
Jerry C. Ritchie
Jerry C. Ritchie Agricultural Research Service
Laura L. McConnell
Laura L. McConnell Bayer (United States)
Craig S. T. Daughtry
Craig S. T. Daughtry Agricultural Research Service
Martha C. Anderson
Martha C. Anderson Agricultural Research Service
E. Raymond Hunt
E. Raymond Hunt Agricultural Research Service
Yakov A. Pachepsky
Yakov A. Pachepsky Agricultural Research Service

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