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D-Index
50
Citations
11141
World Ranking
4912
National Ranking
1807

Scott B. Jones publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Scott B. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 280 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Scott B. Jones D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Scott B. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Scott B. Jones is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work prominently addresses topics related to soil moisture and remote sensing, as well as soil and unsaturated flow.

The scientist's research spans several key topics, including:

  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Microwave and Dielectric Measurement Techniques

Jones has published extensively in several frequent venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Biological Psychiatry

Their work involves collaboration with multiple recurring coauthors such as Wenyi Sheng, Juan D. González-Teruel, Morteza Sadeghi, Markus Tuller, and Pamela W. Duncan.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Jones include:

  • A review of time domain reflectometry (TDR) applications in porous media, 2021, Advances in Agronomy
  • Dielectric Spectroscopy and Application of Mixing Models Describing Dielectric Dispersion in Clay Minerals and Clayey Soils, 2020, Sensors
  • Information depth of NIR/SWIR soil reflectance spectroscopy, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Measurement of the broadband complex permittivity of soils in the frequency domain with a low-cost Vector Network Analyzer and an Open-Ended coaxial probe, 2022, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Effects of Water Availability on Leaf Trichome Density and Plant Growth and Development of Shepherdia ×utahensis, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science

Jones's subfields of study further detail their multidisciplinary approach, covering areas such as Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Soil Moisture Measurement for Ecological and Hydrological Watershed-Scale Observatories: A Review

    D. A. Robinson;C. S. Campbell;J. W. Hopmans;B. K. Hornbuckle

  • A Review of Advances in Dielectric and Electrical Conductivity Measurement in Soils Using Time Domain Reflectometry

    D. A. Robinson;S. B. Jones;J. M. Wraith;D. Or

  • Ground, Proximal, and Satellite Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture

    Ebrahim Babaeian;Morteza Sadeghi;Scott B. Jones;Carsten Montzka

  • Time domain reflectometry measurement principles and applications

    Scott B. Jones;Jon M. Wraith;Dani Or

  • The optical trapezoid model: A novel approach to remote sensing of soil moisture applied to Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 observations

    Morteza Sadeghi;Ebrahim Babaeian;Markus Tuller;Scott B. Jones

  • A linear physically-based model for remote sensing of soil moisture using short wave infrared bands

    Morteza Sadeghi;Scott B. Jones;William D. Philpot

  • Particle shape effects on the effective permittivity of anisotropic or isotropic media consisting of aligned or randomly oriented ellipsoidal particles

    Scott B. Jones;Shmulik P. Friedman

  • Standardizing Characterization of Electromagnetic Water Content Sensors: Part 2. Evaluation of Seven Sensing Systems

    J. M. Blonquist;Scott B. Jones;D. A. Robinson

  • Evaluation of Standard Calibration Functions for Eight Electromagnetic Soil Moisture Sensors

    Carlos M.P. Vaz;Scott Jones;Mercer Meding;Markus Tuller

  • Precise irrigation scheduling for turfgrass using a subsurface electromagnetic soil moisture sensor

    J.M. Blonquist;S.B. Jones;D.A. Robinson

  • On the effective measurement frequency of TDR in dispersive and non-conductive dielectric materials

    D. A. Robinson;M. G. Schapp;D. Or;Scott B. Jones

  • Standardizing Characterization of Electromagnetic Water Content Sensors: Part 1. Methodology

    S. B. Jones;J. M. Blonquist;D. A. Robinson;V. Philip Rasmussen

  • Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services, and Soil Change: Why Soil Science Must Embrace an Ecosystems Approach

    D. A. Robinson;N. Hockley;E. Dominati;I. Lebron

  • Soil Water Content and Water Potential Relationships

    Dani Or;JonM. Wraith;David A. Robinson;Scott B. Jones

  • Mapping soil moisture with the OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) based on long-term MODIS observations

    Ebrahim Babaeian;Morteza Sadeghi;Trenton E. Franz;Scott Jones

  • Comparing bulk soil electrical conductivity determination using the DUALEM-1S and EM38-DD electromagnetic induction instruments

    H. Abdu;D.A. Robinson;S.B. Jones

  • A time domain transmission sensor with TDR performance characteristics

    J. M. Blonquist;Scott B. Jones;D. A. Robinson

  • On the Value of Soil Resources in the Context of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Service Delivery

    D. A. Robinson;I. Fraser;I. Fraser;E. J. Dominati;B. Davíðsdóttir

  • Geophysical imaging of watershed subsurface patterns and prediction of soil texture and water holding capacity

    H. Abdu;D. A. Robinson;M. Seyfried;Scott B. Jones

  • The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)

    Aud Helen Halbritter Rechsteiner;Hans J. De Boeck;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Sabine Reinsch

  • THE GRAPE REMOTE SENSING ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPERIMENT.

    William P. Kustas;Martha C. Anderson;Joseph G. Alfieri;Kyle Knipper

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Tuller
Markus Tuller University of Arizona
Dani Or
Dani Or University of Nevada Reno
Morteza Sadeghi
Morteza Sadeghi Isfahan University of Technology
David A. Robinson
David A. Robinson UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bruce Bugbee
Bruce Bugbee Utah State University
David G. Tarboton
David G. Tarboton Utah State University
Lawrence E. Hipps
Lawrence E. Hipps Utah State University
Rosemary Knight
Rosemary Knight Stanford University
Marcel G. Schaap
Marcel G. Schaap University of Arizona
Jan W. Hopmans
Jan W. Hopmans University of California, Davis

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