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National Ranking
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Mulualem Tigabu 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 Mulualem Tigabu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 182 publications — 72nd percentile

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

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

Mulualem Tigabu 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 Mulualem Tigabu 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

Mulualem Tigabu is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields such as Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Soil Science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Their recent publications highlight diverse aspects of forest and plant sciences. Selected papers include:

  • "Molecular and Metabolic Insights into Anthocyanin Biosynthesis for Leaf Color Change in Chokecherry (Padus virginiana)", 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Responses of leaf morphology, NSCs contents and C:N:P stoichiometry of Cunninghamia lanceolata and Schima superba to shading", 2020, BMC Plant Biology
  • "Emission of atmospheric pollutants during forest fire in boreal region of China", 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Genetic Improvement of Pinus koraiensis in China: Current Situation and Future Prospects", 2020, Forests
  • "Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals the coordinated mechanisms of Populus × canadensis 'Neva' leaves in response to cadmium stress", 2021, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes include:

  • Forests
  • Journal of Forestry Research
  • BMC Plant Biology
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Mulualem Tigabu collaborates regularly with several coauthors, most notably:

  • Futao Guo
  • Xiyang Zhao
  • Xiangqing Ma
  • Ming Li
  • Ziyan Huang

The breadth of their research provides insights into ecosystem dynamics, forest management, and plant physiological responses under environmental stresses. This includes investigations on fire impacts on ecosystems, nutrient cycling in soils, and molecular-level responses of plants to biotic and abiotic factors.

Best Publications

  • Effects of scarification, gibberellic acid and dry heat treatments on the germination of Balanites aegyptiaca seeds from the Sudanian savanna in Burkina Faso

    M Schelin;Mulualem Tigabu;I Eriksson;L Sawadogo

  • Factors influencing people's participation in the forest management program in Burkina Faso, West Africa

    Pascaline Coulibaly-Lingani;Pascaline Coulibaly-Lingani;Patrice Savadogo;Patrice Savadogo;Mulualem Tigabu;Per-Christer Oden

  • Land cover change and its relation with population dynamics in Burkina Faso, West Africa

    I. Ouedraogo;M. Tigabu;P. Savadogo;P. Savadogo;H. Compaoré

  • Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa

    Emma Sandell Festin;Mulualem Tigabu;Mutale N. Chileshe;Stephen Syampungani

  • Determinants of access to forest products in southern Burkina Faso

    Pascaline Coulibaly-Lingani;Pascaline Coulibaly-Lingani;Mulualem Tigabu;Patrice Savadogo;Patrice Savadogo;Per-Christer Oden

  • Rehabilitation of degraded dryland ecosystems – review

    Eshetu Yirdaw;Mulualem Tigabu;Adrian Antonio Monge Monge

  • The relative importance of different regeneration mechanisms in a selectively cut savanna-woodland in Burkina Faso, West Africa

    Catherine Ky-Dembele;Mulualem Tigabu;Jules Bayala;Sibiri Jean Ouédraogo

  • Spatial distribution, advanced regeneration and stand structure of Nepalese Sal (Shorea robusta) forests subject to disturbances of different intensities

    Indra Prasad Sapkota;Mulualem Tigabu;Per Christer Odén

  • Provenance Variation in Seed Morphometric Traits, Germination, and Seedling Growth of Cordia africana Lam

    Abraham Loha;Mulualem Tigabu;Demel Teketay;Kenneth Lundkvist

  • Resilience of tropical dry forests – a meta‐analysis of changes in species diversity and composition during secondary succession

    Géraldine Derroire;Géraldine Derroire;Patricia Balvanera;Carolina Castellanos-Castro;Guillaume Decocq

  • Effect of scarification, gibberellic acid and temperature on seed germination of two multipurpose Albizia species from Ethiopia

    M. Tigabu;P. C. Oden

  • Variation in seed and germination characteristics among Juniperus procera populations in Ethiopia

    Negash Mamo;Mebrate Mihretu;Miftah Fekadu;Mulualem Tigabu

  • Understanding fire drivers and relative impacts in different Chinese forest ecosystems

    Futao Guo;Zhangwen Su;Guangyu Wang;Guangyu Wang;Long Sun

  • Dynamics of sapling population in savanna woodlands of Burkina Faso subjected to grazing, early fire and selective tree cutting for a decade

    Didier Zida;Didier Zida;Louis Sawadogo;Mulualem Tigabu;Daniel Tiveau

  • Biochar addition to forest plantation soil enhances phosphorus availability and soil bacterial community diversity

    Chuifan Zhou;Katherine Heal;Mulualem Tigabu;Mulualem Tigabu;Lidan Xia

  • Herbaceous species responses to long-term effects of prescribed fire, grazing and selective tree cutting in the savanna-woodlands of West Africa

    Patrice Savadogo;Daniel Tiveau;Louis Sawadogo;Mulualem Tigabu

  • Seed germination of herbaceous and woody species of the Sudanian savanna-woodland in response to heat shock and smoke

    Sidzabda Djibril Dayamba;Mulualem Tigabu;Louis Sawadogo;Per Christer Oden

  • Physico-chemical characteristics and heavy metal concentrations of copper mine wastes in Zambia: implications for pollution risk and restoration

    Mutale N. Chileshe;Stephen Syampungani;Emma Sandell Festin;Mulualem Tigabu

  • Effects of gut treatment on recovery and germinability of bovine and ovine ingested seeds of four woody species from the Sudanian savanna in West Africa

    Sandra Razanamandranto;Mulualem Tigabu;Samuel Neya;Per Christer Odén

  • Fuel and fire characteristics in savanna–woodland of West Africa in relation to grazing and dominant grass type

    Patrice Savadogo;Patrice Savadogo;Didier Zida;Didier Zida;Louis Sawadogo;Daniel Tiveau

  • Consumptive values and local perception of dry forest decline in Burkina Faso, West Africa

    Souleymane Paré;Souleymane Paré;Patrice Savadogo;Patrice Savadogo;Mulualem Tigabu;Jean Marie Ouadba

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Christer Odén
Per Christer Odén Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Demel Teketay
Demel Teketay Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Vincent L. Chiang
Vincent L. Chiang North Carolina State University
Nacer Bellaloui
Nacer Bellaloui Agricultural Research Service
Kate V. Heal
Kate V. Heal University of Edinburgh
Ronald R. Sederoff
Ronald R. Sederoff North Carolina State University
John R. Healey
John R. Healey Bangor University
Alemu Mengistu
Alemu Mengistu Agricultural Research Service
Jan Bogaert
Jan Bogaert KU Leuven
Weidong Zhang
Weidong Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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