2026 J. S. Singh: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	77	492	455	6	6	311	21832
Ecology and Evolution	82	755	716	1	1	339	23787

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in India Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in India Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in India Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in India Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
2002 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

J. S. Singh is affiliated with Banaras Hindu University in India and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on areas such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics of Singh's research include:

Air Quality and Health Impacts
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Forest ecology and management
COVID-19 impact on air quality

Singh's recent publications cover several environmental and ecological concerns. These papers include:

"DNRA: A short-circuit in biological N-cycling to conserve nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
"Functional traits indicate a continuum of tree drought strategies across a soil water availability gradient in a tropical dry forest" (2020) published in Forest Ecology and Management
"Plant invasion in protected areas, the Indian Himalayan region, and the North East India: progress and prospects" (2021) published in Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy
"Impact of COVID-19 on the Air Quality over China and India Using Long-term (2009-2020) Multi-satellite Data" (2020) published in Aerosol and Air Quality Research
"Fine particulate pollution and ambient air quality: A case study over an urban site in Delhi, India" (2020) published in Journal of Earth System Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Singh include:

Sunita Verma
Swagata Payra
Priyanshu Gupta
Rupesh Chaturvedi
Anshuman Tripathi

Singh often publishes in scientific journals such as:

The Science of The Total Environment
Forest Ecology and Management
Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy
Aerosol and Air Quality Research
Journal of Earth System Science

Recognition of Singh's work includes being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2002.

Best Publications

PLANT DECOMPOSITION AND SOIL RESPIRATION IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

J. S. Singh;S. R. Gupta

1451
Citations
Microbial biomass acts as a source of plant nutrients in dry tropical forest and savanna

J. S. Singh;A. S. Raghubanshi;R. S. Singh;S. C. Srivastava

961
Citations
Forest vegetation of the Himalaya

J. S. Singh;S. P. Singh

677
Citations
Forests of Himalaya: Structure, functioning, and impact of man

Jamuna Sharan Singh;Surendra P. Singh

666
Citations
Invasive alien plant species: Their impact on environment, ecosystem services and human health.

Prabhat Kumar Rai;J.S. Singh

541
Citations
Tree species composition, dispersion and diversity along a disturbance gradient in a dry tropical forest region of India

R Sagar;A.S Raghubanshi;J.S Singh

533
Citations
Ecology of seed and seedling growth for conservation and restoration of tropical dry forest : a review

Ekta Khurana;J.S. Singh

514
Citations
The biodiversity crisis: A multifaceted review

J. S. Singh

485
Citations
The structure and function of ten Western North American grasslands: III. Net primary production, turnover and efficiencies of energy capture and water use

Phillip L. Sims;J. S. Singh

438
Citations
The structure and function of ten Western North American grasslands: I. Abiotic and vegetational characteristics

Phillip L. Sims;J. S. Singh;W. K. Lauenroth

436
Citations
Lantana invasion: An overview

Gyan P. Sharma;Akhilesh S. Raghubanshi;Jamuna S. Singh

415
Citations
A phytosociological analysis of woody species in forest communities of a part of Kumaun Himalaya

A. K. Saxena;J. S. Singh

391
Citations
DNRA: A short-circuit in biological N-cycling to conserve nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems

C.B. Pandey;Upendra Kumar;Megha Kaviraj;K.J. Minick

373
Citations
SEASONAL VARIATION IN COMPOSITION, PLANT BIOMASS, AND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY OF A TROPICAL GRASSLAND AT KURUKSHETRA, INDIA'

J. S. Singh;P. S. Yadava

367
Citations
Medical ethnobotany of the tribals of Sonaghati of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India

A.K Singh;A.S Raghubanshi;J.S Singh

331
Citations
Microbial C, N and P in dry tropical forest soils: Effects of alternate land-uses and nutrient flux

S.C. Srivastava;J.S. Singh

331
Citations
Development of Decadal (1985–1995–2005) Land Use and Land Cover Database for India

Parth S. Roy;Arijit Roy;Pawan K. Joshi;Manish P. Kale

298
Citations
Review and assessment of various techniques for estimating net aerial primary production in grasslands from harvest data

J. S. Singh;W. K. Lauenroth;R. K. Steinhorst

293
Citations
Tree population structure of certain Himalayan forest associations and implications concerning their future composition

A. K. Saxena;J. S. Singh

280
Citations
Methane flux from irrigated rice fields in relation to crop growth and N-fertilization

Smita Singh;J. S. Singh;A. K. Kashyap

279
Citations
Man and forests: a central Himalayan case study.

J. S. Singh;Uma Pandey;A. K. Tiwari

268
Citations
Plantations as a tool for mine spoil restoration

A. N. Singh;A. S. Raghubanshi;J. S. Singh

263
Citations
Biomass, net primary production and impact of bamboo plantation on soil redevelopment in a dry tropical region

Anand Narain Singh;J.S Singh

193
Citations
Soil respiration in a tropical grassland

S.R. Gupta;J.S. Singh

188
Citations
Replacement of oak forest with pine in the Himalaya affects the nitrogen cycle

J. S. Singh;Y. S. Rawat;O. P. Chaturvedi

186
Citations
Carbon density and accumulation in woody species of tropical dry forest in India

R.K. Chaturvedi;A.S. Raghubanshi;J.S. Singh

182
Citations
Soil water dynamics and vegetation patterns in a semiarid grassland

J. S. Singh;D. G. Milchunas;W. K. Lauenroth

158
Citations
Experiments on ecological restoration of coal mine spoil using native trees in a dry tropical environment, India: a synthesis.

A. N. Singh;J. S. Singh

149
Citations
The structure and function of pine forest in central Himalaya. I: Dry matter dynamics

O. P. Chaturvedi;J. S. Singh

147
Citations
Carbon and phosphorus in the soil biomass of some tropical soils of India

S.C. Srivastava;J.S. Singh

140
Citations
Seasonal and spatial dynamics of plant-available N and P pools and N-mineralization in relation to fine roots in a dry tropical forest habitat

Sovan Roy;J.S. Singh

140
Citations
Effect of cultivation on microbial carbon and nitrogen in dry tropical forest soil

S. C. Srivastava;J. S. Singh

132
Citations
A phytosociological analysis of woody species in forest communities of a part of

Kumaun Himalaya;A. K. Saxena;J. S. Singh

1
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