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D-Index
44
Citations
7057
World Ranking
3052
National Ranking
768

Virginia L. Jin 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 Virginia L. Jin sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 118 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Virginia L. Jin 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 Virginia L. Jin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Virginia L. Jin is affiliated with the US Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research contributions center on soil science and environmental aspects of agriculture, particularly focusing on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and crop yield and soil fertility. Their work also addresses climate change impacts on agriculture, soil geostatistics and mapping, soil erosion and sediment transport, and soil and unsaturated flow processes.

The scientist's research spans main fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with subfields including Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, and Ecology.

Virginia L. Jin has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the Journal of Environmental Quality and the Soil Science Society of America Journal, each with six publications. Other notable venues include Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment (five publications), Agronomy Journal (four publications), and Soil Biology and Biochemistry (two publications).

Several recent publications demonstrate the range of Jin's research topics and collaborations. These include:

  • "Soil Health Management Enhances Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Capacity and Activity" (2021) in mSphere
  • "Microbial feedbacks on soil organic matter dynamics underlying the legacy effect of diversified cropping systems" (2022) in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Complex crop rotations improve organic nitrogen cycling" (2022) in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Cropping system partially offsets tillage-related degradation of soil organic carbon and aggregate properties in a 30-yr rainfed agroecosystem" (2021) in Soil and Tillage Research
  • "Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Agriculture: Pathways to Sustainable Reductions" (2024) in Global Change Biology

Virginia L. Jin collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Marty R. Schmer, Tala Awada, Girma Birru, Lidong Li, and Brian J. Wienhold.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow

Best Publications

  • Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness

    Peter B. Adler;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Helmut Hillebrand

  • Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

    Philip A. Fay;Suzanne M. Prober;W. Stanley Harpole;Johannes M. H. Knops

  • Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

    Yann Hautier;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Peter B. Adler

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

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

  • Topographic and climatic controls on soil respiration in six temperate mixed-hardwood forest slopes, Korea

    Sinkyu Kang;Sinkyu Kang;Sueyoung Doh;Dongsun. Lee;Dowon. Lee

  • African Wild Ungulates Compete with or Facilitate Cattle Depending on Season

    Wilfred O. Odadi;Moses K. Karachi;Shaukat A. Abdulrazak;Truman P. Young

  • Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Legacies of agriculture and forest regrowth in the nitrogen of old-field soils

    Daniel D Richter;Daniel Markewitz;Daniel Markewitz;Paul R Heine;Virginia Jin;Virginia Jin

  • Long-term tillage impact on soil hydraulic properties

    Humberto Blanco-Canqui;Brian J. Wienhold;Virginia L. Jin;Marty R. Schmer

  • Soil Organic C:N vs. Water-Extractable Organic C:N

    Richard L. Haney;Alan. J. Franzluebbers;Virginia. L. Jin;Mari-Vaughn. Johnson

  • Soil biology for resilient, healthy soil

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

  • Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: Is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

    Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Elsa E. Cleland

  • Dedicated Energy Crops and Crop Residues for Bioenergy Feedstocks in the Central and Eastern USA

    R. B. Mitchell;M. R. Schmer;W. F. Anderson;V. Jin

  • Metal and nanoparticle occurrence in biosolid-amended soils

    Yu Yang;Yifei Wang;Paul Westerhoff;Kiril Hristovski

  • Response to Comments on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”

    James B. Grace;Peter B. Adler;Eric W. Seabloom;Elizabeth T. Borer

  • Soil type and moisture regime control microbial C and N mineralization in grassland soils more than atmospheric CO2-induced changes in litter quality

    Virginia L. Jin;Richard L. Haney;Philip A. Fay;H. Wayne Polley

  • Energy Potential and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Bioenergy Cropping Systems on Marginally Productive Cropland

    Marty R. Schmer;Kenneth P. Vogel;Gary E. Varvel;Ronald F. Follett

  • The Impact of Corn Residue Removal on Soil Aggregates and Particulate Organic Matter

    Shannon L. Osborne;Jane M. F. Johnson;Virginia L. Jin;Amber L. Hammerbeck

  • Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Response to Corn Stover Removal and Tillage Management Across the US Corn Belt

    Virginia L. Jin;John M. Baker;Jane M.-F. Johnson;Douglas L. Karlen

  • Greater ecosystem carbon in the Mojave Desert after ten years exposure to elevated CO 2

    R. D. Evans;A. Koyama;A. Koyama;D. L. Sonderegger;D. L. Sonderegger;T. N. Charlet

  • Sugarcane straw removal effects on plant growth and stalk yield

    Izaias P Lisboa;Izaias P Lisboa;Maurício R Cherubin;Renato P Lima;Carlos Clemente Cerri

  • Twelve Years of Stover Removal Increases Soil Erosion Potential without Impacting Yield

    Virginia L. Jin;Marty R. Schmer;Brian J. Wienhold;Catherine E. Stewart

  • Soil-mediated effects of subambient to increased carbon dioxide on grassland productivity

    Philip A. Fay;Virginia L. Jin;Danielle A. Way;Kenneth N. Potter

  • Can Cover Crop and Manure Maintain Soil Properties After Stover Removal from Irrigated No-Till Corn?

    Humberto Blanco-Canqui;Richard B. Ferguson;Virginia L. Jin;Marty R. Schmer

  • Elevated CO2 increases microbial carbon substrate use and nitrogen cycling in Mojave Desert soils

    V. L. Jin;V. L. Jin;R. D. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Marty R. Schmer
Marty R. Schmer Agricultural Research Service
Brian J. Wienhold
Brian J. Wienhold US Department of Agriculture
Philip A. Fay
Philip A. Fay Agricultural Research Service
Robert B. Mitchell
Robert B. Mitchell US Department of Agriculture
H. Wayne Polley
H. Wayne Polley Agricultural Research Service
Carly J. Stevens
Carly J. Stevens Lancaster University
Gary E. Varvel
Gary E. Varvel University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Nicole Hagenah
Nicole Hagenah University of Pretoria
Yann Hautier
Yann Hautier Utrecht University
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota

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