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Plant Science and Agronomy

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84
Citations
22699
World Ranking
362
National Ranking
122

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84
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678
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Robert W. Pearcy 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 W. Pearcy sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 140 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert W. Pearcy 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 W. Pearcy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert W. Pearcy was affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their professional background was primarily linked to this institution, where their academic activities were presumably carried out.

No records of recent papers, including titles, years of publication, or publication venues, were provided to detail specific research contributions. As such, there is no available information on the topics or focus of recent scholarly articles authored by them.

There were no frequent co-authors listed, which indicates that either collaborations were limited or not documented within the available data.

The data did not include any frequent publication venues related to their work, which makes it difficult to identify patterns in their preferred journals or conferences.

Information regarding book publications was also absent, so it is unclear whether they contributed to academic books or monographs through established publishers.

Details about main fields of study, subfields of study, and main topics of work were not supplied. Therefore, it is not possible to outline precise areas of research interest or domain specialization within their academic career.

No awards or honors were documented, suggesting either a lack of formal recognition or unavailability of this information in the referred data.

Robert W. Pearcy is noted as deceased. Therefore, all descriptions are presented in the past tense in accordance with standard biographical practice for deceased individuals.

Best Publications

  • Plastic Phenotypic Response to Light of 16 Congeneric Shrubs From a Panamanian Rainforest

    Fernando Valladares;S. Joseph Wright;Eloisa Lasso;Kaoru Kitajima

  • Plant Physiological Ecology-Field Methods and Instrumentation.

    S. B. Chapman;R. W. Pearcy;J. R. Ehleringer;H. A. Mooney

  • SUNFLECKS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANT CANOPIES

    Robert W. Pearcy

  • Climate change and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis

    James R. Ehleringer;Rowan F. Sage;Lawrence B. Flanagan;Robert W. Pearcy

  • Comparative ecophysiology of C3 and C4 plants

    R. W. Pearcy;J. Ehleringer

  • Variation in Quantum Yield for CO2 Uptake among C3 and C4 Plants

    James Ehleringer;Robert W. Pearcy

  • The Importance of Sunflecks for Forest Understory Plants Photosynthetic machinery appears adapted to brief, unpredictable periods of radiation

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robert W. Pearcy

  • The Nitrogen Use Efficiency of C3 and C4 Plants II. Leaf Nitrogen Effects on the Gas Exchange Characteristics of Chenopodium album (L.) and Amaranthus retroflexus (L.)

    Rowan F Sage;Robert W. Pearcy

  • Interactions between water stress, sun-shade acclimation, heat tolerance and photoinhibition in the sclerophyll Heteromeles arbutifolia

    F. Valladares;R. W. Pearcy

  • Photosynthetic Responses of Tropical Forest Plants to Contrasting Light Environments

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robert W. Pearcy;David W. Lee;Ned Fetcher

  • Plant Physiological Ecology

    Robert W. Pearcy;James R. Ehleringer;Harold A. Mooney;Philip W. Rundel

  • The light environment and growth of C3 and C4 tree species in the understory of a Hawaiian forest.

    Robert W. Pearcy

  • Crown architecture in sun and shade environments: assessing function and trade‐offs with a three‐dimensional simulation model

    Robert W. Pearcy;Hiroyuki Muraoka;Fernando Valladares

  • Photosynthetic responses to light variation in rainforest species I. Induction under constant and fluctuating light conditions

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robert W. Pearcy

  • Drought can be more critical in the shade than in the sun: a field study of carbon gain and photo‐inhibition in a Californian shrub during a dry El Niño year

    F. Valladares;R. W. Pearcy

  • Sunflecks in trees and forests: from photosynthetic physiology to global change biology

    Danielle A. Way;Danielle A. Way;Robert W. Pearcy

  • A three-dimensional crown architecture model for assessment of light capture and carbon gain by understory plants

    Robert W. Pearcy;Weimin Yang

  • Physiological Responses to Salinity in Selected Lines of Wheat

    Ralph W. Kingsbury;Emanuel Epstein;Robert W. Pearcy

  • Photosynthetic responses to dynamic light under field conditions in six tropical rainforest shrubs occuring along a light gradient

    F. Valladares;Mitchell T. Allen;Robert W. Pearcy

  • The Nitrogen Use Efficiency of C3 and C4 Plants : III. Leaf Nitrogen Effects on the Activity of Carboxylating Enzymes in Chenopodium album (L.) and Amaranthus retroflexus (L.)

    Rowan F. Sage;Robert W. Pearcy;Jeffrey R. Seemann

  • 5 – Photosynthetic Acclimation to Changing Light Environments: Scaling from the Leaf to the Whole Plant

    Robert W. Pearcy;Daniel A. Sims

  • Convergence in light capture efficiencies among tropical forest understory plants with contrasting crown architectures: a case of morphological compensation.

    Fernando Valladares;John B. Skillman;Robert W. Pearcy

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Rowan F. Sage
Rowan F. Sage University of Toronto
James R. Ehleringer
James R. Ehleringer University of Utah
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum Landcare Research
Jeffrey R. Seemann
Jeffrey R. Seemann University of Connecticut
Harold A. Mooney
Harold A. Mooney Stanford University
Susan L. Ustin
Susan L. Ustin University of California, Davis
John A. Gamon
John A. Gamon University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Danielle A. Way
Danielle A. Way University of Western Ontario
Thomas D. Sharkey
Thomas D. Sharkey Michigan State University

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