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Plant Science and Agronomy
Finland
2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 49 2251 2076 21 19 195 9512

Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2008. 11 of the 228 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2008. 1990: 2 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 12 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 5 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 2 publications
1990 2025

228 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 2
1991 5
1992 0
1993 6
1994 12
1995 4
1996 4
1997 12
1998 5
1999 2
2000 1
2001 5
2002 3
2003 3
2004 0
2005 4
2006 8
2007 9
2008 18
2009 10
2010 3
2011 13
2012 7
2013 6
2014 8
2015 13
2016 15
2017 5
2018 7
2019 6
2020 6
2021 7
2022 4
2023 4
2024 9
2025 2
Total 228
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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.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 191–195 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 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.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100 195
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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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.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
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.

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131
49 127 49
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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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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