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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
33
Citations
3873
World Ranking
5719
National Ranking
134

Rafael Otto 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 Rafael Otto sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 141 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rafael Otto 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 Rafael Otto sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Agronomic efficiency of NBPT as a urease inhibitor: A review.

    Heitor Cantarella;Rafael Otto;Johnny Rodrigues Soares;Aijânio Gomes de Brito Silva

  • Urease Inhibitor NBPT on Ammonia Volatilization and Crop Productivity: A Meta-Analysis

    Aijânio Gomes de Brito Silva;Cleiton H Sequeira;Renata Alcarde Sermarini;Rafael Otto

  • Nitrogen in sugarcane derived from fertilizer under Brazilian field conditions

    Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco;Rafael Otto;Carlos Eduardo Faroni;André César Vitti

  • High soil penetration resistance reduces sugarcane root system development

    R. Otto;A.P. Silva;H.C.J. Franco;E.C.A. Oliveira

  • Nitrogen Use Efficiency for Sugarcane-Biofuel Production: What Is Next?

    Rafael Otto;S. A. Q Castro;Eduardo Mariano;S. G. Q Castro

  • Impact of sugarcane trash on fertilizer requirements for São Paulo, Brazil

    Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin;Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco;Rafael Otto;Danilo A. Ferreira

  • Root system distribution of sugar cane as related to nitrogen fertilization, evaluated by two methods: monolith and probes

    Rafael Otto;Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin;Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco;Carlos Eduardo Faroni

  • Stalk yield and technological attributes of planted cane as related to nitrogen fertilization

    Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco;Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin;Faroni Carlos Eduardo;André Cesar Vitti

  • Quantifying soil nitrogen mineralization to improve fertilizer nitrogen management of sugarcane

    R. Otto;R. L. Mulvaney;S. A. Khan;P. C. O. Trivelin

  • Contribution of N from green harvest residues for sugarcane nutrition in Brazil

    Danilo Alves Ferreira;Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco;Rafael Otto;André César Vitti

  • Input of sugarcane post-harvest residues into the soil

    João Luís Nunes Carvalho;Rafael Otto;Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco;Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin

  • Optimizing urease inhibitor usage to reduce ammonia emission following urea application over crop residues

    A. B Mira;H Cantarella;G. J. M Souza-Netto;L. A Moreira

  • Soil texture affects root penetration in Oxisols under sugarcane in Brazil

    Leandro Carneiro Barbosa;Zigomar Menezes de Souza;Henrique Coutinho J. Franco;Rafael Otto

  • Sugarcane Straw Removal: Implications to Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Demand in Brazil

    Maurício Roberto Cherubin;Izaias P. Lisboa;Aijânio G.B. Silva;Letícia L. Varanda

  • Fitomassa de raízes e da parte aérea da cana-de-açúcar relacionada à adubação nitrogenada de plantio

    Rafael Otto;Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco;Carlos Eduardo Faroni;André César Vitti

  • Improving the fertilizer value of sugarcane wastes through phosphate rock amendment and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria inoculation

    Cintia Masuco Lopes;Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva;German Andres Estrada-Bonilla;Risely Ferraz-Almeida

  • Nitrogen fertilizer effects on sugarcane growth, nutritional status, and productivity in tropical acid soils

    Beatriz N. Boschiero;Eduardo Mariano;Luis O. Torres-Dorante;Thales M. S. Sattolo

  • Performance of nitrification inhibitors with different nitrogen fertilizers and soil textures

    Gabriel Barth;Sabine von Tucher;Urs Schmidhalter;Rafael Otto

  • Contribution of nitrogen from sugarcane harvest residues and urea for crop nutrition

    Caio Fortes;André Cesar Vitti;Rafael Otto;Danilo Alves Ferreira

  • Ammonia losses estimated by an open collector from urea applied to sugarcane straw

    Eduardo Mariano;Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin;Michele Xavier Vieira;José Marcos Leite

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin
Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin Universidade de São Paulo
Heitor Cantarella
Heitor Cantarella IAC (United States)
João Luís Nunes Carvalho
João Luís Nunes Carvalho State University of Campinas
Paulo Sergio Pavinato
Paulo Sergio Pavinato Universidade de São Paulo
Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso
Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso Universidade de São Paulo
R. J. Gilkes
R. J. Gilkes University of Western Australia
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri Universidade de São Paulo
José Lavres
José Lavres Universidade Brasil
Peter P. Motavalli
Peter P. Motavalli University of Missouri
Carlos Guilherme Silveira Pedreira
Carlos Guilherme Silveira Pedreira Universidade de São Paulo

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