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Luis S. Pereira

Luis S. Pereira

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Portugal
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 79 429 395 2 1 285 60352

Luis S. Pereira publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Luis S. Pereira between 1977 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Luis S. Pereira published across 50 years, from 1977 to 2026, averaging 7.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2012. 9 of the 390 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2012. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 8 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 23 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 1 publication
1977 2026

390 publications in total across all disciplines

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Luis S. Pereira: publications per year, 1977 to 2026
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 2
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 0
1987 2
1988 2
1989 1
1990 2
1991 2
1992 1
1993 2
1994 1
1995 8
1996 8
1997 4
1998 6
1999 9
2000 12
2001 6
2002 10
2003 15
2004 7
2005 11
2006 13
2007 15
2008 9
2009 23
2010 14
2011 21
2012 27
2013 22
2014 19
2015 19
2016 11
2017 9
2018 12
2019 9
2020 5
2021 8
2022 6
2023 12
2024 13
2025 8
2026 1
Total 390
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Luis S. Pereira 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 Luis S. Pereira 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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Luis S. Pereira 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 Luis S. Pereira 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, 79 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: 79 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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
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 79
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

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Agriculture
  • Irrigation

His main research concerns Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Hydrology, Crop coefficient and Irrigation management. His work deals with themes such as Agriculture, Wind speed, Meteorology, Arid and Agricultural engineering, which intersect with Evapotranspiration. His research in Hydrology intersects with topics in Soil water and Forestry.

Luis S. Pereira combines subjects such as Soil science, Water balance, Vegetation and Water content with his study of Crop coefficient. His Irrigation management research incorporates themes from Water conservation, Deficit irrigation, Irrigation statistics and Irrigation scheduling. His Irrigation statistics study incorporates themes from Consumptive water use, Groundwater flow, Atmometer and Blaney–Criddle equation.

His most cited work include:

  • Crop evapotranspiration : guidelines for computing crop water requirements (15397 citations)
  • Irrigation management under water scarcity (588 citations)
  • Revised FAO Procedures for Calculating Evapotranspiration: Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56 with Testing in Idaho (521 citations)

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

Luis S. Pereira focuses on Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Hydrology, Crop coefficient and Soil water. His studies deal with areas such as Water use and Water resource management as well as Irrigation. His Evapotranspiration research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Climatology, Wind speed, Meteorology, Lysimeter and Arid.

The various areas that Luis S. Pereira examines in his Crop coefficient study include Agricultural engineering and Vegetation. His Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Water balance and Water content. His Irrigation management study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Irrigation statistics.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Irrigation (35.82%)
  • Evapotranspiration (26.57%)
  • Hydrology (24.78%)

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

  • Evapotranspiration (26.57%)
  • Crop coefficient (19.70%)
  • Irrigation (35.82%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Evapotranspiration, Crop coefficient, Irrigation, Water use and Agronomy. His Evapotranspiration research is within the category of Hydrology. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Agricultural engineering and Canopy.

His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Soil water and Surface runoff. His work is dedicated to discovering how Irrigation management, Consumptive water use are connected with Soil management and other disciplines. His research in Deficit irrigation is mostly focused on Irrigation statistics.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Coping with salinity in irrigated agriculture: Crop evapotranspiration and water management issues (45 citations)
  • Modeling water use, transpiration and soil evaporation of spring wheat–maize and spring wheat–sunflower relay intercropping using the dual crop coefficient approach (39 citations)
  • Water, Agriculture and Food: Challenges and Issues (35 citations)

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

  • Statistics
  • Agriculture
  • Ecology

Luis S. Pereira mainly focuses on Evapotranspiration, Irrigation, Crop coefficient, Agronomy and Water use. His Evapotranspiration research incorporates themes from Dew point, Wind speed, Meteorology, Arid and Hydrogeology. Leaching, Agricultural engineering, Salinity and Soil salinity is closely connected to Water balance in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Irrigation.

Luis S. Pereira interconnects Surface irrigation, Intercropping, Monocropping and Irrigation scheduling in the investigation of issues within Crop coefficient. His biological study deals with issues like Deficit irrigation, which deal with fields such as Irrigation management, Productivity and Yield. His Irrigation management study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Consumptive water use and Sowing.

Best Publications

  • Crop evapotranspiration : guidelines for computing crop water requirements

    Richard G. Allen;Luis S. Pereira;Dirk Raes;Martin Smith

  • Irrigation management under water scarcity

    Luis Santos Pereira;Theib Oweis;Abdelaziz Zairi

  • Evapotranspiration information reporting: I. Factors governing measurement accuracy

    Richard G. Allen;Luis S. Pereira;Terry A. Howell;Marvin E. Jensen

  • Crop evapotranspiration estimation with FAO56: Past and future

    Luis S. Pereira;Richard G. Allen;Martin Smith;Dirk Raes

  • Revised FAO Procedures for Calculating Evapotranspiration: Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56 with Testing in Idaho

    Richard G. Allen;Martin Smith;Luis S. Pereira;Dirk Raes

  • A recommendation on standardized surface resistance for hourly calculation of reference ETo by the FAO56 Penman-Monteith method

    Richard G. Allen;William O. Pruitt;James L. Wright;Terry A. Howell

  • FAO-56 Dual Crop Coefficient Method for Estimating Evaporation from Soil and Application Extensions

    Richard G. Allen;Luis S. Pereira;Martin Smith;Dirk Raes

  • Improved indicators of water use performance and productivity for sustainable water conservation and saving

    Luis S. Pereira;Ian Cordery;Iacovos Iacovides

  • Estimating crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height

    Richard G. Allen;Luis S. Pereira

  • Estimating reference evapotranspiration with the FAO Penman-Monteith equation using daily weather forecast messages

    Jiabing Cai;Yu Liu;Tingwu Lei;Luis Santos Pereira

  • Evapotranspiration: Concepts and Future Trends

    Luis S. Pereira;Alain Perrier;Richard G. Allen;Isabel Alves

  • Climate change and Mediterranean agriculture: Impacts on winter wheat and tomato crop evapotranspiration, irrigation requirements and yield

    Sameh Saadi;Mladen Todorovic;Lazar Tanasijevic;Luis S. Pereira

  • Impacts of climate change on olive crop evapotranspiration and irrigation requirements in the Mediterranean region

    Lazar Tanasijevic;Mladen Todorovic;Luis S. Pereira;Claudia Pizzigalli

  • Estimation of ETo with Hargreaves-Samani and FAO-PM temperature methods for a wide range of climates in Iran

    Tayeb Raziei;Luis S. Pereira

  • Implementing the dual crop coefficient approach in interactive software. 1. Background and computational strategy

    Ricardo D. Rosa;Paula Paredes;Gonçalo C. Rodrigues;Isabel Alves

  • Revised FAO methodology for crop-water requirements

    M Smith;R Allen;L Pereira

  • Higher performance through combined improvements in irrigation methods and scheduling : a discussion

    Luis S Pereira

  • Two-dimensional modeling of water and nitrogen fate from sweet sorghum irrigated with fresh and blended saline waters

    T.B. Ramos;J. Šimůnek;M.C. Gonçalves;M.C. Gonçalves;J.C. Martins

  • Validation of the FAO methodology for computing ETo with limited data. Application to south Bulgaria

    Zornitsa Popova;Milena Kercheva;Luis S. Pereira

  • Soil macropore dynamics affected by tillage and irrigation for a silty loam alluvial soil in southern Portugal

    M.R Cameira;R.M Fernando;L.S Pereira

  • Drought class transition analysis through Markov and Loglinear models, an approach to early warning

    A.A. Paulo;E. Ferreira;C. Coelho;L.S. Pereira

  • Crop Water Requirements

    L.S. Pereira;I. Alves

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula Paredes
Paula Paredes University of Lisbon
Richard G. Allen
Richard G. Allen University of Idaho
Elvira Fortunato
Elvira Fortunato Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Pedro Barquinha
Pedro Barquinha Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Dirk Raes
Dirk Raes KU Leuven
Rameshwar S. Kanwar
Rameshwar S. Kanwar Iowa State University
Guanhua Huang
Guanhua Huang China Agricultural University
Rodrigo Martins
Rodrigo Martins Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Piero Lionello
Piero Lionello University of Salento
Haijun Liu
Haijun Liu Huazhong Agricultural University

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