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D-Index
66
Citations
15216
World Ranking
877
National Ranking
74

Urs Schmidhalter 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 Urs Schmidhalter sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 293 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Urs Schmidhalter 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 Urs Schmidhalter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy
  • Botany

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Nutrient, Dry weight, Poaceae and Precision agriculture. His Agronomy research incorporates themes from Canopy and Nitrogen. His study in Nutrient is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Photosynthesis, Sodium, Potassium, Shoot and Animal science.

The Dry weight study combines topics in areas such as Greenhouse and Sowing. His Poaceae study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Main stem, Grain yield, Horticulture and Water content. His Precision agriculture study also includes

  • Crop which connect with Dry matter, Biomass, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Vegetation,
  • Remote sensing that intertwine with fields like Pixel.

His most cited work include:

  • Drought and salinity: A comparison of their effects on mineral nutrition of plants (601 citations)
  • Short-term and residual availability of nitrogen after long-term application of organic fertilizers on arable land (248 citations)
  • Evaluating salt tolerance of wheat genotypes using multiple parameters (189 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Nitrogen, Soil water, Cultivar and Horticulture. His Agronomy research integrates issues from Canopy and Nutrient. His Nitrogen study also includes fields such as

  • Precision agriculture, which have a strong connection to Remote sensing,
  • Urea that connect with fields like Ammonia.

In his work, Irrigation is strongly intertwined with Water content, which is a subfield of Soil water. His Cultivar study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Partial least squares regression, Vegetation and Plant breeding. His Horticulture research includes elements of Poaceae and Botany.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (57.31%)
  • Nitrogen (19.62%)
  • Soil water (16.15%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Agronomy (57.31%)
  • Nitrogen (19.62%)
  • Hyperspectral imaging (7.69%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Nitrogen, Hyperspectral imaging, Cultivar and Red edge. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Soil water and Ecotype. His work on Soil pH as part of general Soil water research is frequently linked to Lime, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.

His work focuses on many connections between Nitrogen and other disciplines, such as Winter wheat, that overlap with his field of interest in N status. His Hyperspectral imaging study combines topics in areas such as Partial least squares regression and Water-use efficiency. The study incorporates disciplines such as Greenhouse, Dry matter and Sowing in addition to Cultivar.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Evaluation of wavelengths and spectral reflectance indices for high-throughput assessment of growth, water relations and ion contents of wheat irrigated with saline water (21 citations)
  • Evaluating RGB Imaging and Multispectral Active and Hyperspectral Passive Sensing for Assessing Early Plant Vigor in Winter Wheat. (20 citations)
  • Interaction of soil pH and phosphorus efficacy: Long-term effects of P fertilizer and lime applications on wheat, barley, and sugar beet (19 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Botany
  • Agronomy

Red edge, Agronomy, Hyperspectral imaging, Field experiment and Partial least squares regression are his primary areas of study. His work deals with themes such as Photosynthesis, Transpiration, Nitrogen and Soil water, Soil pH, which intersect with Agronomy. He has included themes like Canopy and Water-use efficiency in his Hyperspectral imaging study.

His research investigates the connection between Field experiment and topics such as Grain yield that intersect with issues in Dry matter. His Partial least squares regression research also works with subjects such as

  • Linear regression which intersects with area such as Saline water and Water content,
  • Soil science that connect with fields like Irrigation, Response factor and Water resources. His research in Vegetation intersects with topics in Cultivar, Multispectral image, Crop and Winter wheat.

Best Publications

  • Drought and salinity: A comparison of their effects on mineral nutrition of plants

    Yuncai Hu;Urs Schmidhalter

  • Short-term and residual availability of nitrogen after long-term application of organic fertilizers on arable land

    R. Gutser;Th. Ebertseder;A. Weber;M. Schraml

  • Evaluating salt tolerance of wheat genotypes using multiple parameters

    Salah E. El-Hendawy;Salah E. El-Hendawy;Yuncai Hu;Gamal M. Yakout;Ahmed M. Awad

  • Comparison of active and passive spectral sensors in discriminating biomass parameters and nitrogen status in wheat cultivars

    Klaus Erdle;Bodo Mistele;Urs Schmidhalter

  • Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in different upland soils of the subtropics treated with organic materials

    M.I. Khalil;M.I. Khalil;M.B. Hossain;U. Schmidhalter

  • High resolution topsoil mapping using hyperspectral image and field data in multivariate regression modeling procedures

    Thomas Selige;Jürgen Böhner;Urs Schmidhalter

  • Quantification of water uptake by arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphae and its significance for leaf growth, water relations, and gas exchange of barley subjected to drought stress.

    M. A. Khalvati;Y. Hu;A. Mozafar;U. Schmidhalter

  • Estimating the nitrogen nutrition index using spectral canopy reflectance measurements

    Bodo Mistele;Urs Schmidhalter

  • Growth, ion content, gas exchange, and water relations of wheat genotypes differing in salt tolerances

    Salah E. El-Hendawy;Salah E. El-Hendawy;Yuncai Hu;Urs Schmidhalter

  • High-Throughput Estimation of Crop Traits: A Review of Ground and Aerial Phenotyping Platforms

    Xiuliang Jin;Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada;Urs Schmidhalter;Matthew P. Reynolds

  • Short-term effects of drought and salinity on mineral nutrient distribution along growing leaves of maize seedlings

    Yuncai Hu;Zoltan Burucs;Sabine von Tucher;Urs Schmidhalter

  • Influence of soil parameters on the effect of 3,4-dimethylpyrazole-phosphate as a nitrification inhibitor

    G. Barth;S. von Tucher;U. Schmidhalter

  • Reflectance estimation of canopy nitrogen content in winter wheat using optimised hyperspectral spectral indices and partial least squares regression

    Fei Li;Fei Li;Bodo Mistele;Yuncai Hu;Xinping Chen

  • Digital Counts of Maize Plants by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

    Friederike Gnädinger;Urs Schmidhalter

  • Irrigation rate and plant density effects on yield and water use efficiency of drip-irrigated corn

    Salah E. El-Hendawy;Essam A. Abd El-Lattief;Mohamed S. Ahmed;Urs Schmidhalter

  • EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF AMINOACIDS ON PLANT YIELD AND SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN BEAN PLANTS IRRIGATED WITH SEAWATER

    Magdi T. Abdelhamid;Mervat Sh Sadak;Urs Schmidhalter

  • The changes induced in the physiological, biochemical and anatomical characteristics of Vicia faba by the exogenous application of proline under seawater stress

    M.G. Dawood;H.A.A. Taie;R.M.A. Nassar;M.T. Abdelhamid

  • Data fusion of spectral, thermal and canopy height parameters for improved yield prediction of drought stressed spring barley

    Pablo Rischbeck;Salah Elsayed;Bodo Mistele;Gero Barmeier

  • Interactive effects of salinity and macronutrient level on wheat. II. Composition

    Y. Hu;U. Schmidhalter

  • Legume Decomposition and Nitrogen Release When Applied as Green Manures to Tropical Vegetable Production Systems

    Carmen Thönnissen;David J. Midmore;Jagdish K. Ladha;Daniel C. Olk

  • Nitrous oxide emission from soil and from a nitrogen-15-labelled fertilizer with the new nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP)

    W. Linzmeier;R. Gutser;U. Schmidhalter

  • Quantification of mycorrhizal water uptake via high-resolution on-line water content sensors

    Bernhard Ruth;Mohamedali Khalvati;Urs Schmidhalter

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinping Chen
Xinping Chen Southwest University
Magdi T. Abdelhamid
Magdi T. Abdelhamid University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mehdi Homaee
Mehdi Homaee Tarbiat Modares University
Jagdish K. Ladha
Jagdish K. Ladha University of California, Davis
Karl G. Richards
Karl G. Richards Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Hans Schnyder
Hans Schnyder Technical University of Munich
David J. Midmore
David J. Midmore Central Queensland University
Qingfeng Meng
Qingfeng Meng China Agricultural University
Matthew P. Reynolds
Matthew P. Reynolds International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University

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