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2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
67
Citations
42431
World Ranking
804
National Ranking
2

Jacek Oleksyn 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 Jacek Oleksyn sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 190 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jacek Oleksyn 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 Jacek Oleksyn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Poland Leader Award
  • 2008 - Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science - Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej for his contribution to the discovery of the universal, bio-geographic correlations between plant characteristics, that are fundamental for understanding ecological processes on a global scale
  • 2007 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Jacek Oleksyn is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work encompasses varied topics, focusing particularly on plant water relations, carbon dynamics, and ecosystem responses to environmental changes.

The primary fields of study for their research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broad areas, their subfields of study highlight:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main research topics covered by their work focus on:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Plant Responses to Elevated CO2
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Seedling Growth and Survival Studies

Oleksyn has published in diverse scientific journals, with frequent contributions to these venues:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • Ecology Letters
  • New Phytologist

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Woody tissue photosynthesis delays drought stress in Populus tremula trees and maintains starch reserves in branch xylem tissues" (2020) - New Phytologist
  • "Carbohydrate dynamics in a resprouting species after severe aboveground perturbations" (2020) - European Journal of Forest Research
  • "Remarkable Similarity in Timing of Absorptive Fine-Root Production Across 11 Diverse Temperate Tree Species in a Common Garden" (2021) - Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Higher biomass partitioning to absorptive roots improves needle nutrition but does not alleviate stomatal limitation of northern Scots pine" (2021) - Global Change Biology
  • "Woody tissue photosynthesis increases radial stem growth of young poplar trees under ambient atmospheric CO2 but its contribution ceases under elevated CO2" (2020) - Tree Physiology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Tomasz P. Wyka
  • Roma Żytkowiak
  • Marcin Zadworny
  • Peter B. Reich
  • Joanna Mucha

Throughout their career, Oleksyn has been recognized with awards such as the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2008 for contributions to understanding universal biogeographic plant characteristics crucial for ecological processes globally, and recognition from the Polish Academy of Science in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

  • Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

    Hendrik Poorter;Karl J. Niklas;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Jacek Oleksyn;Jacek Oleksyn

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Global patterns of plant leaf N and P in relation to temperature and latitude.

    Peter B. Reich;Jacek Oleksyn

  • Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Daniel S. Falster

  • Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

    Amy E. Zanne;David C. Tank;William K. Cornwell;Jonathan M. Eastman

  • The evolution of plant functional variation: traits, spectra, and strategies

    P. B. Reich;I. J. Wright;J. Cavender-Bares;J. M. Craine

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate

    Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Daniel S. Falster

  • Linking litter calcium, earthworms and soil properties: a common garden test with 14 tree species

    Peter B. Reich;Jacek Oleksyn;Jacek Oleksyn;Jerzy Modrzynski;Pawel Mrozinski

  • TREE SPECIES EFFECTS ON DECOMPOSITION AND FOREST FLOOR DYNAMICS IN A COMMON GARDEN

    Sarah E. Hobbie;Peter B. Reich;Jacek Oleksyn;Jacek Oleksyn;Megan Ogdahl

  • Universal scaling of respiratory metabolism, size and nitrogen in plants

    Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker;Jose Luis Machado;Jacek Oleksyn

  • Modelling respiration of vegetation: evidence for a general temperature-dependent Q10.

    Mark G. Tjoelker;Jacek Oleksyn;Jacek Oleksyn;Peter B. Reich

  • COMPARISONS OF STRUCTURE AND LIFE SPAN IN ROOTS AND LEAVES AMONG TEMPERATE TREES

    Jennifer M. Withington;Peter B. Reich;Jacek Oleksyn;Jacek Oleksyn;David M. Eissenstat

  • Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

    Peter Bernard Reich;Mark G Tjoelker;Kurt S Pregitzer;Ian J Wright

  • Growth and physiology of Picea abies populations from elevational transects: common garden evidence for altitudinal ecotypes and cold adaptation

    J. Oleksyn;J. Oleksyn;J. Modrzýnski;M. G. Tjoelker;R. Z·ytkowiak

  • Leaf phosphorus influences the photosynthesis–nitrogen relation: a cross-biome analysis of 314 species

    Peter B. Reich;Jacek Oleksyn;Jacek Oleksyn;Ian J. Wright

  • Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots

    Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Yunjian Luo;John B. Bradford;Hendrik Poorter

  • How does biomass distribution change with size and differ among species? An analysis for 1200 plant species from five continents

    Hendrik Poorter;Andrzej M. Jagodzinski;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Shem Kuyah

  • Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

    Sarah E. Hobbie;Jacek Oleksyn;David M. Eissenstat;Peter B. Reich

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Mark G. Tjoelker
Mark G. Tjoelker Western Sydney University
Andrzej M. Jagodziński
Andrzej M. Jagodziński Polish Academy of Sciences
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University
David M. Eissenstat
David M. Eissenstat Pennsylvania State University
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Sarah E. Hobbie
Sarah E. Hobbie University of Minnesota
William K. Cornwell
William K. Cornwell University of New South Wales
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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