2026 Rufus L. Chaney: 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	101	152	145	52	48	295	36617
Environmental Sciences	98	413	389	186	170	292	35072

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
2000 - Environmental Quality Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1992 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
1992 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Rufus L. Chaney is affiliated with the US Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and environmental sciences, focusing extensively on plant science and environmental pollution.

Their work primarily covers topics including:

Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Heavy metals in environment
Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
Heavy Metals in Plants
Clay minerals and soil interactions
Plant Diversity and Evolution

Chaney has a record of publishing in a range of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

Plant and Soil
GeoHealth
Journal of Environmental Quality
International Journal of Phytoremediation
SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with them include Antony van der Ent, Peter D. Erskine, Guillaume Echevarria, Philip Nti Nkrumah, and Jean-Louis Morel.

Some representative recent publications by Rufus L. Chaney include:

Phytoextraction of high value elements and contaminants from mining and mineral wastes: opportunities and limitations, 2020, Plant and Soil
Cobalt hyperaccumulation in Rinorea cf. bengalensis (Violaceae) from Sabah: accumulation potential and tissue and cellular-level distribution of cobalt, 2020, Plant and Soil
Hydroponics in physiological studies of trace element tolerance and accumulation in plants focussing on metallophytes and hyperaccumulator plants, 2024, Plant and Soil
Effects of Mn²⁺ on Cd accumulation and ionome in rice and spinach, 2022, Journal of Environmental Quality
Mitigating Toxic Metal Exposure Through Leafy Greens: A Comprehensive Review Contrasting Cadmium and Lead in Spinach, 2024, GeoHealth

The scientist's fields of study concentrate on Agricultural and Biological Sciences along with Environmental Science, and subfields include Plant Science, Pollution, Analytical Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Throughout their career, Rufus L. Chaney has received multiple recognitions:

Environmental Quality Research Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2000
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2000
Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), 1992
Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), 1992

Best Publications

The Physiology of Metal Toxicity in Plants

C D Foy;R L Chaney;M C Shite

3293
Citations
Phytoremediation of soil metals

R. L. Chaney;M. Malik;Y. M. Li;S. L. Brown

2118
Citations
Trace element chemistry in residual-treated soil: key concepts and metal bioavailability.

N. T. Basta;J. A. Ryan;R. L. Chaney

936
Citations
Obligatory reduction of ferric chelates in iron uptake by soybeans.

Rufus L. Chaney;John C. Brown;Lee O. Tiffin

890
Citations
Cadmium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, and Nickel in Agricultural Soils of the United States of America

G.G.S. Holmgren;M.W. Meyer;R.L. Chaney;R.B. Daniels

784
Citations
Phytoremediation Potential of Thlaspi caerulescens and Bladder Campion for Zinc- and Cadmium-Contaminated Soil

S. L. Brown;R. L. Chaney;J. S. Angle;A. J. M. Baker

708
Citations
Improved Understanding of Hyperaccumulation Yields Commercial Phytoextraction and Phytomining Technologies

Rufus L. Chaney;J. Scott Angle;C. Leigh Broadhurst;Carinne A. Peters

641
Citations
Zinc and Cadmium Uptake by Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens Grown in Nutrient Solution

S.L. Brown;R.L. Chaney;J.S. Angle;A.J.M. Baker

629
Citations
Selection and breeding of plant cultivars to minimize cadmium accumulation.

C.A. Grant;J.M. Clarke;S. Duguid;R.L. Chaney

625
Citations
GEOCHEM-PC—A Chemical Speciation Program for IBM and Compatible Personal Computers

David R. Parker;Wendell A. Norvell;R. L. Chaney

606
Citations
Development of an in vitro screening test to evaluate the in vivo bioaccessibility of ingested mine-waste lead

Michael V. Ruby;Andy Davis;Timothy E. Link;Rosalind Schoof

481
Citations
Rhizobacterial effects on nickel extraction from soil and uptake by Alyssum murale

RA Abou-Shanab;JS Angle;TA Delorme;RL Chaney

455
Citations
Development of a technology for commercial phytoextraction of nickel: economic and technical considerations

Yin-M. Li;Rufus Chaney;Eric Brewer;Richard Roseberg

446
Citations
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and grain arsenic levels in rice systems.

Bruce A. Linquist;Merle M. Anders;Maria Arlene A. Adviento-Borbe;Rufus L. Chaney

431
Citations
Research Priorities for Conservation of Metallophyte Biodiversity and their Potential for Restoration and Site Remediation

S. N. Whiting;R. D. Reeves;D. Richards;M. S. Johnson

413
Citations
Soil pH Effects on Uptake of Cd and Zn by Thlaspi caerulescens

Autumn S. Wang;J. Scott Angle;Rufus L. Chaney;Thierry A. Delorme

411
Citations
In situ soil treatments to reduce the phyto- and bioavailability of lead, zinc, and cadmium.

Sally Brown;Rufus Chaney;Judith Hallfrisch;James A. Ryan

394
Citations
Mitigation effects of silicon rich amendments on heavy metal accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) planted on multi-metal contaminated acidic soil

Hai-Hong Gu;Hao Qiu;Tian Tian;Shu-Shun Zhan

376
Citations
Zinc and Cadmium Uptake by Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens and Metal Tolerant Silene vulgaris Grown on Sludge-Amended Soils.

S. L. Brown;R. L. Chaney;J. S. Angle;A. J. M. Baker

370
Citations
An improved understanding of soil Cd risk to humans and low cost methods to phytoextract Cd from contaminated soils to prevent soil Cd risks

Rufus L. Chaney;Philip G. Reeves;James A. Ryan;Robert W. Simmons

363
Citations
Improving Metal Hyperaccumulator Wild Plants to Develop Commercial Phytoextraction Systems: Approaches and Progress

Rufus L. Chaney;Yin-Ming Li;Sally L. Brown;Faye A. Homer

354
Citations
Effects of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on heavy metal uptake by soybeans

A. Heggo;J.S. Angle;R.L. Chaney

351
Citations
The Heavy Elements: Chemistry, Environmental Impact, and Health Effects

R.L. Chaney

51
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