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Plant Science and Agronomy

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52
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1913
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Justin D. Derner 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 Justin D. Derner sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 222 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Justin D. Derner 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 Justin D. Derner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Justin D. Derner is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular focus on geophysics, environmental chemistry, oceanography, astronomy and astrophysics, and ecology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

Recent scholarly contributions by this scientist feature several peer-reviewed papers such as:

  • An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments, 2022, published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health, 2022, published in Geoderma
  • Adaptive, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing Management: A Ranch-Scale Assessment of Effects on Vegetation and Livestock Performance in Semiarid Rangeland, 2020, published in Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie, 2020, published in New Phytologist
  • Carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water, 2022, published in Soil Science Society of America Journal

Over their career, Derner has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Mengqiang Zhu
  • Jung-Chen Liu
  • Jason Toyoda
  • Vanessa Paurus

Justin D. Derner's articles have been published in venues such as:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Rangelands
  • Ecosphere
  • Journal of Animal Science

Best Publications

  • Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Reconciliation of Perception and Experimental Evidence

    D. D. Briske;J. D. Derner;J. R. Brown;S. D. Fuhlendorf

  • CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND RANGELANDS: A SYNTHESIS OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRECIPITATION EFFECTS

    J D Derner;G E Schuman

  • Grazing and ecosystem carbon storage in the North American Great Plains

    Justin D. Derner;Thomas W. Boutton;David D. Briske

  • Livestock as Ecosystem Engineers for Grassland Bird Habitat in the Western Great Plains of North America

    Justin D. Derner;William K. Lauenroth;Paul Stapp;David J. Augustine

  • Origin, Persistence, and Resolution of the Rotational Grazing Debate: Integrating Human Dimensions Into Rangeland Research

    D.D. Briske;Nathan F. Sayre;L. Huntsinger;M. Fernandez-Gimenez

  • Grazing Impacts on Soil Carbon and Microbial Communities in a Mixed-Grass Ecosystem

    L. J. Ingram;P. D. Stahl;G. E. Schuman;J. S. Buyer

  • Does grazing mediate soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation beneath C4, perennial grasses along an environmental gradient?

    J. D. Derner;D. D. Briske;T. W. Boutton

  • Patterns of Plant Species Diversity in Remnant and Restored Tallgrass Prairies

    H. Wayne Polley;Justin D. Derner;Brian J. Wilsey

  • Do species evenness and plant density influence the magnitude of selection and complementarity effects in annual plant species mixtures

    H. Wayne Polley;Brian J. Wilsey;Justin D. Derner

  • Dominant Species Constrain Effects of Species Diversity on Temporal Variability in Biomass Production of Tallgrass Prairie

    H. Wayne Polley;Brian J. Wilsey;Justin D. Derner

  • Carbon sequestration in agricultural lands of the United States

    J. A. Morgan;R. F. Follett;L. H. Allen;S. del Grosso

  • Grazing-Induced Modifications to Peak Standing Crop in Northern Mixed-grass Prairie

    Justin D. Derner;Richard H. Hart

  • Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health

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  • Grazing intensity differentially regulates ANPP response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands

    J. Gonzalo N. Irisarri;Justin D. Derner;Lauren Mc Geoch Porensky;David J. Augustine

  • Moisture pulses, trace gas emissions and soil C and N in cheatgrass and native grass-dominated sagebrush-steppe in Wyoming, USA

    U. Norton;A.R. Mosier;J.A. Morgan;J.D. Derner

  • Assessing Herbivore Foraging Behavior with GPS Collars in a Semiarid Grassland

    David J. Augustine;Justin D. Derner

  • Conservation Program Participation and Adaptive Rangeland Decision-Making

    Mark Lubell;B. B. Cutts;L. M. Roche;M. Hamilton

  • Effects of Grazing Pressure on Efficiency of Grazing on North American Great Plains Rangelands

    A. J. Smart;J. D. Derner;J. R. Hendrickson;R. L. Gillen

  • On-Ranch Grazing Strategies: Context for the Rotational Grazing Dilemma☆

    L.M. Roche;B.B. Cutts;J.D. Derner;M.N. Lubell

  • Evaluating strategies for sustainable intensification of US agriculture through the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network

    S Spiegal;B T Bestelmeyer;D W Archer;D J Augustine

  • Increasing CO2 from subambient to superambient concentrations alters species composition and increases above‐ground biomass in a C3/C4 grassland

    H. Wayne Polley;Hyrum B. Johnson;Justin D. Derner

  • Long-term cattle gain responses to stocking rate and grazing systems in northern mixed-grass prairie

    Justin D. Derner;Richard H. Hart;Michael A. Smith;James W. Waggoner

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Augustine
David J. Augustine Agricultural Research Service
David D. Briske
David D. Briske Texas A&M University
H. Wayne Polley
H. Wayne Polley Agricultural Research Service
Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez
Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez Colorado State University
Daniel G. Milchunas
Daniel G. Milchunas Colorado State University
Jack A. Morgan
Jack A. Morgan Agricultural Research Service
Dana M. Blumenthal
Dana M. Blumenthal Agricultural Research Service
Kenneth W. Tate
Kenneth W. Tate University of California, Davis
Jean L. Steiner
Jean L. Steiner Agricultural Research Service
William J. Parton
William J. Parton Colorado State University

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