2026 Olaf Schmidt: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	54	1673	1532	3	3	207	12546

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

1673

1532

207

12546

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

12546

World Ranking

1673

National Ranking

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

880
Citations
The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

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

660
Citations
Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

Unknown

450
Citations
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

385
Citations
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

297
Citations
Gut wall bacteria of earthworms: a natural selection process

Dwipendra Thakuria;Olaf Schmidt;Dillon Finan;Damian Egan

256
Citations
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

196
Citations
A critical review of current methods in earthworm ecology: From individuals to populations

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

180
Citations
Why do cereal–legume intercrops support large earthworm populations?

O Schmidt;R.O Clements;G Donaldson

167
Citations
Intensive cultivation can drastically reduce earthworm populations in arable land

James P. Curry;David Byrne;Olaf Schmidt

163
Citations
Indoor wood-decay basidiomycetes: damage, causal fungi, physiology, identification and characterization, prevention and control

Unknown

160
Citations
Mapping earthworm communities in Europe

Michiel Rutgers;Alberto Orgiazzi;Ciro Gardi;Jörg Römbke

154
Citations
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

142
Citations
Relationships between earthworm populations and management intensity in cattle-grazed pastures in Ireland

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

141
Citations
Dual stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of soil invertebrates and their food sources

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

138
Citations
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

136
Citations
Sulphur isotopes in animal hair track distance to sea

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

136
Citations
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

136
Citations
Natural abundance of 15N and 13C in earthworms from a wheat and a wheat-clover field

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

127
Citations
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

115
Citations
Importance of DNA quality in comparative soil microbial community structure analyses

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

113
Citations
Biochar and Earthworm Effects on Soil Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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

99
Citations
Earthworm communities in conventional wheat monocropping and low-input wheat-clover intercropping systems

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

97
Citations
Distinct microbial and faunal communities and translocated carbon in Lumbricus terrestris drilospheres

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

90
Citations