Ilya Gelfand

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ilya Gelfand is a scholar working on Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilya Gelfand has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Soil Science, 14 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ilya Gelfand's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Bioenergy crop production and management (12 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers). Ilya Gelfand is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Bioenergy crop production and management (12 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (9 papers). Ilya Gelfand collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Ilya Gelfand's co-authors include G. Philip Robertson, Ritvik Sahajpal, R. C. Izaurralde, Xuesong Zhang, Katherine L. Gross, Dan Yakir, Stephen K. Hamilton, Jiquan Chen, Terenzio Zenone and Eddie Cytryn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ilya Gelfand

38 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Sustainable bioenergy production from marginal lands in the US Midwest

2013 585 citations Ilya Gelfand, Ritvik Sahajpal et al. Nature profile →

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Zhangcai Qin China

Michael D. Masters United States

Julia Drewer United Kingdom

Poul Erik Lærke Denmark

Virginia L. Jin United States

Pär Aronsson Sweden

Bill Deen Canada

Stig Ledin Sweden

Christoph Emmerling Germany

Naresh V. Thevathasan Canada

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Grünzweig, José M., et al.. (2024). Invasion of Prosopis trees into arid ecosystem alters soil carbon and nitrogen processes and soil trace gases emissions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 198. 109558–109558.

Agam, Nurit, et al.. (2024). Water and nitrogen availability define emissions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides from desert soil differently. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 195. 109460–109460. 2 indexed citations

Gelfand, Ilya, et al.. (2024). Soil application of activated hydrochar derived from sewage sludge enhances plant growth and reduces nitrogen loss. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 174965–174965. 8 indexed citations

Gelfand, Ilya, et al.. (2023). Soil nitric and nitrous oxide emissions across a nitrogen fertilization gradient in root crops: A case study of carrot (Daucus carota) production in Mediterranean climate. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0287436–e0287436. 2 indexed citations

Segoli, Michal, et al.. (2023). Patch establishment of the summer annual saltwort plant (Salsola inermis Forssk.) increases N cycling rates and soil nitrous oxide emissions in Israel’s Negev Desert. Plant and Soil. 487(1-2). 373–387. 2 indexed citations

Ghazaryan, Lusine, Boris Zorin, Avner Gross, et al.. (2021). The effects of microalgae-based fertilization of wheat on yield, soil microbiome and nitrogen oxides emissions. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 3). 151320–151320. 28 indexed citations

Tripler, Effi, et al.. (2021). Effect of increasing nitrogen fertilization on soil nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching in a young date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L., cv. Medjool) orchard. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 319. 107569–107569. 19 indexed citations

Abraha, Michael, et al.. (2019). Data from: Carbon debt of field-scale Conservation Reserve Program grasslands converted to annual and perennial bioenergy crops. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

Gelfand, Ilya, et al.. (2017). Data from: Carbon debt of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grasslands converted to bioenergy production. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).

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Abraha, Michael, et al.. (2016). Ecosystem Carbon Budgets under Contrasting Land Use Histories Using Eddy Covariance and Deep Core Methods. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Gelfand, Ilya, Iurii Shcherbak, N. Millar, Alexandra Kravchenko, & G. Philip Robertson. (2016). Long‐term nitrous oxide fluxes in annual and perennial agricultural and unmanaged ecosystems in the upper MidwestUSA. Global Change Biology. 22(11). 3594–3607. 65 indexed citations

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Zenone, Terenzio, Donatella Zona, Ilya Gelfand, et al.. (2015). CO₂ uptake is offset by CH₄ and N₂O emissions in a poplar short‐rotation coppice. GCB Bioenergy. 8(3). 524–538. 21 indexed citations

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Sahajpal, Ritvik, Xuesong Zhang, R. C. Izaurralde, Ilya Gelfand, & G. C. Hurtt. (2014). Identifying representative crop rotation patterns and grassland loss in the US Western Corn Belt. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 108. 173–182. 49 indexed citations

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Gelfand, Ilya, Ritvik Sahajpal, Xuesong Zhang, et al.. (2013). Sustainable bioenergy production from marginal lands in the US Midwest. Nature. 493(7433). 514–517. 585 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gelfand, Ilya, José M. Grünzweig, & Dan Yakir. (2011). Slowing of nitrogen cycling and increasing nitrogen use efficiency following afforestation of semi-arid shrubland. Oecologia. 168(2). 563–575. 22 indexed citations

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Gelfand, Ilya, Sieglinde S. Snapp, & G. Philip Robertson. (2010). Energy Efficiency of Conventional, Organic, and Alternative Cropping Systems for Food and Fuel at a Site in the U.S. Midwest. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(10). 4006–4011. 73 indexed citations

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Gelfand, Ilya, Gregor Feig, F. X. Meixner, & Dan Yakir. (2009). Afforestation of semi-arid shrubland reduces biogenic NO emission from soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41(7). 1561–1570. 18 indexed citations

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Grünzweig, José M., et al.. (2007). Biogeochemical factors contributing to enhanced carbon storage following afforestation of a semi-arid shrubland. Biogeosciences. 4(5). 891–904. 110 indexed citations

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Gelfand, Ilya & Dan Yakir. (2007). Influence of nitrite accumulation in association with seasonal patterns and mineralization of soil nitrogen in a semi-arid pine forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40(2). 415–424. 80 indexed citations

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Cytryn, Eddie, Ilya Gelfand, Yoram Barak, Jaap van Rijn, & Dror Minz. (2003). Diversity of microbial communities correlated to physiochemical parameters in a digestion basin of a zero‐discharge mariculture system. Environmental Microbiology. 5(1). 55–63. 46 indexed citations

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