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D-Index
52
Citations
9354
World Ranking
1926
National Ranking
35

Maria Greger 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 Maria Greger sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 115 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria Greger 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 Maria Greger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Biochemistry

Her primary areas of investigation include Botany, Cadmium, Environmental chemistry, Shoot and Phytoremediation. Her research ties Mercury and Botany together. Her Cadmium study incorporates themes from Salix purpurea, Food science, Soil contamination and Agronomy.

Maria Greger focuses mostly in the field of Environmental chemistry, narrowing it down to matters related to Soil water and, in some cases, Calamine, Heavy metals and Metal. Her Shoot research includes elements of Terrestrial plant, Chelation and Sugar, Biochemistry. Her Phytoremediation study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Cyperaceae, Tailings and Phytotoxicity.

Her most cited work include:

  • Accumulation properties of As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn by four wetland plant species growing on submerged mine tailings (398 citations)
  • Metal Availability and Bioconcentration in Plants (227 citations)
  • Influence of temperature and salinity on heavy metal uptake by submersed plants. (202 citations)

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

Maria Greger mostly deals with Botany, Cadmium, Environmental chemistry, Shoot and Agronomy. In her research on the topic of Botany, Ipomoea aquatica is strongly related with Mercury. The study incorporates disciplines such as Picea abies, Soil contamination, Metal and Bark in addition to Cadmium.

Her Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Tailings, Soil water and Nutrient. Maria Greger interconnects Terrestrial plant, Hydroponics and Spinach in the investigation of issues within Shoot. Her work deals with themes such as Willow and Specific leaf area, which intersect with Agronomy.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (41.51%)
  • Cadmium (40.57%)
  • Environmental chemistry (33.02%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2020)?

  • Environmental chemistry (33.02%)
  • Arsenic (9.43%)
  • Plant species (6.60%)

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

Her main research concerns Environmental chemistry, Arsenic, Plant species, Wetland and Moss. Her Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Silicon, Alum, Nutrient and Shoot. Her Arsenic research includes themes of Field conditions, Cultivar, Potassium silicate and Silica fume.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Mineral, Hydroponics, Soil classification and Phytoremediation, Heavy metals. Her studies deal with areas such as Oxygenation and Bioremediation as well as Moss. Her study looks at the intersection of Bioremediation and topics like Tailings with Botany.

Between 2016 and 2020, her most popular works were:

  • Silicon Influences Soil Availability and Accumulation of Mineral Nutrients in Various Plant Species (49 citations)
  • Arsenic concentrations in local aromatic and high-yielding hybrid rice cultivars and the potential health risk: a study in an arsenic hotspot (31 citations)
  • Comparison of silicon nanoparticles and silicate treatments in fenugreek. (31 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Biochemistry

Maria Greger spends much of her time researching Silicon, Mechanism, Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, Superoxide dismutase and Catalase. Her Silicon research incorporates themes from Plant species, Hydroponics, Soil classification, Alum and Shoot. Her Mechanism research encompasses a variety of disciplines, including Evolutionary biology, Resistance, Biological sciences, Insect pest and Defence mechanisms.

She has researched Evolutionary biology in several fields, including Insect and Herbivorous insects. Her Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase study combines topics in areas such as Trigonella, Biochemistry, Sodium silicate and Nuclear chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Accumulation properties of As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn by four wetland plant species growing on submerged mine tailings

    Eva Stoltz;Maria Greger

  • Metal Availability and Bioconcentration in Plants

    M. Greger

  • Influence of temperature and salinity on heavy metal uptake by submersed plants.

    Åsa Fritioff;L Kautsky;M Greger

  • Use of willow in phytoextraction.

    Maria Greger;Tommy Landberg

  • Differences in structure of adventitious roots in Salix clones with contrasting characteristics of cadmium accumulation and sensitivity

    Alexander Lux;Anna Sottníková;Jana Opatrná;Maria Greger

  • Differences in uptake and tolerance to heavy metals in Salix from unpolluted and polluted areas

    T. Landberg;M. Greger

  • Silicon Influences Soil Availability and Accumulation of Mineral Nutrients in Various Plant Species

    Maria Greger;Tommy Landberg;Marek Vaculík

  • Metal Availability, Uptake, Transport and Accumulation in Plants

    Maria Greger

  • Silicon modifies root anatomy, and uptake and subcellular distribution of cadmium in young maize plants

    Marek Vaculík;Tommy Landberg;Maria Greger;Miroslava Luxová

  • Uptake and distribution of Zn, Cu, Cd, and Pb in an aquatic plant Potamogeton natans

    Åsa Fritioff;Maria Greger

  • Comparison of Uptake and Distribution of Cadmium in Different Cultivars of Bread and Durum Wheat

    Maria Greger;Martina Löfstedt

  • Influence of nutrient levels on uptake and effects of mercury, cadmium, and lead in water spinach.

    Agneta Göthberg;Maria Greger;Karin Holm;Bengt-Erik Bengtsson

  • Direct and indirect effects of Cd2+ on photosynthesis in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

    Maria Greger;Erling Ogren

  • Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Species with Potential to Remove Heavy Metals from Stormwater

    Asa Fritioff;Maria Greger

  • Silicate reduces cadmium uptake into cells of wheat.

    Maria Greger;Ahmad H. Kabir;Tommy Landberg;Pooja J. Maity

  • Silicon and Mechanisms of Plant Resistance to Insect Pests.

    Fadi Alhousari;Maria Greger

  • Effects of Cd2+ and EDTA on young sugar beets (Beta vulgaris). I. Cd2+ uptake and sugar accumulation

    Maria Greger;Sylvia Lindberg

  • Clonal differences in mercury tolerance, accumulation, and distribution in willow.

    Yaodong Wang;Maria Greger

  • Absence of Hg transpiration by shoot after Hg uptake by roots of six terrestrial plant species

    Maria Greger;Yaodong Wang;Clara Neuschütz

  • A field study of constructed wetlands for preventing and treating acid mine drainage.

    Johanna Nyquist;Maria Greger

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvia Lindberg
Sylvia Lindberg Stockholm University
Alexander Lux
Alexander Lux Comenius University
Lena Kautsky
Lena Kautsky Stockholm University
Dan Boström
Dan Boström Umeå University
Gunnar Jacks
Gunnar Jacks Royal Institute of Technology
Steve W. Lyon
Steve W. Lyon The Ohio State University
Prosun Bhattacharya
Prosun Bhattacharya Royal Institute of Technology
Marek Vaculík
Marek Vaculík Comenius University
Yitzchak Gutterman
Yitzchak Gutterman Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia

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