2026 Jean-Louis Morel: 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
Environmental Sciences	80	977	929	29	29	316	19737
Plant Science and Agronomy	74	575	531	11	11	251	17028

Jean-Louis Morel 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 Jean-Louis Morel sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 467+

This scientist: 251 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-Louis Morel 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 Jean-Louis Morel sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in France Leader Award

Overview

Jean-Louis Morel is a researcher affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France, specializing in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work is centered primarily on topics such as Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Heavy metals in the environment, and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals.

Their research includes studies on clay minerals and soil interactions, plant stress responses and tolerance, biocrusts and microbial ecology, as well as extraction and separation processes. These diverse topics reflect a focus on soil-plant system dynamics and environmental contamination issues.

Morel has authored several papers, including:

Chromium biogeochemical behaviour in soil-plant systems and remediation strategies: A critical review, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
Simultaneous hyperaccumulation of rare earth elements, manganese and aluminum in Phytolacca americana in response to soil properties, 2021, Chemosphere
Phytoextraction of rare earth elements from ion-adsorption mine tailings by Phytolacca americana: Effects of organic material and biochar amendment, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
Spatially Resolved Localization of Lanthanum and Cerium in the Rare Earth Element Hyperaccumulator Fern Dicranopteris linearis from China, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients, rare earth elements (REEs) and Al in soil-plant system in ion-adsorption REE mine tailings remediated with amendment and ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.), 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors in their work include Rongliang Qiu, Yetao Tang, Wen-Shen Liu, Shizhong Wang, and Antony van der Ent, indicating collaborative efforts across several related specialized areas.

Morel commonly publishes in notable academic venues such as:

Journal of Hazardous Materials
Environmental Science & Technology
Plant and Soil
SSRN Electronic Journal
The Science of The Total Environment

The researcher has contributed to the publication of books as well. Notable titles include Agromining: Farming for Metals, published by Springer International Publishing in 2020, and a methodological work titled Méthode d'analyse des stratégies en faveur de la biodiversité. Analyse de la capacité à initier un changement transformateur. Application à la troisième stratégie nationale pour la biodiversité (SNB3) released in 2023 by the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement.

Best Publications

Heavy metals in soils and plants of serpentine and industrial sites of Albania

S. Shallari;C. Schwartz;A. Hasko;J.L. Morel

478
Citations
Urban Soil Management: a Growing Concern

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421
Citations
Ecosystem services provided by soils of urban, industrial, traffic, mining, and military areas (SUITMAs)

Jean Louis Morel;Jean Louis Morel;Claire Chenu;Klaus Lorenz

415
Citations
Soil-to-root transfer and translocation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by vegetables grown on industrial contaminated soils.

Joëlle Fismes;Corinne Perrin-Ganier;Pascal Empereur-Bissonnet;Jean Louis Morel

408
Citations
Heavy metal contamination from mining sites in South Morocco: 2. Assessment of metal accumulation and toxicity in plants

Ali Boularbah;Christophe Schwartz;Gabriel Bitton;Wafae Aboudrar

396
Citations
Mitigation effects of silicon rich amendments on heavy metal accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) planted on multi-metal contaminated acidic soil

Hai-Hong Gu;Hao Qiu;Tian Tian;Shu-Shun Zhan

376
Citations
Agromining: farming for metals in the future?

Antony van der Ent;Antony van der Ent;Alan J. M. Baker;Alan J. M. Baker;Alan J. M. Baker;Roger D. Reeves;Rufus L. Chaney

352
Citations
Short-term effects of biochar on soil heavy metal mobility are controlled by intra-particle diffusion and soil pH increase

Frédéric Rees;Marie-Odile Simonnot;Jean-Louis Morel

351
Citations
Phytotoxicity and plant uptake of fuel oil hydrocarbons

C. H. Chaîneau;J. L. Morel;J. Oudot

307
Citations
Water relations, gas exchange and amino acid content in Cd-treated lettuce

G. Costa;J.L. Morel

298
Citations
Measurement of Pb2+, Cu2+ and Cd2+ binding with mucilage exudates from maize (Zea mays L.) roots

Jean-Louis Morel;Michel Mench;Armand Guckert

275
Citations
Phytoextraction of cadmium with Thlaspi caerulescens

Christophe Schwartz;Guillaume Echevarria;Jean Louis Morel

273
Citations
Chromium biogeochemical behaviour in soil-plant systems and remediation strategies: A critical review.

Ming Ao;Xiaoting Chen;Tenghaobo Deng;Shengsheng Sun

256
Citations
Effect of pH on the sorption of uranium in soils.

Guillaume Echevarria;Marsha I Sheppard;JeanLouis Morel

254
Citations
Microbial degradation in soil microcosms of fuel oil hydrocarbons from drilling cuttings

C. H. Chaineau;J.-L. Morel;J. Oudot

249
Citations
Distribution and Metal-Accumulating Behavior of Thlaspi caerulescens and Associated Metallophytes in France

Roger D. Reeves;Christophe Schwartz;Jean Louis Morel;John Edmondson

248
Citations
Improving the Agronomy of Alyssum murale for Extensive Phytomining: A Five-Year Field Study

Aida Bani;Guillaume Echevarria;Sulejman Sulçe;Jean Louis Morel

236
Citations
Biodegradation of Fuel Oil Hydrocarbons in the Rhizosphere of Maize

C. H. Chaîneau;J. L. Morel;J. Oudot

229
Citations
In-situ phytoextraction of Ni by a native population of Alyssum murale on an ultramafic site (Albania)

Aida Bani;Aida Bani;Guillaume Echevarria;Sulejman Sulçe;Jean Louis Morel

225
Citations
Heavy metal contamination from mining sites in South Morocco: 1. Use of a biotest to assess metal toxicity of tailings and soils

Ali Boularbah;Christophe Schwartz;Gabriel Bitton;Jean Louis Morel

218
Citations
Influence of maize root mucilage on soil aggregate stability

Jean Louis Morel;Leila Habib;Sylvain Plantureux;Armand Guckert

216
Citations
C and N cycling during decomposition of root mucilage, roots and glucose in soil

Bruno Mary;C. Fresneau;J.L. Morel;André Mariotti

205
Citations
Use ofr 13C variations at natural abundance for studying the biodegradation of root mucilage, roots and glucose in soil

B. Mary;A. Mariotti;J.L. Morel

204
Citations
Metal binding with root exudates of low molecular weight

M. Mench;J. L. Morel;A. Guckert;B. Guillet

203
Citations
Nickel hyperaccumulation by the species of Alyssum and Thlaspi (Brassicaceae) from the ultramafic soils of the Balkans.

Aida Bani;Dolja Pavlova;Guillaume Echevarria;Alfred Mullaj

196
Citations
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) occurrence and remediation methods

Pascale Henner;Michel Schiavon;Jean-Louis Morel;Eric Lichtfouse

196
Citations
Soil construction: A step for ecological reclamation of derelict lands

Geoffroy Séré;Christophe Schwartz;Stéphanie Ouvrard;Claire Sauvage

188
Citations
Comparison of the fuel oil biodegradation potential of hydrocarbon-assimilating microorganisms isolated from a temperate agricultural soil.

C.H Chaı̂neau;J Morel;J Dupont;E Bury

183
Citations
Early pedogenic evolution of constructed Technosols

Geoffroy Séré;Christophe Schwartz;Stéphanie Ouvrard;Jean-Christophe Renat

180
Citations