World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
9710
World Ranking
4275
National Ranking
175

Nicolas P.A. Saby publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicolas P.A. Saby sits on this spectrum.

41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 283 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 25 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 18 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–686 publications: 3 scientists 687+ publications: 100 scientists
41 publications 687+

This scientist: 209 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Nicolas P.A. Saby D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicolas P.A. Saby sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 199 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 19 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nicolas P.A. Saby is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable emphasis on soil-related fields.

Their prominent subfields of study include soil science, environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, civil and structural engineering, and pollution. These areas align with their interest in soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil geostatistics and mapping, soil and unsaturated flow, geochemistry and geologic mapping, soil and water nutrient dynamics, soil erosion and sediment transport, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with frequent outputs in:

  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Geoderma
  • SOIL
  • Geoderma Regional
  • CATENA

Recent selected papers authored or co-authored by Nicolas P.A. Saby include:

  • "Pesticide Residues in French Soils: Occurrence, Risks, and Persistence" (2023), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Can soil properties and land use explain glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) accumulation? A nationwide survey in France" (2020), published in CATENA
  • "Shapley values reveal the drivers of soil organic carbon stock prediction" (2023), published in SOIL
  • "Agriculture increases the bioavailability of silicon, a beneficial element for crop, in temperate soils" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Integrating additional spectroscopically inferred soil data improves the accuracy of digital soil mapping" (2023), published in Geoderma

Nicolas P.A. Saby collaborates regularly with several researchers. Among the frequent co-authors are:

  • Antonio Bispo
  • Dominique Arrouays
  • Claudy Jolivet
  • Claire Froger
  • Manuel Martín

Best Publications

  • Rates and spatial variations of soil erosion in Europe: A study based on erosion plot data

    O. Cerdan;G. Govers;Y. Le Bissonnais;K. Van Oost

  • Determinants of the distribution of nitrogen-cycling microbial communities at the landscape scale

    D Bru;Alban Nicolas Ramette;N P A Saby;S Dequiedt;S Dequiedt

  • Mapping field-scale spatial patterns of size and activity of the denitrifier community.

    Laurent Philippot;Laurent Philippot;Jiri Čuhel;Nicolas P.A. Saby;Dominique Chèneby;Dominique Chèneby

  • Biogeographical patterns of soil molecular microbial biomass as influenced by soil characteristics and management

    S. Dequiedt;N. P. A. Saby;M. Lelievre;C. Jolivet

  • Soil monitoring in Europe: a review of existing systems and requirements for harmonisation.

    X. Morvan;N.P.A. Saby;D. Arrouays;C. Le Bas

  • Turnover of soil bacterial diversity driven by wide-scale environmental heterogeneity.

    L. Ranjard;S. Dequiedt;N. Chemidlin Prévost-Bouré;J. Thioulouse;J. Thioulouse

  • Biogeography of soil bacteria and archaea across France

    Battle Karimi;Sébastien Terrat;Samuel Dequiedt;Nicolas P. A. Saby

  • Impact of alley cropping agroforestry on stocks, forms and spatial distribution of soil organic carbon — A case study in a Mediterranean context

    Rémi Cardinael;Rémi Cardinael;Tiphaine Chevallier;Bernard G. Barthès;Nicolas P.A. Saby

  • Will European soil‐monitoring networks be able to detect changes in topsoil organic carbon content?

    Nicolas P. A. Saby;Patricia H. Bellamy;Xavier Morvan;Dominique Arrouays

  • Estimating and mapping the carbon saturation deficit of French agricultural topsoils

    D.A. Angers;D. Arrouays;N.P.A. Saby;Christian Walter

  • Spatial patterns of bacterial taxa in nature reflect ecological traits of deep branches of the 16S rRNA bacterial tree.

    Laurent Philippot;Laurent Philippot;David Bru;David Bru;Nicolas P. A. Saby;Jiří Čuhel

  • Modeling climate change effects on the potential production of French plains forests at the sub-regional level.

    Denis Loustau;Alexandre Bosc;Antoine Colin;Jérôme Ogée

  • Soil legacy data rescue via GlobalSoilMap and other international and national initiatives

    Dominique Arrouays;Johan G. B. Leenaars;Anne C. Richer-de-Forges;Kabindra Adhikari

  • Geostatistical assessment of Pb in soil around Paris, France.

    N. Saby;D. Arrouays;L. Boulonne;C. Jolivet

  • Fine resolution map of top- and subsoil carbon sequestration potential in France

    Songchao Chen;Songchao Chen;Manuel P. Martin;Nicolas P.A. Saby;Christian Walter

  • Physico-chemical characteristics of topsoil for contrasted forest, agricultural, urban and industrial land uses in France.

    Sophie Joimel;Jerome Cortet;Claudy Jolivet;Nicolas Saby

  • Evaluation of modelling approaches for predicting the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stocks at the national scale

    M. P. Martin;T. G. Orton;E. Lacarce;Jeroen Meersmans

  • Mapping and predictive variations of soil bacterial richness across France.

    Sébastien Terrat;Walid Horrigue;Samuel Dequietd;Nicolas P. A. Saby

  • Relationships between particle‐size distribution and organic carbon in French arable topsoils

    D. Arrouays;N. Saby;C. Walter;B. Lemercier

  • Changes in soil organic carbon in a mountainous French region, 1990-2004

    N. P. A. Saby;D. Arrouays;V. Antoni;B. Lemercier

  • National calibration of soil organic carbon concentration using diffuse infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    Michaël Clairotte;Clovis Grinand;Ernest Kouakoua;Aurélie Thébault

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Christian Walter
Christian Walter Institut Agro, France
Lionel Ranjard
Lionel Ranjard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jean Thioulouse
Jean Thioulouse Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Pierre-Alain Maron
Pierre-Alain Maron INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Philippe Lemanceau
Philippe Lemanceau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jeroen Meersmans
Jeroen Meersmans Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
R. M. Lark
R. M. Lark University of Nottingham
Laurent Philippot
Laurent Philippot INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Denis A. Angers
Denis A. Angers Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

For those interested in Environmental Sciences, exploring related online degrees can open diverse career paths. Many students look for a cheap online general studies degree as a flexible and budget-friendly option that still provides a broad educational foundation relevant to environmental fields.

If you're seeking a degree that balances ease with career potential, reviewing the easiest degree to get options can help identify programs that align with your strengths while keeping your workload manageable. This approach can be particularly useful for those transitioning into environmental studies later in their academic journey.

Geoscience is closely linked with Environmental Sciences, and pursuing a geology degree online offers specialized knowledge in earth processes, resource management, and climate systems. This degree enhances your ability to analyze environmental challenges with a scientific lens.

Additionally, geographic technology plays an increasing role in environmental analysis. A gis degree programs equips students with vital skills in spatial data management, making it easier to map and model environmental impacts for informed decision-making.

Best Scientists Citing Nicolas P.A. Saby

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles