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D-Index
56
Citations
7506
World Ranking
1570
National Ranking
18

Kevin R. Tate 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 Kevin R. Tate sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 96 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kevin R. Tate 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 Kevin R. Tate sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Carbon dioxide

His main research concerns Agronomy, Soil water, Pasture, Ecology and Organic matter. His Agronomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Shrubland, Soil fertility, Botany, Forest floor and Afforestation. His Soil water study typically links adjacent topics like Ecosystem.

His Pasture research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Soil carbon, Greenhouse gas and Water content. His Water content study incorporates themes from Soil texture and Grazing. His Organic matter study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Biomass, Mineralogy and Environmental chemistry.

His most cited work include:

  • Soil surface CO2 flux as an index of soil respiration in situ: a comparison of two chamber methods. (170 citations)
  • Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from dairy-grazed pastures (168 citations)
  • Effects of Plant Species Diversity and Composition on Nitrogen Cycling and the Trace Gas Balance of Soils (111 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Soil water, Agronomy, Pasture, Soil organic matter and Soil carbon. His Soil water study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Environmental chemistry, Botany, Pinus radiata and Water content. He has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Soil biology, Loam and Soil fertility.

Kevin R. Tate interconnects Ecosystem, Nitrogen cycle, Afforestation, Nutrient and Grazing in the investigation of issues within Pasture. The study incorporates disciplines such as Soil horizon, Organic matter, Mineralization and Gleysol in addition to Soil organic matter. The concepts of his Soil carbon study are interwoven with issues in Land use, land-use change and forestry, Hydrology, Forestry, Grassland and Vegetation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Soil water (46.51%)
  • Agronomy (31.40%)
  • Pasture (26.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2020)?

  • Methane (12.79%)
  • Environmental chemistry (18.60%)
  • Biofilter (6.98%)

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

Kevin R. Tate mostly deals with Methane, Environmental chemistry, Biofilter, Soil water and Greenhouse gas. His Methane research includes elements of Biogas and Environmental engineering. His work deals with themes such as Urea and Agronomy, which intersect with Biogas.

Soil water is the subject of his research, which falls under Ecology. Kevin R. Tate works mostly in the field of Greenhouse gas, limiting it down to topics relating to Land use, land-use change and forestry and, in certain cases, Biomass, Soil management, Soil organic matter and Environmental protection, as a part of the same area of interest. His Pasture research includes themes of Aeration and Pine forest.

Between 2010 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Soil methane oxidation and land-use change – from process to mitigation (107 citations)
  • Response of methanotrophic communities to afforestation and reforestation in New Zealand (43 citations)
  • Quantifying the climate-change consequences of shifting land use between forest and agriculture (33 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Carbon dioxide

Kevin R. Tate mainly focuses on Greenhouse gas, Land use, land-use change and forestry, Temperate forest, Agroforestry and Soil carbon. In his research on the topic of Greenhouse gas, Carbon sequestration, Nitrogen cycle and Hydrology is strongly related with Climate change. His Land use, land-use change and forestry research incorporates elements of Biomass, Soil management, Soil organic matter and Environmental protection.

His Temperate forest study deals with Shrubland intersecting with Soil water. His Soil carbon study combines topics in areas such as Grassland, Agronomy, Mineralization, Nitrogen and Grazed pasture. He combines subjects such as Moisture, Soil properties, Animal science and Water content with his study of Grassland.

Best Publications

  • A DIRECT EXTRACTION METHOD TO ESTIMATE SOIL MICROBIAL C: EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLES AND SOME DIFFERENT CALIBRATION PROCEDURES

    K.R. Tate;D.J. Ross;C.W. Feltham

  • Land-use change: effects on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus pools and fluxes in three adjacent ecosystems.

    D.J. Ross;K.R. Tate;N.A. Scott;C.W. Feltham

  • Soil surface CO2 flux as an index of soil respiration in situ: a comparison of two chamber methods.

    L.S. Jensen;T. Mueller;K.R. Tate;D.J. Ross

  • Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from dairy-grazed pastures

    S. Saggar;R.M. Andrew;K.R. Tate;C.B. Hedley

  • Soil methane oxidation and land-use change – from process to mitigation

    Kevin R. Tate

  • Effects of Plant Species Diversity and Composition on Nitrogen Cycling and the Trace Gas Balance of Soils

    Pascal A. Niklaus;Pascal A. Niklaus;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Kevin R. Tate

  • Soil-atmosphere exchange of nitrous oxide and methane in New Zealand terrestrial ecosystems and their mitigation options: a review

    Surinder Saggar;K. R. Tate;D. L. Giltrap;J. Singh

  • Methane uptake in soils from Pinus radiata plantations, a reverting shrubland and adjacent pastures: Effects of land-use change, and soil texture, water and mineral nitrogen

    K.R. Tate;D.J. Ross;S. Saggar;C.B. Hedley

  • Physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of the soil microbial community after afforestation of pastures with Pinus radiata

    Catriona A. Macdonald;Nadine Thomas;Lucinda Robinson;Kevin R. Tate

  • Carbon storage and turnover, and respiratory activity, in the litter and soil of an old-growth southern beech (Nothofagus) forest.

    K.R. Tate;D.J. Ross;B.J. O'Brien;F.M. Kelliher

  • Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grasslands in New Zealand

    Surinder Saggar;D.L. Giltrap;C. Li;K.R. Tate

  • Pristine New Zealand forest soil is a strong methane sink

    Sally J. Price;Robert R. Sherlock;Francis M. Kelliher;Tony M. McSeveny

  • Soil carbon storage in plantation forests and pastures: land-use change implications

    Neal A. Scott;Kevin R. Tate;Justin Ford-Robertson;David J. Giltrap

  • Restoration of pasture after topsoil removal: Effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization, microbial biomass and enzyme activities

    D.J. Ross;T.W. Speir;K.R. Tate;Annette Cairns

  • Elevated [CO2] effects on herbage production and soil carbon and nitrogen pools and mineralization in a species-rich, grazed pasture on a seasonally dry sand

    D.J. Ross;P.C.D. Newton;K.R. Tate

  • Temporal variations in some plant and soil P pools in two pasture soils of widely different P fertility status

    K. R. Tate;T. W. Speir;D. J. Ross;R. L. Parfitt

  • Carbon turnover in a range of allophanic soils amended with 14C-labelled glucose

    S. Saggar;K.R. Tate;C.W. Feltham;C.W. Childs

  • Production, storage, and output of particulate organic carbon: Waipaoa River basin, New Zealand

    Basil Gomez;N. A. Trustrum;D. M. Hicks;K. M. Rogers

  • Soil biota and global change at the ecosystem level: describing soil biota in mathematical models

    Pete. Smith;Olof. Andrén;Lijbert Brussaard;Mark. Dangerfield

  • Organic carbon stocks in New Zealand's terrestrial ecosystems

    K. R. Tate;D. J. Giltrap;J. J. Claydon;P. F. Newsome

  • The biological transformation of P in soil

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  • Towards Establishing the Age, Location, and Identity of the Inert Soil Organic Matter of a Spodosol

    Benny K. G. Theng;Kevin R. Tate;Peter Becker‐Heidmann

  • Elevated CO2 and temperature effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in ryegrass/white clover turves of an Endoaquept soil

    D. J. Ross;K. R. Tate;P. C. D. Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

Des J. Ross
Des J. Ross Landcare Research
Surinder Saggar
Surinder Saggar Landcare Research
Neal A. Scott
Neal A. Scott Queen's University
Brajesh K. Singh
Brajesh K. Singh Western Sydney University
Noel A. Trustrum
Noel A. Trustrum GNS Science
Peter Millard
Peter Millard Landcare Research
Harry Clark
Harry Clark New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC)
J. Colin Murrell
J. Colin Murrell University of East Anglia

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