2026 Robert S. Nowak: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	48	2405	2222	604	533	110	8772

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

870
Citations
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

762
Citations
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

757
Citations
Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

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

546
Citations
Soil water exploitation after fire: competition between Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) and two native species.

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

450
Citations
A test of compensatory photosynthesis in the field: Implications for herbivory tolerance.

R. S. Nowak;M. M. Caldwell

321
Citations
Soil resource heterogeneity in the Mojave Desert

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

314
Citations
Competition and facilitation : Contrasting effects of Artemisia tridentata on desert vs. montane pines

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

257
Citations
Supplemental manganese improves the relative growth, net assimilation and photosynthetic rates of salt-stressed barley

Grant R. Cramer;Robert S. Nowak

161
Citations
Water use efficiency and carbon isotope composition of plants in a cold desert environment

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

156
Citations
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

151
Citations
Photoinhibition as a control on photosynthesis and production of Sphagnum mosses.

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

148
Citations
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

142
Citations
Hydraulic lift among native plant species in the Mojave Desert

Carolyn K. Yoder;Robert S. Nowak

135
Citations
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

129
Citations
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

128
Citations
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

127
Citations
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

124
Citations
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

121
Citations
Ecophysiology of Plants in the Intermountain Lowlands

Stanley D. Smith;Robert S. Nowak

117
Citations
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

103
Citations
Competition between cheatgrass and two native species after fire: Implications from observations and measurements of root distribution

Graciela Melgoza;Robert S. Nowak

102
Citations
Increases in desert shrub productivity under elevated carbon dioxide vary with water availability

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

100
Citations