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Veronica Acosta-Martinez

Veronica Acosta-Martinez

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
11465
World Ranking
3644
National Ranking
1391

Veronica Acosta-Martinez publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Veronica Acosta-Martinez sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Veronica Acosta-Martinez D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Veronica Acosta-Martinez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Veronica Acosta-Martinez is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Soil Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Soil Management and Crop Yield, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, as well as Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • Cover crop biomass and species composition affect soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in semiarid cropping systems, 2020, Applied Soil Ecology
  • A comparison between fatty acid methyl ester profiling methods (PLFA and EL-FAME) as soil health indicators, 2020, Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Response of soil organic matter to cover cropping in water-limited environments, 2021, Geoderma
  • Resilience of the microbial communities of semiarid agricultural soils during natural climatic variability events, 2020, Applied Soil Ecology
  • Net positive soil water content following cover crops with no tillage in irrigated semi-arid cotton production, 2020, Soil and Tillage Research

Frequent co-authors in their work include Rajan Ghimire, Kristen S. Veum, Lindsey C. Slaughter, Lumarie Pérez-Guzmán, and Vesh R. Thapa.

The scientist's work is often published in several key venues such as Applied Soil Ecology, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Geoderma.

Best Publications

  • Soil enzyme activities, microbial communities, and carbon and nitrogen availability in organic agroecosystems across an intensively-managed agricultural landscape

    Timothy M. Bowles;Veronica Acosta-Martínez;Francisco Calderón;Louise E. Jackson

  • Long term tillage, cover crop, and fertilization effects on microbial community structure, activity: Implications for soil quality

    Lilian Wanjiru Mbuthia;Veronica Acosta-Martínez;Jennifer DeBruyn;Sean Schaeffer

  • Enzyme activities in a limed agricultural soil

    V. Acosta-Martínez;M. A. Tabatabai

  • Tag-encoded pyrosequencing analysis of bacterial diversity in a single soil type as affected by management and land use

    V. Acosta-Martínez;S. Dowd;Y. Sun;V. Allen

  • Understanding and Enhancing Soil Biological Health: The Solution for Reversing Soil Degradation

    R. Michael Lehman;Cynthia A. Cambardella;Diane E. Stott;Veronica Acosta-Martinez

  • Enzyme activities as affected by soil properties and land use in a tropical watershed

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  • Pyrosequencing and mid-infrared spectroscopy reveal distinct aggregate stratification of soil bacterial communities and organic matter composition

    Marko Davinic;Lisa M. Fultz;Veronica Acosta-Martinez;Francisco J. Calderón

  • Soil Microbial, Chemical and Physical Properties in Continuous Cotton and Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems

    V. Acosta-Martínez;T. M. Zobeck;Vivien Allen

  • Linking Microbial Community Structure and Function to Seasonal Differences in Soil Moisture and Temperature in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland

    Colin W. Bell;Veronica Acosta-Martinez;Nancy E. McIntyre;Stephen Cox

  • Enzyme activities and microbial community structure in semiarid agricultural soils

    V. Acosta-Martínez;T. M. Zobeck;T. E. Gill;A. C. Kennedy

  • Microbial communities and enzyme activities in soils under alternative crop rotations compared to wheat–fallow for the Central Great Plains

    Verónica Acosta-Martínez;Maysoon M. Mikha;Merle F. Vigil

  • Soil microbial community response to drought and precipitation variability in the Chihuahuan Desert.

    Jeb S. Clark;Jeb S. Clark;James H. Campbell;Heath Grizzle;Veronica Acosta-Martìnez

  • Carbon and Nitrogen Pools of Southern High Plains Cropland and Grassland Soils

    Kevin F. Bronson;Ted M. Zobeck;Teresita T. Chua;Veronica Acosta-Martinez

  • Predominant bacterial and fungal assemblages in agricultural soils during a record drought/heat wave and linkages to enzyme activities of biogeochemical cycling

    V. Acosta-Martínez;J. Cotton;T. Gardner;T. Gardner;J. Moore-Kucera

  • Cover crop biomass and species composition affect soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in semiarid cropping systems

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  • Cover cropping frequency is the main driver of soil microbial changes during six years of organic vegetable production

    Eric B. Brennan;Veronica Acosta-Martinez

  • Microbial communities and enzymatic activities under different management in semiarid soils

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  • Microbial community composition and enzyme activities in a sandy loam soil after fumigation with methyl bromide or alternative biocides

    Susanne Klose;Veronica Acosta-Martínez;Husein A. Ajwa

  • Soil microbial and nutrient responses to 7 years of seasonally altered precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland

    Colin W Bell;David T Tissue;David T Tissue;Michael E Loik;Matthew D Wallenstein

  • An evaluation of the impact of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on soil microbial community structure and functioning

    Babina Shrestha;Veronica Acosta-Martinez;Stephen B. Cox;Micah J. Green

  • Long-term soil microbial community and enzyme activity responses to an integrated cropping-livestock system in a semi-arid region

    V. Acosta-Martínez;C.W. Bell;B.E.L. Morris;J. Zak

  • Soil Microbial Communities and Function in Alternative Systems to Continuous Cotton

    V. Acosta-Martínez;G. Burow;T. M. Zobeck;V. G. Allen

  • The role of tree leaf mulch and nitrogen fertilizer on turfgrass soil quality

    V. Acosta-Martínez;Z. Reicher;M. Bischoff;R. F. Turco

  • Soil biology for resilient, healthy soil

    R. Michael Lehman;Veronica Acosta-Martinez;Jeffrey S. Buyer;Cynthia A. Cambardella

  • Soil microbial communities and enzyme activities under various poultry litter application rates

    V. Acosta-Martínez;R. Daren Harmel

  • Enzyme activities in semiarid soils under conservation reserve program, native rangeland, and cropland

    Veronica Acosta-Martínez;Susanne Klose;Ted M. Zobeck

  • Soil property effects on wind erosion of organic soils

    Ted M. Zobeck;Matthew Baddock;Matthew Baddock;R. Scott Van Pelt;John Tatarko

  • Phosphorus Cycle Enzymes

    Verónica Acosta-Martínez;M. Ali Tabatabai

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted M. Zobeck
Ted M. Zobeck Agricultural Research Service
John C. Zak
John C. Zak Texas Tech University
Jane M. F. Johnson
Jane M. F. Johnson US Department of Agriculture
David C. Weindorf
David C. Weindorf Central Michigan University
Merle F. Vigil
Merle F. Vigil Agricultural Research Service
Alan J. Schlegel
Alan J. Schlegel Kansas State University
David T. Tissue
David T. Tissue Western Sydney University
Zhanguo Xin
Zhanguo Xin US Department of Agriculture
Charles P. West
Charles P. West Texas Tech University
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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