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D-Index
48
Citations
8132
World Ranking
2420
National Ranking
80

Hervé Sinoquet 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 Sinoquet sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 134 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hervé Sinoquet 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 Sinoquet sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% 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
  • Botany
  • Optics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Ecology, Spatial distribution, Canopy and Fruit tree. Botany is closely attributed to Horticulture in his research. The study incorporates disciplines such as Plant science and Plant development in addition to Ecology.

His Canopy research incorporates elements of Lacunarity, Discretization and Interception. He has included themes like Virtual image, Fractal and Vegetation in his Interception study. His Fruit tree research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Visual comparison, Canopy architecture and Ray tracing.

His most cited work include:

  • An overview of the crop model STICS (719 citations)
  • Functional-structural plant modelling. (227 citations)
  • Functional-structural plant modelling. (227 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Canopy, Botany, Interception, Horticulture and Photosynthesis. Hervé Sinoquet has researched Canopy in several fields, including Leaf area index, Agronomy, Atmospheric sciences, Photosynthetically active radiation and Remote sensing. His Interception study is associated with Ecology.

His work in the fields of Ecology, such as Soil water and Temporal scales, overlaps with other areas such as Plant models. Hervé Sinoquet combines subjects such as Morning and Irradiance with his study of Horticulture. His Transpiration, Photosynthetic capacity and Ecophysiology study, which is part of a larger body of work in Photosynthesis, is frequently linked to Chemistry, bridging the gap between disciplines.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Canopy (36.75%)
  • Botany (33.33%)
  • Interception (31.62%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2019)?

  • Interception (31.62%)
  • Botany (33.33%)
  • Canopy (36.75%)

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

Hervé Sinoquet mainly focuses on Interception, Botany, Canopy, Horticulture and Tree canopy. His Interception research includes elements of Scale, Juglans, Biological system and Agronomy. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Biomass, Dispersion and Evapotranspiration.

His Canopy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Soil science, Fruit tree, Leaf area index, Crown and Orchard. His Fruit tree study combines topics in areas such as Ecology, Sustainability, Allometry and Agricultural engineering. The Horticulture study combines topics in areas such as Photosynthesis and Fagus sylvatica.

Between 2005 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Does shade improve light interception efficiency? A comparison among seedlings from shade‐tolerant and ‐intolerant temperate deciduous tree species (55 citations)
  • A new spectrogoniophotometer to measure leaf spectral and directional optical properties (54 citations)
  • Three-dimensional reconstruction of partially 3D-digitized peach tree canopies (54 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Optics

Hervé Sinoquet mainly investigates Interception, Botany, Canopy, Horticulture and Biological system. His research integrates issues of Fruit tree and Water use, Agronomy in his study of Interception. His Botany research integrates issues from Biomass, Transmittance and Atmospheric sciences.

Hervé Sinoquet interconnects Soil science, Leaf area index, Agricultural engineering, Sustainability and Crown in the investigation of issues within Canopy. His work on Shoot, Cultivar and Seedling as part of general Horticulture research is often related to Aceraceae, thus linking different fields of science. The concepts of his Biological system study are interwoven with issues in Tree, Scale and Representation.

Best Publications

  • An overview of the crop model STICS

    N. Brisson;C. Gary;E. Justes;R. Roche

  • Functional-structural plant modelling.

    Christophe Godin;Hervé Sinoquet;Hervé Sinoquet

  • A Method for Describing Plant Architecture which Integrates Topology and Geometry

    Christophe Godin;Evelyne Costes;Hervé Sinoquet

  • RATP: a model for simulating the spatial distribution of radiation absorption, transpiration and photosynthesis within canopies: application to an isolated tree crown

    H. Sinoquet;X. Le Roux;B. Adam;T. Ameglio

  • Characterization of the Light Environment in Canopies Using 3D Digitising and Image Processing

    H. Sinoquet;S. Thanisawanyangkura;S. Thanisawanyangkura;H. Mabrouk;P. Kasemsap

  • Measurement and visualization of the architecture of an adult tree based on a three-dimensional digitising device

    Hervé Sinoquet;Pierre Rivet

  • Light interception in apple trees influenced by canopy architecture manipulation

    Magali Willaume;Pierre-Éric Lauri;Hervé Sinoquet

  • Assessment of the three-dimensional architecture of walnut trees using digitising

    Hervé Sinoquet;Pierre Rivet;Christophe Godin

  • Spatial distribution of leaf dry weight per area and leaf nitrogen concentration in relation to local radiation regime within an isolated tree crown.

    X. Le Roux;H. Sinoquet;M. Vandame

  • Photosynthetic light acclimation in peach leaves: importance of changes in mass:area ratio, nitrogen concentration, and leaf nitrogen partitioning.

    X. Le Roux;A. S. Walcroft;F. A. Daudet;H. Sinoquet

  • Mise au point : rayonnement solaire absorbé ou intercepté par un couvert végétal

    C. Varlet-Grancher;G. Gosse;M. Chartier;Hervé Sinoquet

  • Spatial distribution of leaf water‐use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination within an isolated tree crown

    X. Le Roux;T. Bariac;H. Sinoquet;B. Genty

  • Exploring within-tree architectural development of two apple tree cultivars over 6 years.

    Evelyne Costes;Hervé Sinoquet;Jean-Jacques Kelner;Christophe Godin

  • Characterisation of structural tree root architecture using 3D digitising and AMAPmod software

    Frédéric Danjon;Hervé Sinoquet;Christophe Godin;François Colin

  • A method for 3D reconstruction of tree crown volume from photographs: assessment with 3D-digitized plants.

    Jessada Phattaralerphong;Hervé Sinoquet

  • SIMWAL: A structural-functional model simulating single walnut tree growth in response to climate and pruning

    Philippe Balandier;André Lacointe;Xavier Le Roux;Hervé Sinoquet

  • Foliage randomness and light interception in 3-D digitized trees: an analysis from multiscale discretization of the canopy

    Hervé Sinoquet;Gabriela Sonohat;Jessada Phattaralerphong;Christophe Godin

  • Wind speed and leaf boundary layer conductance variation within tree crown: Consequences on leaf-to-atmosphere coupling and tree functions

    F.A. Daudet;X. Le Roux;H. Sinoquet;B. Adam

  • Modeling radiative transfer in mixed and row intercropping systems

    Hervé Sinoquet;Raymond Bonhomme

  • Indices of light microclimate and canopy structure of grapevines determined by 3D digitising and image analysis, and their relationship to grape quality

    Hatem Mabrouk;Hervé Sinoquet

  • Spatial distribution of leaf nitrogen and photosynthetic capacity within the foliage of individual trees: disentangling the effects of local light quality, leaf irradiance, and transpiration

    Ela Frak;Xavier Le Roux;Peter Millard;Boris Adam

  • Radiation Interception, Partitioning and Use in Grass –Clover Mixtures

    O. Faurie;J.F. Soussana;H. Sinoquet

  • Foliage determinants of light interception in sunny and shaded branches of Fagus sylvatica (L.)

    Isabelle Planchais;Hervé Sinoquet

  • A biochemical model of photosynthesis for mango leaves: evidence for the effect of fruit on photosynthetic capacity of nearby leaves.

    L. Urban;X. Le Roux;H. Sinoquet;S. Jaffuel

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Godin
Christophe Godin École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Xavier Le Roux
Xavier Le Roux Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Thierry Ameglio
Thierry Ameglio INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sylvain Pincebourde
Sylvain Pincebourde François Rabelais University
Nadine Brisson
Nadine Brisson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bruno Mary
Bruno Mary INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
André Lacointe
André Lacointe INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Erwin Dreyer
Erwin Dreyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Antonio Díaz-Espejo
Antonio Díaz-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Laurent Laplaze
Laurent Laplaze University of Montpellier

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