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D-Index
127
Citations
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World Ranking
47
National Ranking
12

Stephen P. Long 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 P. Long sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 426 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen P. Long 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 P. Long sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Stephen P. Long is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on agricultural and biological sciences, with particular engagement in plant science, molecular biology, global and planetary change, agronomy and crop science, and biomedical engineering.

Their scholarly output encompasses multiple main topics of work including:

  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals

Frequent publication venues for Stephen P. Long's work include:

  • GCB Bioenergy
  • Global Change Biology
  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal

Regular collaborators in their research include Yu Wang, Carl J. Bernacchi, Coralie E. Salesse-Smith, Steven Burgess, and Samuel H. Taylor.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen P. Long are:

  • "30 years of free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): What have we learned about future crop productivity and its potential for adaptation?" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "Soybean photosynthesis and crop yield are improved by accelerating recovery from photoprotection" (2022, Science)
  • "Into the Shadows and Back into Sunlight: Photosynthesis in Fluctuating Light" (2022, Annual Review of Plant Biology)
  • "Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Variation in photosynthetic induction between rice accessions and its potential for improving productivity" (2020, New Phytologist)

Stephen P. Long has received several recognitions in their career, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2013)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)

Best Publications

  • What have we learned from 15 years of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE)? A meta-analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to rising CO2.

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Stephen P. Long

  • Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis in Nature

    S. P. Long;S. Humphries;Paul Falkowski

  • Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide: plants FACE the future

    Stephen P. Long;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Alistair Rogers;Alistair Rogers;Donald R. Ort

  • Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency for Greater Yield

    Xin Guang Zhu;Xin Guang Zhu;Stephen P. Long;Donald R. Ort

  • Can improvement in photosynthesis increase crop yields

    Stephen P. Long;Xin Guang Zhu;Shawna L. Naidu;Donald R. Ort

  • Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimulation with Rising CO2 Concentrations

    Stephen P. Long;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Andrew D. B. Leakey;Josef Nösberger

  • Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

    Andrew D. B. Leakey;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Carl J. Bernacchi;Carl J. Bernacchi;Alistair Rogers;Alistair Rogers

  • Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

    Chris Somerville;Heather Youngs;Caroline Taylor;Sarah C. Davis

  • Improved temperature response functions for models of Rubisco-limited photosynthesis: In vivo Rubisco enzyme kinetics

    C. J. Bernacchi;E. L. Singsaas;C. Pimentel;A. R. Portis

  • Gas exchange measurements, what can they tell us about the underlying limitations to photosynthesis? Procedures and sources of error

    S. P. Long;C. J. Bernacchi

  • What is the maximum efficiency with which photosynthesis can convert solar energy into biomass

    Xin Guang Zhu;Stephen P. Long;Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort

  • Modification of the response of photosynthetic productivity to rising temperature by atmospheric CO2 concentrations: Has its importance been underestimated?

    S. P. Long

  • Improving photosynthesis and crop productivity by accelerating recovery from photoprotection.

    Johannes Kromdijk;Katarzyna Głowacka;Katarzyna Głowacka;Lauriebeth Leonelli;Stéphane T. Gabilly

  • Improved temperature response functions for models of Rubisco‐limited photosynthesis

    C. J. Bernacchi;E. L. Singsaas;C. Pimentel;A. R. Portis

  • Meeting US biofuel goals with less land: the potential of Miscanthus

    Emily A. Heaton;Frank G. Dohleman;Stephen P. Long

  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

    Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Sabeeha S. Merchant;Jean Alric;Alice Barkan

  • Meeting the Global Food Demand of the Future by Engineering Crop Photosynthesis and Yield Potential

    Stephen P. Long;Amy Marshall-Colon;Xin Guang Zhu

  • Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Probe of the Photosynthetic Competence of Leaves in the Field: A Review of Current Instrumentation

    H. R. Bolhar-Nordenkampf;S. P. Long;N. R. Baker;G. Oquist

  • Temperature Response of Mesophyll Conductance. Implications for the Determination of Rubisco Enzyme Kinetics and for Limitations to Photosynthesis in Vivo

    Carl J. Bernacchi;Carl J. Bernacchi;Archie R. Portis;Archie R. Portis;Hiromi Nakano;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • A quantitative review comparing the yields of two candidate C4 perennial biomass crops in relation to nitrogen, temperature and water

    Emily Heaton;Tom Voigt;Stephen P. Long

  • Photosynthesis, Productivity, and Yield of Maize Are Not Affected by Open-Air Elevation of CO2 Concentration in the Absence of Drought

    Andrew D.B. Leakey;Martin Uribelarrea;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Shawna L. Naidu

  • Free-air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) in Global Change Research: A Review

    Andrew McLeod;S. P. Long

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Ort
Donald R. Ort University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl J. Bernacchi
Carl J. Bernacchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Xin-Guang Zhu
Xin-Guang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Neil R. Baker
Neil R. Baker University of Essex
Alistair Rogers
Alistair Rogers Brookhaven National Laboratory
Evan H. DeLucia
Evan H. DeLucia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew D. B. Leakey
Andrew D. B. Leakey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christine A. Raines
Christine A. Raines University of Essex
Germán A. Bollero
Germán A. Bollero University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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