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D-Index
52
Citations
8399
World Ranking
4563
National Ranking
350

Laura M. Cardenas 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 Laura M. Cardenas sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 265 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Laura M. Cardenas 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 Laura M. Cardenas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Laura M. Cardenas is affiliated with Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on soil-related processes and nutrient dynamics.

Their prominent research topics include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Main fields of study for Cardenas focus on:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields in which they have published include:

  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

Frequently publishing venues include:

  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Geoderma
  • International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "SUCCOR study: an international European cohort observational study comparing minimally invasive surgery versus open abdominal radical hysterectomy in patients with stage IB1 cervical cancer" (2020), International Journal of Gynecological Cancer
  • "Factors Affecting Site Use Preference of Grazing Cattle Studied from 2000 to 2020 through GPS Tracking: A Review" (2021), Sensors
  • "Global Research Alliance N2O chamber methodology guidelines: Recommendations for deployment and accounting for sources of variability" (2020), Journal of Environmental Quality
  • "Meta-analysis of global livestock urine-derived nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils" (2020), Global Change Biology
  • "Beneficial effects of multi-species mixtures on N2O emissions from intensively managed grassland swards" (2021), The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators in their publications include:

  • David R. Chadwick
  • M. Jordana Rivero
  • M. S. A. Blackwell
  • Adrian L. Collins
  • Alice F. Charteris

Best Publications

  • Manure management: implications for greenhouse gas emissions

    Dave Chadwick;Sven Sommer;Rachel Thorman;David Fangueiro

  • First 20 years of DNDC (DeNitrification DeComposition): Model evolution

    Sarah L. Gilhespy;Steven Anthony;Laura Cardenas;David Chadwick

  • Management opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese agriculture

    Dali Nayak;Eli Saetnan;Kun Cheng;Wen Wang

  • Development of emission factors and efficiency of two nitrification inhibitors, DCD and DMPP

    Claudia Gilsanz;Dolores Báez;Tom H. Misselbrook;Mewa S. Dhanoa

  • UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 2005

    S. L. Baggott;L. Brown;L. M. Cardenas;M. K. Downes

  • Optimizing chamber methods for measuring nitrous oxide emissions from plot-based agricultural experiments

    D. R. Chadwick;L. M. Cardenas;T. H. Misselbrook;K. A. Smith

  • Denitrification potential in subsoils: A mechanism to reduce nitrate leaching to groundwater

    Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;Mohammed I. Khalil;Mohammed I. Khalil;Paul Johnston;L. M. Cardenas

  • Laboratory study of the effects of two nitrification inhibitors on greenhouse gas emissions from a slurry-treated arable soil: impact of diurnal temperature cycle

    D. J. Hatch;H. Trindade;L. M. Cardenas;J. Carneiro

  • The contribution of cattle urine and dung to nitrous oxide emissions: Quantification of country specific emission factors and implications for national inventories.

    D. R. Chadwick;L. M. Cardenas;M. S. Dhanoa;N. Donovan

  • Quantifying annual N2O emission fluxes from grazed grassland under a range of inorganic fertiliser nitrogen inputs

    L. M. Cardenas;R. Thorman;N. Ashlee;M. Butler

  • Effects of soil moisture, temperature, and inorganic nitrogen on nitric oxide emissions from acidic tropical savannah soils

    Laura Cárdenas;Alberto Rondón;Christer Johansson;Eugenio Sanhueza

  • An assessment of nitrification inhibitors to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from UK agriculture

    T H Misselbrook;L M Cardenas;V Camp;R E Thorman

  • Advances in the understanding of nutrient dynamics and management in UK agriculture.

    Jennifer A.J. Dungait;Laura M. Cardenas;Martin S.A. Blackwell;Lianhai Wu

  • Nitrogen losses to the environment following food-based digestate and compost applications to agricultural land.

    Fiona Nicholson;Anne Bhogal;Laura Cardenas;David Chadwick

  • Effect of antecedent soil moisture conditions on emissions and isotopologue distribution of N2O during denitrification

    Anja Bergstermann;Laura Cárdenas;Roland Bol;Lucy Gilliam

  • Dual isotope and isotopomer ratios of N2O emitted from a temperate grassland soil after fertiliser application

    R. Bol;S. Toyoda;S. Yamulki;J. M. B. Hawkins

  • Biogenic gas emissions from soils measured using a new automated laboratory incubation system

    L.M. Cárdenas;J.M.B. Hawkins;D. Chadwick;D. Scholefield

  • The North Wyke Farm Platform : effect of temperate grassland farming systems on soil moisture contents, runoff and associated water quality dynamics

    Robert Orr;Philip Murray;C J Eyles;Martin Blackwell

  • Interactions among agricultural production and other ecosystem services delivered from European temperate grassland systems

    Emma S. Pilgrim;Christopher J.A. Macleod;Martin S.A. Blackwell;Roland Bol

  • Effect of plowing on CO2, CO, CH4, N2O, and NO fluxes from tropical savannah soils

    Eugenio Sanhueza;Laura Cárdenas;Loreto Donoso;Magaly Santana

  • Exploring systems responses to mitigation of GHG in UK dairy farms

    A. Del Prado;D. R. Chadwick;L. M. Cardenas;T. H. Misselbrook

  • Nitrogen use efficiency and nitrous oxide emissions from five UK fertilised grasslands.

    L. M. Cardenas;A. Bhogal;D. R. Chadwick;K. McGeough

  • UK greenhouse gas inventory, 1990 to 2007. Annual report for submission under the Framework Convention on Climate Change

    J. Jackson;S. L. Choudrie;G. Thistlethwaite;N. Passant

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University
Tom Misselbrook
Tom Misselbrook Rothamsted Research
D. Scholefield
D. Scholefield Rothamsted Research
Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Reinhard Well
Reinhard Well University of Göttingen
Robert M. Rees
Robert M. Rees Scotland's Rural College
Antonio Vallejo
Antonio Vallejo Technical University of Madrid
Jennifer A.J. Dungait
Jennifer A.J. Dungait University of Exeter
Michael R. F. Lee
Michael R. F. Lee Harper Adams University
Keith Goulding
Keith Goulding Rothamsted Research

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