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D-Index
46
Citations
9535
World Ranking
2658
National Ranking
36

Jaime Kigel 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 Jaime Kigel 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.

Jaime Kigel 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 Jaime Kigel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jaime Kigel is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular attention to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Water Science and Technology, and Soil Science.

The main topics covered in their work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecosystem Dynamics and Resilience, Climate Variability and Models, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Jaime Kigel has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Notable papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Temporal stability of biomass in annual plant communities is driven by species diversity and asynchrony, but not dominance, 2021, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand?, 2020, Global Change Biology

Other publications from the same period with collaborative authorship include:

  • Nurse plants promote taxonomic and functional diversity in an arid Mediterranean annual plant community, 2020, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Understory plant diversity under variable overstory cover in Mediterranean forests at different spatial scales, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Ant foraging strategies vary along a natural resource gradient, 2020, Oikos

Jaime Kigel's frequent co-authors include:

  • Marcelo Sternberg (4 collaborations)
  • Irit Konsens (2 collaborations)
  • Udi Segev (2 collaborations)
  • Niv DeMalach (2 collaborations)
  • Athanasios Paschalis (1 collaboration)

The venues where Jaime Kigel has published their research most frequently include:

  • Journal of Vegetation Science (2 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (1 publication)
  • Forest Ecology and Management (1 publication)
  • Oikos (1 publication)
  • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Assessing the effects of land-use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: a standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites.

    Eric Garnier;Sandra Lavorel;Pauline Ansquer;Helena Castro

  • Vegetation response to grazing management in a Mediterranean herbaceous community: a functional group approach

    Marcelo Sternberg;Mario Gutman;Avi Perevolotsky;Eugene D. Ungar

  • Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

    Claire Fortunel;Eric Garnier;Richard Joffre;Elena Kazakou

  • Grazing effect on diversity of annual plant communities in a semi-arid rangeland: interactions with small-scale spatial and temporal variation in primary productivity

    Yagil Osem;Avi Perevolotsky;Jaime Kigel

  • Annual plant–shrub interactions along an aridity gradient

    Claus Holzapfel;Katja Tielbörger;Hadas A. Parag;Jaime Kigel

  • Adaptive phenology of desert and Mediterranean populations of annual plants grown with and without water stress.

    J. Aronson;J. Kigel;A. Shmida;J. Klein

  • Differential sensitivity to high temperature of stages in the reproductive development of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

    Yaacov Gross;Jaime Kigel

  • Biochemical and molecular characterization of a barley seed beta-glucosidase.

    Robert Leah;Jaime Kigel;Ib Svendsen;John Mundy

  • Dormancy patterns in buried seeds of Datura ferox and D. stramonium

    O. Reisman-Berman;J. Kigel;B. Rubin

  • Short soaking in water inhibits germination of Datura ferox L. and D. stramonium L. seeds

    Orna Reisman‐Berman;J. Kigel;B. Rubin

  • Plant survival in relation to seed size along environmental gradients: a long-term study from semi-arid and Mediterranean annual plant communities

    Johannes Metz;Pierre Liancourt;Pierre Liancourt;Jaime Kigel;Danny Harel

  • Site productivity and plant size explain the response of annual species to grazing exclusion in a Mediterranean semi‐arid rangeland

    Yagil Osem;A. V. I. Perevolotsky;Jaime Kigel

  • Middle-Eastern plant communities tolerate 9 years of drought in a multi-site climate manipulation experiment

    Katja Tielbörger;Mark C. Bilton;Johannes Metz;Jaime Kigel

  • Effects of Azospirillum brasilense on nodulation and growth of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

    Saul Burdman;Jaime Kigel;Yaacov Okon

  • Effects of grazing on soil seed bank dynamics: An approach with functional groups

    Marcelo Sternberg;Mario Gutman;Avi Perevolotsky;Jaime Kigel

  • The Effect of Temperature on the Production and Abscission of Flowers and Pods in Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

    Irit Konsens;M. Ofir;J. Kigel

  • EFFECTS OF AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE ON ROOT MORPHOLOGY OF COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) UNDER DIFFERENT WATER REGIMES

    Marcelo A. German;Saul Burdman;Y. Okon;Jaime Kigel

  • EFFECT OF AZOSPIRILLUM INOCULATION ON SOME GROWTH PARAMETERS AND N-CONTENT OF WHEAT, SORGHUM AND PANICUM

    Y. Kapulnik;J. Kigel;Y. Okon;I. Nur

  • Few multiyear precipitation-reduction experiments find a shift in the productivity-precipitation relationship.

    Marc Estiarte;Sara Vicca;Josep Peñuelas;Michael Bahn

  • Reproductive allocation strategies in desert and Mediterranean populations of annual plants grown with and without water stress.

    J. Aronson;J. Kigel;A. Shmida

  • Promotion of nod Gene Inducers and Nodulation in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Roots Inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense Cd.

    S Burdman;H Volpin;J Kigel;Y Kapulnik

  • Recovery of plant species composition and ecosystem function after cessation of grazing in a Mediterranean grassland

    Carly Golodets;Jaime Kigel;Marcelo Sternberg

  • Yield Increases in Summer Cereal Crops in Israeli Fields Inoculated with Azospirillum

    Y. Kapulnik;S. Sarig;I. Nur;Y. Okon

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo Sternberg
Marcelo Sternberg Tel Aviv University
Avi Perevolotsky
Avi Perevolotsky Agricultural Research Organization
Yaacov Okon
Yaacov Okon Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eugene D. Ungar
Eugene D. Ungar Agricultural Research Organization
Katja Tielbörger
Katja Tielbörger University of Tübingen
Meira Ziv
Meira Ziv Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Saul Burdman
Saul Burdman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yigal Henis
Yigal Henis Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jan Lepš
Jan Lepš University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Charles D. Canham
Charles D. Canham Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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