2026 Richard M. Cruse: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	49	5317	5095	1946	1799	160	7835

Overview

Richard M. Cruse is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial number of publications in these fields.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields of study represented in their research are:

Soil Science
Water Science and Technology
Global and Planetary Change
Ecology
Earth-Surface Processes

The research topics most frequently addressed include:

Soil erosion and sediment transport
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Aeolian processes and effects
Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard M. Cruse include:

Morphological characteristics and influencing factors of permanent gully and its contribution to regional soil loss based on a field investigation of 393 km² in Mollisols region of northeast China, 2022, CATENA
Gully Erosion Susceptibility Mapping in Highly Complex Terrain Using Machine Learning Models, 2021, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Impacts of horizontal resolution and downscaling on the USLE LS factor for different terrains, 2020, International Soil and Water Conservation Research
Warming-dominated climate change impacts on soil organic carbon fractions and aggregate stability in Mollisols, 2023, Geoderma
Unpaved road erosion after heavy storms in mountain areas of northern China, 2021, International Soil and Water Conservation Research

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard M. Cruse are:

Brian Gelder
Chunmei Wang
Daryl Herzmann
Dennis C. Flanagan
Xingyi Zhang

Key venues where their work has appeared multiple times include:

Soil Erosion Research Under a Changing Climate, January 8-13, 2023, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA
International Soil and Water Conservation Research
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
CATENA

Best Publications

Crop rotations for the 21st century

D. L. Karlen;G. E. Varvel;Donald Bullock;R. M. Cruse

700
Citations
Sustainable Biofuels Redux

G. Philip Robertson;Virginia H. Dale;Otto C. Doering;Steven P. Hamburg

494
Citations
The transcriptional landscape of αβ T cell differentiation

Michael Mingueneau;Taras Kreslavsky;Daniel Gray;Daniel Gray;Tracy Heng

295
Citations
Impact of Biochar on Manure Carbon Stabilization and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Natalia Rogovska;David Laird;Richard Cruse;Pierce Fleming

276
Citations
Vegetative filter strip effects on sediment concentration in cropland runoff

C. A. Robinson;M. Ghaffarzadeh;R. M. Cruse

244
Citations
Germination tests for assessing biochar quality.

N. Rogovska;D. Laird;R. M. Cruse;S. Trabue

230
Citations
Corn Response to Seed-Row Residue Removal

T. C. Kaspar;D. C. Erbach;R. M. Cruse

215
Citations
Soil erosion control practices in Northeast China: A mini-review

Xiaobing Liu;Shaoliang Zhang;Shaoliang Zhang;Xingyi Zhang;Guangwei Ding

173
Citations
Effect of soil shear strength on soil detachment due to raindrop impact

R. M. Cruse;W. E. Larson

170
Citations
Effects of conservation tillage on corn and soybean yield in the humid continental climate region of Northeast China

Y. Chen;S. Liu;H. Li;X.F. Li

165
Citations
Tillage Effects on Soil Water Retention and Pore Size Distribution of Two Mollisols1

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164
Citations
Cropping System and Nitrogen Effects on Mollisol Organic Carbon

C. A. Robinson;R. M. Cruse;M. Ghaffarzadeh

161
Citations
The transcriptional landscape of αβ T cell differentiation

Michael Mingueneau;Taras Kreslavsky;Daniel Gray;Tracy Heng

157
Citations
Soil: The Forgotten Piece of the Water, Food, Energy Nexus

Jerry L. Hatfield;Thomas J. Sauer;Richard M. Cruse

157
Citations
Assessing alternative futures for agriculture in Iowa, U.S.A.

M. V. Santelmann;David S. White;K. Freemark;Joan Iverson Nassauer

152
Citations
Sediment removal by prairie filter strips in row-cropped ephemeral watersheds.

Matthew J. Helmers;Xiaobo Zhou;Heidi Asbjornsen;Randy Kolka

135
Citations
Grain yield response of corn, soybean, and oat grown in a strip intercropping system

Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh;Fernando García Préchac;Richard M. Cruse

134
Citations
Nutrient removal by prairie filter strips in agricultural landscapes

Xiaobo Zhou;Matthew J. Helmers;Heidi Asbjornsen;Randall K. Kolka

125
Citations
Impacts of fresh and aged biochars on plant available water and water use efficiency

Deborah Aller;Samuel Rathke;David Laird;Richard Cruse

125
Citations
Daily estimates of rainfall, water runoff, and soil erosion in Iowa

R. Cruse;D. Flanagan;J. Frankenberger;B. Gelder

113
Citations
Reservoir Sedimentation and Upstream Sediment Sources: Perspectives and Future Research Needs on Streambank and Gully Erosion

G. A. Fox;A. Sheshukov;R. Cruse;R. L. Kolar

104
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J. Helmers Iowa State University

David A. Laird Iowa State University

Xiaobing Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota

Dennis C. Flanagan Agricultural Research Service

Daniel H. D. Gray Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Brent J. Danielson Iowa State University

Diane Mathis Harvard University

Humberto Blanco-Canqui University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Douglas L. Karlen Iowa State University

External Links

Personal website of Richard M. Cruse

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