Ernest A. Kirkby

13.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Ernest A. Kirkby is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest A. Kirkby has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Ernest A. Kirkby's work include Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (21 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (19 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (11 papers). Ernest A. Kirkby is often cited by papers focused on Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (21 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (19 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (11 papers). Ernest A. Kirkby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. Ernest A. Kirkby's co-authors include Konrad Mengel, Volker Römheld, İsmail Çakmak, K. Mengel, David J. Pilbeam, H. Marschner, D. J. F. BOWLING, Michael J. Armstrong, M.L. van Beusichem and Jacques Le Bot and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Ernest A. Kirkby

48 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Principles of Plant Nutri... 1967 2026 1986 2006 2001 2010 1996 1967 2021 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Principles of Plant Nutrition
    2001 3.3k citations Konrad Mengel, Ernest A. Kirkby et al. profile →
  2. Research on potassium in agriculture: needs and prospects
    2010 618 citations Volker Römheld, Ernest A. Kirkby profile →
  3. Effect of mineral nutritional status on shoot-root partitioning of photoassimilates and cycling of mineral nutrients
    1996 460 citations H. Marschner, Ernest A. Kirkby et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →
  4. Ionic Balance in Different Tissues of the Tomato Plant in Relation to Nitrate, Urea, or Ammonium Nutrition
    1967 321 citations Ernest A. Kirkby, K. Mengel PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  5. Interactions of Silicon With Essential and Beneficial Elements in Plants
    2021 205 citations Ernest A. Kirkby, Miroslav Nikolić et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ernest A. Kirkby United Kingdom 33 6.4k 1.9k 951 593 430 50 8.2k
Konrad Mengel Germany 32 4.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 719 0.8× 432 0.7× 274 0.6× 61 6.0k
H. Marschner Germany 60 11.4k 1.8× 3.1k 1.6× 859 0.9× 899 1.5× 630 1.5× 220 13.3k
Horst Marschner Germany 50 11.3k 1.8× 2.7k 1.4× 768 0.8× 1.2k 2.0× 338 0.8× 94 13.5k
V. C. Baligar United States 48 5.5k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.6× 349 0.6× 447 1.0× 222 8.8k
Serenella Nardi Italy 58 6.6k 1.0× 3.6k 1.9× 537 0.6× 418 0.7× 403 0.9× 158 9.5k
Zdenko Rengel Australia 47 6.5k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 589 1.0× 115 0.3× 122 7.5k
David T. Clarkson United Kingdom 49 7.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 539 0.6× 1.9k 3.2× 315 0.7× 131 8.6k
Idupulapati M. Rao Colombia 51 7.3k 1.1× 2.8k 1.5× 2.1k 2.2× 727 1.2× 335 0.8× 271 10.5k
Thomas W. Rufty United States 45 4.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 631 0.7× 556 0.9× 243 0.6× 148 5.9k
N. K. Fageria Brazil 51 8.8k 1.4× 4.2k 2.2× 2.8k 2.9× 397 0.7× 280 0.7× 283 11.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hou, Peng, Qiang Gao, Ruizhi Xie, et al.. (2012). Grain yields in relation to N requirement: Optimizing nitrogen management for spring maize grown in China. Field Crops Research. 129. 1–6. 163 indexed citations
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Römheld, Volker & Ernest A. Kirkby. (2009). Magnesium functions in crop nutrition and yield.. 616(34). 163–182. 28 indexed citations
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Kirkby, Ernest A., et al.. (2008). Effect of Iron Seed Dressing and Form of Nitrogen-Supply on Growth and Micronutrient Concentration in Shoots of Sorghum Grown in a Calcareous Sand Culture. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 31(10). 1855–1865. 2 indexed citations
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Çakmak, İsmail & Ernest A. Kirkby. (2008). Role of magnesium in carbon partitioning and alleviating photooxidative damage. Physiologia Plantarum. 133(4). 692–704. 388 indexed citations
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Nikolić, Miroslav, Nina Nikolić, Yongchao Liang, Ernest A. Kirkby, & Volker Römheld. (2006). Germanium-68 as an Adequate Tracer for Silicon Transport in Plants. Characterization of Silicon Uptake in Different Crop Species. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 143(1). 495–503. 101 indexed citations
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Kirkby, Ernest A. & Volker Römheld. (2004). Micronutrients in Plant Physiology: Functions, Uptake and Mobility. 49 indexed citations
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Mengel, Konrad, et al.. (2001). Principles of Plant Nutrition. 3280 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engels, Christof & Ernest A. Kirkby. (2001). Cycling of nitrogen and potassium between shoot and roots in maize as affected by shoot and root growth. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 164(2). 183–191. 17 indexed citations
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Marschner, H., Ernest A. Kirkby, & İsmail Çakmak. (1996). Effect of mineral nutritional status on shoot-root partitioning of photoassimilates and cycling of mineral nutrients. Journal of Experimental Botany. 47(Special_Issue). 1255–1263. 460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bot, Jacques Le & Ernest A. Kirkby. (1992). Diurnal uptake of nitrate and potassium during the vegetative growth of tomato plants. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 15(2). 247–264. 71 indexed citations
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Alloush, G. A., Jacques Le Bot, F. E. Sanders, & Ernest A. Kirkby. (1990). Mineral nutrition of chickpea plants supplied with NO 3 or NH 4 N. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 13(12). 1575–1590. 31 indexed citations
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Bot, Jacques Le, G. A. Alloush, Ernest A. Kirkby, & F. E. Sanders. (1990). Mineral nutrition of chickpea plants supplied with NO3 or NH4-N. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 13(12). 1591–1605. 18 indexed citations
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Beusichem, M.L. van, et al.. (1988). Influence of Nitrate and Ammonium Nutrition on the Uptake, Assimilation, and Distribution of Nutrients in Ricinus communis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 86(3). 914–921. 181 indexed citations
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Kirkby, Ernest A. & Michael J. Armstrong. (1980). Nitrate Uptake by Roots as Regulated by Nitrate Assimilation in the Shoot of Castor Oil Plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 65(2). 286–290. 67 indexed citations
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Kirkby, Ernest A.. (1979). Maximizing calcium uptake by plants. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 10(1-2). 89–113. 61 indexed citations
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Kirkby, Ernest A.. (1970). The effect of sulphur deficiency on the ionic balance and nitrogen metabolism in white mustard plants supplied with nitrate or ammonium nitrogen.. AGROCHIMICA. 14. 545–556. 1 indexed citations
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Kirkby, Ernest A. & Adam D. Hughes. (1970). Some aspects of ammonium and nitrate nutrition in plant metabolism.. 69–77. 34 indexed citations
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Kirkby, Ernest A. & K. Mengel. (1967). Ionic Balance in Different Tissues of the Tomato Plant in Relation to Nitrate, Urea, or Ammonium Nutrition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 42(1). 6–14. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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