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Plant Science and Agronomy
Israel
2026
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Environmental Sciences
Israel
2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
72
Citations
19418
World Ranking
627
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Israel Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

Yona Chen mainly focuses on Organic matter, Compost, Soil water, Agronomy and Humus. Yona Chen interconnects Environmental chemistry, Humic acid, Lignin and Cow dung in the investigation of issues within Organic matter. His work carried out in the field of Compost brings together such families of science as Isoelectric point, Dry weight, Mineralogy, Manure and Magic angle spinning.

His Soil water research incorporates themes from Layer and Flocculation. His Agronomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Nutrient, Horticulture and Magnesium. In his research, Organic chemistry and Tetramethylammonium hydroxide is intimately related to Soil organic matter, which falls under the overarching field of Humus.

His most cited work include:

  • Effects of humic substances on plant growth (428 citations)
  • Iron Nutrition of Plants in Calcareous Soils (322 citations)
  • Chemical and biological characterization of organic matter during composting of municipal solid waste (296 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Soil water, Organic matter, Environmental chemistry, Agronomy and Siderophore. His research integrates issues of Wastewater, Sludge and Hydrology, Irrigation in his study of Soil water. The concepts of his Organic matter study are interwoven with issues in Humic acid, Humus, Dissolved organic carbon and Compost.

His Environmental chemistry research incorporates elements of Adsorption and Pollutant. His Agronomy research includes themes of Soil carbon and Calcareous soils. His research in Siderophore intersects with topics in Botany, Chelation, Biochemistry, Pseudomonas putida and Rhizosphere.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Soil water (25.68%)
  • Organic matter (24.59%)
  • Environmental chemistry (18.03%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2021)?

  • Soil water (25.68%)
  • Wastewater (8.20%)
  • Organic matter (24.59%)

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

Yona Chen mainly focuses on Soil water, Wastewater, Organic matter, Environmental chemistry and Irrigation. The Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Hydrology, Sludge, Phosphorus and Diagenesis. His work deals with themes such as Humus, Total organic carbon, Humic acid and Carbon cycle, Ecosystem, which intersect with Organic matter.

Yona Chen combines subjects such as Soil organic matter and Quinone with his study of Humus. A large part of his Environmental chemistry studies is devoted to Dissolved organic carbon. His Irrigation study results in a more complete grasp of Agronomy.

Between 2006 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Degradation and transformation of humic substances by saprotrophic fungi: processes and mechanisms (99 citations)
  • Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants (81 citations)
  • Effects of treated wastewater irrigation on the dissolved and soil organic carbon in Israeli soils. (61 citations)

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Agriculture

Yona Chen mostly deals with Organic matter, Adsorption, Compost, Environmental engineering and Wastewater. His Organic matter research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Leaching model, Soil organic matter, Soil water, Humus and Irrigation. His studies in Soil water integrate themes in fields like Total organic carbon, Chemical process of decomposition, Botany and Biogeochemistry.

The various areas that Yona Chen examines in his Adsorption study include Environmental chemistry, Fractionation and Inorganic chemistry. His research investigates the link between Inorganic chemistry and topics such as Dissolved organic carbon that cross with problems in Agronomy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Extraction, Nuclear chemistry, Phosphorus, Chemical addition and Microbiology in addition to Compost.

Best Publications

  • Information Provided on Humic Substances by E4/E6 Ratios

    Y. Chen;N. Senesi;M. Schnitzer

  • Effects of humic substances on plant growth

    Yona Chen;Tsila Aviad

  • Iron Nutrition of Plants in Calcareous Soils

    Yona Chen;Phillip Barak

  • Chemical and biological characterization of organic matter during composting of municipal solid waste

    Benny Chefetz;Patrick G. Hatcher;Yitzhak Hadar;Yona Chen

  • The reflectance spectra of organic matter in the visible near-infrared and short wave infrared region (400-2500 nm) during a controlled decomposition process

    E. Ben-Dor;Y. Inbar;Y. Chen

  • Characterization of Humic Acids, Composts, and Peat by Diffuse Reflectance Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

    J. Niemeyer;Y. Chen;J.-M. Bollag

  • Suppressiveness of 18 composts against 7 pathosystems: Variability in pathogen response

    A.J. Termorshuizen;E. Van Rijn;D.J. Van der Gaag;C. Alabouvette

  • Recycling of Cattle Manure: The Composting Process and Characterization of Maturity

    Yossi Inbar;Yitzhak Hadar;Yona Chen

  • Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) as a parameter of compost maturity

    Sharon Zmora-Nahum;Omer Markovitch;Jorge Tarchitzky;Yona Chen

  • Mechanisms of Plant Growth Stimulation by Humic Substances : The Role of Organo-Iron Complexes

    Y. Chen;C.E. Clapp;H. Magen

  • Humic substances formed during the composting of organic matter

    Y. Inbar;Y. Chen;Y. Hadar

  • Stimulatory effects of humic substances on plant growth.

    Y. Chen;M. de Nobili;T. Aviad;F. Magdoff

  • Maturity indices for composted dairy and pig manures

    P. Wang;C.M. Changa;M.E. Watson;W.A. Dick

  • Iron Uptake by Plants from Microbial Siderophores A Study with 7-Nitrobenz-2 Oxa-1,3-Diazole-Desferrioxamine as Fluorescent Ferrioxamine B Analog

    Eli Bar-Ness;Yitzhak Hadar;Yona Chen;Abraham Shanzer

  • Solid-state Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Infrared Spectroscopy of Composted Organic Matter

    Y. Inbar;Y. Chen;Y. Hadar

  • Scanning electron microscope observations on soil crusts and their formation.

    Y. Chen;J. Tarchitzky;J. Brouwer;J. Morin

  • The Role of Organic Matter in Modern Agriculture

    Y. Chen;Y. Avnimelech

  • The remedy of lime‐induced chlorosis in peanuts by pseudomonas sp. siderophores

    E. Jurkevitch;Y. Hadar;Y. Chen

  • Degradation and transformation of humic substances by saprotrophic fungi: processes and mechanisms

    Tzafrir Grinhut;Yitzhak Hadar;Yona Chen

  • Structural Characterization of Soil Organic Matter and Humic Acids in Particle-Size Fractions of an Agricultural Soil

    Benny Chefetz;Jorge Tarchitzky;Ashish P. Deshmukh;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter Extracted from Composted Municipal Solid Waste

    Benny Chefetz;Yona Chen;Yitzhak Hadar;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • The Role of Ligand Exchange in the Uptake of Iron from Microbial Siderophores by Gramineous Plants.

    Z. Yehuda;M. Shenker;V. Romheld;H. Marschner

Frequent Co-Authors

Yitzhak Hadar
Yitzhak Hadar Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Benny Chefetz
Benny Chefetz Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Abraham Shanzer
Abraham Shanzer Weizmann Institute of Science
Volker Römheld
Volker Römheld University of Hohenheim
Patrick G. Hatcher
Patrick G. Hatcher Old Dominion University
Bernd Marschner
Bernd Marschner Ruhr University Bochum
Amos Banin
Amos Banin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Arieh Singer
Arieh Singer Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jaacov Katan
Jaacov Katan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Uri Yermiyahu
Uri Yermiyahu Agricultural Research Organization

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