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D-Index
40
Citations
6907
World Ranking
3879
National Ranking
32

Otmar Urban 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 Otmar Urban sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 183 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.

Otmar Urban 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 Otmar Urban sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Otmar Urban is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in Czech Republic. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields, including Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Ecology. Central topics in their research portfolio include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Tree-ring climate responses, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Light effects on plants, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Frequently appearing in scientific literature, Otmar Urban has contributed to multiple publication venues. These include SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Plant Cell & Environment, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, and Atmosphere.

Otmar Urban has collaborated extensively with several researchers across their career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Karel Klem
  • Miroslav Trnka
  • Josep Peñuelas
  • Michal Oravec
  • Ulf Büntgen

Their recent significant papers include:

  • "Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Diffuse solar radiation and canopy photosynthesis in a changing environment," 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Temporal Changes in Ozone Concentrations and Their Impact on Vegetation," 2021, Atmosphere
  • "Ecometabolomics for a Better Understanding of Plant Responses and Acclimation to Abiotic Factors Linked to Global Change," 2020, Metabolites
  • "A meta-analysis of the interactive effects of UV and drought on plants," 2021, Plant Cell & Environment

Best Publications

  • Differences in pigment composition, photosynthetic rates and chlorophyll fluorescence images of sun and shade leaves of four tree species

    Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler;Alexander Ač;Michal V. Marek;Jiří Kalina

  • Root exudate metabolomes change under drought and show limited capacity for recovery

    Albert Gargallo-Garriga;Catherine Preece;Jordi Sardans;Michal Oravec

  • Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability

    Ulf Büntgen;Otmar Urban;Paul J. Krusic;Paul J. Krusic;Michal Rybníček;Michal Rybníček

  • Re-interpreting plant morphological responses to UV-B radiation

    T. Matthew Robson;Karel Klem;Otmar Urban;Marcel A. K. Jansen

  • Ecophysiological controls over the net ecosystem exchange of mountain spruce stand. Comparison of the response in direct vs. diffuse solar radiation

    Otmar Urban;Dalibor Janouš;Manuel Acosta;Radek Czerný

  • Opposite metabolic responses of shoots and roots to drought.

    Albert Gargallo-Garriga;Jordi Sardans;Míriam Pérez-Trujillo;Albert Rivas-Ubach

  • Diffuse solar radiation and canopy photosynthesis in a changing environment

    Maxime Durand;Erik H. Murchie;Anders V. Lindfors;Otmar Urban

  • Physiological Impacts of Elevated CO2 Concentration Ranging from Molecular to Whole Plant Responses

    O. Urban

  • Impact of clear and cloudy sky conditions on the vertical distribution of photosynthetic CO2 uptake within a spruce canopy

    Otmar Urban;Karel Klem;Alexander Ač;Kateřina Havránková

  • Changes of primary and secondary metabolites in barley plants exposed to CdO nanoparticles.

    Kristýna Večeřová;Zbyněk Večeřa;Bohumil Dočekal;Michal Oravec

  • Pinus sylvestris as a missing source of nitrous oxide and methane in boreal forest

    Katerina Machacova;Jaana Bäck;Anni Vanhatalo;Elisa Halmeenmäki

  • Warming differentially influences the effects of drought on stoichiometry and metabolomics in shoots and roots.

    Albert Gargallo‐Garriga;Albert Gargallo‐Garriga;Jordi Sardans;Míriam Pérez‐Trujillo;Michal Oravec

  • Interactive effects of high temperature and drought stress during stem elongation, anthesis and early grain filling on the yield formation and photosynthesis of winter wheat

    Marcela Hlaváčová;Karel Klem;Barbora Rapantová;Kateřina Novotná

  • The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)

    Aud Helen Halbritter Rechsteiner;Hans J. De Boeck;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Sabine Reinsch

  • Drought enhances folivory by shifting foliar metabolomes in Quercus ilex trees

    Albert Rivas-Ubach;Albert Gargallo-Garriga;Albert Gargallo-Garriga;Jordi Sardans;Michal Oravec

  • Induction of photosynthesis and importance of limitations during the induction phase in sun and shade leaves of five ecologically contrasting tree species from the temperate zone.

    Otmar Urban;Martina Košvancová;Michal V. Marek;Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler

  • Interactive effects of PAR and UV radiation on the physiology, morphology and leaf optical properties of two barley varieties

    Karel Klem;Alexander Ač;Petr Holub;Daniel Kováč

  • Combined effects of drought and high temperature on photosynthetic characteristics in four winter wheat genotypes

    O. Urban;M. Hlaváčová;M. Hlaváčová;K. Klem;K. Klem;K. Novotná;K. Novotná

  • Soil [N] modulates soil C cycling in CO2-fumigated tree stands: A meta-analysis

    W. I. J. Dieleman;S. Luyssaert;S. Luyssaert;A. Rey;P. De Angelis

  • Temporal Changes in Ozone Concentrations and Their Impact on Vegetation

    Stanislav Juráň;John Grace;Otmar Urban

  • Ultraviolet and photosynthetically active radiation can both induce photoprotective capacity allowing barley to overcome high radiation stress

    Karel Klem;Petr Holub;Michal Štroch;Jakub Nezval

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Jordi Sardans
Jordi Sardans Spanish National Research Council
Marcel A. K. Jansen
Marcel A. K. Jansen University College Cork
Mari Pihlatie
Mari Pihlatie University of Helsinki
Carlo Calfapietra
Carlo Calfapietra National Research Council (CNR)
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Miroslav Trnka
Miroslav Trnka Czech Academy of Sciences
Pavel Cudlín
Pavel Cudlín Czech Academy of Sciences
Susanne Neugart
Susanne Neugart University of Göttingen
Jana Albrechtová
Jana Albrechtová Charles University

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