David Makowski

15.9k total citations · 10 hit papers
216 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

David Makowski is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Makowski has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Plant Science, 64 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 60 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in David Makowski's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (43 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (29 papers). David Makowski is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (43 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (29 papers). David Makowski collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and China. David Makowski's co-authors include Tamara Ben‐Ari, Éric Malézieux, Wopke van der Werf, Damien Beillouin, T.J. Stomph, Philippe Ciais, Chantal Loyce, Yang Yu, Elise Pelzer and Daniel Wallach and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Makowski

204 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Mixing plant species in cropping systems: concepts, tools and models. A review

2008 572 citations David Makowski et al. profile →
Temporal niche differentiation increases the land equivalent ratio of annual intercrops: A meta-analysis

2015 338 citations David Makowski, Wopke van der Werf et al. profile →
Positive but variable effects of crop diversification on biodiversity and ecosystem services

2021 320 citations David Makowski et al. profile →
Reducing pesticide use while preserving crop productivity and profitability on arable farms

2017 299 citations Martin Lechenet, Fabrice Dessaint et al. Nature Plants profile →
Atmospheric dryness reduces photosynthesis along a large range of soil water deficits

2022 260 citations Philippe Ciais, David Makowski et al. Nature Communications profile →
Impact of extreme weather conditions on European crop production in 2018

2020 224 citations David Makowski et al. profile →
Grain legume-cereal intercropping enhances the use of soil-derived and biologically fixed nitrogen in temperate agroecosystems. A meta-analysis

2020 162 citations David Makowski et al. European Journal of Agronomy profile →
The productive performance of intercropping

2023 152 citations David Makowski, Fusuo Zhang et al. profile →
Warming reduces global agricultural production by decreasing cropping frequency and yields

2022 121 citations Peng Zhu, Zhenong Jin et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Global spatially explicit yield gap time trends reveal regions at risk of future crop yield stagnation

2024 52 citations David Makowski, Nathaniel D. Mueller et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Makowski

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Makowski. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Makowski 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 David Makowski. David Makowski 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Crop rotations synergize yield, nutrition, and revenue: a meta-analysis 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Jingying Jing, David Makowski, Xueqing He, Zhengyuan Liang, (unknown), Thomas Cherico Wanger, David Tilman, Fusuo Zhang, Wen‐Feng Cong	1
2	Assessment of the climatic suitability for invasive agricultural insect pests in a warming Europe based on Köppen-Geiger classification 2025 ·Entomologia Generalis ·(unknown), David Makowski	0
3	Uncertainties in future ecosystem services under land and climate scenarios: The case of erosion in the Alps 2025 ·Ecological Modelling ·(unknown), Bruno Locatelli, David Makowski, Améline Vallet, Jérôme Poulenard, Johan Oszwald, Sandra Lavorel	2
4	Assessing the capacity of agricultural research and development to increase the stability of global crop yields under climate change 2025 ·PNAS Nexus ·Toshichika Iizumi, Toru Sakai, Yoshimitsu Masaki, (unknown), Takahiro Takimoto, Hideo Shiogama, Yukiko Imada, David Makowski	2
5	High‐Resolution Downscaling of Disposable Income in Europe Using Open‐Source Data 2025 ·Earth s Future ·(unknown), Améline Vallet, Céline Guivarch, David Makowski	0
6	Quantifying albedo impact and radiative forcing of management practices in European wheat cropping systems 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Yang Su, Philippe Ciais, Ronny Lauerwald, Éric Ceschia, David Makowski, Yidi Xu, (unknown), Hassan Bazzi, Tiphaine Tallec, Aurore Brut, Bernard Heinesch, Christian Brümmer, Marius Schmidt, Manuel Acosta, Pauline Buysse, (unknown), Daniel S. Goll	0
7	Leveraging Satellite Data With Machine and Deep Learning Techniques for Corn Yield and Price Forecasting 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Philippe Ciais, David Makowski	3
8	Multi-Objective Optimization for Large-scale Allocation of Soybean Crops 2024 ·Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference ·(unknown), David Makowski, Alberto Tonda	0
9	Adaptation Strategies Strongly Reduce the Future Impacts of Climate Change on Simulated Crop Yields 2023 ·Earth s Future ·Rose Abramoff, Philippe Ciais, Peng Zhu, Toshihiro Hasegawa, Hitomi Wakatsuki, David Makowski	37
10	Carbon storage in agricultural topsoils and subsoils is promoted by including temporary grasslands into the crop rotation 2022 ·Geoderma ·Thomas Guillaume, David Makowski, Zamir Libohova, (unknown), Mario Fontana, Jens Leifeld, Luca Bragazza, Sokrat Sinaj	32
11	Pollination deficits and contributions of pollinators in apple production: A global meta‐analysis 2022 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·(unknown), Yunhui Liu, David Makowski, Teja Tscharntke, Catrin Westphal, (unknown), Meina Wang, Wopke van der Werf	32
12	Data-driven quantification of nitrogen enrichment impact on Northern Hemisphere plant biomass 2022 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Yongwen Liu, Shilong Piao, David Makowski, Philippe Ciais, Thomas Gasser, Jian Song, Shiqiang Wan, Josep Peñuelas, Ivan A. Janssens	7
13	The critical benefits of snowpack insulation and snowmelt for winter wheat productivity 2022 ·Nature Climate Change ·Peng Zhu, Tae‐Gon Kim, Zhenong Jin, Chenxi Lin, Xuhui Wang, Philippe Ciais, Nathaniel D. Mueller, Amir AghaKouchak, Jianxi Huang, D. J. Mulla, David Makowski	37
14	Principles and framework for assessing the risk of bias for studies included in comparative quantitative environmental systematic reviews 2022 ·Environmental Evidence ·Geoff K Frampton, Paul Whaley, Micah G. Bennett, Gary Bilotta, J.L.C.M. Dorne, Jacqualyn Eales, Katy James, Christian Kohl, Magnus Land, Barbara Livoreil, David Makowski, Evans Muchiri, Gillian Petrokofsky, Nicola Randall, Kate A. Schofield	46
15	Large historical carbon emissions from cultivated northern peatlands 2021 ·Science Advances ·Chunjing Qiu, Philippe Ciais, Dan Zhu, Bertrand Guenet, Shushi Peng, Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu, Ronny Lauerwald, David Makowski, Angela Gallego‐Sala, Dan J. Charman, Simon Brewer	52
16	Predicting hotspots for invasive species introduction in Europe 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Kevin Schneider, David Makowski, Wopke van der Werf	17
17	A global yield dataset for major lignocellulosic bioenergy crops based on field measurements 2018 ·Scientific Data ·Wei Li, Philippe Ciais, David Makowski, Shushi Peng	46
18	Reducing pesticide use while preserving crop productivity and profitability on arable farms breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Plants ·Martin Lechenet, Fabrice Dessaint, (unknown), David Makowski, Nicolas Munier‐Jolain	299
19	A Bayesian approach to model dispersal for decision support 2016 ·Environmental Modelling & Software ·(unknown), Hervé Monod, David Makowski, Antoine Messéan	4
20	Comparison of regression techniques to predict response of oilseed rape yield to variation in climatic conditions in Denmark 2016 ·European Journal of Agronomy ·Behzad Sharif, David Makowski, Finn Plauborg, Jørgen E. Olesen	35

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