Clare Stirling

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Clare Stirling is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Clare Stirling has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Soil Science and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Clare Stirling's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (18 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (13 papers). Clare Stirling is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (18 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (15 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (13 papers). Clare Stirling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and India. Clare Stirling's co-authors include M.L. Jat, D. S. Powlson, Tek B. Sapkota, Cheryl Palm, Pedro A. Sánchez, Kenneth G. Cassman, Bruno Gérard, Christian Thierfelder, M. L. Jat and V. H. L. Rodrigo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Clare Stirling

70 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation

2014 603 citations Clare Stirling, M.L. Jat et al. profile →
Does conservation agriculture deliver climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration in tropical agro-ecosystems?

2016 285 citations Clare Stirling, M. L. Jat et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction

2018 210 citations Clare Stirling et al. Agricultural Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clare Stirling United Kingdom	31	1.4k	1.1k	865	716	644	73	3.5k
Todd S. Rosenstock Kenya	34	1.1k 0.8×	792 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	846 1.2×	880 1.4×	104	3.8k
Tek B. Sapkota Mexico	35	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	870 1.2×	755 1.2×	76	4.2k
Katrien Descheemaeker Netherlands	37	1.5k 1.1×	951 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	754 1.1×	1.4k 2.2×	135	4.6k
H. Hengsdijk Netherlands	29	994 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	927 1.1×	353 0.5×	654 1.0×	120	2.9k
E.M.A. Smaling Netherlands	34	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	767 0.9×	596 0.8×	881 1.4×	91	4.5k
Edmundo Barrios Kenya	34	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	841 1.0×	703 1.0×	818 1.3×	82	4.3k
Anthony Whitbread India	35	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	760 1.2×	153	4.9k
Henry Neufeldt Kenya	39	1.2k 0.8×	597 0.5×	888 1.0×	661 0.9×	494 0.8×	90	4.2k
Frédéric Baudron Netherlands	35	950 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	910 1.1×	477 0.7×	1.3k 2.0×	91	4.0k
Pytrik Reidsma Netherlands	37	841 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	834 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	128	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Clare Stirling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clare Stirling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clare Stirling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Clare Stirling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Clare Stirling based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Clare Stirling. Clare Stirling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

González‐Moreno, Pablo, et al.. (2025). Quantifying canopy structural traits in agroforestry systems through Terrestrial Laser Scanning: A case study in cocoa-based agroforestry systems. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 238. 110795–110795.

Navarro‐Cerrillo, Rafael M., et al.. (2024). Drivers of cocoa yield and growth in young monoculture and agroforestry systems. Agricultural Systems. 219. 104044–104044. 3 indexed citations

Navarro‐Cerrillo, Rafael M., Belinda Gallardo, Jayne Crozier, et al.. (2023). Vulnerability of cocoa-based agroforestry systems to climate change in West Africa. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 10033–10033. 11 indexed citations

Tesfaye, Kindie, Tek B. Sapkota, Arun Khatri‐Chhetri, et al.. (2021). Model comparison and quantification of nitrous oxide emission and mitigation potential from maize and wheat fields at a global scale. The Science of The Total Environment. 782. 146696–146696. 25 indexed citations

Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Tek B. Sapkota, Timothy J. Krupnik, et al.. (2021). Factors affecting farmers’ use of organic and inorganic fertilizers in South Asia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(37). 51480–51496. 90 indexed citations

Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Tek B. Sapkota, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Paswel Marenya, & Clare Stirling. (2021). Climate risks and adaptation strategies of farmers in East Africa and South Asia. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10489–10489. 79 indexed citations

Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Tek B. Sapkota, Dil Bahadur Rahut, et al.. (2020). Major Climate risks and Adaptation Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in Coastal Bangladesh. Environmental Management. 66(1). 105–120. 100 indexed citations

Sapkota, Tek B., Love Kumar Singh, A. K. Yadav, et al.. (2020). Identifying optimum rates of fertilizer nitrogen application to maximize economic return and minimize nitrous oxide emission from rice–wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 66(14). 2039–2054. 38 indexed citations

Mittal, Surabhi, et al.. (2018). Does climate-smart village approach influence gender equality in farming households? A case of two contrasting ecologies in India. Climatic Change. 158(1). 77–90. 23 indexed citations

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Sapkota, Tek B., et al.. (2018). Climate smart fertilizer management in smallholder cereal systems: examples of precision nutrient management in smallholder cereal systems across Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. AGUFM. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Parihar, C.M., M.D. Parihar, Tek B. Sapkota, et al.. (2018). Long-term impact of conservation agriculture and diversified maize rotations on carbon pools and stocks, mineral nitrogen fractions and nitrous oxide fluxes in inceptisol of India. The Science of The Total Environment. 640-641. 1382–1392. 69 indexed citations

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Sapkota, Tek B., Sylvia H. Vetter, M.L. Jat, et al.. (2018). Cost-effective opportunities for climate change mitigation in Indian agriculture. The Science of The Total Environment. 655. 1342–1354. 104 indexed citations

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Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, et al.. (2017). Exploring the potential of household methodologies to strengthen gender equality and improve smallholder livelihoods: Research in Malawi in maize-based systems. Journal of Arid Environments. 149. 53–61. 37 indexed citations

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Tesfaye, Kindie, Pramod Aggarwal, Paresh Shirsath, et al.. (2017). Climate Variability and Change in Bihar, India: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Crop Production. Sustainability. 9(11). 1998–1998. 42 indexed citations

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Vetter, Sylvia H., Tek B. Sapkota, Jon Hillier, et al.. (2017). Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural food production to supply Indian diets: Implications for climate change mitigation. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 237. 234–241. 175 indexed citations

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Tesfaye, Kindie, P.H. Zaidi, Sika Gbegbelegbe, et al.. (2016). Climate change impacts and potential benefits of heat-tolerant maize in South Asia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 130(3-4). 959–970. 90 indexed citations

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Pierce, Simon, Clare Stirling, & Robert Baxter. (2000). Architectural and physiological heterogeneity within the synflorescence of the pseudoviviparous grass Poa alpina var. vivipara L.. Journal of Experimental Botany. 51(351). 1705–1712. 11 indexed citations

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Aguilera, Cristhian, Clare Stirling, & Stephen P. Long. (1999). Genotypic variation within Zea mays for susceptibility to and rate of recovery from chill‐induced photoinhibition of photosynthesis. Physiologia Plantarum. 106(4). 429–436. 48 indexed citations

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Stirling, Clare, et al.. (1998). Effects of elevated CO₂ and temperature on growth and allometry of five native fast‐growing annual species. New Phytologist. 140(2). 343–354. 28 indexed citations

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Stirling, Clare, et al.. (1993). Chilling and photosynthetic productivity of field grown maize (Zea mays); changes in the parameters of the light-response curve, canopy leaf CO2 assimilation rate and crop radiation-use efficiency. Photosynthesis Research. 38(2). 125–133. 16 indexed citations

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