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Plant Science and Agronomy
France
2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 99 171 163 1 1 347 34473

Hervé Cochard publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hervé Cochard between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hervé Cochard published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 11.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2012. 29 of the 414 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2012. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 4 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 5 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 20 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 15 publications
1990 2025

414 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hervé Cochard: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 1
1992 4
1993 3
1994 5
1995 0
1996 5
1997 3
1998 1
1999 5
2000 4
2001 12
2002 11
2003 6
2004 13
2005 8
2006 6
2007 9
2008 9
2009 17
2010 20
2011 19
2012 27
2013 25
2014 19
2015 19
2016 25
2017 14
2018 13
2019 14
2020 15
2021 18
2022 18
2023 16
2024 14
2025 15
Total 414
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Hervé Cochard 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 Hervé Cochard 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, 346–350 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: 347 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 12 347
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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Hervé Cochard 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 Hervé Cochard 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, 99 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: 99 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 99
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Xylem

Hervé Cochard focuses on Xylem, Botany, Transpiration, Hydraulic conductivity and Ecology. His Xylem research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Woody plant, Resistance, Cavitation, Mechanics and Quercus petraea. His Botany research includes elements of Soil science and Horticulture.

The concepts of his Transpiration study are interwoven with issues in Phytotron, Agronomy and Stomatal conductance. His work is dedicated to discovering how Hydraulic conductivity, Cultivar are connected with Water deficit and Fruit tree and other disciplines. The various areas that he examines in his Ecology study include Hydraulic efficiency and Scots pine.

His most cited work include:

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought (1256 citations)
  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought (1256 citations)
  • Biophysical Perspectives of Xylem Evolution: is there a Tradeoff of Hydraulic Efficiency for Vulnerability to Dysfunction? (497 citations)

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

Hervé Cochard mostly deals with Xylem, Botany, Horticulture, Hydraulic conductivity and Transpiration. His Xylem research integrates issues from Cavitation, Soil science, Ecology and Stomatal conductance. His study in the fields of Resistance, Phenotypic plasticity, Intraspecific competition and Adaptation under the domain of Ecology overlaps with other disciplines such as Context.

Borrowing concepts from Water transport, Hervé Cochard weaves in ideas under Botany. His Hydraulic conductivity study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Woody plant, Tracheid and Scots pine. Hervé Cochard works mostly in the field of Transpiration, limiting it down to topics relating to Agronomy and, in certain cases, Canopy.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Xylem (82.04%)
  • Botany (66.47%)
  • Horticulture (23.05%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Xylem (82.04%)
  • Ecology (26.65%)
  • Transpiration (25.15%)

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

Hervé Cochard mainly focuses on Xylem, Ecology, Transpiration, Botany and Embolism. Xylem is a subfield of Horticulture that Hervé Cochard explores. Hervé Cochard usually deals with Horticulture and limits it to topics linked to Cavitation and Flow.

His work in the fields of Ecology, such as Water use, Climate change, Intraspecific competition and Ecosystem, intersects with other areas such as Deserts and xeric shrublands. His Transpiration research incorporates elements of Hydraulic efficiency and Aquaporin. His Botany study frequently involves adjacent topics like X-ray microtomography.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species (269 citations)
  • Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species (269 citations)
  • Plant resistance to drought depends on timely stomatal closure. (212 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

His primary scientific interests are in Xylem, Ecology, Botany, Embolism and Resistance. His Xylem study is concerned with the field of Horticulture as a whole. His research on Ecology frequently links to adjacent areas such as Radial growth.

In general Botany, his work in Petiole and Pinitol is often linked to Water transport and Sugar linking many areas of study. Hervé Cochard focuses mostly in the field of Resistance, narrowing it down to topics relating to Arid and, in certain cases, Biomass, Pinus canariensis, Adaptation, Genetic variation and Phenotypic plasticity. The concepts of his Transpiration study are interwoven with issues in Hydraulic efficiency and Woody plant.

Best Publications

  • Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

    Brendan Choat;Steven Jansen;Tim J. Brodribb;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard

  • Hydraulic failure defines the recovery and point of death in water-stressed conifers

    Tim J. Brodribb;Hervé Cochard

  • An overview of models of stomatal conductance at the leaf level

    Gaëlle Damour;Thierry Simonneau;Hervé Cochard;Laurent Urban

  • Biophysical Perspectives of Xylem Evolution: is there a Tradeoff of Hydraulic Efficiency for Vulnerability to Dysfunction?

    Melvin T. Tyree;Stephen D. Davis;Hervè Cochard

  • Plant resistance to drought depends on timely stomatal closure.

    Nicolas Martin-StPaul;Sylvain Delzon;Hervé Cochard

  • Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

    Sean M. Gleason;Sean M. Gleason;Mark Westoby;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

  • Hanging by a thread? Forests and drought

    Timothy J. Brodribb;Jennifer Powers;Hervé Cochard;Brendan Choat

  • Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

    Unknown

  • Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

    Morgane Urli;Morgane Urli;Annabel J. Porté;Annabel J. Porté;Herve Cochard;Yann Guengant

  • A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

  • Hydraulic architecture of trees: main concepts and results

    Pierre Cruiziat;Hervé Cochard;Thierry Améglio

  • Decline of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance with Dehydration: Relationship to Leaf Size and Venation Architecture

    Christine Scoffoni;Michael Rawls;Athena McKown;Hervé Cochard

  • Unraveling the Effects of Plant Hydraulics on Stomatal Closure during Water Stress in Walnut

    Hervé Cochard;Lluis Coll;Xavier Le Roux;Thierry Améglio

  • Xylem dysfunction in Quercus: vessel sizes, tyloses, cavitation and seasonal changes in embolism

    Hervé Cochard;Melvin T. Tyree

  • Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

    Hervé Cochard;Eric Badel;Stéphane Herbette;Sylvain Delzon

  • Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe

    Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard;Maurizia Mencuccini;Frank Sterck

  • Use of positive pressures to establish vulnerability curves : further support for the air-seeding hypothesis and implications for pressure-volume analysis

    Hervé Cochard;Pierre Cruiziat;Melvin T. Tyree

  • Iso/Anisohydry: A Plant-Environment Interaction Rather Than a Simple Hydraulic Trait.

    Uri Hochberg;Fulton E. Rockwell;N. Michele Holbrook;Hervé Cochard

  • On the minimum leaf conductance: its role in models of plant water use, and ecological and environmental controls.

    Remko A. Duursma;Christopher J. Blackman;Rosana Lopéz;Rosana Lopéz;Nicolas K. Martin‐StPaul

  • Drought‐induced leaf shedding in walnut: evidence for vulnerability segmentation

    M.T. Tyrée;Hervé Cochard;P. Cruiziat;B. Sinclair

  • Evaluation of a new centrifuge technique for rapid generation of xylem vulnerability curves

    Hervé Cochard;Gaëlle Damour;Christian Bodet;Ibrahim Tharwat

  • Putative Role of Aquaporins in Variable Hydraulic Conductance of Leaves in Response to Light

    Hervé Cochard;Jean-Stéphane Venisse;Têtè Sévérien Barigah;Nicole Brunel

  • Whole tree hydraulic conductance and water loss regulation in Quercus during drought: evidence for stomatal control of embolism?

    Hervé Cochard;N Bréda;Agnès Granier

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvain Delzon
Sylvain Delzon University of Bordeaux
Stéphane Herbette
Stéphane Herbette Integrative Physics and Physiology of Fruit and Forest Trees
Thierry Ameglio
Thierry Ameglio INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Steven Jansen
Steven Jansen University of Ulm
José M. Torres-Ruiz
José M. Torres-Ruiz INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Régis Burlett
Régis Burlett University of Bordeaux
Stefan Mayr
Stefan Mayr University of Innsbruck
Brendan Choat
Brendan Choat Western Sydney University
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta Autonomous University of Barcelona
Timothy J. Brodribb
Timothy J. Brodribb University of Tasmania

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