EL Greacen

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

EL Greacen is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, EL Greacen has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 11 papers in Soil Science and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in EL Greacen's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers), Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics (6 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (5 papers). EL Greacen is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers), Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics (6 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (5 papers). EL Greacen collaborates with scholars based in Australia and China. EL Greacen's co-authors include Roger Sands, AD Rovira, Commonwealth Scientific, KP Barley, B G Richards, B Cockroft, Peter G. Cook, Glen Walker, David Farrell and W. E. Larson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Experimental Botany and Soil Science Society of America Journal.

In The Last Decade

EL Greacen

27 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Compaction of forest soils. A review

1980 564 citations EL Greacen, Roger Sands Australian Journal of Soil Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
EL Greacen Australia	18	1.0k	645	420	398	315	28	1.9k
B.D. Soane Hungary	16	1.4k 1.3×	794 1.2×	176 0.4×	422 1.1×	76 0.2×	29	2.0k
Roger Sands Australia	21	746 0.7×	238 0.4×	421 1.0×	687 1.7×	688 2.2×	58	2.1k
W. B. Voorhees United States	29	1.9k 1.8×	1.0k 1.6×	229 0.5×	557 1.4×	110 0.3×	62	2.6k
Inge Håkansson Sweden	21	2.3k 2.3×	1.5k 2.3×	254 0.6×	690 1.7×	82 0.3×	39	2.9k
M. A. Rab Australia	17	402 0.4×	200 0.3×	223 0.5×	149 0.4×	258 0.8×	26	915
Giacomo Certini Italy	19	596 0.6×	204 0.3×	377 0.9×	145 0.4×	322 1.0×	33	1.3k
Birl Lowery United States	28	1.2k 1.2×	687 1.1×	48 0.1×	407 1.0×	262 0.8×	98	2.3k
A. B. Frank United States	24	862 0.8×	158 0.2×	193 0.5×	697 1.8×	645 2.0×	67	2.3k
D. H. McNabb Canada	16	417 0.4×	179 0.3×	229 0.5×	65 0.2×	304 1.0×	30	923
W. K. Anderson Australia	23	1.5k 1.5×	552 0.9×	62 0.1×	1.2k 3.1×	202 0.6×	60	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by EL Greacen

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Fields of papers citing papers by EL Greacen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of EL Greacen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of EL Greacen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of EL Greacen 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 EL Greacen. EL Greacen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Jayawardane, NS & EL Greacen. (1987). The nature of swelling in soils. Soil Research. 25(1). 107–113. 17 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, Glen Walker, & Peter G. Cook. (1987). Evaluation of the filter paper method for measuring soil water suction. 35 indexed citations

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Richards, B G & EL Greacen. (1986). Mechanical stresses on an expanding cylindrical root analog in antigranulocytes media. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 24(3). 393–404. 48 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, et al.. (1985). Compaction of sandy forest soils by forwarder operations. Soil and Tillage Research. 5(1). 55–70. 50 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, et al.. (1984). Water balance under wheat modelled with limited soil data. Agricultural Water Management. 8(1-3). 291–304. 10 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL. (1983). Tillage research in a semi-arid environment. Soil and Tillage Research. 3(2). 107–109. 4 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL & E. A. Gardner. (1982). Crop behaviour on clay soils. Tropical Agriculture. 59(2). 123–132. 9 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL & Roger Sands. (1980). Compaction of forest soils. A review. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 18(2). 163–189. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sands, Roger, et al.. (1979). Compaction of sandy soils in Radiata pine forests. I. A penetrometer study. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 17(1). 101–113. 133 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, et al.. (1979). Sources of bias in the field calibration of a neutron meter. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 17(3). 405–415. 29 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, et al.. (1978). Soil Factors in Crop Production in a Semiarid Environment. Soil Science. 126(6). 374–374. 118 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, et al.. (1976). The effect of bulk density on neutron meter calibration. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 14(2). 159–169. 29 indexed citations

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Farrell, David, EL Greacen, & W. E. Larson. (1967). The Effect of Water Content on Axial Strain in a Loam Soil under Tension and Compression. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 31(4). 445–450. 33 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, et al.. (1966). Resistance to penetration of fine probes in compressible soil. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 4(1). 1–17. 64 indexed citations

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Barley, KP, et al.. (1965). The influence of soil strength on the penetration of a loam by plant roots. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 3(1). 69–79. 82 indexed citations

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Holmes, J. W., et al.. (1960). The evaporation of water from bare soils with different tilths.. 1. 188–194. 19 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL. (1960). Aggregate strength and soil consistence.. 1. 256–264. 9 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL. (1958). The soil structure profile under pastures. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 9(1). 129–137. 19 indexed citations

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Rovira, AD & EL Greacen. (1957). The effect of aggregate disruption on the activity of microorganisms in the soil. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 8(6). 659–673. 203 indexed citations

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Greacen, EL, et al.. (1953). Soil-structure changes in a long-term citrus experiment.. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 4(2). 193–203. 9 indexed citations

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