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Sacha J. Mooney 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 Sacha J. Mooney sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 209 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sacha J. Mooney 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 Sacha J. Mooney sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sacha J. Mooney is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and specializes in research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing extensively to the subfields of Plant Science, Soil Science, Civil and Structural Engineering, Ecology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their work covers main topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Soil Management and Crop Yield, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Plant responses to water stress, Plant Molecular Biology Research, and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility.

Mooney has published numerous papers in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Geoderma
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plant Cell & Environment

Recent notable papers by Mooney include:

  • "Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion" (2021, Science)
  • "Multiseriate cortical sclerenchyma enhance root penetration in compacted soils" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "X-ray microtomography analysis of soil pore structure dynamics under wetting and drying cycles" (2020, Geoderma)
  • "Hydraulic flux-responsive hormone redistribution determines root branching" (2022, Science)
  • "Ethylene inhibits rice root elongation in compacted soil via ABA- and auxin-mediated mechanisms" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Mooney frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Craig J. Sturrock, Malcolm J. Bennett, W. R. Whalley, Brian S. Atkinson, and Bipin K. Pandey, with co-authorship counts ranging from 9 to 22 publications.

Best Publications

  • Understanding and Reducing Lodging in Cereals

    P.M Berry;M Sterling;J.H Spink;C.J Baker

  • Developing X-ray Computed Tomography to non-invasively image 3-D root systems architecture in soil

    S. J. Mooney;T. P. Pridmore;J. Helliwell;M. J. Bennett

  • Plant roots use a patterning mechanism to position lateral root branches toward available water

    Yun Bao;Yun Bao;Pooja Aggarwal;Neil E. Robbins;Neil E. Robbins;Craig J. Sturrock

  • The holistic rhizosphere: integrating zones, processes, and semantics in the soil influenced by roots

    Larry M. York;Andrea Carminati;Sacha J. Mooney;Karl Ritz

  • RooTrak: automated recovery of three-dimensional plant root architecture in soil from x-ray microcomputed tomography images using visual tracking.

    Stefan Mairhofer;Susan Zappala;Saoirse R. Tracy;Craig Sturrock

  • Assessing the effectiveness of actions to mitigate nutrient loss from agriculture: a review of methods.

    K.A. Cherry;M. Shepherd;P.J.A. Withers;S.J. Mooney

  • Branching Out in Roots: Uncovering Form, Function, and Regulation

    Jonathan A. Atkinson;Amanda Rasmussen;Richard Traini;Ute Voß

  • Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion

    Bipin K. Pandey;Guoqiang Huang;Rahul Bhosale;Sjon Hartman;Sjon Hartman

  • Root hydrotropism is controlled via a cortex-specific growth mechanism

    Daniela Dietrich;Lei Pang;Akie Kobayashi;John A. Fozard

  • Applications of X‐ray computed tomography for examining biophysical interactions and structural development in soil systems: a review

    Jonathan R Helliwell;Craig J Sturrock;Kathryn M Grayling;Saoirse R Tracy

  • The X-factor: visualizing undisturbed root architecture in soils using X-ray computed tomography

    Saoirse R. Tracy;Jeremy A. Roberts;Colin R. Black;Ann McNeill

  • Observer-dependent variability of the thresholding step in the quantitative analysis of soil images and X-ray microtomography data

    Philippe C. Baveye;Magdeline Laba;Wilfred Otten;Liesbeth Bouckaert

  • Shaping 3D Root System Architecture

    Emily C. Morris;Marcus Griffiths;Agata Golebiowska;Stefan Mairhofer

  • Soil compaction: a review of past and present techniques for investigating effects on root growth.

    Saoirse R Tracy;Colin R Black;Jeremy A Roberts;Sacha J Mooney

  • Quantifying the impact of soil compaction on root system architecture in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) by X-ray micro-computed tomography

    Saoirse R. Tracy;Colin R. Black;Jeremy A. Roberts;Craig Sturrock

  • To what extent can zero tillage lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from temperate soils

    Shamsudheen Mangalassery;Sofie Sjögersten;Debbie L. Sparkes;Craig J. Sturrock

  • Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate

    Jitender Giri;Rahul Bhosale;Guoqiang Huang;Guoqiang Huang;Bipin K. Pandey

  • Recovering complete plant root system architectures from soil via X-ray μ-Computed Tomography

    Stefan Mairhofer;Susan Zappala;Saoirse Tracy;Craig Sturrock

  • SHORT-ROOT Regulates Primary, Lateral, and Adventitious Root Development in Arabidopsis

    Mikaël Lucas;Ranjan Swarup;Ivan A. Paponov;Kamal Swarup

  • The effect of soil aggregate size on pore structure and its consequence on emission of greenhouse gases

    Shamsudheen Mangalassery;S. Sjögersten;D.L. Sparkes;C.J. Sturrock

  • The effect of soil strength on the yield of wheat

    W. Richard Whalley;Chris W. Watts;Andrew S. Gregory;Sacha J. Mooney

  • The effects of biochar on soil physical properties and winter wheat growth

    Rachel C. Devereux;Craig J. Sturrock;Sacha J. Mooney

  • Analyzing Lateral Root Development: How to Move Forward

    Ive De Smet;Philip J. White;A. Glyn Bengough;A. Glyn Bengough;Lionel Dupuy

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig J. Sturrock
Craig J. Sturrock University of Nottingham
Malcolm J. Bennett
Malcolm J. Bennett University of Nottingham
Tony P. Pridmore
Tony P. Pridmore University of Nottingham
Karl Ritz
Karl Ritz University of Nottingham
Debbie L. Sparkes
Debbie L. Sparkes University of Nottingham
Jonathan P. Lynch
Jonathan P. Lynch Pennsylvania State University
Sofie Sjögersten
Sofie Sjögersten University of Nottingham
William R. Whalley
William R. Whalley Rothamsted Research
Jeremy A. Roberts
Jeremy A. Roberts Plymouth University
Malcolm J. Hawkesford
Malcolm J. Hawkesford Rothamsted Research

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