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Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Esra Gürsoy
Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University
2
Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal
Northwestern Polytechnical University
3
G. Sassenrath
Kansas State University
4
Xuan Zhou
Beijing Institute of Technology
5
Yong Zhang
Yunnan University
6
Anas Iqbal
South China Agricultural University
7
Chang Ye
China National Rice Research Institute
8
Muhammad Nasrullah
Xiangtan University
9
Oluwatobi Esther Ayiti
North-West University
10
Shuhan Lei
Jiangnan University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Global analysis of soil bacterial genera and diversity in response to pH
Soil Biology and Biochemistry|2024
140 cit.
2
Effect of Soil Texture on Soil Nutrient Status and Rice Nutrient Absorption in Paddy Soils
Agronomy|2024
67 cit.
3
Global evidence for joint effects of multiple natural and anthropogenic drivers on soil nitrogen cycling
Global Change Biology|2024
21 cit.
4
Vermicompost Supply Enhances Fragrant-Rice Yield by Improving Soil Fertility and Eukaryotic Microbial Community Composition under Environmental Stress Conditions
Microorganisms|2024
16 cit.
5
Understanding the Factors Controlling MJO Prediction Skill across Events
Journal of Climate|2024
15 cit.
6
Addressing challenges associated with nitrification inhibitors
Trends in Microbiology|2024
13 cit.
7
Metabolic regulation of 5-oxoproline for enhanced heat tolerance in perennial ryegrass
Stress Biology|2024
12 cit.
8
Vermicompost application enhances soil health and plant physiological and antioxidant defense to conferring heavy metals tolerance in fragrant rice
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems|2024
11 cit.
9
Vermicompost application improves leaf physiological activity, 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, and grain yield of fragrant rice through efficient nitrogen assimilation under Cd stress
Frontiers in Plant Science|2024
6 cit.
10
Climate change awareness and adoption measurements of respondents toward food security in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Journal of Water and Climate Change|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Junxiang Zhang
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
2
Zhongtang Yu
The Ohio State University
3
Taimoor Hassan Farooq
Central South University of Forestry and Technology
4
Muhammad Ahsan Altaf
Hainan University
5
Kang Ni
Tea Research Institute
6
Xiaoyue Lin
Northeast Agricultural University
7
Ganghua Li
Nanjing Agricultural University
8
Kun Yu
Shihezi University
9
Wentian Mi
Inner Mongolia University of Technology
10
Chai-Ling Ho
Unknown

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Melatonin Improves Drought Stress Tolerance of Tomato by Modulating Plant Growth, Root Architecture, Photosynthesis, and Antioxidant Defense System
Antioxidants|2022
323 cit.
2
Crop Production Summary - 2021
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports|2022
260 cit.
3
Melatonin enhanced the heavy metal-stress tolerance of pepper by mitigating the oxidative damage and reducing the heavy metal accumulation
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2023
193 cit.
4
Melatonin Mitigates Cadmium Toxicity by Promoting Root Architecture and Mineral Homeostasis of Tomato Genotypes
Journal of soil science and plant nutrition|2022
91 cit.
5
Mechanistic insights on melatonin-mediated plant growth regulation and hormonal cross-talk process in solanaceous vegetables
Scientia Horticulturae|2022
89 cit.
6
Phytohormones Mediated Modulation of Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Potential Crosstalk in Horticultural Crops
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation|2022
82 cit.
7
Exogenous melatonin alleviates cadmium-induced inhibition of growth and photosynthesis through upregulating antioxidant defense system in strawberry
South African Journal of Botany|2023
76 cit.
8
Morpho-physiological growth performance and phytoremediation capabilities of selected xerophyte grass species toward Cr and Pb stress
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
75 cit.
9
Melatonin Affects the Photosynthetic Performance of Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Seedlings under Cold Stress
Antioxidants|2022
68 cit.
10
Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Seedlings to Nickel Toxicity
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
58 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Noah Fierer
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
2
S. P. McGrath
Rothamsted Research
3
James M. Tiedje
Michigan State University
4
İsmail Hakkı Boyacı
Hacettepe University
5
Xubin Zeng
University of Arizona
6
Jeffery Williams
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa
7
İsmail Türkan
Yaşar University
8
Pil Joo Kim
Gyeongsang National University
9
Yakov Kuzyakov
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
10
Nima Shokri
Universität Hamburg

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2006
5.7k cit.
2
TOWARD AN ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL BACTERIA
Ecology|2007
5k cit.
3
The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis
Nucleic Acids Research|2008
4.9k cit.
4
DNA–DNA hybridization values and their relationship to whole-genome sequence similarities
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY|2007
4.8k cit.
5
Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis
Nucleic Acids Research|2013
4.6k cit.
6
Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil
The ISME Journal|2010
4.2k cit.
7
Soil and Water Assessment Tool Theoretical Documentation Version 2009
OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries)|2011
4.1k cit.
8
Pyrosequencing-Based Assessment of Soil pH as a Predictor of Soil Bacterial Community Structure at the Continental Scale
Applied and Environmental Microbiology|2009
4k cit.
9
Using network analysis to explore co-occurrence patterns in soil microbial communities
The ISME Journal|2011
3k cit.
10
Review of mechanisms and quantification of priming effects
Soil Biology and Biochemistry|2000
3k cit.

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