2026 Rubén Milla: 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	35	5183	4855	256	251	87	4198
Ecology and Evolution	35	7426	7181	264	260	82	4203

Overview

Rubén Milla is affiliated with King Juan Carlos University in Spain and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work broadly covers subfields such as Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science, and Genetics.

The research topics addressed by Rubén Milla include:

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant and animal studies
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Nematode management and characterization studies
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Rubén Milla has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers with a focus on ecological and agricultural topics. Notable publications include:

"Global root traits (GRooT) database," 2020, published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
"Functional rarity and evenness are key facets of biodiversity to boost multifunctionality," 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Crop Origins and Phylo Food: A database and a phylogenetic tree to stimulate comparative analyses on the origins of food crops," 2020, published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
"Environmental Objectives of Spanish Agriculture: Scientific Guidelines for their Effective Implementation under the Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2030," 2021, published in Ardeola
"Crop origins explain variation in global agricultural relevance," 2021, published in Nature Plants

The scientist's frequent coauthors include Pablo García-Palacios, Alicia Gómez-Fernández, Marcelo A. Aizen, Gabriela Gleiser, and Thomas Kitzberger, with multiple collaborations documented for each.

Rubén Milla publishes regularly in several scientific venues, with frequent appearances in New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Ecology and Biogeography, and Nature Plants.

Best Publications

TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

1926
Citations
Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

709
Citations
The scaling of leaf area and mass: the cost of light interception increases with leaf size.

Rubén Milla;Peter B Reich

308
Citations
Plant domestication through an ecological lens

Rubén Milla;Colin P. Osborne;Martin M. Turcotte;Cyrille Violle

261
Citations
Global root traits (GRooT) database

Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez;Liesje Mommer;Grégoire T. Freschet;Colleen M. Iversen

202
Citations
Plants Living on Gypsum: Beyond the Specialist Model

Sara Palacio;Adrián Escudero;Gabriel Montserrat-Martí;Melchor Maestro

199
Citations
Impacts of domestication on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis of 27 crop species

Nieves Martín-Robles;Anika Lehmann;Erica Seco;Ricardo Aroca

196
Citations
Summer-drought constrains the phenology and growth of two coexisting Mediterranean oaks with contrasting leaf habit: implications for their persistence and reproduction

Gabriel Montserrat-Martí;Jesús Julio Camarero;Sara Palacio;Sara Palacio;Carmen Pérez-Rontomé

189
Citations
Pore size regulates operating stomatal conductance, while stomatal densities drive the partitioning of conductance between leaf sides

Dimitrios Fanourakis;Habtamu Giday;Rubén Milla;Roland Pieruschka

170
Citations
Relationships between phenology and the remobilization of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in branches of eight Mediterranean evergreens.

R. Milla;P. Castro-Díez;M. Maestro-Martínez;G. Montserrat-Martí

134
Citations
Soil characteristics determine soil carbon and nitrogen availability during leaf litter decomposition regardless of litter quality

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Pablo García-Palacios;Pablo García-Palacios;Rubén Milla;Antonio Gallardo

133
Citations
Multi-trait interactions, not phylogeny, fine-tune leaf size reduction with increasing altitude.

Rubén Milla;Peter B. Reich

127
Citations
Environmental and developmental controls on specific leaf area are little modified by leaf allometry

Ruben Milla;Peter B Reich;Ulo Niinemets;Pilar Castro-Diez

123
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Functional rarity and evenness are key facets of biodiversity to boost multifunctionality.

Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet;Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet;Nicolas Gross;Nicolas Gross;Hugo Saiz;Hugo Saiz;Fernando T. Maestre

113
Citations
Shifts and disruptions in resource-use trait syndromes during the evolution of herbaceous crops

Rubén Milla;Javier Morente-López;J. Miguel Alonso-Rodrigo;Nieves Martín-Robles

107
Citations
Growing with siblings: a common ground for cooperation or for fiercer competition among plants?

Rubén Milla;Diana M. Forero;Adrián Escudero;Jose M. Iriondo

104
Citations
Side-effects of plant domestication: ecosystem impacts of changes in litter quality.

Pablo García‐Palacios;Rubén Milla;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Nieves Martín‐Robles

83
Citations
Intra- and interspecific performance in growth and reproduction increase with altitude : a case study with two Saxifraga species from northern Spain

Rubén Milla;Luis Giménez-Benavides;Alfonso Escudero;Peter B. Reich

77
Citations
Shifts in stomatal traits following the domestication of plant species

Rubén Milla;Natalia de Diego-Vico;Nieves Martín-Robles

74
Citations
Side-effects of domestication: cultivated legume seeds contain similar tocopherols and fatty acids but less carotenoids than their wild counterparts

Beatriz Fernández-Marín;Beatriz Fernández-Marín;Rubén Milla;Nieves Martín-Robles;Erwann Arc

69
Citations
Regional and global shifts in crop diversity through the Anthropocene

Adam R. Martin;Marc W. Cadotte;Marney E. Isaac;Rubén Milla

69
Citations
Phylogenetic patterns and phenotypic profiles of the species of plants and mammals farmed for food

Rubén Milla;Jesús M. Bastida;Martin M. Turcotte;Glynis Jones

68
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