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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 57 1422 1303 375 326 142 13714
Ecology and Evolution 60 2271 2177 813 768 150 15246

H. Wayne Polley publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by H. Wayne Polley between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. H. Wayne Polley published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 4.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2013. 2 of the 159 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 2013. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1988 2025

159 publications in total across all disciplines

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H. Wayne Polley: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 4
1993 5
1994 1
1995 1
1996 3
1997 5
1998 2
1999 3
2000 3
2001 5
2002 7
2003 4
2004 4
2005 4
2006 4
2007 6
2008 2
2009 5
2010 4
2011 7
2012 6
2013 10
2014 6
2015 8
2016 7
2017 4
2018 9
2019 4
2020 6
2021 3
2022 10
2023 2
2024 1
2025 1
Total 159
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H. Wayne Polley 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 H. Wayne Polley sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–145 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 142 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176 142
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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H. Wayne Polley 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 H. Wayne Polley sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88 57
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Overview

H. Wayne Polley is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on topics related to ecology, soil dynamics, and agricultural systems.

The scientist has published extensively in fields such as nature and landscape conservation, ecology, global and planetary change, forestry, and soil science. Their work frequently appears in several publication venues including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ecosphere, Nature Communications, Ecology, and Biomass and Bioenergy.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by H. Wayne Polley include:

  • "Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Biotic homogenization destabilizes ecosystem functioning by decreasing spatial asynchrony," 2021, Ecology
  • "Soil depth and grassland origin cooperatively shape microbial community co-occurrence and function," 2020, Ecosphere
  • "Spectrally derived values of community leaf dry matter content link shifts in grassland composition with change in biomass production," 2020, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

H. Wayne Polley has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Philip A. Fay
  • Brian J. Wilsey
  • Robert B. Jackson
  • Katerina Georgiou
  • Olga Vindušková

The scientific output reflects a sustained engagement with ecological and agricultural research themes, addressing both theoretical and applied aspects of environmental and biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

    Forest Isbell;Dylan Craven;John Connolly;Michael Loreau

  • Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

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  • Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

    Forest Isbell;Paul R. Adler;Nico Eisenhauer;Dario Fornara

  • Biodiversity, productivity and the temporal stability of productivity: patterns and processes.

    Forest I. Isbell;H. Wayne Polley;Brian J. Wilsey

  • Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

    Dylan Craven;Nico Eisenhauer;William D. Pearse;Yann Hautier

  • Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

    J. A. Morgan;D. E. Pataki;Christian Körner;H. Clark

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass

    César Terrer;César Terrer;César Terrer;Robert B. Jackson;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan

  • Species richness and the temporal stability of biomass production: A new analysis of recent biodiversity experiments

    Kevin Gross;Bradley J. Cardinale;Jeremy W. Fox;Andrew Gonzalez

  • Nonlinear grassland responses to past and future atmospheric CO 2

    Richard A. Gill;Richard A. Gill;H. Wayne Polley;Hyrum B. Johnson;Laurel J. Anderson;Laurel J. Anderson

  • Climate Change and North American Rangelands: Trends, Projections, and Implications

    H. Wayne Polley;David D. Briske;Jack A. Morgan;Klaus Wolter

  • Predicting ecosystem stability from community composition and biodiversity

    Claire de Mazancourt;Claire de Mazancourt;Forest Isbell;Forest Isbell;Allen Larocque;Frank Berendse

  • Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought

    Dylan Craven;Forest Isbell;Pete Manning;John Connolly

  • Implications of Atmospheric and Climatic Change for Crop Yield and Water Use Efficiency

    H. Wayne Polley

  • Patterns of Plant Species Diversity in Remnant and Restored Tallgrass Prairies

    H. Wayne Polley;Justin D. Derner;Brian J. Wilsey

  • Do species evenness and plant density influence the magnitude of selection and complementarity effects in annual plant species mixtures

    H. Wayne Polley;Brian J. Wilsey;Justin D. Derner

  • Dominant Species Constrain Effects of Species Diversity on Temporal Variability in Biomass Production of Tallgrass Prairie

    H. Wayne Polley;Brian J. Wilsey;Justin D. Derner

  • Leaf isoprene emission rate as a function of atmospheric CO2 concentration

    Michael J. Wilkinson;Russell K. Monson;Russell K. Monson;Nicole Trahan;Stanfield Lee

  • Viewpoint: atmospheric CO2, soil water, and shrub/grass ratios on rangelands.

    H.W. Polley;H.S. Mayeux;H.B. Johnson;C.R. Tischler

  • Climate change and North American rangelands: Assessment of mitigation and adaptation strategies

    Linda A. Joyce;David D. Briske;Joel R. Brown;H. Wayne Polley

  • Increasing CO2 and plant-plant interactions: effects on natural vegetation

    Hyrum B. Johnson;H. Wayne Polley;Herman S. Mayeux

  • Gas exchange and photosynthetic acclimation over subambient to elevated CO2 in a C3–C4 grassland

    Laurel J. Anderson;Hafiz Maherali;Hyrum B. Johnson;H. Wayne Polley

  • Co-occurring woody species have diverse hydraulic strategies and mortality rates during an extreme drought.

    Daniel M. Johnson;Jean-Christophe Domec;Jean-Christophe Domec;Z. Carter Berry;Z. Carter Berry;Amanda M. Schwantes

  • Climate-change adaptation on rangelands: linking regional exposure with diverse adaptive capacity

    David D Briske;Linda A Joyce;H Wayne Polley;Joel R Brown

  • Increasing CO2: Comparative Responses of the C4 Grass Schizachyrium and Grassland Invader Prosopis

    H. Wayne Polley;Hyrum B. Johnson;Herman S. Mayeux

  • Reductions in grassland species evenness increase dicot seedling invasion and spittle bug infestation

    Brian J. Wilsey;H. Wayne Polley

  • The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity

    Peter Backlund;Anthony C. Janetos;David Schimel;Jerry Hatfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip A. Fay
Philip A. Fay Agricultural Research Service
Brian J. Wilsey
Brian J. Wilsey Iowa State University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Justin D. Derner
Justin D. Derner Agricultural Research Service
Virginia L. Jin
Virginia L. Jin US Department of Agriculture
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Forest Isbell
Forest Isbell University of Minnesota
Kirsten S. Hofmockel
Kirsten S. Hofmockel Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jack A. Morgan
Jack A. Morgan Agricultural Research Service
Derek W. Bailey
Derek W. Bailey New Mexico State University

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