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Luc Abbadie 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 Luc Abbadie sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 83 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luc Abbadie 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 Luc Abbadie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Luc Abbadie is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans across several subfields, including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science, Atmospheric Science, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, French Urban and Social Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Climate Change and Permafrost, Urban Green Space and Health, as well as Plant and Animal Studies.

Among their recent publications are the following:

  • Plant-soil synchrony in nutrient cycles: Learning from ecosystems to design sustainable agrosystems, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Temperature and soil management effects on carbon fluxes and priming effect intensity, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Plant-pollinator interactions on green roofs are mediated by substrate characteristics and plant community composition, 2020, Acta Oecologica
  • Potential energetic return on investment positively correlated with overall soil microbial activity, 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Topsoil characteristics of forests and lawns along an urban-rural gradient in the Paris region (France), 2020, Soil Use and Management

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Naoise Nunan
  • Sébastien Barot
  • Xavier Raynaud
  • Ludovic Foti
  • Louis Dufour

Abbadie has published multiple papers in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Acta Oecologica, Annales des Mines - Responsabilité et environnement, and Global Change Biology.

In addition to articles, Abbadie has contributed to book publications, including a scientific prospectus for French biodiversity research published by the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The priming effect of organic matter: a question of microbial competition

    Sébastien Fontaine;André Mariotti;Luc Abbadie

  • Carbon input to soil may decrease soil carbon content

    Sébastien Fontaine;Gérard Bardoux;Luc Abbadie;André Mariotti

  • Priming effect: bridging the gap between terrestrial and aquatic ecology

    Bertrand Guenet;Michael Danger;Michael Danger;Luc Abbadie;Gérard Lacroix

  • GRAZING OPTIMIZATION AND NUTRIENT CYCLING: WHEN DO HERBIVORES ENHANCE PLANT PRODUCTION?

    Claire de Mazancourt;Michel Loreau;Luc Abbadie

  • EFFECTS OF GRAZING ON MICROBIAL FUNCTIONAL GROUPS INVOLVED IN SOIL N DYNAMICS

    A. K. Patra;L. Abbadie;A. Clays-Josserand;V. Degrange

  • Effects of management regime and plant species on the enzyme activity and genetic structure of N‐fixing, denitrifying and nitrifying bacterial communities in grassland soils

    Ashok K. Patra;Luc Abbadie;Annie Clays-Josserand;Valérie Degrange

  • Is there a linear relationship between priming effect intensity and the amount of organic matter input

    Bertrand Guenet;Cathy Neill;Gérard Bardoux;Luc Abbadie

  • Mechanisms of the Priming Effect in a Savannah Soil Amended with Cellulose

    Sébastien Fontaine;Gérard Bardoux;Danielle Benest;Bruno Verdier

  • Plant Preference for Ammonium versus Nitrate: A Neglected Determinant of Ecosystem Functioning?

    Simon Boudsocq;Audrey Niboyet;Jean Christophe Lata;Xavier Raynaud

  • Evidence that stable C is as vulnerable to priming effect as is more labile C in soil.

    Bertrand Guenet;Sabrina Juarez;Gérard Bardoux;Luc Abbadie

  • Grass populations control nitrification in savanna soils

    Jean-Christophe Lata;Valérie Degrange;Xavier Raynaud;Pierre-Alain Maron

  • INDEPENDENCE OF SAVANNA GRASSES FROM SOIL ORGANIC MATTER FOR THEIR NITROGEN SUPPLY

    Luc Abbadie;Andre Mariotti;Jean-Claude Menaut

  • Dynamic role of “illite-like” clay minerals in temperate soils: facts and hypotheses

    Pierre Barre;Pierre Barre;Bruce Velde;Luc Abbadie

  • Clay minerals as a soil potassium reservoir: observation and quantification through X-ray diffraction

    Pierre Barré;Christophe Montagnier;Claire Chenu;Luc Abbadie

  • Biomass burning in the tropical savannas of Ivory Coast: An overview of the field experiment Fire of Savannas (FOS/DECAFE 91)

    J. P. Lacaux;J. M. Brustet;R. Delmas;J. C. Menaut

  • Effects of tree clumps on soil characteristics in a humid savanna of West Africa (Lamto, Côte d'Ivoire)

    P. Mordelet;L. Abbadie;J. C. Menaut

  • The impact of long-term CO2 enrichment and moisture levels on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities

    B. Guenet;K. Lenhart;J. Leloup;S. Giusti-Miller

  • Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Savannas, woodlands and dry forests in Africa

    Jean-Claude Menaut;Michel Lepage;Luc Abbadie

  • Which functional processes control the short-term effect of grazing on net primary production in grasslands?

    H. Leriche;X. LeRoux;J. Gignoux;A. Tuzet

  • Which 2 : 1 clay minerals are involved in the soil potassium reservoir? Insights from potassium addition or removal experiments on three temperate grassland soil clay assemblages

    Pierre Barré;Pierre Barré;Bruce Velde;Colin Fontaine;Colin Fontaine;Nicole Catel

  • Fast mineralization of land-born C in inland waters: first experimental evidences of aquatic priming effect

    Bertrand Guenet;Michael Danger;Loic Charles Pierre Harrault;Beatrice Allard

Frequent Co-Authors

Sébastien Barot
Sébastien Barot Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Paris
Xavier Le Roux
Xavier Le Roux Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Bertrand Guenet
Bertrand Guenet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
André Mariotti
André Mariotti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Naoise Nunan
Naoise Nunan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Bruce Velde
Bruce Velde École Normale Supérieure
Claire Chenu
Claire Chenu University of Paris-Saclay
Patrick Lavelle
Patrick Lavelle Sorbonne University
Michael Danger
Michael Danger University of Lorraine
Jean-Louis Morel
Jean-Louis Morel University of Lorraine

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