2026 Richard P. Dick: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	71	655	605	195	175	233	21574

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

655

605

195

175

233

21574

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

21574

World Ranking

655

National Ranking

195

Overview

Richard P. Dick is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Soil Science, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Forestry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics of their work revolve around Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Management and Crop Yield, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, and Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions.

Recent publications by Richard P. Dick include:

Influence of variable biochar concentration on yield-scaled nitrous oxide emissions, Wheat yield and nitrogen use efficiency, 2021, Scientific Reports
Soil mass and grind size used for sample homogenization strongly affect permanganate-oxidizable carbon (POXC) values, with implications for its use as a national soil health indicator, 2020, Geoderma
Nutrient cycling and microbial responses to termite and earthworm activity in soils amended with woody residues in the Sudano-Sahel, 2022, European Journal of Soil Biology
An overlooked local resource: Shrub-intercropping for food production, drought resistance and ecosystem restoration in the Sahel, 2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
Corn and hardwood biochars affected soil microbial community and enzyme activities, 2020, Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated with Richard P. Dick include:

Nicola Lorenz
Laura Mason
Virginia I. Rich
Ibrahima Diédhiou
Roger Bayala

Publications by Richard P. Dick have appeared in a variety of scientific venues, with some of the most frequent being Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Land, Scientific Reports, Geoderma, and European Journal of Soil Biology.

Best Publications

Field management effects on soil enzyme activities

Anna K. Bandick;Richard P. Dick

1657
Citations
Soil Enzyme Activities and Biodiversity Measurements as Integrative Microbiological Indicators

Richard P. Dick;Donald P. Breakwell;Ronald F. Turco

927
Citations
A review: long-term effects of agricultural systems on soil biochemical and microbial parameters

Richard P. Dick

853
Citations
Soil Enzyme Activities as Indicators of Soil Quality

Richard P. Dick

798
Citations
Soil enzyme activities as integrative indicators of soil health.

R. P. Dick

702
Citations
Enzymes in the environment: activity, ecology, and applications.

Richard G. Burns;Richard P. Dick

695
Citations
Soil enzyme activity: a brief history and biochemistry as a basis for appropriate interpretations and meta-analysis

Paolo Nannipieri;Carmen Trasar-Cepeda;Richard P. Dick

581
Citations
Comparison of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) Methods for Characterizing Microbial Communities

Mary E. Schutter;Richard P. Dick

576
Citations
Influence of long-term residue management on soil enzyme activities in relation to soil chemical properties of a wheat-fallow system

R. P. Dick;P. E. Rasmussen;E. A. Kerle

464
Citations
Methods of Soil Enzymology

Richard P. Dick

460
Citations
Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on microbial biomass and C and N mineralization in a Brazilian Oxisol

Elcio L. Balota;Arnaldo Colozzi Filho;Diva S. Andrade;Richard P. Dick

443
Citations
PLFA Profiling of Microbial Community Structure and Seasonal Shifts in Soils of a Douglas-fir Chronosequence

Jennifer Moore-Kucera;Richard P. Dick

415
Citations
Soil moisture pre-treatment effects on enzyme activities as indicators of heavy metal-contaminated and reclaimed soils

M. Belén Hinojosa;José A. Carreira;Roberto García-Ruíz;Richard P. Dick

403
Citations
Microbial biomass in soils under different tillage and crop rotation systems

Elcio L. Balota;Arnaldo Colozzi-Filho;Diva S. Andrade;Richard P. Dick

388
Citations
Risk assessment and source analysis of soil heavy metal pollution from lower reaches of Yellow River irrigation in China.

Pengyan Zhang;Pengyan Zhang;Chengzhe Qin;Xin Hong;Guohua Kang

356
Citations
Microbial Community Profiles and Activities among Aggregates of Winter Fallow and Cover-Cropped Soil

Mary E. Schutter;Richard P. Dick

345
Citations
Use of Length Heterogeneity PCR and Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Profiles To Characterize Microbial Communities in Soil

Nancy J. Ritchie;Mary E. Schutter;Richard P. Dick;David D. Myrold

327
Citations
Soil Microbial Dynamics: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen

Mary F. Fauci;R. P. Dick

318
Citations
Microbial Biomass and Activities in Soil Aggregates Affected by Winter Cover Crops

I. C. Mendes;A. K. Bandick;R. P. Dick;P. J. Bottomley

293
Citations
Shifts in substrate utilization potential and structure of soil microbial communities in response to carbon substrates

Mary Schutter;Richard Dick

286
Citations
ORGANIC AMENDMENTS AND PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS: I. PHOSPHORUS CHEMISTRY AND SORPTION

F. Iyamuremye;R. P. Dick;J. Baham

267
Citations