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Rainer Schulin

Rainer Schulin

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
87
Citations
25437
World Ranking
688
National Ranking
23

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
74
Citations
18634
World Ranking
568
National Ranking
18

Rainer Schulin 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 Rainer Schulin sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 287 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rainer Schulin 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 Rainer Schulin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rainer Schulin is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in environmental science with a strong focus on agricultural and biological sciences. Their research encompasses various subfields including plant science, pollution, ecology, geochemistry and petrology, as well as civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work primarily addresses heavy metals in the environment, geochemistry and elemental analysis, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, microbial community ecology and physiology, plant stress responses and tolerance, and aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Schulin are:

  • Iron oxide nanoparticles ameliorated the cadmium and salinity stresses in wheat plants, facilitating photosynthetic pigments and restricting cadmium uptake, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mitigating the level of cadmium in cacao products: Reviewing the transfer of cadmium from soil to chocolate bar, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sugarecane molasse and vinasse added as microbial growth substrates increase calcium carbonate content, surface stability and resistance against wind erosion of desert soils, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Silicon oxide nanoparticles alleviate chromium toxicity in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Conservation tillage facilitated soil carbon sequestration through diversified carbon conversions, 2022, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Frequent coauthors throughout Schulin's publications include:

  • Gang Wang
  • Kun Zhu
  • Neda Dalir
  • Natasha Manzoor
  • Temoor Ahmed

Key publication venues where Schulin's research appears are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • European Journal of Soil Science

Best Publications

  • Zinc and its importance for human health: An integrative review.

    Nazanin Roohani;Richard Hurrell;Roya Kelishadi;Rainer Schulin

  • Calibration of time domain reflectometry for water content measurement using a composite dielectric approach

    Kurt Roth;Rainer Schulin;Hannes Flühler;Werner Attinger

  • Extraction of Heavy Metals from Soils Using Biodegradable Chelating Agents

    Susan Tandy;Karin Bossart;Roland Mueller;Jens Ritschel

  • Critical assessment of chelant-enhanced metal phytoextraction.

    Bernd Nowack;Rainer Schulin;Brett H Robinson

  • Removal of Heavy Metals from Mine Waters by Natural Zeolites

    Ulla Wingenfelder;Carsten Hansen;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • Modelling blue and green water resources availability in Iran

    Monireh Faramarzi;Karim C. Abbaspour;Rainer Schulin;Hong Yang

  • Enhancement of phytoextraction of Zn, Cd, and Cu from calcareous soil: The use of NTA and sulfur amendments

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  • The Phytomanagement of Trace Elements in Soil

    Brett H. Robinson;Gary Bañuelos;Héctor M. Conesa;Michael W. H. Evangelou

  • Estimating unsaturated soil hydraulic parameters using ant colony optimization

    K.C. Abbaspour;R. Schulin;M.Th. van Genuchten

  • Metals pollution and human bioaccessibility of topsoils in Grugliasco (Italy).

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  • Chemical time bombs: predicting the unpredictable

    W.M. Stigliani;P. Doelman;W. Salomons;R. Schulin

  • Micronutrient-efficient genotypes for crop yield and nutritional quality in sustainable agriculture. A review

    Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh;Rainer Schulin;Rufus L. Chaney;Bahareh Daneshbakhsh

  • A sequential uncertainty domain inverse procedure for estimating subsurface flow and transport parameters

    K. C. Abbaspour;M. T. van Genuchten;R. Schulin;E. Schläppi

  • The influence of EDDS on the uptake of heavy metals in hydroponically grown sunflowers.

    Susan Tandy;Rainer Schulin;Bernd Nowack

  • Iron oxide nanoparticles ameliorated the cadmium and salinity stresses in wheat plants, facilitating photosynthetic pigments and restricting cadmium uptake.

    Natasha Manzoor;Temoor Ahmed;Muhammad Noman;Muhammad Shahid

  • Distribution of Zn in functionally different leaf epidermal cells of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

    B. Frey;C. Keller;K. Zierold;R. Schulin

  • Heavy Metal Sorption on Clay Minerals Affected by the Siderophore Desferrioxamine B

    Uta Neubauer;Bernd Nowack;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • Immobilization of Heavy Metals by Polynuclear Aluminium and Montmorillonite Compounds

    Barbara Lothenbach;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • Influence of two types of organic matter on interaction of CeO2 nanoparticles with plants in hydroponic culture.

    Franziska Schwabe;Rainer Schulin;Ludwig K. Limbach;Wendelin Stark

  • Optimal organic carbon values for soil structure quality of arable soils. Does clay content matter

    Alice Johannes;Adrien Matter;Rainer Schulin;Peter Weisskopf

  • Trace element accumulation in woody plants of the Guadiamar Valley, SW Spain: a large-scale phytomanagement case study.

    María T. Domínguez;Teodoro Marañón;José M. Murillo;Rainer Schulin

  • Antimony in the soil-plant system - a review

    Martin Tschan;Brett H. Robinson;Rainer Schulin

  • Column extraction of heavy metals from soils using the biodegradable chelating agent EDDS.

    Lukas Hauser;Susan Tandy;Rainer Schulin;Bernd Nowack

  • Effects of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) on sunflower growth and heavy metal uptake in combination with ethylene diamine disuccinic acid (EDDS)

    Erika Fässler;Michael W. Evangelou;Brett H. Robinson;Rainer Schulin

  • Biodegradation and speciation of residual SS-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid (EDDS) in soil solution left after soil washing

    Susan Tandy;Adrian Ammann;Rainer Schulin;Bernd Nowack

  • A critical view of current state of phytotechnologies to remediate soils: still a promising tool?

    Héctor M. Conesa;Michael W. H. Evangelou;Brett H. Robinson;Rainer Schulin

  • Modeling wheat yield and crop water productivity in Iran: Implications of agricultural water management for wheat production

    Monireh Faramarzi;Monireh Faramarzi;Hong Yang;Rainer Schulin;Karim C. Abbaspour

  • Quantitative Imaging of Infiltration, Root Growth, and Root Water Uptake via Neutron Radiography

    Sascha E. Oswald;Sascha E. Oswald;Manoj Menon;Manoj Menon;Andrea Carminati;Peter Vontobel

  • Plant uptake of trace elements on a Swiss military shooting range: uptake pathways and land management implications.

    Brett H. Robinson;Simone Bischofberger;Andreas Stoll;Dirk Schroer

  • Zn uptake, translocation and grain Zn loading in rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes selected for Zn deficiency tolerance and high grain Zn

    Somayanda M. Impa;Mark J. Morete;Abdelbagi M. Ismail;Rainer Schulin

  • Mining landscape: A cultural tourist opportunity or an environmental problem?: The study case of the Cartagena–La Unión Mining District (SE Spain)

    Héctor M. Conesa;Rainer Schulin;Bernd Nowack;Bernd Nowack

  • Estimating wet soil aggregate stability from easily available properties in a highly mountainous watershed

    A.A. Besalatpour;S. Ayoubi;M.A. Hajabbasi;M.R. Mosaddeghi

  • Use of Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (DGT) in Undisturbed Field Soils

    Bernd Nowack;Sandra Koehler;Rainer Schulin

  • Mapping of human health risks arising from soil nickel and mercury contamination

    Mojgan Yeganeh;Majid Afyuni;Amir-Hosein Khoshgoftarmanesh;Loghman Khodakarami

  • Growth of Lygeum spartum in acid mine tailings: response of plants developed from seedlings, rhizomes and at field conditions.

    Héctor M. Conesa;Brett H. Robinson;Rainer Schulin;Bernd Nowack

  • Introducing a method of human health risk evaluation for planning and soil quality management of heavy metal-polluted soils—An example from Grugliasco (Italy)

    Laura Poggio;Borut Vrščaj;Erwin Hepperle;Rainer Schulin

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Nowack
Bernd Nowack Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Hong Yang
Hong Yang Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Brett Robinson
Brett Robinson University of Canterbury
Karim C. Abbaspour
Karim C. Abbaspour Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Gerhard Furrer
Gerhard Furrer ETH Zurich
Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh
Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh Isfahan University of Technology
Madeleine S. Günthardt-Goerg
Madeleine S. Günthardt-Goerg Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Paul Mäder
Paul Mäder Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
Christian Folberth
Christian Folberth International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

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