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Steven A. Wakelin

Steven A. Wakelin

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy 48 2438 2254 29 25 142 7614
Environmental Sciences 48 5576 5346 29 27 146 8010

Steven A. Wakelin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Steven A. Wakelin between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Steven A. Wakelin published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2018. 15 of the 188 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2018. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 3 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 1 publication
1999 2026

188 publications in total across all disciplines

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Steven A. Wakelin: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 1
2001 0
2002 1
2003 1
2004 3
2005 0
2006 3
2007 2
2008 6
2009 7
2010 10
2011 7
2012 10
2013 8
2014 6
2015 9
2016 9
2017 10
2018 14
2019 12
2020 9
2021 11
2022 11
2023 10
2024 12
2025 14
2026 1
Total 188
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Steven A. Wakelin 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 Steven A. Wakelin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 467+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 255. Most scientists, 255, have 111–115 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–145 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 2 scientists 41–45 publications: 7 scientists 46–50 publications: 40 scientists 51–55 publications: 58 scientists 56–60 publications: 60 scientists 61–65 publications: 107 scientists 66–70 publications: 130 scientists 71–75 publications: 153 scientists 76–80 publications: 191 scientists 81–85 publications: 199 scientists 86–90 publications: 206 scientists 91–95 publications: 218 scientists 96–100 publications: 226 scientists 101–105 publications: 227 scientists 106–110 publications: 247 scientists 111–115 publications: 255 scientists 116–120 publications: 253 scientists 121–125 publications: 233 scientists 126–130 publications: 219 scientists 131–135 publications: 201 scientists 136–140 publications: 194 scientists 141–145 publications: 176 scientists 146–150 publications: 157 scientists 151–155 publications: 147 scientists 156–160 publications: 151 scientists 161–165 publications: 159 scientists 166–170 publications: 137 scientists 171–175 publications: 128 scientists 176–180 publications: 126 scientists 181–185 publications: 98 scientists 186–190 publications: 114 scientists 191–195 publications: 100 scientists 196–200 publications: 90 scientists 201–205 publications: 71 scientists 206–210 publications: 98 scientists 211–215 publications: 70 scientists 216–220 publications: 86 scientists 221–225 publications: 61 scientists 226–230 publications: 58 scientists 231–235 publications: 53 scientists 236–240 publications: 64 scientists 241–245 publications: 39 scientists 246–250 publications: 46 scientists 251–255 publications: 51 scientists 256–260 publications: 36 scientists 261–265 publications: 44 scientists 266–270 publications: 35 scientists 271–275 publications: 30 scientists 276–280 publications: 33 scientists 281–285 publications: 35 scientists 286–290 publications: 36 scientists 291–295 publications: 26 scientists 296–300 publications: 26 scientists 301–305 publications: 31 scientists 306–310 publications: 30 scientists 311–315 publications: 21 scientists 316–320 publications: 29 scientists 321–325 publications: 14 scientists 326–330 publications: 15 scientists 331–335 publications: 15 scientists 336–340 publications: 17 scientists 341–345 publications: 15 scientists 346–350 publications: 12 scientists 351–355 publications: 17 scientists 356–360 publications: 18 scientists 361–365 publications: 12 scientists 366–370 publications: 11 scientists 371–375 publications: 6 scientists 376–380 publications: 6 scientists 381–385 publications: 11 scientists 386–390 publications: 9 scientists 391–395 publications: 10 scientists 396–400 publications: 8 scientists 401–405 publications: 4 scientists 406–410 publications: 9 scientists 411–415 publications: 11 scientists 416–420 publications: 4 scientists 421–425 publications: 7 scientists 426–430 publications: 4 scientists 431–435 publications: 3 scientists 436–440 publications: 5 scientists 441–445 publications: 8 scientists 446–450 publications: 6 scientists 451–455 publications: 7 scientists 456–460 publications: 5 scientists 461–465 publications: 6 scientists 466 publications: 2 scientists 467+ publications: 99 scientists
36–40 publications 467+

This scientist: 142 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 2
41–45 7
46–50 40
51–55 58
56–60 60
61–65 107
66–70 130
71–75 153
76–80 191
81–85 199
86–90 206
91–95 218
96–100 226
101–105 227
106–110 247
111–115 255
116–120 253
121–125 233
126–130 219
131–135 201
136–140 194
141–145 176 142
146–150 157
151–155 147
156–160 151
161–165 159
166–170 137
171–175 128
176–180 126
181–185 98
186–190 114
191–195 100
196–200 90
201–205 71
206–210 98
211–215 70
216–220 86
221–225 61
226–230 58
231–235 53
236–240 64
241–245 39
246–250 46
251–255 51
256–260 36
261–265 44
266–270 35
271–275 30
276–280 33
281–285 35
286–290 36
291–295 26
296–300 26
301–305 31
306–310 30
311–315 21
316–320 29
321–325 14
326–330 15
331–335 15
336–340 17
341–345 15
346–350 12
351–355 17
356–360 18
361–365 12
366–370 11
371–375 6
376–380 6
381–385 11
386–390 9
391–395 10
396–400 8
401–405 4
406–410 9
411–415 11
416–420 4
421–425 7
426–430 4
431–435 3
436–440 5
441–445 8
446–450 6
451–455 7
456–460 5
461–465 6
466 2
467+ 99
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Steven A. Wakelin 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 Steven A. Wakelin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
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Bar chart with 80 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 109+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,494 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 200
31 236
32 253
33 283
34 288
35 240
36 246
37 243
38 247
39 229
40 232
41 230
42 228
43 219
44 193
45 164
46 158
47 143
48 131 48
49 127
50 122
51 122
52 110
53 102
54 98
55 79
56 85
57 88
58 91
59 62
60 61
61 59
62 54
63 61
64 59
65 58
66 41
67 49
68 39
69 32
70 40
71 47
72 38
73 28
74 29
75 28
76 22
77 21
78 25
79 26
80 19
81 16
82 12
83 16
84 14
85 11
86 17
87 13
88 10
89 12
90 18
91 16
92 16
93 17
94 12
95 8
96 9
97 9
98 11
99 12
100 5
101 8
102 4
103 11
104 5
105 9
106 7
107 4
108 8
109+ 99
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Overview

Steven A. Wakelin is affiliated with Scion in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 66, 40, and 30 publications respectively in these areas.

Their work touches on several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Soil Science, Ecology, and Pollution. Major topics in their research include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Gut Microbiota and Health, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Loretta G. Garrett, Sarah L. Addison, Kathryn Wigley, Leo M. Condron, and Simeon J. Smaill.

Steven A. Wakelin has published multiple papers in key scientific venues. Some of their recent publications are:

  • Changes in microbial community structure during pig manure composting and its relationship to the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Biotic interactions drive ecosystem responses to exotic plant invaders, 2020, Science
  • Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet, 2023, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • Impact of grassland afforestation with contrasting tree species on soil phosphorus fractions and alkaline phosphatase gene communities, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Change in root-associated fungal communities affects soil enzymatic activities during Pinus massoniana forest development in subtropical China, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

They have also frequently published in the following venues:

  • Environmental Microbiome
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils

Best Publications

  • Phosphate solubilization by Penicillium spp. closely associated with wheat roots

    Steven A. Wakelin;Rosemary A. Warren;Paul R. Harvey;Maarten H. Ryder

  • Habitat selective factors influencing the structural composition and functional capacity of microbial communities in agricultural soils

    S.A. Wakelin;L.M. Macdonald;L.M. Macdonald;S.L. Rogers;A.L. Gregg

  • Long-term organic and inorganic fertilization alters temperature sensitivity of potential N2O emissions and associated microbes

    Peiyuan Cui;Fenliang Fan;Chang Yin;Alin Song

  • Effect of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Microbial Function and Community Structure in the Sediment of a Freshwater Stream with Variable Seasonal Flow

    Steven A. Wakelin;Matt J. Colloff;Rai S. Kookana

  • Incidence and diversity of phosphate-solubilising bacteria are linked to phosphorus status in grassland soils

    Carolyn Mander;Steve Wakelin;Sandra Young;Leo Condron

  • Bacteria, not archaea, restore nitrification in a zinc-contaminated soil.

    Jelle Mertens;Kris Broos;Kris Broos;Steven A Wakelin;George A Kowalchuk

  • Probing potential microbial coupling of carbon and nitrogen cycling during decomposition of maize residue by 13C-DNA-SIP

    Fenliang Fan;Chang Yin;Yongjun Tang;Zhaojun Li

  • Nanoparticle factories: Biofilms hold the key to gold dispersion and nugget formation

    Frank Reith;Frank Reith;Lintern Fairbrother;Lintern Fairbrother;Gert Nolze;Oliver Wilhelmi

  • Life history determines biogeographical patterns of soil bacterial communities over multiple spatial scales

    A. Bissett;A.E. Richardson;G. Baker;S. Wakelin;S. Wakelin

  • The effects of stubble retention and nitrogen application on soil microbial community structure and functional gene abundance under irrigated maize.

    Steven A. Wakelin;Matt J. Colloff;Paul R. Harvey;Petra Marschner

  • Response of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in calcareous soil to mineral and organic fertilizer application and their relative contribution to nitrification

    Rui Tao;Steven A. Wakelin;Yongchao Liang;Guixin Chu

  • Supplementing chemical fertilizer with an organic component increases soil biological function and quality

    Rui Tao;Yongchao Liang;Steven A. Wakelin;Guixin Chu

  • Pasture management clearly affects soil microbial community structure and N-cycling bacteria

    Steven Alan Wakelin;Adrienne L. Gregg;Richard John Simpson;Guandgi D. Li

  • Nitrous oxide emission and denitrifier communities in drip-irrigated calcareous soil as affected by chemical and organic fertilizers.

    Rui Tao;Steven A. Wakelin;Yongchao Liang;Baowei Hu

  • Changes in microbial community structure during pig manure composting and its relationship to the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes.

    Yuanwang Liu;Dengmiao Cheng;Jianming Xue;Louise Weaver

  • The Abundance of Microbial Functional Genes in Grassy Woodlands Is Influenced More by Soil Nutrient Enrichment than by Recent Weed Invasion or Livestock Exclusion

    Elizabeth A. Lindsay;Matthew J. Colloff;Nerida L. Gibb;Steven A. Wakelin;Steven A. Wakelin

  • Effect of nitrogen and waterlogging on denitrifier gene abundance, community structure and activity in the rhizosphere of wheat.

    Kelly Hamonts;Tim J. Clough;Alison Stewart;Peter W. Clinton

  • Forms of phosphorus in bacteria and fungi isolated from two Australian soils

    E.K. Bünemann;R.J. Smernik;A.L. Doolette;P. Marschner

  • The efficacy of 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate on N2O emissions is linked to niche differentiation of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria across four arable soils

    Xiaoping Fan;Chang Yin;Hao Chen;Mujun Ye

  • Links between sulphur oxidation and sulphur-oxidising bacteria abundance and diversity in soil microcosms based on soxB functional gene analysis.

    Maria Tourna;Paul Maclean;Leo Condron;Maureen O'Callaghan

  • Supergene gold transformation: Secondary and nano-particulate gold from southern New Zealand

    Frank Reith;Frank Reith;Lachlan Stewart;Steven A. Wakelin

  • Potential to improve root access to phosphorus: the role of non-symbiotic microbial inoculants in the rhizosphere

    P. R. Harvey;R. A. Warren;S. Wakelin

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo M. Condron
Leo M. Condron Lincoln University
Frank Reith
Frank Reith University of Adelaide
Yongchao Liang
Yongchao Liang Zhejiang University
George A. Kowalchuk
George A. Kowalchuk Utrecht University
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Matthew J. Colloff
Matthew J. Colloff Australian National University
Mike J. McLaughlin
Mike J. McLaughlin University of Adelaide
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Tingqiang Li
Tingqiang Li Zhejiang University
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart Foundation for Arable Research

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