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D-Index
38
Citations
6556
World Ranking
4328
National Ranking
1070

Sharon A. Clay 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 Sharon A. Clay sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 283 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sharon A. Clay 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 Sharon A. Clay sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% 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

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Sharon A. Clay is affiliated with South Dakota State University in the United States, focusing on research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research concentrates on topics related to Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Weed Control and Herbicide Applications, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Seedling Growth and Survival Studies, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility.

Sharon A. Clay has authored and co-authored numerous papers. Recent publications include:

  • Role of integrated crop-livestock systems in improving agriculture production and addressing food security - A review (2021, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research)
  • Weed-induced crop yield loss: a new paradigm and new challenges (2023, Trends in Plant Science)
  • A global meta-analysis of cover crop response on soil carbon storage within a corn production system (2023, Agronomy Journal)
  • Conservation agriculture for food security and climate resilience in Nepal (2021, Agronomy Journal)
  • Quantification and machine learning based N2O-N and CO2-C emissions predictions from a decomposing rye cover crop (2022, Agronomy Journal)

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including David E. Clay, Deepak R. Joshi, Thandiwe Nleya, Janet Moriles-Miller, and Graig Reicks.

Sharon A. Clay's research outputs are published in several prominent venues such as Agronomy Journal, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment, ASSA, CSSA and SSSA, and Agronomy.

Their scholarly contributions also include book publications, notably a work titled Salinity and Sodicity published in 2024 by ASSA, CSSA and SSSA.

Sharon A. Clay has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) since 2009.

Best Publications

  • Phosphorus Sorption and Availability from Biochars and Soil/Biochar Mixtures

    Rajesh Chintala;Thomas E. Schumacher;Louis M. McDonald;David E. Clay

  • Role of integrated crop-livestock systems in improving agriculture production and addressing food security – A review

    Udayakumar Sekaran;Liming Lai;David A.N. Ussiri;Sandeep Kumar

  • Crop Residue Management Challenges: A Special Issue Overview

    David E. Clay;Ronald Alverson;Jane M.F. Johnson;Douglas L. Karlen

  • Weed seed bank emergence across the Corn Belt

    Frank Forcella;Robert G. Wilson;Jack Dekker;Robert J. Kremer

  • STABILITY OF CORN (ZEA MAYS)-VELVETLEAF (ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI) INTERFERENCE RELATIONSHIPS

    John L. Lindquist;David A. Mortensen;Sharon A. Clay;Richard Schmenk

  • Characterizing Water and Nitrogen Stress in Corn Using Remote Sensing

    D. E. Clay;Ki‐In Kim;J. Chang;S. A. Clay

  • Do Synergistic Relationships between Nitrogen and Water Influence the Ability of Corn to Use Nitrogen Derived from Fertilizer and Soil

    Ki-In Kim;David E. Clay;C. G. Carlson;S. A. Clay

  • Weed-induced crop yield loss: a new paradigm and new challenges.

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  • Effect of antimicrobial compounds tylosin and chlortetracycline during batch anaerobic swine manure digestion

    James J. Stone;Sharon A. Clay;Zhenwei Zhu;Kwok L. Wong

  • Adsorption and Desorption of Atrazine, Hydroxyatrazine, and S-Glutathione Atrazine on Two Soils

    Sharon A. Clay;William C. Koskinen

  • Characterization of alachlor and atrazine desorption from soils.

    Sharon A. Clay;William C. Koskinen

  • Soybean Foliage Residues of Dicamba and 2,4-D and Correlation to Application Rates and Yield

    Shane M. Andersen;S. A. Clay;L. J. Wrage;D. Matthees

  • Factors Affecting Atrazine Fate in North Central U.S. Soils

    W. C. Koskinen;Sharon Clay

  • Corn (Zea mays L.) Yield Prediction Using Multispectral and Multidate Reflectance

    Jiyul Chang;David E. Clay;Kevin Dalsted;Sharon Clay

  • Influence of crop rotation, tillage, and management inputs on weed seed production

    George O. Kegode;Frank Forcella;Sharon Clay

  • Stability of corn ( Zea mays )- foxtail ( Setaria spp.) interference relationships

    John L. Lindquist;David A. Mortensen;Philip Westra;W. J. Lambert

  • Winter Cover Crops Impact on Corn Production in Semiarid Regions

    Cheryl L. Reese;David E. Clay;Sharon A. Clay;Alex D. Bich

  • Desorption of atrazine and cyanazine from soil

    S. A. Clay;R. R. Allmaras;W. C. Koskinen;D. L. Wyse

  • Geostatistical Characterization of the Spatial Distribution of Adult Corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Emergence

    M. M. Ellsbury;W. D. Woodson;S. A. Clay;D. Malo

  • Sampling weed spatial variability on a fieldwide scale

    S. A. Clay;G. J. Lems;D. E. Clay;F. Forcella

  • Sorption-desorption of imidacloprid and its metabolites in soil and vadose zone materials

    Sharon K. Papiernik;William C. Koskinen;Lucia Cox;Pamela J. Rice

  • Diversity and Dominant Species of Ground Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Crop Rotation and Chemical Input Systems for the Northern Great Plains

    Michael M. Ellsbury;Janine E. Powell;Frank Forcella;W. David Woodson

  • Does the conversion of grasslands to row crop production in semi-arid areas threaten global food supplies?

    David E. Clay;Sharon A. Clay;Kurtis D. Reitsma;Barry H. Dunn

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Clay
David E. Clay South Dakota State University
Frank Forcella
Frank Forcella Agricultural Research Service
David P. Horvath
David P. Horvath Agricultural Research Service
William C. Koskinen
William C. Koskinen University of Minnesota
Thomas E. Schumacher
Thomas E. Schumacher South Dakota State University
Adam S. Davis
Adam S. Davis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John L. Lindquist
John L. Lindquist University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Umakant Mishra
Umakant Mishra Sandia National Laboratories
John Cardina
John Cardina The Ohio State University
Ann C. Kennedy
Ann C. Kennedy Agricultural Research Service

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