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Plant Science and Agronomy
Ireland
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
54
Citations
12546
World Ranking
1673
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Ireland Leader Award

Best Publications

  • Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

    Elly Morriën;S. Emilia Hannula;L. Basten Snoek;Nico R. Helmsing

  • The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  • Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

    Unknown

  • Conventional tillage decreases the abundance and biomass of earthworms and alters their community structure in a global meta-analysis.

    María Jesús I. Briones;María Jesús I. Briones;Olaf Schmidt

  • Inferring the origin and dietary history of beef from C, N and S stable isotope ratio analysis

    O. Schmidt;J.M. Quilter;B. Bahar;A.P. Moloney

  • Gut wall bacteria of earthworms: a natural selection process

    Dwipendra Thakuria;Olaf Schmidt;Dillon Finan;Damian Egan

  • Land-use and land-management change: relationships with earthworm and fungi communities and soil structural properties

    David J Spurgeon;Aidan M Keith;Olaf Schmidt;Dennis R Lammertsma

  • A critical review of current methods in earthworm ecology: From individuals to populations

    Mark D. Bartlett;Maria J.I. Briones;Roy Neilson;Olaf Schmidt

  • Why do cereal–legume intercrops support large earthworm populations?

    O Schmidt;R.O Clements;G Donaldson

  • Intensive cultivation can drastically reduce earthworm populations in arable land

    James P. Curry;David Byrne;Olaf Schmidt

  • Indoor wood-decay basidiomycetes: damage, causal fungi, physiology, identification and characterization, prevention and control

    Unknown

  • Mapping earthworm communities in Europe

    Michiel Rutgers;Alberto Orgiazzi;Ciro Gardi;Jörg Römbke

  • Alteration of the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of beef by substitution of grass silage with maize silage.

    Bojlul Bahar;Frank J. Monahan;Aidan P. Moloney;Padraig O'Kiely

  • Relationships between earthworm populations and management intensity in cattle-grazed pastures in Ireland

    James P. Curry;Paul Doherty;Gordon Purvis;Olaf Schmidt

  • Dual stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of soil invertebrates and their food sources

    Olaf Schmidt;James P Curry;Jens Dyckmans;Emilia Rota

  • Selecting cost effective and policy-relevant biological indicators for European monitoring of soil biodiversity and ecosystem function

    B.s. Griffiths;J. Römbke;R.m. Schmelz;A. Scheffczyk

  • Sulphur isotopes in animal hair track distance to sea

    A. Zazzo;F. J. Monahan;A. P. Moloney;S. Green

  • Influence of mineral soil on the palatability of organic matter for lumbricid earthworms: a simple food preference study.

    Bernard M. Doube;Olaf Schmidt;Ken Killham;Ray Correll

  • Natural abundance of 15N and 13C in earthworms from a wheat and a wheat-clover field

    O. Schmidt;C.M. Scrimgeour;L.L. Handley

  • Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in body tissue and mucus of feeding and fasting earthworms ( Lumbricus festivus )

    Olaf Schmidt;Charles M. Scrimgeour;James P. Curry

  • Importance of DNA quality in comparative soil microbial community structure analyses

    Dwipendra Thakuria;Olaf Schmidt;Máirtín Mac Siúrtáin;Damien Egan

  • Biochar and Earthworm Effects on Soil Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    Cara A. Augustenborg;Simone Hepp;Claudia Kammann;David Hagan

  • Earthworm communities in conventional wheat monocropping and low-input wheat-clover intercropping systems

    O Schmidt;J P Curry;R A Hackett;G Purvis

  • Distinct microbial and faunal communities and translocated carbon in Lumbricus terrestris drilospheres

    Mary E. Stromberger;Aidan M. Keith;Olaf Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank J. Monahan
Frank J. Monahan University College Dublin
Charles M. Scrimgeour
Charles M. Scrimgeour James Hutton Institute
Thomas Bolger
Thomas Bolger University College Dublin
A.P. Moloney
A.P. Moloney Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Fiona M. Doohan
Fiona M. Doohan University College Dublin
Rachel Creamer
Rachel Creamer Wageningen University & Research
Antoine Zazzo
Antoine Zazzo French National Museum of Natural History
Rogier P.O. Schulte
Rogier P.O. Schulte Wageningen University & Research
Christian Mulder
Christian Mulder University of Catania
Michael Bonkowski
Michael Bonkowski University of Cologne

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