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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
103
Citations
51100
World Ranking
134
National Ranking
43

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
110
Citations
54996
World Ranking
175
National Ranking
73

Joshua P. Schimel 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 Joshua P. Schimel sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 216 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joshua P. Schimel 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 Joshua P. Schimel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award

Overview

Joshua P. Schimel is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including ecology, soil science, environmental chemistry, atmospheric science, and civil and structural engineering.

The main topics Joshua P. Schimel investigates encompass soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, soil and water nutrient dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, climate change and permafrost, soil and unsaturated flow, and cryospheric studies and observations.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate an emphasis on soil carbon and microbial processes. Notable papers include:

  • Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • A holistic framework integrating plant-microbe-mineral regulation of soil bioavailable nitrogen, 2021, Biogeochemistry
  • An open-source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD) version 1.0, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Estimating microbial carbon use efficiency in soil: Isotope-based and enzyme-based methods measure fundamentally different aspects of microbial resource use, 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Joshua P. Schimel frequently publishes in certain academic venues, reflecting consistency in their research output. These venues include:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Global Change Biology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biogeosciences

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Peter M. Homyak, Eric Slessarev, Aral C. Greene, Erin J. Hanan, and Stefano Manzoni.

Best Publications

  • NITROGEN MINERALIZATION: CHALLENGES OF A CHANGING PARADIGM

    Joshua P. Schimel;Jennifer Bennett;Jennifer Bennett

  • The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage

    Chao Liang;Joshua P. Schimel;Julie D. Jastrow

  • MICROBIAL STRESS‐RESPONSE PHYSIOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION

    Joshua Schimel;Teri C. Balser;Matthew Wallenstein

  • Variations in microbial community composition through two soil depth profiles

    Noah Fierer;Joshua P Schimel;Patricia A Holden

  • The implications of exoenzyme activity on microbial carbon and nitrogen limitation in soil: a theoretical model

    Joshua P. Schimel;Michael N. Weintraub

  • Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming

    F. S. Chapin;M. Sturm;Mark C. Serreze;J.P. McFadden

  • Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil.

    Joshua Schimel;Sean Michael Schaeffer

  • Effects of drying–rewetting frequency on soil carbon and nitrogen transformations

    Noah Fierer;Joshua P. Schimel

  • Responses of soil microbial communities to water stress: results from a meta-analysis

    Stefano Manzoni;Joshua P. Schimel;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato

  • Life in Dry Soils: Effects of Drought on Soil Microbial Communities and Processes

    Joshua P. Schimel

  • LITTER QUALITY AND THE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY OF DECOMPOSITION

    Noah Fierer;Joseph M. Craine;Kendra McLauchlan;Joshua P. Schimel

  • A Proposed Mechanism for the Pulse in Carbon Dioxide Production Commonly Observed Following the Rapid Rewetting of a Dry Soil

    Noah Fierer;Joshua P. Schimel

  • Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity

    Johannes Lehmann;Johannes Lehmann;Colleen M. Hansel;Christina Kaiser;Markus Kleber

  • Winter Biological Processes Could Help Convert Arctic Tundra to Shrubland

    Matthew Sturm;Josh Schimel;Gary Michaelson;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • Influence of drying-rewetting frequency on soil bacterial community structure.

    N. Fierer;J.P. Schimel;P.A. Holden

  • Controls over carbon storage and turnover in high-latitude soils

    Sarah E. Hobbie;Joshua P. Schimel;Susan E. Trumbore;James R. Randerson

  • Increased snow depth affects microbial activity and nitrogen mineralization in two Arctic tundra communities

    Joshua P Schimel;Carol Bilbrough;Jeffery M Welker

  • Beyond clay: Towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content

    Craig Rasmussen;Katherine Heckman;William R. Wieder;Marco Keiluweit

  • The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function

    Nancy B Grimm;F Stuart Chapin;Britta Bierwagen;Patrick Gonzalez

  • The ecological coherence of high bacterial taxonomic ranks

    Laurent Philippot;Siv G. E. Andersson;Tom J. Battin;James I. Prosser

  • Drying and rewetting effects on C and N mineralization and microbial activity in surface and subsurface California grassland soils

    Shu-Rong Xiang;Shu-Rong Xiang;Allen Doyle;Patricia A. Holden;Joshua P. Schimel

  • Microbial response to freeze-thaw cycles in tundra and taiga soils

    Joshua P. Schimel;Joy S. Clein

  • Temperature controls of microbial respiration in arctic tundra soils above and below freezing

    Carl J Mikan;Joshua P Schimel;Allen P Doyle

  • Evidence for negative effects of TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles on soil bacterial communities.

    Yuan Ge;Joshua P. Schimel;Patricia A. Holden

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean M. Schaeffer
Sean M. Schaeffer University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey The University of Texas at El Paso
William R. Wieder
William R. Wieder National Center for Atmospheric Research
Michael N. Weintraub
Michael N. Weintraub University of Toledo
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder
Matthew D. Wallenstein
Matthew D. Wallenstein Colorado State University
James O. Sickman
James O. Sickman University of California, Riverside
Stefano Manzoni
Stefano Manzoni Stockholm University
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe University of California, Merced
Erika Marin-Spiotta
Erika Marin-Spiotta University of Wisconsin–Madison

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