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Plant Science and Agronomy

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104
Citations
37375
World Ranking
131
National Ranking
42

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Richard J. Norby 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 Richard J. Norby 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.

Richard J. Norby 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 Richard J. Norby sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 104 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard J. Norby is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as plant science, global and planetary change, ecology, soil science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist has explored several main topics in their work, including plant water relations and carbon dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant responses to elevated CO2, peatlands and wetlands ecology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, botany and plant ecology studies, as well as plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Some notable papers authored or coauthored by Richard J. Norby encompass:

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2 (2020, New Phytologist)
  • Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole-Ecosystem Warmed Peatland (2020, AGU Advances)
  • Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Fine-root dynamics vary with soil depth and precipitation in a low-nutrient tropical forest in the Central Amazonia (2020, Plant-Environment Interactions)

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Colleen M. Iversen
  • Joanne Childs
  • Anthony P. Walker
  • Daniela Yaffar
  • Marie Arnaud

Richard J. Norby has published extensively in a range of scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Global Change Biology
  • New Phytologist
  • Biogeosciences
  • Plant and Soil

The scientist has received several recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017, a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2016, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of the response of soil respiration, net nitrogen mineralization, and aboveground plant growth to experimental ecosystem warming

    L.E. Rustad;J.L. Campbell;G.M. Marion;R.J. Norby

  • Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

    M. Luke McCormack;Ian A. Dickie;David M. Eissenstat;Timothy J. Fahey

  • Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of productivity.

    Richard J. Norby;Evan H. DeLucia;Birgit Gielen;Carlo Calfapietra

  • CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

    Richard J Norby;Jeffrey M Warren;Colleen M Iversen;Belinda E Medlyn

  • Tree responses to rising CO2 in field experiments: implications for the future forest

    R. J. Norby;S. D. Wullschleger;C. A. Gunderson;D. W. Johnson

  • Soil microbial community responses to multiple experimental climate change drivers

    Hector F. Castro;Aimée T. Classen;Emily E. Austin;Richard J. Norby

  • Ecological Lessons from Free-Air CO 2 Enrichment (FACE) Experiments

    Richard J. Norby;Donald R. Zak

  • The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review.

    Ritta Hyvönen;Goran I. Agren;Sune Linder;Tryggve Persson

  • Evaluating ecosystem responses to rising atmospheric CO2 and global warming in a multi‐factor world

    Richard J. Norby;Yiqi Luo

  • Impacts of fine root turnover on forest NPP and soil C sequestration potential.

    Roser Matamala;Miquel A. Gonzàlez-Meler;Julie D. Jastrow;Richard J. Norby

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

    Anthony P. Walker;Martin G. De Kauwe;Ana Bastos;Soumaya Belmecheri

  • Root dynamics and global change : seeking an ecosystem perspective

    Richard J. Norby;Robert B. Jackson

  • Elevated CO2, litter chemistry, and decomposition: a synthesis.

    Richard J. Norby;M. Francesca Cotrufo;Philip Ineson;Elizabeth G. O’Neill

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Plant water relations at elevated CO2 -- implications for water-limited environments.

    S. D. Wullschleger;T. J. Tschaplinski;R. J. Norby

  • Effects of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment on the Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Quercus alba Seedlings in Nutrient-Poor Soil

    Richard J. Norby;Elizabeth G. O'Neill;R. J. Luxmoore

  • Fine-root production dominates response of a deciduous forest to atmospheric CO2 enrichment

    Richard J. Norby;Joanne Ledford;Carolyn D. Reilly;Nicole E. Miller

  • Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: From the geological past to the next century

    Peter J Franks;Mark A Adams;Jeffrey S. Amthor;Margaret M Barbour

  • Productivity and compensatory responses of yellow-poplar trees in elevated C0 2

    Richard J. Norby;Carla A. Gunderson;Stan D. Wullschleger;E. G. O'Neill

  • Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2

    Adrien C. Finzi;Richard J. Norby;Carlo Calfapietra;Anne Gallet-Budynek

  • Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon–nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free‐Air CO2 Enrichment studies

    Soenke Zaehle;Belinda E. Medlyn;Martin G. De Kauwe;Anthony P. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Colleen M. Iversen
Colleen M. Iversen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Stan D. Wullschleger
Stan D. Wullschleger Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Anthony P. Walker
Anthony P. Walker Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Paul J. Hanson
Paul J. Hanson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeffrey M. Warren
Jeffrey M. Warren Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University
Ying-Ping Wang
Ying-Ping Wang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Carla A. Gunderson
Carla A. Gunderson Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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