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D-Index
34
Citations
6138
World Ranking
5288
National Ranking
54

Nele Verhulst 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 Nele Verhulst 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.

Nele Verhulst 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 Nele Verhulst sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Crop residue management and soil health: A systems analysis

    Marie-Soleil Turmel;Alicia Speratti;Frédéric Baudron;Nele Verhulst

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

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

  • Conservation agriculture, improving soil quality for sustainable production systems?

    N. Verhulst;Bram Govaerts;E. Verachtert;A. Castellanos-Navarrete

  • Weed dynamics and conservation agriculture principles: A review

    Virginia Nichols;Virginia Nichols;Nele Verhulst;Rachael Cox;Bram Govaerts

  • Maize production in a changing climate: Impacts, adaptation, and mitigation strategies

    J.E. Cairns;K. Sonder;P.H. Zaidi;N. Verhulst;N. Verhulst

  • 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

  • Soil water content, maize yield and its stability as affected by tillage and crop residue management in rainfed semi-arid highlands

    Nele Verhulst;Nele Verhulst;Victoria Nelissen;Niels Jespers;Heleen Haven

  • 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

  • Soil quality as affected by tillage-residue management in a wheat-maize irrigated bed planting system

    Nele Verhulst;Nele Verhulst;Fabian Kienle;Ken D. Sayre;Jozef Deckers

  • Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health

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  • 16S metagenomics reveals changes in the soil bacterial community driven by soil organic C, N-fertilizer and tillage-crop residue management

    Yosef Chávez-Romero;Yendi E. Navarro-Noya;Silvia C. Reynoso-Martínez;Yohana Sarria-Guzmán

  • Conservation agriculture, increased organic carbon in the top-soil macro-aggregates and reduced soil CO2 emissions

    Mariela Fuentes;Claudia Hidalgo;Jorge Etchevers;Fernando De León

  • The effect of tillage, crop rotation and residue management on maize and wheat growth and development evaluated with an optical sensor

    Nele Verhulst;Nele Verhulst;Bram Govaerts;Victoria Nelissen;Ken D. Sayre

  • Bacterial community structure in maize residue amended soil with contrasting management practices

    Daniel A. Ramirez-Villanueva;Juan Manuel Bello-López;Yendi E. Navarro-Noya;Marco Luna-Guido

  • Greenhouse gas emissions under conservation agriculture compared to traditional cultivation of maize in the central highlands of Mexico.

    Luc Dendooven;Vicente F. Gutiérrez-Oliva;Leonardo Patiño-Zúñiga;Daniel A. Ramírez-Villanueva

  • Using NDVI and soil quality analysis to assess influence of agronomic management on within-plot spatial variability and factors limiting production

    Nele Verhulst;Bram Govaerts;KD Sayre;Jozef A. Deckers

  • Nitrogen use efficiency and optimization of nitrogen fertilization in conservation agriculture

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  • Evaluating spatial within plot crop variability for different management practices with an optical sensor

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Nele Verhulst;Ken D Sayre;Pieter De Corte

  • Understanding smallholder farmers' intention to adopt agricultural apps : the role of mastery approach and innovation hubs in mexico

    Janet Molina-Maturano;Nele Verhulst;Juan Tur-Cardona;David T. Güereña

  • Bacterial indicator taxa in soils under different long-term agricultural management.

    Norma G. Jiménez‐Bueno;César Valenzuela‐Encinas;Rodolfo Marsch;Daniel Ortiz‐Gutiérrez

  • Wheat yield and tillage–straw management system × year interaction explained by climatic co-variables for an irrigated bed planting system in northwestern Mexico

    Nele Verhulst;Nele Verhulst;Ken D. Sayre;Mateo Vargas;Mateo Vargas;Jose Crossa

  • Conservation agriculture affects arthropod community composition in a rainfed maize–wheat system in central Mexico

    Ariel Rivers;Mary Barbercheck;Bram Govaerts;Nele Verhulst

  • Conservation agriculture for wheat-based cropping systems under gravity irrigation: increasing resilience through improved soil quality

    Nele Verhulst;Nele Verhulst;Adrian Carrillo-García;Carina Moeller;Richard Trethowan

  • Using NDVI and soil quality analysis to assess influence of agronomic management on within-plot spatial variability and factors limiting production, Plant Soil 317, 41-59

    N. Verhulst;B. Govaerts;K. D. Sayre;J. Deckers

Frequent Co-Authors

Bram Govaerts
Bram Govaerts International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Luc Dendooven
Luc Dendooven Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Dirk Raes
Dirk Raes KU Leuven
José Crossa
José Crossa International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Andreas Buerkert
Andreas Buerkert University of Kassel
Juan Burgueño
Juan Burgueño International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Xiying Hao
Xiying Hao Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Martin H. Chantigny
Martin H. Chantigny Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Mateo Vargas
Mateo Vargas Chapingo Autonomous University

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