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Richard W. Bell

Richard W. Bell

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 47 2535 2349 196 183 706 8158

Richard W. Bell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard W. Bell between 1981 and 2021, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard W. Bell published across 41 years, from 1981 to 2021, averaging 17.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2017. 55 of the 716 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2021. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2017. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 12 publications 1988: 11 publications 1989: 12 publications 1990: 13 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 12 publications 1994: 18 publications 1995: 12 publications 1996: 16 publications 1997: 32 publications 1998: 20 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 28 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 29 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 17 publications 2005: 25 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 26 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 28 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 31 publications 2015: 28 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 40 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 29 publications
1981 2021

716 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard W. Bell: publications per year, 1981 to 2021
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 0
1983 1
1984 2
1985 3
1986 2
1987 12
1988 11
1989 12
1990 13
1991 10
1992 6
1993 12
1994 18
1995 12
1996 16
1997 32
1998 20
1999 12
2000 28
2001 17
2002 29
2003 20
2004 17
2005 25
2006 17
2007 26
2008 15
2009 15
2010 27
2011 28
2012 22
2013 25
2014 31
2015 28
2016 17
2017 40
2018 14
2019 25
2020 26
2021 29
Total 716
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Richard W. Bell 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 W. Bell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 467+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 706 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99 706
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Richard W. Bell 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 W. Bell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
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Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143 47
48 131
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Botany

His main research concerns Agronomy, Soil water, Horticulture, Botany and Nutrient. Richard W. Bell has included themes like Oryza sativa and Pollen in his Agronomy study. His studies deal with areas such as Environmental chemistry and Sowing as well as Soil water.

His study looks at the relationship between Environmental chemistry and fields such as Boron, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. Within one scientific family, he focuses on topics pertaining to Dry matter under Horticulture, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Plant nutrition and Vegetative reproduction. His study in Nutrient is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Field experiment, Phosphorus and Shoot.

His most cited work include:

  • Dryland salinity in south-western Australia: its origins, remedies, and future research directions (138 citations)
  • Conservation agriculture for small holder rainfed farming: Opportunities and constraints of new mechanized seeding systems (104 citations)
  • Diagnosis and prediction of boron deficiency for plant production (82 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Soil water, Horticulture, Nutrient and Agroforestry. His Agronomy study is mostly concerned with Crop, Sowing, Tillage, Fertilizer and Transplanting. His studies in Tillage integrate themes in fields like No-till farming, Crop residue and Conservation agriculture.

Soil water is often connected to Irrigation in his work. His work deals with themes such as Botany and Boron, which intersect with Horticulture. His Nutrient research includes themes of Phosphorus and Crop yield.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (52.32%)
  • Soil water (26.09%)
  • Horticulture (20.58%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Agronomy (52.32%)
  • Crop (12.32%)
  • Sowing (10.58%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Crop, Sowing, Tillage and Conservation agriculture. The various areas that Richard W. Bell examines in his Agronomy study include Soil water and Nutrient. His Crop research integrates issues from Cropping, Soil test, Growing season and Wet season.

The concepts of his Sowing study are interwoven with issues in Dry season, Fertilizer and Cultivar. His research integrates issues of No-till farming, Crop residue, Weed control and Weed in his study of Tillage. His Conservation agriculture research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Agroforestry and Mechanization.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Minimum tillage unpuddled transplanting: An alternative crop establishment strategy for rice in conservation agriculture cropping systems (35 citations)
  • Dissolved reactive phosphorus played a limited role in phosphorus transport via runoff, throughflow and leaching on contrasting cropping soils from southwest Australia. (31 citations)
  • Greenhouse gas implications of novel and conventional rice production technologies in the Eastern-Gangetic plains (22 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Sowing, Crop, Soil water and Tillage. The Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Nutrient and Conservation agriculture. His work carried out in the field of Sowing brings together such families of science as Salinity, Dry matter and Conventional tillage.

His Crop study incorporates themes from Dry season, Cultivar, Growing season and Wet season. The Soil water study which covers Surface runoff that intersects with Ecosystem, Applied ecology, Environmental planning and Restoration ecology. As a part of the same scientific family, Richard W. Bell mostly works in the field of Tillage, focusing on No-till farming and, on occasion, Field capacity.

Best Publications

  • Conservation agriculture for small holder rainfed farming: Opportunities and constraints of new mechanized seeding systems

    C. Johansen;M.E. Haque;R.W. Bell;Christian Thierfelder

  • Micronutrients for Sustainable Food, Feed, Fibre and Bioenergy Production

    R.W. Bell;B. Dell

  • Dryland salinity in south-western Australia: its origins, remedies, and future research directions

    C. J. Clarke;R. J. George;R. W. Bell;T. J. Hatton

  • Diagnosis and prediction of boron deficiency for plant production

    Richard W. Bell

  • Effects of Boron Deficiency on Anther Development and Floret Fertility in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ‘Wilgoyne’)

    Longbin Huang;J. Pant;Bernie Dell;Richard W. Bell

  • Rapid Nitric Acid Digestion of Plant Material with an Open-Vessel Microwave System

    L. Huang;R. W. Bell;B. Dell;J. Woodward

  • Minimum tillage unpuddled transplanting: An alternative crop establishment strategy for rice in conservation agriculture cropping systems

    M.E. Haque;R.W. Bell;M.A. Islam;M.A. Rahman

  • Boron nutrition and chilling tolerance of warm climate crop species

    Longbin Huang;Zhengqian Ye;Richard W. Bell;Bernard Dell

  • Boron nutrition of rice in different production systems. A review

    Atique-ur-Rehman;Atique-ur-Rehman;Muhammad Farooq;Abdul Rashid;Faisal Nadeem

  • Soil boron fractions and their relationship to soil properties

    J.M. Xu;K. Wang;R.W. Bell;Y.A. Yang

  • Agronomic biofortification of zinc in rice: Influence of cultivars and zinc application methods on grain yield and zinc bioavailability

    Susmit Saha;Mahasweta Chakraborty;Dhaneshwar Padhan;Bholanath Saha

  • Boron in Soils and Plants

    R. W. Bell;B. Rerkasem

  • Landscape-scale disturbances and regeneration in semi-arid woodlands of southwestern Australia

    Colin J. Yates;Richard J. Hobbs;Richard W. Bell

  • Boron in plant and animal nutrition

    H.E. Goldbach;B. Rerkasem;Wimmer;P.H. Brown

  • Boron: an essential element for vascular plants: A comment on Lewis (2019) 'Boron: the essential element for vascular plants that never was'.

    Monika A Wimmer;Isidro Abreu;Richard W Bell;Manuela D Bienert

  • Plant density effects on growth, yield and yield components of two soybean varieties under equidistant planting arrangement

    M. Rahman;M. Hossain;R.W. Bell

  • Advances in plant and animal boron nutrition

    Fangsen Xu;Heiner E. Goldbach;Patrick H. Brown;Richard W. Bell

  • Factors Limiting the Recruitment of Eucalyptus salmonophloia in Remnant Woodlands .II. Postdispersal Seed Predation and Soil Seed Reserves

    Colin J. Yates;Colin J. Yates;Ross Taplin;Richard J. Hobbs;Richard W. Bell;Richard W. Bell

  • Fertiliser strategies for improved nutrient use efficiency on sandy soils in high rainfall regimes

    S. Sitthaphanit;V. Limpinuntana;B. Toomsan;S. Panchaban

  • Conservation Agriculture for Rice-Based Intensive Cropping by Smallholders in the Eastern Gangetic Plain

    Richard W. Bell;Md. Enamul Haque;M. Jahiruddin;Md. Moshiur Rahman

  • Response of soil microbial activity to temperature, moisture, and litter leaching on a wetland transect during seasonal refilling

    Song Qiu;Arthur J. McComb;Richard W. Bell;Jenny A. Davis

  • Groundwater response to reforestation in the Darling Range of Western Australia

    R.W. Bell;N.J. Schofield;I.C. Loh;M.A. Bari

  • Division S-4 - Soil fertility & plant nutrition: Soil boron fractions and their relationship to soil properties

    J.M. Xu;K. Wang;R.W. Bell;Y.A. Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Dell
Bernard Dell Murdoch University
Benjavan Rerkasem
Benjavan Rerkasem Chiang Mai University
Edward G. Barrett-Lennard
Edward G. Barrett-Lennard University of Western Australia
Arthur J. McComb
Arthur J. McComb Murdoch University
Richard J. Hobbs
Richard J. Hobbs University of Western Australia
Goen Ho
Goen Ho Murdoch University
Guy J. D. Kirk
Guy J. D. Kirk Cranfield University
Graham O’Hara
Graham O’Hara Murdoch University
Donald S. Gaydon
Donald S. Gaydon Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Colin J. Asher
Colin J. Asher University of Queensland

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