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Plant Science and Agronomy
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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 96 195 183 68 64 452 42781

James W. Jones publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by James W. Jones between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. James W. Jones published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 9.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2015. 5 of the 513 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2015. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 2 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 8 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 5 publications 1983: 7 publications 1984: 7 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 10 publications 1990: 11 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 12 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 27 publications 2015: 30 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 4 publications
1970 2025

513 publications in total across all disciplines

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James W. Jones: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 2
1972 1
1973 0
1974 1
1975 8
1976 2
1977 2
1978 0
1979 3
1980 0
1981 3
1982 5
1983 7
1984 7
1985 6
1986 4
1987 6
1988 2
1989 10
1990 11
1991 7
1992 5
1993 10
1994 7
1995 9
1996 8
1997 12
1998 11
1999 8
2000 9
2001 15
2002 12
2003 20
2004 10
2005 8
2006 11
2007 15
2008 11
2009 16
2010 12
2011 13
2012 26
2013 21
2014 27
2015 30
2016 17
2017 20
2018 12
2019 9
2020 13
2021 12
2022 9
2023 2
2024 1
2025 4
Total 513
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James W. Jones 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 James W. Jones 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, 451–455 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: 452 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 7 452
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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James W. Jones 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 James W. Jones 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, 96 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: 96 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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 96
97 9
98 11
99 12
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 United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to understanding climate change, environmental impacts, and sustainable agricultural systems.
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

James W. Jones focuses on Agronomy, Agriculture, Photosynthesis, Climate change and Decision support system. The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil water, Canopy and Carbon dioxide in addition to Agronomy. His Agriculture study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Precipitation, El Niño Southern Oscillation, Grazing and Environmental resource management.

His Climate change research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Crop yield, Phenology and Yield. His studies deal with areas such as Documentation, Software, Management science and Systems analysis as well as Decision support system. His work investigates the relationship between DSSAT and topics such as Cropping system that intersect with problems in Interface, Systems engineering, Modular programming and Software design.

His most cited work include:

  • The DSSAT cropping system model (2348 citations)
  • Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison (1060 citations)
  • Decision support system for agrotechnology transfer: DSSAT v3 (832 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Crop, Agriculture, DSSAT and Soil water. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Photosynthesis and Transpiration. James W. Jones has researched Crop in several fields, including Yield and Growing season.

The concepts of his Agriculture study are interwoven with issues in Agroforestry, Natural resource economics, Climate change and Environmental resource management. His studies in DSSAT integrate themes in fields like Crop simulation model, Agricultural engineering, Cropping system and Decision support system. James W. Jones integrates many fields in his works, including Crop simulation model and Simulation modeling.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (33.97%)
  • Crop (14.01%)
  • Agriculture (13.54%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?

  • Agronomy (33.97%)
  • Agriculture (13.54%)
  • Climate change (9.74%)

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

James W. Jones mainly focuses on Agronomy, Agriculture, Climate change, DSSAT and Crop. James W. Jones usually deals with Agronomy and limits it to topics linked to Soil water and Water use. His Agriculture research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Arid, Agroforestry, Natural resource economics and Environmental planning.

His Climate change research integrates issues from Crop yield, Food security, Environmental resource management and Yield. His DSSAT research includes elements of Cropping, Agricultural engineering, Cropping system and Decision support system. His research integrates issues of Cultivar, Yield, Leaf area index and Growing season in his study of Crop.

Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison (1060 citations)
  • Uncertainty in Simulating Wheat Yields Under Climate Change (749 citations)
  • The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and Pilot Studies (557 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Climate change, DSSAT, Agriculture and Crop. His work blends Agronomy and Simulation modeling studies together. His work carried out in the field of Climate change brings together such families of science as Crop yield, Environmental resource management and Yield.

His DSSAT study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Agricultural engineering, Decision support system and Cultivar. His Crop research includes themes of Agricultural ecosystems, Genetic traits, Predictability, Identification and Process. James W. Jones has included themes like Evapotranspiration, Irrigation and Transpiration in his Soil water study.

Best Publications

  • The DSSAT cropping system model

    J.W Jones;G Hoogenboom;C.H Porter;K.J Boote

  • Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison

    Cynthia Rosenzweig;Joshua Elliott;Joshua Elliott;Delphine Deryng;Alex C. Ruane;Alex C. Ruane

  • Uncertainty in Simulating Wheat Yields Under Climate Change

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;C. Rosenzweig;J. W. Jones

  • The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and Pilot Studies

    C. Rosenzweig;C. Rosenzweig;J. W. Jones;J. L. Hatfield;A. C. Ruane;A. C. Ruane

  • Global climate change and US agriculture

    Richard M. Adams;Cynthia Rosenzweig;Robert M. Peart;Joe T. Ritchie

  • Potential Uses and Limitations of Crop Models

    Kenneth J. Boote;James W. Jones;Nigel B. Pickering

  • How Do Various Maize Crop Models Vary in Their Responses to Climate Change Factors

    Simona Bassu;Nadine Brisson;Jean Louis Durand;Kenneth Boote

  • Brief History of Agricultural Systems Modeling

    James W. Jones;John M. Antle;Bruno O. Basso;Kenneth J. Boote

  • Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) Version 4.5 [CD-ROM]

    G. Hoogenboom;J. E. Jones;P. W. Wilkens;C. Q. Porter

  • Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods

    Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Senthold Asseng;Christoph Müller;Frank Ewert

  • Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one

    Pierre Martre;Pierre Martre;Daniel Wallach;Senthold Asseng;Frank Ewert

  • U.S. Agriculture and Climate Change: New Results

    J. Reilly;F. Tubiello;B. McCarl;D. Abler

  • Simulation of crop growth: CROPGRO model

    Kenneth J. Boote;James W. Jones;Gerrit Hoogenboom

  • Toward a new generation of agricultural system data, models, and knowledge products: State of agricultural systems science

    James W. Jones;John M. Antle;Bruno Basso;Kenneth J. Boote

  • The CROPGRO model for grain legumes

    K. J. Boote;J. W. Jones;G. Hoogenboom;N. B. Pickering

  • Review of optimum temperature, humidity, and vapour pressure deficit for microclimate evaluation and control in greenhouse cultivation of tomato: a review

    Redmond Ramin Shamshiri;James W. Jones;Kelly R. Thorp;Desa Ahmad

  • A dynamic tomato growth and yield model (TOMGRO)

    J.W. Jones;E. Dayan;L.H. Allen;H. van Keulen

  • Solar and Net Radiation-Based Equations to Estimate Reference Evapotranspiration in Humid Climates

    S. Irmak;A. Irmak;R. G. Allen;J. W. Jones

  • Potential benefits of climate forecasting to agriculture

    J.W. Jones;J.W. Hansen;F.S. Royce;C.D. Messina

  • Modeling Soybean Growth for Crop Management

    G. G. Wilkerson;J. W. Jones;K. J. Boote;K. T. Ingram

  • DSSAT cropping system model

    J.W. Jones;G. Hoogenboom;C.H. Porter;K.J. Boote

  • Scaling-up crop models for climate variability applications.

    J.W. Hansen;J.W. Jones

  • Effects of climate change on US crop production: simulation results using two different GCM scenarios. Part I: Wheat, potato, maize, and citrus

    F. N. Tubiello;C. Rosenzweig;R. A. Goldberg;S. Jagtap

  • Spatial validation of crop models for precision agriculture

    B. Basso;J.T. Ritchie;F.J. Pierce;R.P. Braga

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth J. Boote
Kenneth J. Boote University of Florida
Gerrit Hoogenboom
Gerrit Hoogenboom University of Florida
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Cynthia Rosenzweig Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Bruno Basso
Bruno Basso Michigan State University
Leon Hartwell Allen
Leon Hartwell Allen Agricultural Research Service
Alex C. Ruane
Alex C. Ruane Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Jeffrey W. White
Jeffrey W. White University of Florida
Senthold Asseng
Senthold Asseng Technical University of Munich
Jerry L. Hatfield
Jerry L. Hatfield Iowa State University
Peter J. Thorburn
Peter J. Thorburn Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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