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D-Index
50
Citations
10649
World Ranking
4928
National Ranking
217

Guy Richard 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 Guy Richard sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 193 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Guy Richard 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 Guy Richard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Guy Richard is affiliated with INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) in France. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science, General Health Professions, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers various topics including:

  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Soil Management and Crop Yield
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

Guy Richard has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication platforms being:

  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • iScience
  • Data in Brief
  • INRAE

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Guy Richard include:

  • "Seedbed structure of major field crops as affected by cropping systems and climate: Results of a 15-year field trial," 2020, Soil and Tillage Research
  • "Can genome editing help transitioning to agroecology?", 2024, iScience
  • "Effect of cropping systems and climate on soil physical characteristics, field crop emergence and yield: A dataset from a 19-year field experiment," 2021, Data in Brief
  • "Principes de conduite des expertises et des études scientifiques collectives menées en éclairage des politiques et du débat publics: Version 2," 2021, INRAE
  • "État des connaissances sur la contribution des technologies d'édition du génome à l'amélioration des plantes pour la transition agroécologique et l'adaptation au changement climatique.", 2022, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Guy Richard frequently collaborates with several co-authors, advancing research through ongoing partnerships. Notable collaborators include:

  • Regina Dashkina
  • Catherine Donnars
  • Anaïs Tibi
  • Sophie Leenhardt
  • Sophie Le Perchec

Best Publications

  • Electrical resistivity survey in soil science: a review .

    Anatja Samouëlian;Anatja Samouëlian;Isabelle Cousin;Alain Tabbagh;Ary Bruand

  • STICS : a generic model for the simulation of crops and their water and nitrogen balances. I. Theory, and parameterization applied to wheat and corn

    Nadine Brisson;Bruno Mary;Dominique Ripoche;Marie Hélène Jeuffroy

  • Complexed organic matter controls soil physical properties

    A.R. Dexter;G. Richard;D. Arrouays;E.A. Czyż

  • Effect of compaction on the porosity of a silty soil: influence on unsaturated hydraulic properties

    G. Richard;I. Cousin;J. F. Sillon;A. Bruand

  • A new analytical framework of farming system and agriculture model diversities. A review

    Olivier Therond;Michel Duru;Jean Roger-Estrade;Guy Richard

  • Tillage and soil ecology: Partners for sustainable agriculture

    Jean Roger-Estrade;Christel Anger;Michel Bertrand;Guy Richard

  • A user-friendly water retention function that takes account of the textural and structural pore spaces in soil

    A.R. Dexter;E.A. Czyż;G. Richard;A. Reszkowska

  • A review of tillage effects on crop residue management, seedbed conditions and seedling establishment

    J Guérif;G Richard;C Dürr;J.M Machet

  • Models of soil compaction due to traffic and their evaluation

    P Defossez;G Richard

  • Estimation of runoff critical shear stress for soil erosion from soil shear strength

    J Léonard;G Richard

  • Carbon, nitrogen and microbial gradients induced by plant residues decomposing in soil

    V. Gaillard;C. Chenu;S. Recous;G. Richard

  • A method for predicting soil susceptibility to the compaction of surface layers as a function of water content and bulk density.

    K. Saffih-Hdadi;P. Défossez;G. Richard;Y.-J. Cui

  • SoilFlex: A model for prediction of soil stresses and soil compaction due to agricultural field traffic including a synthesis of analytical approaches

    Thomas Keller;Pauline Défossez;Peter Weisskopf;Johan Arvidsson

  • A social–ecological approach to managing multiple agro-ecosystem services

    Françoise Lescourret;Danièle Magda;Guy Richard;Anne-Françoise Adam-Blondon

  • The effect of tillage type and cropping system on earthworm communities, macroporosity and water infiltration

    Yvan Capowiez;Stéphane Cadoux;Pierre Bouchant;Stéphane Ruy

  • Electrical Resistivity Imaging for Detecting Soil Cracking at the Centimetric Scale

    Anatja Samouëlian;Isabelle Cousin;Guy Richard;Alain Tabbagh

  • Morphological characterisation of soil structure in tilled fields: from a diagnosis method to the modelling of structural changes over time

    Jean Roger-Estrade;Guy Richard;Jacques Caneill;H. Boizard

  • A regional experiment suggests that soil texture is a major control of N2O emissions from tile-drained winter wheat fields during the fertilization period

    Jiangxin Gu;Bernard Nicoullaud;Philippe Rochette;Agnes Grossel

  • Structural heterogeneity of the soil tilled layer as characterized by 2D electrical resistivity surveying

    A. Besson;I. Cousin;A. Samouëlian;H. Boizard

  • The place of agricultural sciences in the literature on ecosystem services

    Elise Tancoigne;Marc Barbier;Jean-Philippe Cointet;Guy Richard

  • Modeling change in soil compaction due to agricultural traffic as function of soil water content

    P. Défossez;G. Richard;H. Boizard;M.F. O'Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Roger-Estrade
Jean Roger-Estrade Agro ParisTech
Anthony R. Dexter
Anthony R. Dexter Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation
Bruno Mary
Bruno Mary INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Pierre Cellier
Pierre Cellier University of Paris-Saclay
Yu-Jun Cui
Yu-Jun Cui École des Ponts ParisTech
Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy
Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sylvie Recous
Sylvie Recous INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Philippe Rochette
Philippe Rochette Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
André Chanzy
André Chanzy University of Avignon
Nadine Brisson
Nadine Brisson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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