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Paul C. D. Newton

Paul C. D. Newton

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
46
Citations
7256
World Ranking
2727
National Ranking
33

Paul C. D. Newton 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 Paul C. D. Newton sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 130 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Paul C. D. Newton 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 Paul C. D. Newton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul C. D. Newton is affiliated with AgResearch in New Zealand, contributing extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Soil Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The primary focus of their work involves Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, which is reflected in the broad range of topics covered. These include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Climate change impacts on agriculture, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Newton's publication record demonstrates collaboration with several frequent coauthors: Saman Bowatte, Mark Lieffering, Fujiang Hou, Leo M. Condron, and Shona Brock.

Their research has appeared in various publication venues with recurring contributions to Soil Biology and Biochemistry, alongside publications in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Global Change Biology, Geoderma, and Pedobiologia.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Evaluating the Potential of Legumes to Mitigate N2O Emissions From Permanent Grassland Using Process-Based Models, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Differences in soil ammonia oxidizing bacterial communities under unpalatable (Stellera chamaejasme L.) and palatable (Elymus nutans Griseb.) plants growing on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Offsetting N2O emissions through nitrifying CO2 fixation in grassland soil, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Long-term atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment decreases soil phosphorus availability in a grazed temperate pasture, 2020, Geoderma
  • Distribution of physiochemically defined soil organic carbon pools and their relationship to the soil microbial community in grasslands, 2020, Pedobiologia

Best Publications

  • Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

    J. A. Morgan;D. E. Pataki;Christian Körner;H. Clark

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass

    César Terrer;César Terrer;César Terrer;Robert B. Jackson;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan

  • Reduced water repellency of a grassland soil under elevated atmospheric CO2

    Paul C. D. Newton;R. A Carran;Erin J. Lawrence

  • Food security and climate change: on the potential to adapt global crop production by active selection to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide

    Lewis H. Ziska;James A. Bunce;Hiroyuki Shimono;David R. Gealy

  • Constraints to nitrogen acquisition of terrestrial plants under elevated CO2

    Zhaozhong Feng;Zhaozhong Feng;Tobias Rütting;Håkan Pleijel;Göran Wallin

  • Seasonal not annual rainfall determines grassland biomass response to carbon dioxide

    Mark J. Hovenden;Paul C. D. Newton;Karen E. Wills

  • Past lessons and future prospects: plant breeding for yield and persistence in cool-temperate pastures

    A. J. Parsons;G. R. Edwards;P. C. D. Newton;D. F. Chapman

  • Ten years of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide alters soil nitrogen transformations in a sheep‐grazed pasture

    Tobias Rütting;Tim J. Clough;Christoph Müller;Mark Lieffering

  • Warming and free-air CO2 enrichment alter demographics in four co-occurring grassland species.

    Amity L. Williams;Karen E. Wills;Jasmine K. Janes;Jacqueline K. Vander Schoor

  • The effects of elevated CO2 on seed production and seedling recruitment in a sheep-grazed pasture.

    G. R. Edwards;H. Clark;P. C. D. Newton

  • Assessing uncertainties in crop and pasture ensemble model simulations of productivity and N2O emissions

    Fiona Ehrhardt;Jean François Soussana;Gianni Bellocchi;Peter Grace

  • Near‐term impacts of elevated CO2, nitrogen and fungal endophyte‐infection on Lolium perenne L. growth, chemical composition and alkaloid production

    Mathew G. Hunt;Susanne Rasmussen;Paul C. D. Newton;Anthony J. Parsons

  • Warming and elevated CO2 affect the relationship between seed mass, germinability and seedling growth in Austrodanthonia caespitosa, a dominant Australian grass

    Mark J. Hovenden;Karen E. Wills;Rebecca E. Chaplin;Jacqueline K. Vander Schoor

  • Effects of Elevated CO2 and Simulated Seasonal Changes in Temperature on the Species Composition and Growth Rates of Pasture Turves

    P.C.D. Newton;H. Clark;C.C. Bell;E.M. Glasgow

  • Elevated [CO2] effects on herbage production and soil carbon and nitrogen pools and mineralization in a species-rich, grazed pasture on a seasonally dry sand

    D.J. Ross;P.C.D. Newton;K.R. Tate

  • Warming prevents the elevated CO2‐induced reduction in available soil nitrogen in a temperate, perennial grassland

    Mark J. Hovenden;P. C. D. Newton;R. A. Carran;P. Theobald

  • Short and long-term effects of elevated CO2 on Lolium perenne rhizodeposition and its consequences on soil organic matter turnover and plant N yield

    V. Allard;C. Robin;P.C.D. Newton;M. Lieffering

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizae respond to elevated atmospheric CO2 after long‐term exposure: evidence from a CO2 spring in New Zealand supports the resource balance model

    Matthias C. Rillig;Griselda Y. Hernandez;Paul C. D. Newton

  • Elevated CO2 and temperature effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in ryegrass/white clover turves of an Endoaquept soil

    D. J. Ross;K. R. Tate;P. C. D. Newton

  • Direct effects of increasing carbon dioxide on pasture plants and communities

    Unknown

  • Flowering phenology in a species-rich temperate grassland is sensitive to warming but not elevated CO2.

    Mark J. Hovenden;Karen E. Wills;Jacqueline K. Vander Schoor;Amity L. Williams

  • Significant changes in soil microfauna in grazed pasture under elevated carbon dioxide

    G. W. Yeates;P. C. D. Newton;D. J. Ross

  • Response of the fauna of a grassland soil to doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration

    G. W. Yeates;K. R. Tate;P. C. D. Newton

  • Effect of Light Quality (Red:Far-red Ratio) at the Apical Bud of the Main Stolon on Morphogenesis of Trifolium repens L.

    Ch. Robin;M.J.M. Hay;P.C.D. Newton;D.H. Greer

  • Scaling methane emissions from vegetation.

    Anthony J. Parsons;Paul C.D. Newton;Harry Clark;Francis M. Kelliher

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Hovenden
Mark J. Hovenden University of Tasmania
Harry Clark
Harry Clark New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC)
Des J. Ross
Des J. Ross Landcare Research
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Kevin R. Tate
Kevin R. Tate Landcare Research
Jean-François Soussana
Jean-François Soussana INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Vincent Allard
Vincent Allard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Lutz Merbold
Lutz Merbold Agroscope
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Sylvie Recous
Sylvie Recous INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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