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Plant Science and Agronomy

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84
Citations
28038
World Ranking
356
National Ranking
120

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Stephen C. Hart 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 Stephen C. Hart sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 210 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.

Stephen C. Hart 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 Stephen C. Hart sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen C. Hart is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on soil science and ecology.

Their research topics include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Stephen C. Hart has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Ecosystems
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental Research Letters

Selected recent papers by Stephen C. Hart are:

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • High-severity wildfire leads to multi-decadal impacts on soil biogeochemistry in mixed-conifer forests, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Quantifying Uncertainties in Sequential Chemical Extraction of Soil Phosphorus Using XANES Spectroscopy, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Ecological and genomic responses of soil microbiomes to high-severity wildfire: linking community assembly to functional potential, 2022, The ISME Journal

Stephen C. Hart collaborates frequently with other scientists. Notable co-authors include:

  • Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
  • Nicholas C. Dove
  • Morgan Barnes
  • Kimber Moreland
  • Benjamin W. Sullivan

Best Publications

  • Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

    Michael E. McClain;Elizabeth W. Boyer;C. Lisa Dent;Sarah E. Gergel

  • Global-Scale Similarities in Nitrogen Release Patterns During Long-Term Decomposition

    William Parton;Whendee L. Silver;Ingrid C. Burke;Leo Grassens

  • Nitrogen Mineralization, Immobilization, and Nitrification

    Stephen C. Hart;John M. Stark;Eric A. Davidson;Mary K. Firestone

  • Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes.

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Chanda Trivedi;David J. Eldridge

  • A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems

    Thomas G. Whitham;Joseph K. Bailey;Joseph K. Bailey;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Stephen M. Shuster

  • Competition for nitrogen between plants and soil microorganisms

    Jason P. Kaye;Stephen C. Hart

  • Dynamics of Gross Nitrogen Transformations in an Old-Growth Forest: The Carbon Connection

    Stephen C. Hart;G. E. Nason;David D. Myrold;David A. Perry

  • High rates of nitrification and nitrate turnover in undisturbed coniferous forests

    John M. Stark;Stephen C. Hart

  • The Components of Nitrogen Availability Assessments in Forest Soils

    D. Binkley;S. C. Hart

  • Restoring Ecosystem Health in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Southwest

    W. Wallace Covington;Peter Z Fule;Margaret M Moore;Stephen C Hart

  • Measuring gross nitrogen mineralization, and nitrification by 15 N isotopic pool dilution in intact soil cores

    E. A. Davidson;S. C. Hart;C. A. Shanks;M. K. Firestone

  • Post-fire vegetative dynamics as drivers of microbial community structure and function in forest soils

    Stephen C. Hart;Thomas H. DeLuca;Gregory S. Newman;M. Derek MacKenzie

  • Simple three‐pool model accurately describes patterns of long‐term litter decomposition in diverse climates

    E. Carol Adair;William J. Parton;Steven J. Del Grosso;Whendee L. Silver

  • Internal Cycling of Nitrate in Soils of a Mature Coniferous Forest

    Eric A. Davidson;Stephen C. Hart;Mary K. Firestone

  • Diffusion Technique for Preparing Salt Solutions, Kjeldahl Digests, and Persulfate Digests for Nitrogen-15 Analysis

    John M. Stark;Stephen C. Hart

  • Plants actively control nitrogen cycling: uncorking the microbial bottleneck

    Samantha K. Chapman;J. Adam Langley;Stephen C. Hart;George W. Koch

  • Plant-soil microorganism interactions: heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated soil microorganisms.

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Dylan G. Fischer;Carri J. LeRoy

  • Genetically based trait in a dominant tree affects ecosystem processes

    Jennifer A. Schweitzer;Joseph K. Bailey;Gregory D. Martinsen;Stephen C. Hart

  • Community-level physiological profiles of bacteria and fungi: plate type and incubation temperature influences on contrasting soils

    Aimée T Classen;Sarah I Boyle;Kristin E Haskins;Steven T Overby

  • Hydraulic lift: a potentially important ecosystem process.

    Jonathan L Horton;Stephen C Hart

  • Physiological response to groundwater depth varies among species and with river flow regulation

    Jonathan L. Horton;Thomas E. Kolb;Stephen C. Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas G. Whitham
Thomas G. Whitham Northern Arizona University
Bruce A. Hungate
Bruce A. Hungate Northern Arizona University
Jennifer A. Schweitzer
Jennifer A. Schweitzer University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Jason P. Kaye
Jason P. Kaye Pennsylvania State University
Thomas Kolb
Thomas Kolb Northern Arizona University
Joseph K. Bailey
Joseph K. Bailey University of Tennessee at Knoxville
George W. Koch
George W. Koch Northern Arizona University
Aimée T. Classen
Aimée T. Classen University of Vermont
Paul Dijkstra
Paul Dijkstra Northern Arizona University
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe University of California, Merced

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