2026 Tim J. Daniell: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	47	2484	2298	195	170	117	11454

Overview

Tim J. Daniell is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in plant science and soil-related disciplines.

The scientist's work addresses key topics including:

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Fungal Biology and Applications

Daniell has published extensively across various journals. Frequent venues for their publications include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Plant and Soil
Plants People Planet
The Science of The Total Environment
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniell include:

"A commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum increases root colonization across wheat cultivars but does not increase assimilation of mycorrhiza-acquired nutrients," 2020, Plants People Planet
"A widely distributed phosphate-insensitive phosphatase presents a route for rapid organophosphorus remineralization in the biosphere," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"How does partial substitution of chemical fertiliser with organic forms increase sustainability of agricultural production?", 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
"Does reduced usage of antibiotics in livestock production mitigate the spread of antibiotic resistance in soil, earthworm guts, and the phyllosphere?", 2020, Environment International
"Plant-environment microscopy tracks interactions of Bacillus subtilis with plant roots across the entire rhizosphere," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

Katie J. Field
Lionel Dupuy
Yangminghao Liu
Dániel Patkó
Timothy George

Best Publications

Ploughing up the wood-wide web?

T. Helgason;T. J. Daniell;R. Husband;A. H. Fitter

1380
Citations
Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology.

Rob W. Brooker;Alison E. Bennett;Wen Feng Cong;Tim J. Daniell

1367
Citations
Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising arable crops

T. J. Daniell;R Husband;A. H. Fitter;J. P. W. Young

689
Citations
Large-scale parallel 454 sequencing reveals host ecological group specificity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreonemoral forest.

M. Öpik;M. Öpik;M. Metsis;T. J. Daniell;M. Zobel

637
Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal community composition associated with two plant species in a grassland ecosystem

P. Vandenkoornhuyse;R. Husband;T. J. Daniell;I. J. Watson

565
Citations
Pathogenesis, parasitism and mutualism in the trophic space of microbe–plant interactions

Adrian C. Newton;Bruce D.L. Fitt;Simon D. Atkins;Dale R. Walters

381
Citations
Linking the bacterial community in pea aphids with host-plant use and natural enemy resistance

Julia Ferrari;Alistair C. Darby;Tim J. Daniell;H. Charles J. Godfray

337
Citations
Soil nitrate reducing processes drivers, mechanisms for spatial variation, and significance for nitrous oxide production

Madeline Eleanore Giles;Madeline Eleanore Giles;Nicholas Jackson Morley;Elizabeth M Baggs;Tim John Daniell

311
Citations
Three-dimensional Microorganization of the Soil–Root–Microbe System

Debbie S. Feeney;John W. Crawford;Timothy J. Daniell;Paul D. Hallett

302
Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in plant roots are not random assemblages

John Davison;Maarja Öpik;Tim J. Daniell;Mari Moora

260
Citations
Symbiotic relationships between soil fungi and plants reduce N2O emissions from soil.

S Franz Bender;Faline Plantenga;Albrecht Neftel;Markus Jocher

236
Citations
Links between plant and rhizoplane bacterial communities in grassland soils, characterized using molecular techniques

Naoise Nunan;Timothy J. Daniell;Brajesh K. Singh;Artemis Papert

223
Citations
High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal herb‐rich coniferous forest

Maarja Öpik;Maarja Öpik;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel;Ülle Saks

220
Citations
Diversity of Bacteria Associated with Natural Aphid Populations

S. Haynes;A. C. Darby;T. J. Daniell;G. Webster

188
Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphae promote priming of native soil organic matter mineralisation

Eric Paterson;Allan Sim;Jane Davidson;Timothy J Daniell

157
Citations
Isolation and identification of synthetic pyrethroid-degrading bacteria

R.J. Grant;T.J. Daniell;W.B. Betts

154
Citations
Fungal and bacterial denitrification are differently affected by long-term pH amendment and cultivation of arable soil

Miriam B. Herold;Miriam B. Herold;Elizabeth M. Baggs;Tim J. Daniell

138
Citations
Distribution of soil carbon and microbial biomass in arable soils under different tillage regimes

Benhua Sun;Benhua Sun;Paul D. Hallett;Sandra Caul;Tim J. Daniell

134
Citations
Relationship between assemblages of mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria on grass roots.

Brajesh K. Singh;Naoise Nunan;Karyn P. Ridgway;Jim McNicol

126
Citations
Integrating soil quality changes to arable agricultural systems following organic matter addition, or adoption of a ley-arable rotation

B.S. Griffiths;B.C. Ball;T.J. Daniell;P.D. Hallett

124
Citations
Viruses in soils: morphological diversity and abundance in the rhizosphere

M.M. Swanson;G. Fraser;T.J. Daniell;L. Torrance

106
Citations
Genetic Studies of the Structure and Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities

Justin P. Clapp;Thorunn Helgason;Tim J. Daniell;J. Peter

106
Citations
Molecular sequencing and morphological analysis of a nematode community

B.S. Griffiths;S. Donn;R. Neilson;T.J. Daniell

97
Citations
Community-level responses of metabolically-active soil microorganisms to the quantity and quality of substrate inputs

T. Pennanen;S. Caul;T.J. Daniell;B.S. Griffiths

94
Citations
Does microbial habitat or community structure drive the functional stability of microbes to stresses following re-vegetation of a severely degraded soil?

Bin Zhang;Huan Deng;Hui-li Wang;Rui Yin

94
Citations
Differential effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities from ecosystems along management gradient on the growth of forest understorey plant species

Annika Uibopuu;Mari Moora;Ülle Saks;Tim Daniell

86
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