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Plant Science and Agronomy
Finland
2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
49
Citations
9512
World Ranking
2251
National Ranking
21

Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio 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 Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 195 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio 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 Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy
  • Botany

Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio mainly focuses on Agronomy, Cultivar, Agriculture, Yield and Crop. Her Agronomy study typically links adjacent topics like Climate change. Her Climate change study incorporates themes from Cropping, Agroforestry, Temperate climate and Sowing.

Her Cultivar research includes elements of Photosynthesis and Greenhouse. Her Crop rotation study in the realm of Agriculture connects with subjects such as Precipitation. Her Yield study combines topics in areas such as Grain yield and Drought tolerance.

Her most cited work include:

  • Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to climate change (668 citations)
  • Agroclimatic conditions in Europe under climate change (245 citations)
  • Grain number dominates grain weight in temperate cereal yield determination: Evidence based on 30 years of multi-location trials (152 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio mainly investigates Agronomy, Cultivar, Avena, Agriculture and Climate change. Her Agronomy research focuses on Hordeum vulgare, Crop, Growing season, Sowing and Yield. Her work deals with themes such as Plant breeding, Panicle, Tiller, Shoot and Poaceae, which intersect with Cultivar.

Her Avena research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Grain yield and Water content. Her study in Agriculture is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Sustainability, Land use and Yield. In the subject of general Climate change, her work in Global warming is often linked to Precipitation, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (64.29%)
  • Cultivar (36.36%)
  • Avena (20.78%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Agriculture (19.48%)
  • Agronomy (64.29%)
  • Climate change (17.53%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Agriculture, Agronomy, Climate change, Land use and Agroforestry are her primary areas of study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Ecological footprint, Scale and Environmental resource management in addition to Agriculture. Her Agronomy study focuses mostly on Cultivar, Crop yield, Hordeum vulgare, Yield and Crop.

Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio combines subjects such as Intercropping and Sowing with her study of Cultivar. Her Climate change research integrates issues from Phenology and Growing season. Her work carried out in the field of Growing season brings together such families of science as Global warming and Ecosystem services.

Between 2014 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Pre-crop Values From Satellite Images for Various Previous and Subsequent Crop Combinations. (68 citations)
  • Cereal yield gaps across Europe (46 citations)
  • Eco-efficient production of spring barley in a changed climate: A Life Cycle Assessment including primary data from future climate scenarios (43 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Botany
  • Agronomy

Her primary areas of investigation include Climate change, Agronomy, Crop yield, Agroforestry and Crop. Her research on Climate change frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Cultivar. Her Cultivar research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Sowing, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Carbon dioxide and Hordeum vulgare.

In her works, Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio conducts interdisciplinary research on Agronomy and Yield. In her work, Crop management and Agricultural economics is strongly intertwined with Yield, which is a subfield of Crop yield. Her Crop study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Diversification, Rapeseed and Irrigation.

Best Publications

  • Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to climate change

    J.E. Olesen;M. Trnka;K.C. Kersebaum;A.O. Skjelvåg

  • Agroclimatic conditions in Europe under climate change

    M. Trnka;Jørgen Eivind Olesen;K. C. Kersebaum;A. O. Skjelvåg

  • Grain number dominates grain weight in temperate cereal yield determination: Evidence based on 30 years of multi-location trials

    Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Arjo Kangas;Yrjö Salo;Lauri Jauhiainen

  • Plant Growth Regulator Effects on Spring Cereal Root and Shoot Growth

    Ari Rajala;Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio

  • Uptake and translocation of foliar-applied glycinebetaine in crop plants

    Pirjo Mäkelä;Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Kari Jokinen;Eija Pehu

  • Cereal yield gaps across Europe

    René Schils;Jørgen E. Olesen;Kurt-Christian Kersebaum;Bert Rijk

  • Cereal yield trends in northern European conditions: changes in yield potential and its realisation.

    Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Lauri Jauhiainen;Ilkka P. Laurila

  • Changes in time of sowing, flowering and maturity of cereals in Europe under climate change

    J.E. Olesen;C.D. Børgesen;L. Elsgaard;Taru Palosuo

  • Foliar application of glycinebetaine—a novel product from sugar beet—as an approach to increase tomato yield

    P Mäkelä;K Jokinen;M Kontturi;P Peltonen-Sainio

  • Coincidence of variation in yield and climate in Europe.

    Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Lauri Jauhiainen;Miroslav Trnka;Jörgen E. Olesen

  • Climate change and prolongation of growing season: changes in regional potential for field crop production in Finland

    Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Lauri Jauhiainen;Kaija Hakala;Hannu Ojanen

  • Exogenous glycinebetaine enhances grain yield of maize, sorghum and wheat grown under two supplementary watering regimes

    P. C. Agboma;M. G. K. Jones;P. Peltonen-Sainio;H. Rita

  • Breeding Effects on Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Spring Cereals under Northern Conditions

    S. Muurinen;G. A. Slafer;P. Peltonen‐Sainio

  • Spring wheat response to timing of water deficit through sink and grain filling capacity

    Ari Rajala;Kaija Hakala;Pirjo Mäkelä;Susanna Muurinen

  • Crop responses to temperature and precipitation according to long-term multi-location trials at high-latitude conditions

    Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Lauri Jauhiainen;Kaija Hakala

  • Effect of foliar applications of glycinebetaine on stomatal conductance, abscisic acid and solute concentrations in leaves of salt- or drought-stressed tomato

    Pirjo Mäkelä;R Munns;T D Colmer;A G Condon

  • Accumulation and Translocation of Nitrogen in Spring Cereal Cultivars Differing in Nitrogen Use Efficiency

    Susanna Muurinen;Jouko Kleemola;Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio

  • Radiation-use efficiency of modern and old spring cereal cultivars and its response to nitrogen in northern growing conditions

    Susanna Muurinen;Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio

  • Pests and diseases in a changing climate a major challenge for Finnish crop production

    Kaija Hakala;Asko O. Hannukkala;Erja Huusela-Veistola;Marja Jalli

  • An evaluation of the effect of exogenous glycinebetaine on the growth and yield of soybean: timing of application, watering regimes and cultivars

    P.C. Agboma;T.R. Sinclair;K. Jokinen;P. Peltonen-Sainio

  • Shifts in comparative advantages for maize, oat and wheat cropping under climate change in Europe.

    L. Elsgaard;C.D. Børgesen;J.E. Olesen;S. Siebert

Frequent Co-Authors

Jørgen E. Olesen
Jørgen E. Olesen Aarhus University
Miroslav Trnka
Miroslav Trnka Czech Academy of Sciences
Kurt Christian Kersebaum
Kurt Christian Kersebaum Czech Academy of Sciences
Taru Palosuo
Taru Palosuo Natural Resources Institute Finland
Reimund P. Rötter
Reimund P. Rötter University of Göttingen
Kristiina Regina
Kristiina Regina Natural Resources Institute Finland
Sirkku Juhola
Sirkku Juhola University of Helsinki
Josef Eitzinger
Josef Eitzinger BOKU University
Simone Orlandini
Simone Orlandini University of Florence
Petr Hlavinka
Petr Hlavinka Mendel University Brno

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