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Plant Science and Agronomy
Mexico
2025

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 63 1030 946 11 11 285 14977

Luc Dendooven publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Luc Dendooven between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Luc Dendooven published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 8 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2009. 7 of the 318 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2009. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 27 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 4 publications
1986 2025

318 publications in total across all disciplines

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Luc Dendooven: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 2
1991 0
1992 2
1993 0
1994 5
1995 3
1996 6
1997 1
1998 4
1999 5
2000 4
2001 6
2002 6
2003 7
2004 5
2005 5
2006 13
2007 12
2008 23
2009 27
2010 19
2011 20
2012 17
2013 16
2014 22
2015 9
2016 12
2017 13
2018 12
2019 6
2020 7
2021 8
2022 7
2023 6
2024 3
2025 4
Total 318
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Luc Dendooven 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 Dendooven sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 281–285 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 285 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35 285
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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Luc Dendooven 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 Dendooven sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 63 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61 63
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Bacteria
  • Ecology
  • Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Tillage, No-till farming, Soil water and Crop residue. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Wastewater, Nutrient and Greenhouse gas. Luc Dendooven has included themes like Soil management, Crop rotation, Soil fertility and Soil quality in his Tillage study.

Luc Dendooven studied No-till farming and Minimum tillage that intersect with Mulch-till, Strip-till and Sustainable agriculture. His Soil water research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Environmental chemistry and Burkholderiales. His studies deal with areas such as Soil organic matter, Field experiment and Phaeozem as well as Crop residue.

His most cited work include:

  • Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration: Between Myth and Farmer Reality (332 citations)
  • Influence of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on soil microbial biomass and catabolic diversity (245 citations)
  • Vermicompost as a soil supplement to improve growth, yield and fruit quality of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). (189 citations)

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

Luc Dendooven mostly deals with Agronomy, Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Botany and Soil salinity. His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Crop residue, Soil fertility and Mineralization. Luc Dendooven combines subjects such as Organic matter, Nutrient and Water content with his study of Soil water.

His study looks at the relationship between Environmental chemistry and topics such as Soil contamination, which overlap with Sludge. His study on Botany also encompasses disciplines like

  • Horticulture and related Vermicompost,
  • Actinobacteria which connect with Firmicutes. His Tillage research includes themes of No-till farming, Conservation agriculture and Monoculture.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (41.00%)
  • Soil water (27.97%)
  • Environmental chemistry (21.07%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Agronomy (41.00%)
  • Soil water (27.97%)
  • Environmental chemistry (21.07%)

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

His main research concerns Agronomy, Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Botany and Mineralization. He is interested in Tillage, which is a branch of Agronomy. His Tillage research incorporates elements of Crop residue and Conservation agriculture.

His Soil water research includes elements of Irrigation, Nitrogen, Bacteria, Water content and Ricinus. His work carried out in the field of Environmental chemistry brings together such families of science as Methane, Fertilizer, Alkali soil and Anthracene. His work deals with themes such as Nitrogen fixation, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Gammaproteobacteria and Soil salinity, which intersect with Botany.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • 16S metagenomics reveals changes in the soil bacterial community driven by soil organic C, N-fertilizer and tillage-crop residue management (45 citations)
  • Utilization of vinasses as soil amendment: consequences and perspectives. (37 citations)
  • Microbial community structure in aerobic and fluffy granules formed in a sequencing batch reactor supplied with 4-chlorophenol at different settling times (32 citations)

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

  • Bacteria
  • Ecology
  • Botany

Luc Dendooven mainly focuses on Agronomy, Soil water, Mineralization, Gemmatimonadetes and Tillage. His Agronomy research includes elements of Soil carbon, Soil fertility, Soil organic matter and Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria. Luc Dendooven focuses mostly in the field of Soil water, narrowing it down to topics relating to Anthracene and, in certain cases, Environmental chemistry, Pollution, Wastewater, Contamination and Phenanthrene.

His studies deal with areas such as Monoculture, Plough, Field capacity, Water content and Minimum tillage as well as Mineralization. His studies in Gemmatimonadetes integrate themes in fields like Soil Pollutants, Eisenia fetida, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and Pasture. The Tillage study which covers Crop residue that intersects with Conservation agriculture.

Best Publications

  • A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services

    Manuel Blouin;Mark.E. Hodson;E.A. Delgado;G. Baker

  • Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration: Between Myth and Farmer Reality

    Bram Govaerts;N. Verhulst;A. Castellanos-Navarrete;Ken D. Sayre

  • Influence of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on soil microbial biomass and catabolic diversity

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Monica Mezzalama;Yusuke Unno;Ken D. Sayre

  • Vermicompost as a soil supplement to improve growth, yield and fruit quality of tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum).

    Federico A. Gutiérrez-Miceli;Jorge Santiago-Borraz;Joaquín Adolfo Montes Molina;Camerino Carlos Nafate

  • Methanogenesis and Methanotrophy in Soil: A Review

    N. Serrano-Silva;Y. Sarria-Guzmán;L. Dendooven;M. Luna-Guido

  • Relative impacts of tillage, residue management and crop-rotation on soil bacterial communities in a semi-arid agroecosystem

    Yendi E. Navarro-Noya;Selene Gómez-Acata;Nina Montoya-Ciriaco;Aketzally Rojas-Valdez

  • Influence of permanent raised bed planting and residue management on physical and chemical soil quality in rain fed maize/wheat systems

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;K.D Sayre;K Lichter;L Dendooven

  • Fourteen years of applying zero and conventional tillage, crop rotation and residue management systems and its effect on physical and chemical soil quality

    Mariela Fuentes;Bram Govaerts;Fernando De León;Claudia Hidalgo

  • Microbial communities to mitigate contamination of PAHs in soil—possibilities and challenges: a review

    F. Fernández-Luqueño;C. Valenzuela-Encinas;R. Marsch;C. Martínez-Suárez

  • Potential of earthworms to accelerate removal of organic contaminants from soil: a review.

    Jacobo Rodriguez-Campos;Luc Dendooven;Dioselina Alvarez-Bernal;Silvia Maribel Contreras-Ramos

  • Conservation agriculture as a sustainable option for the central Mexican highlands

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Ken D. Sayre;Bart Goudeseune;Pieter De Corte

  • Characteristics, and carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soil irrigated with wastewater for different lengths of time.

    E Ramirez-Fuentes;C Lucho-Constantino;E Escamilla-Silva;L Dendooven

  • Phylogenetic and multivariate analyses to determine the effects of different tillage and residue management practices on soil bacterial communities

    Javier A. Ceja-Navarro;Flor N. Rivera-Orduña;Leonardo Patiño-Zúñiga;Antón Vila-Sanjurjo

  • Aggregation and C and N contents of soil organic matter fractions in a permanent raised-bed planting system in the Highlands of Central Mexico

    Kelly Lichter;Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Johan Six;Ken D. Sayre

  • The impacts of inorganic nitrogen application on mineralization of 14C-labelled maize and glucose, and on priming effect in saline alkaline soil

    E. Conde;M. Cardenas;A. Ponce-Mendoza;M.L. Luna-Guido

  • Vermicomposting of biosolids with cow manure and oat straw

    S. M. Contreras-Ramos;E. M. Escamilla-Silva;L. Dendooven

  • Eisenia fetida increased removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soil.

    Silvia M. Contreras-Ramos;Dioselina Álvarez-Bernal;Luc Dendooven

  • Global warming potential of agricultural systems with contrasting tillage and residue management in the central highlands of Mexico

    Luc Dendooven;Luc Dendooven;Leonardo Patiño-Zúñiga;Leonardo Patiño-Zúñiga;Nele Verhulst;Nele Verhulst;Marco Luna-Guido;Marco Luna-Guido

  • Dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in an extreme alkaline saline soil: A review

    Luc Dendooven;Rocio J. Alcántara-Hernández;Cesar Valenzuela-Encinas;Marco Luna-Guido

  • Emulsifying and foaming capacity and emulsion and foam stability of sesame protein concentrates

    Alicia Cano-Medina;Hugo Jiménez-Islas;Luc Dendooven;Rosalba Patiño Herrera

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance fruit growth and quality of chile ancho (Capsicum annuum L. cv San Luis) plants exposed to drought.

    Hortencia G. Mena-Violante;Omar Ocampo-Jiménez;Luc Dendooven;Gerardo Martínez-Soto

  • Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soil amended with biosolid or vermicompost in the presence of earthworms (Eisenia fetida)

    Silvia M. Contreras-Ramos;Dioselina Álvarez-Bernal;Luc Dendooven

  • Optimization of gibberellic acid production by immobilized Gibberella fujikuroi mycelium in fluidized bioreactors.

    Escamilla Em;Dendooven L;Magaña Ip;Parra R

  • Conventionally Tilled and Permanent Raised Beds with Different Crop Residue Management: Effects on Soil C and N Dynamics

    Bram Govaerts;K.D Sayre;J.M Ceballos-Ramirez;M.L Luna-Guido

Frequent Co-Authors

Bram Govaerts
Bram Govaerts International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Nele Verhulst
Nele Verhulst International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Oswald Van Cleemput
Oswald Van Cleemput Ghent University
Bernard Vanlauwe
Bernard Vanlauwe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
José Crossa
José Crossa International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Pascal Boeckx
Pascal Boeckx Ghent University
Gotthard Kunze
Gotthard Kunze Leibniz Association
Anthony Levasseur
Anthony Levasseur University of Montreal

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