2026 Mark D. Coleman: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	37	4707	4411	1175	1055	89	4404

Overview

Mark D. Coleman is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant body of work spanning related subfields such as Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's scholarly contributions are concentrated around key topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Bioenergy Crop Production and Management, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Seedling Growth and Survival Studies, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Coleman has published extensively in several academic venues. Notable frequent publication venues include Forest Ecology and Management, Plant and Soil, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, BioEnergy Research, and GCB Bioenergy.

Among recent papers, the following stand out:

Irrigation management in poplar (Populus spp.) plantations: A review, 2021, Forest Ecology and Management
Variations in water-balance components and carbon stocks in poplar plantations with differing water inputs over a whole rotation: implications for sustainable forest management under climate change, 2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Stand development modifies effects of soil water availability on poplar fine-root traits: evidence from a six-year experiment, 2022, Plant and Soil
The practice and economics of hybrid poplar biomass production for biofuels and bioproducts in the Pacific Northwest, 2020, BioEnergy Research
Forest soil respiration and exoenzyme activity in western North America following thinning, residue removal for biofuel production, and compensatory soil amendments, 2020, GCB Bioenergy

Coleman has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Benye Xi, Nan Di, Eureka Joshi, Wei Hu, and Doudou Li.

Best Publications

Ecology and silviculture of poplar plantations

John A. Stanturf;Cees van Oosten;Daniel A. Netzer;Mark D. Coleman

226
Citations
Forest production responses to irrigation and fertilization are not explained by shifts in allocation

David R. Coyle;Mark D. Coleman

213
Citations
Biomass-Bioenergy Crops in the United States: A Changing Paradigm

Jane M.F. Johnson;Mark D. Coleman;Russ Gesch;Abdullah Jaradat

196
Citations
Pure culture response of ectomycorrhizal fungi to imposed water stress

Mark D. Coleman;Caroline S. Bledsoe;William Lopushinsky

166
Citations
Contrasting fine-root production, survival and soil CO 2 efflux in pine and poplar plantations

M. D. Coleman;Richard E. Dickson;J. G. Isebrands

161
Citations
Effects of Tropospheric O3 on Trembling Aspen and Interaction with CO2: Results from an O3-Gradient and a Face Experiment

D.F. Karnosky;B. Mankovska;K. Percy;R.E. Dickson

155
Citations
Carbon allocation and partitioning in aspen clones varying in sensitivity to tropospheric ozone.

M. D. Coleman;R. E. Dickson;J. G. Isebrands;D. F. Karnosky

153
Citations
Photosynthetic responses of aspen clones to simultaneous exposures of ozone and CO2

O. Kull;A. Sober;M.D. Coleman;R.E. Dickson

149
Citations
Comparing soil carbon of short rotation poplar plantations with agricultural crops and woodlots in north central United States

Mark D. Coleman;J.G. Isebrands;David N. Tolsted;Virginia R. Tolbert

142
Citations
Above- and below-ground biomass accumulation, production, and distribution of sweetgum and loblolly pine grown with irrigation and fertilization

David R. CoyleD.R. Coyle;Mark D. ColemanM.D. Coleman;Doug P. AubreyD.P. Aubrey

132
Citations
Carbon allocation and nitrogen acquisition in a developing Populus deltoides plantation.

Mark D. Coleman;Alexander L. Friend;Christel C. Kern

122
Citations
Carbon allocation to root and shoot systems of woody plants.

Alexander L. Friend;Mark D. Coleman;J. G. Isebrands

120
Citations
Root growth and physiology of potted and field-grown trembling aspen exposed to tropospheric ozone.

M. D. Coleman;R. E. Dickson;J. G. Isebrands;D. F. Karnosky

120
Citations
Spatial and temporal patterns of root distribution in developing stands of four woody crop species grown with drip irrigation and fertilization

Mark Coleman

109
Citations
Woody energy crops in the southeastern United States: Two centuries of practitioner experience

Keith L. Kline;Mark D. Coleman

108
Citations
Growth of five hybrid poplar genotypes exposed to interacting elevated CO2 and O3

R E Dickson;M D Coleman;M D Coleman;D E Riemenschneider;J G Isebrands

108
Citations
Fine root dynamics in a developing Populus deltoides plantation

Christel C. Kern;Alexander L. Friend;Jane M.-F. Johnson;Mark D. Coleman

107
Citations
Soil and microbial respiration in a loblolly pine plantation in response to seven years of irrigation and fertilization

Lisa Samuelson;Reji Mathew;Tom Stokes;Yucheng Feng

104
Citations
Growth and physiology of aspen supplied with different fertilizer addition rates

Mark D. Coleman;Richard E. Dickson;J.G. Isebrands

91
Citations
The Response of Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forests to Global Change

Christian P. Giardina;Christian P. Giardina;Mark D. Coleman;Dan Binkley;Dan Binkley;Jessica E. Hancock;Jessica E. Hancock

87
Citations
Post-establishment fertilization of Minnesota hybrid poplar plantations

Mark Coleman;David Tolsted;Tom Nichols;Wendell D. Johnson

84
Citations
Root hydraulic conductivity and xylem sap levels of zeatin riboside and abscisic acid in ectomycorrhizal Douglas fir seedlings

Mark D. Coleman;Caroline S. Bledsoe;Barbara A. Smit

77
Citations
Survival and growth of 31 Populus clones in South Carolina

David R. Coyle;Mark D. Coleman;Jaclin A. Durant;Jaclin A. Durant;Lee A. Newman;Lee A. Newman

73
Citations
Root cold hardiness and native distribution of subalpine conifers

Mark D. Coleman;Thomas M. Hinckley;Geoffrey McNaughton;Barbara A. Smit

72
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