2026 Remko A. Duursma: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	58	1317	1205	109	101	116	16711

Remko A. Duursma 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 Remko A. Duursma sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 467+

This scientist: 116 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Remko A. Duursma 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 Remko A. Duursma sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Remko A. Duursma is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Water Science and Technology.

The main topics of their research include:

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Plant responses to elevated CO₂
Forest ecology and management
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Fire effects on ecosystems
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Recent published papers by Remko A. Duursma cover a range of ecological and environmental themes:

The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment, 2020, Nature
Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database, 2022, Global Change Biology
Water balance of a boreal Scots pine forest, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
Low sensitivity of gross primary production to elevated CO₂ in a mature eucalypt woodland, 2020, Biogeosciences
Plant productivity is a key driver of soil respiration response to climate change in a nutrient-limited soil., 2020, Basic and Applied Ecology

They collaborate frequently with other researchers, notably:

Tommaso Jucker
Fabian Jörg Fischer
David A. Coomes
John P. Caspersen
Arshad Ali

Their work has been published in various recognized venues, including:

Nature
Global Change Biology
Helda (University of Helsinki)
Biogeosciences
Basic and Applied Ecology

Best Publications

TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

1926
Citations
Triggers of tree mortality under drought

Brendan Choat;Timothy J. Brodribb;Craig R. Brodersen;Remko A. Duursma

1613
Citations
Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;Derek Eamus;David S. Ellsworth

1334
Citations
Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

586
Citations
Plantecophys--An R Package for Analysing and Modelling Leaf Gas Exchange Data.

Remko A. Duursma

570
Citations
The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

421
Citations
On the minimum leaf conductance: its role in models of plant water use, and ecological and environmental controls.

Remko A. Duursma;Christopher J. Blackman;Rosana Lopéz;Rosana Lopéz;Nicolas K. Martin‐StPaul

395
Citations
How should we model plant responses to drought? An analysis of stomatal and non-stomatal responses to water stress

Shuangxi Zhou;Remko A. Duursma;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeff W.G. Kelly

377
Citations
Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance

John E Drake;John E Drake;Mark G Tjoelker;Angelica Varhammar;Belinda E Medlyn

371
Citations
Model–data synthesis for the next generation of forest free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments

Richard J. Norby;Martin G. De Kauwe;Tomas F. Domingues;Remko A. Duursma

264
Citations
Physiological Ecology of Forest Production: Principles, Processes and Models

Remko A. Duursma

255
Citations
How do leaf and ecosystem measures of water-use efficiency compare?

Belinda E. Medlyn;Martin G. De Kauwe;Yan Shih Lin;Yan Shih Lin;Jurgen Knauer;Jurgen Knauer

247
Citations
fitplc - an R package to fit hydraulic vulnerability curves

Remko A Duursma;Brendan Choat

230
Citations
Forest productivity under climate change: a checklist for evaluating model studies

Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;Melanie J. B. Zeppel

208
Citations
A test of an optimal stomatal conductance scheme within the CABLE land surface model

MG De Kauwe;J Kala;YS Lin;AJ Pitman

197
Citations
How functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life cycle.

Daniel S. Falster;Daniel S. Falster;Remko A. Duursma;Richard G. FitzJohn

192
Citations
BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants

Daniel S. Falster;Remko A. Duursma;Masae I. Ishihara;Diego R. Barneche

189
Citations
A regression-based equivalence test for model validation: shifting the burden of proof

Andrew P. Robinson;Remko A. Duursma;John D. Marshall

183
Citations
Tree hydraulic traits are coordinated and strongly linked to climate-of-origin across a rainfall gradient.

Ximeng Li;Christopher J Blackman;Brendan Choat;Remko A Duursma

178
Citations
MAESPA: a model to study interactions between water limitation, environmental drivers and vegetation function at tree and stand levels, with an example application to [CO 2 ] × drought interactions

R. A. Duursma;B. E. Medlyn

176
Citations
Whole-tree chambers for elevated atmospheric CO2 experimentation and tree scale flux measurements in south-eastern Australia: the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment.

Craig V. M Barton;David S Ellsworth;Belinda E Medlyn;Remko A Duursma

144
Citations