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113
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46121
World Ranking
174
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82

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111
Citations
45217
World Ranking
90
National Ranking
28

Russell K. Monson 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 Russell K. Monson sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 320 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Russell K. Monson 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 Russell K. Monson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Russell K. Monson is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their subfields of study include Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Insect Science.

The primary topics of Monson's work focus on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Fire effects on ecosystems, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Monson has published in several scientific venues with notable frequency in:

  • Oecologia
  • New Phytologist
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Recent publications include:

  • Coordinated resource allocation to plant growth-defense tradeoffs, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Leaf isoprene emission as a trait that mediates the growth-defense tradeoff in the face of climate stress, 2021, Oecologia
  • High productivity in hybrid-poplar plantations without isoprene emission to the atmosphere, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Stable isotopes of tree rings reveal seasonal-to-decadal patterns during the emergence of a megadrought in the Southwestern US, 2021, Oecologia
  • The North American Monsoon buffers forests against the ongoing megadrought in the Southwestern United States, 2023, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors include Paul Szejner, Jia Hu, James R. Ehleringer, Brandon M. Strange, and Steven A. Kannenberg.

Monson's contributions have been recognized through fellowships such as the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) awarded in 2013 and the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Energy balance closure at FLUXNET sites

    Kell Wilson;Allen Goldstein;Eva Falge;Marc Aubinet

  • Isoprene and monoterpene emission rate variability: Model evaluations and sensitivity analyses

    Alex B. Guenther;Patrick R. Zimmerman;Peter C. Harley;Russell K. Monson

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance history and climate on carbon and water budgets in evergreen needleleaf forests

    Peter E Thornton;Beverley E Law;Henry L Gholz;Kenneth L Clark

  • Evolutionary and Ecological Aspects of Photosynthetic Pathway Variation

    James R. Ehleringer;Russell K. Monson

  • Seasonality of ecosystem respiration and gross primary production as derived from FLUXNET measurements

    Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;John Tenhunen;Marc Aubinet

  • Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations

    F.A. Heinsch;Maosheng Zhao;S.W. Running;J.S. Kimball

  • Scaling physiological processes: leaf to globe.

    James R. Ehleringer;Christopher B. Field

  • Isoprene and monoterpene emission rate variability: Observations with Eucalyptus and emission rate algorithm development

    Alex B. Guenther;Russell K. Monson;Ray Fall

  • Terrestrial biosphere models need better representation of vegetation phenology: results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis

    Andrew D. Richardson;Ryan S. Anderson;M. Altaf Arain;Alan G. Barr

  • Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes

    Xuhui Lee;Michael L. Goulden;David Y. Hollinger;Alan Barr

  • Winter forest soil respiration controlled by climate and microbial community composition

    Russell K. Monson;David L. Lipson;Sean P. Burns;Andrew A. Turnipseed

  • The biogeography of c4 photosynthesis ; patterns and controlling factors

    Rowan F Sage;D.A. Wedin;L. Meirong;Russell K Monson

  • A new model of gross primary productivity for North American ecosystems based solely on the enhanced vegetation index and land surface temperature from MODIS

    Daniel A. Sims;Abdullah F. Rahman;Vicente D. Cordova;Bassil Z. El-Masri

  • Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood.

    Arthur Gessler;Juan Pedro Ferrio;Robert Hommel;Kerstin Treydte

  • LINKS BETWEEN MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND NITROGEN AVAILABILITY IN AN ALPINE ECOSYSTEM

    David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt;Russell K. Monson

  • Carbon sequestration in a high‐elevation, subalpine forest

    R. K. Monson;A. A. Turnipseed;J. P. Sparks;P. C. Harley;P. C. Harley

  • On the use of MODIS EVI to assess gross primary productivity of North American ecosystems

    Daniel A. Sims;Abdullah F. Rahman;Vicente D. Cordova;Bassil Z. El-Masri

  • A model-data comparison of gross primary productivity: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

    Kevin Schaefer;Christopher R. Schwalm;Chris Williams;M. Altaf Arain

  • Isoprene Emission from Aspen Leaves: Influence of Environment and Relation to Photosynthesis and Photorespiration

    Russell K. Monson;Ray Fall

  • Canopy nitrogen, carbon assimilation, and albedo in temperate and boreal forests: Functional relations and potential climate feedbacks

    S. V. Ollinger;A. D. Richardson;M. E. Martin;D. Y. Hollinger

  • Increased CO2 uncouples growth from isoprene emission in an agriforest ecosystem

    Todd N. Rosenstiel;Todd N. Rosenstiel;Mark J. Potosnak;Mark J. Potosnak;Kevin L. Griffin;Ray Fall;Ray Fall

  • Longer growing seasons lead to less carbon sequestration by a subalpine forest

    Jia Hu;David J. P. Moore;Sean P. Burns;Sean P. Burns;Russell K. Monson;Russell K. Monson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean P. Burns
Sean P. Burns University of Colorado Boulder
Dennis D. Baldocchi
Dennis D. Baldocchi University of California, Berkeley
David J. P. Moore
David J. P. Moore University of Arizona
Ray Fall
Ray Fall University of Colorado Boulder
David Y. Hollinger
David Y. Hollinger US Forest Service
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Britton B. Stephens
Britton B. Stephens National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University
Peter Harley
Peter Harley National Center for Atmospheric Research

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