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D-Index
48
Citations
8772
World Ranking
2405
National Ranking
604

Robert S. Nowak 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 Robert S. Nowak sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 110 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert S. Nowak 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 Robert S. Nowak sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert S. Nowak is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science, health professions, and medicine, focusing extensively on intersections between these fields.

The primary fields of study they contribute to include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

Within these areas, their work covers specific subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • General Health Professions
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Genetics
  • Speech and Hearing

Their research topics include:

  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Health and Medical Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Medicine, History, and Philosophy

Recent publications of Robert S. Nowak demonstrate a range of interests bridging ecological and medical research:

  • Plant Gas Exchange of Two Bunchgrasses in Relation to Herbivory Tolerance, 2021, Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)
  • Chlorophyll Fluorescence Probe of Ultraviolet-B Photoinhibition of Primary Photoreactions in Intact Leaves, 2021, Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)
  • Contrasting responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased CO2 as water supply varies, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased carbon dioxide as water supply varies, 2021, Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Welche Faktoren sind in der Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Typ-2-Diabetes zu berücksichtigen?, 2025, Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert S. Nowak include:

  • Nicole Prinz
  • Christian Denzer
  • O Ovcarov
  • Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann
  • Martin Wabitsch

Major publication venues where Robert S. Nowak has contributed multiple works are:

  • Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive

Best Publications

  • Functional responses of plants to elevated atmospheric CO2– do photosynthetic and productivity data from FACE experiments support early predictions?

    Robert S. Nowak;David S. Ellsworth;Stanley D. Smith

  • Coping with Herbivory: Photosynthetic Capacity and Resource Allocation in Two Semiarid Agropyron Bunchgrasses,

    M. M. Caldwell;J. H. Richards;D. A. Johnson;R. S. Nowak

  • Elevated CO2 increases productivity and invasive species success in an arid ecosystem.

    Stanley D. Smith;Travis E. Huxman;Travis E. Huxman;Stephen F. Zitzer;Therese N. Charlet

  • Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

    J. A. Morgan;D. E. Pataki;Christian Körner;H. Clark

  • Soil water exploitation after fire: competition between Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) and two native species.

    Graciela Melgoza;Robert S. Nowak;Robin J. Tausch

  • A test of compensatory photosynthesis in the field: Implications for herbivory tolerance.

    R. S. Nowak;M. M. Caldwell

  • Soil resource heterogeneity in the Mojave Desert

    Jonathan H. Titus;Jonathan H. Titus;Robert S. Nowak;Stanley D. Smith

  • Competition and facilitation : Contrasting effects of Artemisia tridentata on desert vs. montane pines

    Ragan M. Callaway;Evan H. DeLucia;Darrin Moore;Robert Nowak

  • Supplemental manganese improves the relative growth, net assimilation and photosynthetic rates of salt-stressed barley

    Grant R. Cramer;Robert S. Nowak

  • Water use efficiency and carbon isotope composition of plants in a cold desert environment

    Nancee L. Toft;Jay E. Anderson;Robert S. Nowak

  • The temperature responses of soil respiration in deserts: a seven desert synthesis

    Jessica M Cable;Jessica M Cable;Kiona Ogle;Richard W Lucas;Travis E Huxman

  • Photoinhibition as a control on photosynthesis and production of Sphagnum mosses.

    K. J. Murray;John Tenhunen;R. S. Nowak

  • Biotic, abiotic and performance aspects of the Nevada Desert Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) Facility

    DeaN. N. Jordan;Stephen F. Zitzer;George R. Hendrey;Keith F. Lewin

  • Hydraulic lift among native plant species in the Mojave Desert

    Carolyn K. Yoder;Robert S. Nowak

  • DIFFERENTIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC INHIBITION BY ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION IN SPECIES FROM THE ARCTIC-ALPINE LIFE ZONE

    Martyn M. Caldwell;Ronald Robberecht;Robert S. Nowak;W. D. Billings

  • ARE MOJAVE DESERT ANNUAL SPECIES EQUAL? RESOURCE ACQUISITION AND ALLOCATION FOR THE INVASIVE GRASS BROMUS MADRITENSIS SUBSP, RUBENS (POACEAE) AND TWO NATIVE SPECIES

    Lesley A. DeFalco;David R. Bryla;Vickie Smith‐Longozo;Robert S. Nowak

  • Bunchgrass architecture, light interception, and water-use efficiency: assessment by fiber optic point quadrats and gas exchange.

    M. M. Caldwell;T. J. Dean;R. S. Nowak;R. S. Dzurec

  • TREE AND SHRUB DYNAMICS IN NORTHWESTERN GREAT BASIN WOODLAND AND SHRUB STEPPE DURING THE LATE-PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE'

    Cheryl L. Nowak;Robert S. Nowak;Robin J. Tausch;Peter E. Wigand

  • Fine root growth dynamics of four Mojave Desert shrubs as related to soil moisture and microsite

    Carolyn S Wilcox;Joseph W Ferguson;George C.J Fernandez;Robert S Nowak

  • Ecophysiology of Plants in the Intermountain Lowlands

    Stanley D. Smith;Robert S. Nowak

  • Native and non‐native grasses generate common types of plant–soil feedbacks by altering soil nutrients and microbial communities

    Lora B. Perkins;Robert S. Nowak

  • Competition between cheatgrass and two native species after fire: Implications from observations and measurements of root distribution

    Graciela Melgoza;Robert S. Nowak

  • Increases in desert shrub productivity under elevated carbon dioxide vary with water availability

    David C. Housman;Elke Naumburg;Travis E. Huxman;Therese N. Charlet

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley D. Smith
Stanley D. Smith University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jeffrey R. Seemann
Jeffrey R. Seemann University of Connecticut
James S. Coleman
James S. Coleman Rice University
Travis E. Huxman
Travis E. Huxman University of California, Irvine
Kiona Ogle
Kiona Ogle Northern Arizona University
David A. Pyke
David A. Pyke United States Geological Survey
Iker Aranjuelo
Iker Aranjuelo Spanish National Research Council
Jeanne C. Chambers
Jeanne C. Chambers US Forest Service
Jack A. Morgan
Jack A. Morgan Agricultural Research Service
David T. Tissue
David T. Tissue Western Sydney University

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