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76
Citations
25679
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1181
National Ranking
512

Sherwood B. Idso 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 Sherwood B. Idso sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 357 publications — 91st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Sherwood B. Idso 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 Sherwood B. Idso sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sherwood B. Idso was affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States during their career. The scientist's research contributions were situated within this federal agency, which focuses on agricultural science and related fields.

There are no records of recently published papers authored by Sherwood B. Idso, nor are there noted frequent co-authors or recurring publication venues listed in the available data. Similarly, there are no documented book publications associated with this researcher.

The dataset does not specify main fields of study, subfields, or specific research topics linked to Sherwood B. Idso. Likewise, no awards or honors have been recorded in connection with their academic or scientific work.

Given the limited information, it appears that Sherwood B. Idso's public academic footprint within accessible databases is minimal or not extensively documented in terms of published research, collaborations, or recognized contributions.

Best Publications

  • Canopy temperature as a crop water stress indicator

    R. D. Jackson;S. B. Idso;R. J. Reginato;P. J. Pinter

  • Normalizing the stress-degree-day parameter for environmental variability☆

    Unknown

  • Wheat canopy temperature: A practical tool for evaluating water requirements

    R. D. Jackson;R. J. Reginato;S. B. Idso

  • Relations between evaporation coefficients and vegetation indices studied by model simulations

    Bhaskar J Choudhury;Nizam U Ahmed;Sherwood B Idso;Robert J Reginato

  • Thermal radiation from the atmosphere

    Sherwood B. Idso;Ray D. Jackson

  • Plant responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment in the face of environmental constraints: a review of the past 10 years' research

    Keith E. Idso;Sherwood B. Idso

  • A set of equations for full spectrum and 8- to 14-μm and 10.5- to 12.5-μm thermal radiation from cloudless skies

    Unknown

  • The Dependence of Bare Soil Albedo on Soil Water Content.

    S. B. Idso;R. D. Jackson;R. J. Reginato;B. A. Kimball

  • Non-water-stressed baselines: A key to measuring and interpreting plant water stress

    Unknown

  • Remote-sensing of crop yields.

    Sherwood B. Idso;Ray D. Jackson;Robert J. Reginato

  • Analysis of an empirical model for soil heat flux under a growing wheat crop for estimating evaporation by an infrared-temperature based energy balance equation

    B.J. Choudhury;S.B. Idso;R.J. Reginato

  • Estimation of Daily Evapotranspiration from one Time-of-Day Measurements

    R.D. Jackson;J.L. Hatfield;R.J. Reginato;S.B. Idso

  • Increasing atmospheric CO2: effects on crop yield, water use and climate

    Unknown

  • Effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on plant growth: the interactive role of air temperature

    S.B. Idso;B.A. Kimball;M.G. Anderson;J.R. Mauney

  • An analysis of infrared temperature observations over wheat and calculation of latent heat flux

    B.J. Choudhury;R.J. Reginato;S.B. Idso

  • The Three Stages of Drying of a Field Soil1

    S. B. Idso;R. J. Reginato;R. D. Jackson;B. A. Kimball

  • The utility of surface temperature measurements for the remote sensing of surface soil water status

    S. B. Idso;T. J. Schmugge;R. D. Jackson;R. J. Reginato

  • Effects of increasing atmospheric CO2 on vegetation

    B. A. Kimball;J. R. Mauney;F. S. Nakayama;S. B. Idso

  • A Generalized Relationship between Photosynthetically Active Radiation and Solar Radiation1

    D. W. Meek;J. L. Hatfield;T. A. Howell;S. B. Idso

  • An intensive two-week study of an urban CO2 dome in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

    Craig D Idso;Sherwood B Idso;Robert C Balling

  • Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations may increase streamflow

    S. B. Idso;A. J. Brazel

  • A Method for Determination of Infrared Emittance of Leaves

    S. B. Idso;R. D. Jackson;W. L. Ehrler;S. T. Mitchell

  • Comparison of Field-measured and Calculated Soil-heat Fluxes1

    B. A. Kimball;R. D. Jackson;R. J. Reginato;F. S. Nakayama

  • Surface Albedo and Desertification

    Ray D. Jackson;Sherwood B. Idso;J. Otterman

  • Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past 1000 Years: A Reappraisal

    Willie Soon;Sallie Baliunas;Craig Idso;Sherwood Idso

  • Boundary layer climates: T. R. Oke. Methuen & Co., Andover, 1978, 372 pp., £10.50 (hard cover), £5.75 (paperback)

    Unknown

  • An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce A. Kimball
Bruce A. Kimball Agricultural Research Service
Ray D. Jackson
Ray D. Jackson Agricultural Research Service
Robert C. Balling
Robert C. Balling Arizona State University
R.J. Reginato
R.J. Reginato National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Paul J. Pinter
Paul J. Pinter Agricultural Research Service
Anthony J. Brazel
Anthony J. Brazel Arizona State University
Jerry L. Hatfield
Jerry L. Hatfield Iowa State University
Bhaskar J. Choudhury
Bhaskar J. Choudhury Goddard Space Flight Center
Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin
Gerard W. Wall
Gerard W. Wall Agricultural Research Service

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