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D-Index
38
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18141
World Ranking
8478
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3021

James W. Raich publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Raich sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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James W. Raich D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Raich sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

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Overview

James W. Raich is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, focusing on environmental and agricultural sciences as well as engineering disciplines.

The scientist has contributed to two recent publications. The first, titled COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data, was published in 2020 in the journal Global Change Biology. The second paper, Multiple factors co-limit short-term in situ soil carbon dioxide emissions, appeared in 2023 in the journal PLoS ONE.

James W. Raich's research covers various scientific topics and subfields that include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

These topics align with their primary fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

And their research engages specific subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Soil Science

Collaboration is an element of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Ben Bond-Lamberty
  • Danielle Christianson
  • Avni Malhotra
  • Stephanie Pennington
  • Debjani Sihi

Publication venues for their work so far include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • The global carbon dioxide flux in soil respiration and its relationship to vegetation and climate

    James W. Raich;W.H. Schlesinger

  • Vegetation and soil respiration: correlations and controls.

    James W. Raich;Aydin Tufekcioglu

  • Global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions from soils

    James W. Raich;Christopher S. Potter

  • Carbon allocation in forest ecosystems

    Creighton M. Litton;James W. Raich;Michael G. Ryan;Michael G. Ryan

  • Potential Net Primary Productivity in South America: Application of a Global Model

    James W. Raich;E. B. Rastetter;J. M. Melillo;D. W. Kicklighter

  • Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystems: Global Trends

    James W. Raich;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Interannual variability in global soil respiration, 1980–94

    James W. Raich;Christopher S. Potter;Dwipen Bhagawati

  • Fine Root Production Estimates and Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystems

    Knute J. Nadelhoffer;James W. Raich

  • Slash and burn impacts on a Costa Rican wet forest site

    John Ewel;Cory Berish;Becky Brown;Norman Price

  • Temperature Influences Carbon Accumulation in Moist Tropical Forests

    James W. Raich;Ann E. Russell;Kanehiro Kitayama;William J. Parton

  • PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ALONG AN ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT ON MAUNA LOA, HAWAI‘I

    James W. Raich;Ann E. Russell;Peter M. Vitousek

  • FINE ROOT DYNAMICS, COARSE ROOT BIOMASS, ROOT DISTRIBUTION, AND SOIL RESPIRATION IN A MULTISPECIES RIPARIAN BUFFER IN CENTRAL IOWA, USA

    A. Tufekcioglu;J. W. Raich;T. M. Isenhart;R. C. Schultz

  • Soil respiration within riparian buffers and adjacent crop fields

    A. Tufekcioglu;J.W. Raich;T.M. Isenhart;R.C. Schultz

  • Tropical forests : their past, present, and potential future role in the terrestrial carbon budget

    Sandra Brown;Charles A. S. Hall;Wilhelm Knabe;James Raich

  • Biomass, carbon and nitrogen dynamics of multi-species riparian buffers within an agricultural watershed in Iowa, USA

    A. Tufekcioglu;J.W. Raich;T.M. Isenhart;R.C. Schultz

  • Comparison of Two Static Chamber Techniques for Determining Carbon Dioxide Efflux from Forest Soils

    J. W. Raich;R. D. Bowden;P. A. Steudler

  • Tree Species Effects on Soil Properties in Experimental Plantations in Tropical Moist Forest

    A. E. Russell;J. W. Raich;O. J. Valverde-Barrantes;R. F. Fisher

  • Effects of canopy openings on tree seed germination in a Malaysian dipterocarp forest

    James W. Raich;Gong Wooi Khoon

  • Quantifying Fine-Root Decomposition: An Alternative to Buried Litterbags

    Mathew E. Dornbush;Thomas M. Isenhart;James W. Raich

  • The ecology of the climbing fern Dicranopteris linearis on windward Mauna Loa, Hawaii

    Ann E. Russell;James W. Raich;Peter M. Vitousek

  • Global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions from soils on a 0.5-degree-grid-cell basis

    J.W. Raich;C.S. Potter

  • Interannual Variability in Global Soil Respiration on a 0.5 Degree Grid Cell Basis (1980-1994)

    J.W. Raich

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Vitousek
Peter M. Vitousek Stanford University
Thomas M. Isenhart
Thomas M. Isenhart Iowa State University
Knute J. Nadelhoffer
Knute J. Nadelhoffer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cynthia A. Cambardella
Cynthia A. Cambardella Agricultural Research Service
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
William J. Parton
William J. Parton Colorado State University
Steven J. Hall
Steven J. Hall Iowa State University
Matt Liebman
Matt Liebman Iowa State University
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
Kanehiro Kitayama
Kanehiro Kitayama Kyoto University

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