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Rubén Milla 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 Rubén Milla sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 87 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rubén Milla 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 Rubén Milla sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

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

    Rubén Milla;Peter B Reich

  • Plant domestication through an ecological lens

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

  • Global root traits (GRooT) database

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

  • Plants Living on Gypsum: Beyond the Specialist Model

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

  • Impacts of domestication on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis of 27 crop species

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Rubén Milla;Peter B. Reich

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Shifts in stomatal traits following the domestication of plant species

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

  • 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

  • Regional and global shifts in crop diversity through the Anthropocene

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel Montserrat-Martí
Gabriel Montserrat-Martí Spanish National Research Council
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Pablo García-Palacios
Pablo García-Palacios Spanish National Research Council
Pilar Castro-Díez
Pilar Castro-Díez University of Alcalá
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Cyrille Violle
Cyrille Violle Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
José M. Iriondo
José M. Iriondo King Juan Carlos University
Koen Kramer
Koen Kramer Wageningen University & Research

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