2026 Tyson Ochsner: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	42	7341	7055	2617	2436	209	7831

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Tyson Ochsner is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant attention to environmental engineering, atmospheric science, civil and structural engineering, global and planetary change, and soil science.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as soil moisture and remote sensing, soil and unsaturated flow, climate change and permafrost, landslides and related hazards, fire effects on ecosystems, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and climate change impacts on agriculture.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tyson Ochsner include:

Soil organic carbon more strongly related to soil moisture than soil temperature in temperate grasslands, 2020, Soil Science Society of America Journal
Using soil moisture information to better understand and predict wildfire danger: a review of recent developments and outstanding questions, 2022, International Journal of Wildland Fire
Challenges and constraints of conservation agriculture adoption in smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa: A review, 2024, International Soil and Water Conservation Research
Developing a strategy for the national coordinated soil moisture monitoring network, 2021, Vadose Zone Journal
Soil moisture as an indicator of growing-season herbaceous fuel moisture and curing rate in grasslands, 2020, International Journal of Wildland Fire

Tyson Ochsner frequently publishes in several scientific venues including:

Vadose Zone Journal
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Journal of Hydrology
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

They collaborate regularly with a group of co-authors who have contributed to a substantial number of their publications. Frequent collaborators include Erik S. Krueger, Andres Patrignani, Briana M. Wyatt, Michael H. Cosh, and Chris B. Zou.

Tyson Ochsner's research landscape reflects a broad interdisciplinary integration focusing on soil moisture dynamics and their implications for ecological and agricultural systems. Their award includes recognition as a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America in 2019.

Best Publications

Tillage and soil carbon sequestration—What do we really know?

John M. Baker;John M. Baker;Tyson E. Ochsner;Tyson E. Ochsner;Rodney T. Venterea;Rodney T. Venterea;Timothy J. Griffis

1732
Citations
Canopeo: A Powerful New Tool for Measuring Fractional Green Canopy Cover

Andres Patrignani;Tyson E. Ochsner

659
Citations
State of the Art in Large‐Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring

Tyson E. Ochsner;Michael Harold Cosh;Richard H. Cuenca;Wouter Dorigo

571
Citations
A New Perspective on Soil Thermal Properties

Tyson E. Ochsner;Robert Horton;Tusheng Ren

534
Citations
Winter Rye Cover Crop Management Influences on Soil Water, Soil Nitrate, and Corn Development

Erik S. Krueger;Tyson E. Ochsner;Paul M. Porter;John M. Baker

200
Citations
Soil heat storage measurements in energy balance studies

Tyson E. Ochsner;Thomas J. Sauer;Robert Horton

154
Citations
Yield Gap and Production Gap of Rainfed Winter Wheat in the Southern Great Plains

Andres Patrignani;Romulo P. Lollato;Tyson E. Ochsner;Chad B. Godsey

144
Citations
Meteorological limits to winter wheat productivity in the U.S. southern Great Plains

Romulo P. Lollato;Jeffrey T. Edwards;Tyson E. Ochsner

138
Citations
Urea Decreases Nitrous Oxide Emissions Compared with Anhydrous Ammonia in a Minnesota Corn Cropping System

Rodney T. Venterea;Michael S. Dolan;Tyson E. Ochsner

124
Citations
Soil Moisture Affects Growing-Season Wildfire Size in the Southern Great Plains

Erik S. Krueger;Tyson E. Ochsner;David M. Engle;J. D. Carlson

114
Citations
Heat-pulse method for soil water content measurement: Influence of the specific heat of the soil solids

T. Ren;T. E. Ochsner;R. Horton;Z. Ju

109
Citations
Development of Thermo-Time Domain Reflectometry for Vadose Zone Measurements

Tusheng Ren;Tyson E. Ochsner;Robert Horton

109
Citations
Field Tests of the Soil Heat Flux Plate Method and Some Alternatives

Tyson E. Ochsner;Thomas J. Sauer;Robert Horton

108
Citations
Calibration and Validation of the COSMOS Rover for Surface Soil Moisture Measurement

Jingnuo Dong;Tyson E. Ochsner;Marek Zreda;Michael H. Cosh

103
Citations
Nutrient Removal as a Function of Corn Stover Cutting Height and Cob Harvest

Jane M. F. Johnson;Wally W. Wilhelm;Douglas L. Karlen;David W. Archer

98
Citations
Errors in Heat Flux Measurement by Flux Plates of Contrasting Design and Thermal Conductivity

T. J. Sauer;D. W. Meek;T. E. Ochsner;A. R. Harris

92
Citations
Use of the Dual-Probe Heat-Pulse Technique to Monitor Soil Water Content in the Vadose Zone

Tyson E. Ochsner;Robert Horton;Tusheng Ren

89
Citations
Water Balance and Nitrate Leaching under Corn in Kura Clover Living Mulch

Tyson E. Ochsner;Kenneth A. Albrecht;Todd W. Schumacher;John M. Baker

84
Citations
Comparison of Drought Probability Assessments Based on Atmospheric Water Deficit and Soil Water Deficit

Guilherme M. Torres;Romulo P. Lollato;Tyson E. Ochsner

83
Citations
Soil organic carbon more strongly related to soil moisture than soil temperature in temperate grasslands

Destiny D. Kerr;Tyson E. Ochsner

81
Citations
Coupling landscape water storage and supplemental irrigation to increase productivity and improve environmental stewardship in the U.S. Midwest

John M. Baker;John M. Baker;Timothy J. Griffis;Tyson E. Ochsner

78
Citations
Soil Moisture Affects Growing-Season Wildfire Size in the Southern Great Plains Soil Physics & Hydrology

Tyson E. Ochsner;David M. Engle;Dirac Twidwell;D. Fuhlendorf

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Horton Iowa State University

Michael H. Cosh Agricultural Research Service

John M. Baker United States Department of Agriculture

Tusheng Ren China Agricultural University

Dirac Twidwell University of Nebraska–Lincoln

David M. Engle Oklahoma State University

Steven M. Quiring The Ohio State University

Chris B. Zou Oklahoma State University

Samuel D. Fuhlendorf Oklahoma State University

Paul M. Porter University of Minnesota

External Links

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