Heitor Cantarella

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
194 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Heitor Cantarella is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Heitor Cantarella has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Plant Science, 91 papers in Soil Science and 37 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Heitor Cantarella's work include Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (57 papers), Soil Management and Crop Yield (48 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (44 papers). Heitor Cantarella is often cited by papers focused on Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (57 papers), Soil Management and Crop Yield (48 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (44 papers). Heitor Cantarella collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Netherlands. Heitor Cantarella's co-authors include Johnny Rodrigues Soares, J. A. Quaggio, Rafael Otto, Eiko E. Kuramae, Dirceu Mattos, Marcella Menegale, Késia Silva Lourenço, Janaína Braga do Carmo, Raffaella Rossetto and João Luís Nunes Carvalho and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Heitor Cantarella

191 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Agronomic efficiency of NBPT as a urease inhibitor: A review

2018 332 citations Heitor Cantarella, Rafael Otto et al. Journal of Advanced Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heitor Cantarella Brazil	39	3.0k	2.5k	944	870	526	194	5.2k
P.S. Bindraban Netherlands	35	3.4k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	715 0.8×	815 0.9×	527 1.0×	141	6.7k
Stephan M. Haefele United Kingdom	38	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	356 0.4×	683 0.8×	379 0.7×	116	5.7k
Upendra Singh United States	40	5.1k 1.7×	2.8k 1.1×	477 0.5×	2.0k 2.3×	319 0.6×	146	8.5k
Weidong Cao China	42	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	419 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	758 1.4×	210	5.2k
A. K. Nayak India	41	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	278 0.3×	559 0.6×	805 1.5×	268	6.0k
Jane M. F. Johnson United States	40	1.9k 0.6×	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	2.2k 2.6×	235 0.4×	114	5.9k
Hongyuan Wang China	36	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	417 0.4×	515 0.6×	696 1.3×	107	4.8k
Zakaria M. Solaiman Australia	41	2.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	368 0.4×	515 0.6×	653 1.2×	143	5.2k
Rongfeng Jiang China	43	2.9k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	295 0.3×	848 1.0×	919 1.7×	95	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heitor Cantarella

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Lourenço, Késia Silva, et al.. (2025). Soil pH determines the shift of key microbial energy metabolic pathways associated with soil nutrient cycle. Applied Soil Ecology. 208. 105992–105992. 6 indexed citations

Silva, Jean Felipe Leal, Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Heitor Cantarella, et al.. (2025). Meta-data analysis of biofuels in emerging markets of Africa and Asia: Greenhouse gas savings and economic feasibility. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 213. 115465–115465. 4 indexed citations

Evans, Daniel, Ricardo Marques Coelho, Isabella Clerici De Maria, et al.. (2024). The Loss of Soil Parent Material: Detecting and Measuring the Erosion of Saprolite. Soil Systems. 8(2). 43–43. 3 indexed citations

Lisboa, Izaías Pinheiro, Marcos Renan Besen, Rafael Otto, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen: from discovery, plant assimilation, sustainable usage to current enhanced efficiency fertilizers technologies – A review. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo. 48. 12 indexed citations

Soares, Johnny Rodrigues & Heitor Cantarella. (2023). Dynamics of ammonia volatilization from NBPT-treated urea in tropical acid soils. Scientia Agricola. 80. 8 indexed citations

Otto, Rafael, et al.. (2021). Urea- Versus Ammonium Nitrate–Based Fertilizers for Green Sugarcane Cultivation. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 21(2). 1329–1338. 8 indexed citations

Joris, Hélio Antônio Wood, André Cesar Vitti, Risely Ferraz‐Almeida, Rafael Otto, & Heitor Cantarella. (2020). Long-term N fertilization reduces uptake of N from fertilizer and increases the uptake of N from soil. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18834–18834. 14 indexed citations

Barth, Gabriel, Rafael Otto, Risely Ferraz‐Almeida, et al.. (2020). Performance of enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers in green‐harvesting sugarcane. Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment. 3(1). 9 indexed citations

Barth, Gabriel, Sabine von Tucher, Urs Schmidhalter, et al.. (2019). Performance of nitrification inhibitors with different nitrogen fertilizers and soil textures. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 182(5). 694–700. 37 indexed citations

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Barth, Gabriel, Rafael Otto, Risely Ferraz‐Almeida, et al.. (2019). Conversion of ammonium to nitrate and abundance of ammonium-oxidizing-microorganism in Tropical soils with nitrification inhibitor. Scientia Agricola. 77(4). 34 indexed citations

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Soratto, Rogério Peres, Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol, Adalton Mazetti Fernandes, et al.. (2019). Reactivity of Sedimentary and Metamorphic Limestones of Different Particle Sizes under Controlled Conditions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 50(4). 464–473. 3 indexed citations

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Cantarella, Heitor, et al.. (2018). Agronomic efficiency of NBPT as a urease inhibitor: A review. Journal of Advanced Research. 13. 19–27. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moro, Edemar, et al.. (2017). Nitrate Reductase, Micronutrients and Upland Rice Development as Influenced by Soil pH and Nitrogen Sources. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 48(22). 2642–2651. 2 indexed citations

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Prochnow, Luís Ignácio & Heitor Cantarella. (2015). Modifying soil to improve crop productivity.. Better crops with plant food. 99(1). 10–12. 2 indexed citations

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Moro, Edemar, et al.. (2014). Atividade da enzima nitrato redutase em cultivares de arroz de terras altas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(26). 602–607. 1 indexed citations

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Mattos, Dirceu, J. A. Quaggio, Heitor Cantarella, Rodrigo Marcelli Boaretto, & Fernando César Bachiega Zambrosi. (2012). Nutrient management for high citrus fruit yield in tropical soils.. Better crops with plant food. 96(1). 4–7. 8 indexed citations

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Cantarella, Heitor, J. A. Quaggio, Bernardo van Raij, & Mônica Ferreira de Abreu. (2006). Variability of Soil Analysis in Commercial Laboratories: Implications for Lime and Fertilizer Recommendations. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 37(15-20). 2213–2225. 27 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Masaaki, et al.. (2000). Effect of nitrogen fertilization on fungi associated with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seeds.. Summa Phytopathologica. 26(3). 331–335. 2 indexed citations

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Andrade, João Carlos de, et al.. (1990). Turbidimetric determination of sulfate in soils using flow injection analysis.. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo. 14(2). 119–124. 1 indexed citations

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Raij, Bernardo van, et al.. (1982). Efeito da calagem nas produções de cinco cultivos de milho, seguidos de algodão e soja. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 17(7). 1007–1012. 15 indexed citations

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