World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Plant Science and Agronomy
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
99
Citations
43015
World Ranking
164
National Ranking
56

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
99
Citations
43031
World Ranking
286
National Ranking
119

Lawren Sack 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 Lawren Sack sits on this spectrum.

36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36 publications 467+

This scientist: 236 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lawren Sack 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 Lawren Sack sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 99 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 Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award

Overview

Lawren Sack is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on plant and ecosystem-level studies.

The main fields of study for Lawren Sack include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to several subfields of study:

  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Atmospheric Science

Key research topics addressed by Lawren Sack cover a broad range of plant and ecological processes:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Lawren Sack has published multiple papers in a variety of scientific venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "Plant Trait Networks: Improved Resolution of the Dimensionality of Adaptation", 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Global root traits (GRooT) database", 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content", 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress", 2022, The Plant Cell
  • "Leaf water potential measurements using the pressure chamber: Synthetic testing of assumptions towards best practices for precision and accuracy", 2022, Plant Cell & Environment

Frequent publication venues for Lawren Sack include:

  • New Phytologist
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Change Biology

Lawren Sack collaborates often with several co-authors in their research efforts. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Thomas N. Buckley
  • Christine Scoffoni
  • Nianpeng He
  • Congcong Liu
  • Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira

Best Publications

  • New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The determinants of leaf turgor loss point and prediction of drought tolerance of species and biomes: a global meta‐analysis

    Megan K. Bartlett;Christine Scoffoni;Lawren Sack

  • Global climatic drivers of leaf size.

    Ian J. Wright;Ning Dong;Ning Dong;Vincent Maire;Vincent Maire;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • The ‘hydrology’ of leaves: co‐ordination of structure and function in temperate woody species

    L. Sack;P. D. Cowan;N. Jaikumar;N. M. Holbrook

  • Leaf hydraulics.

    Unknown

  • Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

    William R. L. Anderegg;Tamir Klein;Megan Bartlett;Lawren Sack

  • Leaf venation: structure, function, development, evolution, ecology and applications in the past, present and future

    Lawren Sack;Christine Scoffoni

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • The correlations and sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought

    Megan K. Bartlett;Tamir Klein;Steven Jansen;Brendan Choat

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • Decline of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance with Dehydration: Relationship to Leaf Size and Venation Architecture

    Christine Scoffoni;Michael Rawls;Athena McKown;Hervé Cochard

  • What is conservation physiology? Perspectives on an increasingly integrated and essential science†

    Steven Cooke;Lawren Sack;Craig E Franklin;Anthony P Farrell

  • LEAF STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY IS RELATED TO HYDRAULIC CAPACITY IN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST TREES

    Lawren Sack;Lawren Sack;Kristen Frole

  • Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

    Angela T. Moles;Sarah E. Perkins;Shawn W. Laffan;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

  • Ecological differentiation in xylem cavitation resistance is associated with stem and leaf structural traits

    Lars Markesteijn;Lourens Poorter;Horacio Paz;Lawren Sack

  • Developmentally based scaling of leaf venation architecture explains global ecological patterns

    Lawren Sack;Christine Scoffoni;Athena D. McKown;Kristen Frole

  • How does biomass distribution change with size and differ among species? An analysis for 1200 plant species from five continents

    Hendrik Poorter;Andrzej M. Jagodzinski;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado;Shem Kuyah

  • Viewing leaf structure and evolution from a hydraulic perspective

    Tim J. Brodribb;Taylor S. Feild;Taylor S. Feild;Lawren Sack

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Scoffoni
Christine Scoffoni California State University Los Angeles
Susan Cordell
Susan Cordell US Forest Service
Rebecca Ostertag
Rebecca Ostertag University of Hawaii at Hilo
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Thomas N. Buckley
Thomas N. Buckley University of California, Davis
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Christian P. Giardina
Christian P. Giardina US Forest Service
Kun-Fang Cao
Kun-Fang Cao Guangxi University
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Lawren Sack

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles