Rafael Otto

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Rafael Otto is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Otto has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Plant Science, 57 papers in Soil Science and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rafael Otto's work include Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (58 papers), Soil Management and Crop Yield (40 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (29 papers). Rafael Otto is often cited by papers focused on Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing (58 papers), Soil Management and Crop Yield (40 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (29 papers). Rafael Otto collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Peru. Rafael Otto's co-authors include Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco, Paulo César Ocheuze Trivelin, Heitor Cantarella, André Cesar Vitti, Carlos Eduardo Faroni, Johnny Rodrigues Soares, Renata Alcarde Sermarini, Emídio Cantídio Almeida de Oliveira, Cleiton H. Sequeira and Eduardo Mariano and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Otto

103 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Agronomic efficiency of NBPT as a urease inhibitor: A review

2018 332 citations Heitor Cantarella, Rafael Otto et al. profile →
Urease Inhibitor NBPT on Ammonia Volatilization and Crop Productivity: A Meta‐Analysis

2016 274 citations Rafael Otto et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafael Otto Brazil	28	1.9k	1.4k	478	415	210	113	2.7k
Getachew Agegnehu Ethiopia	20	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	172 0.4×	914 2.2×	219 1.0×	59	2.7k
Teresa Fuertes‐Mendizábal Spain	20	681 0.4×	849 0.6×	259 0.5×	283 0.7×	254 1.2×	32	1.9k
Xiaori Han China	31	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	229 0.5×	313 0.8×	210 1.0×	126	2.7k
Massimo Fagnano Italy	30	868 0.5×	532 0.4×	511 1.1×	366 0.9×	157 0.7×	94	2.5k
Marshall C. Lamb United States	17	1.0k 0.5×	681 0.5×	211 0.4×	208 0.5×	116 0.6×	121	1.9k
Johnny Rodrigues Soares Brazil	14	529 0.3×	680 0.5×	251 0.5×	199 0.5×	160 0.8×	32	1.2k
Diedrich Steffens Germany	27	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	206 0.4×	254 0.6×	492 2.3×	61	2.5k
B. S. Dwivedi India	33	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	101 0.2×	710 1.7×	182 0.9×	116	3.2k
Sandeep Sharma India	27	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	94 0.2×	432 1.0×	108 0.5×	131	2.0k
J. A. Quaggio Brazil	28	2.0k 1.1×	976 0.7×	99 0.2×	178 0.4×	148 0.7×	115	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafael Otto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Otto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Otto

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Soares, Johnny Rodrigues, et al.. (2025). Blending Potassium Rocks with KCl Fertilizer to Enhance Crop Biomass and Reduce K Leaching in Sandy Soil. Soil Systems. 9(3). 83–83.

Otto, Rafael, Hudson Wallace Pereira de Carvalho, Risely Ferraz‐Almeida, et al.. (2025). The addition of molybdenum to urea changes its characteristics and can react with N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide. Scientia Agricola. 82.

Otto, Rafael, et al.. (2024). Eight years of eco-intensification of maize-soybean rotation in south Brazil: Maize grain production and nitrogen fertilizer replacement value. European Journal of Agronomy. 159. 127261–127261. 2 indexed citations

Otto, Rafael, et al.. (2024). A gist of current understanding about soil-plant boron nutritional status in eucalyptus: a bibliometric review. Scientia Agricola. 82. 1 indexed citations

Lisboa, Izaías Pinheiro, et al.. (2024). Combined use of NBPT and micronutrients in granulated or coated urea: A new approach to reduce ammonia volatilization losses from soil. Soil Use and Management. 40(4).

Teixeira, Luiz Antônio Junqueira, et al.. (2024). Micronized Zn Oxide on Carbonic Anhydrase Activity, Health, and Yield of Ratoon Sugarcane Under Tropical Conditions. Sugar Tech. 26(6). 1567–1579.

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

Kölln, Oriel Tiago, et al.. (2022). Molybdenum increases nitrogen use efficiency of sugarcane under limited N supply. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 45(9). 1360–1369. 3 indexed citations

Barcelos, Jéssica Pigatto de Queiroz, Eros Artur Bohac Francisco, Aildson Pereira Duarte, et al.. (2022). Are soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at steady state despite introducing grass and legumes to soybean and maize production system?. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 124(1). 35–57. 1 indexed citations

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Otto, Rafael, et al.. (2021). Sugarcane pre-sprouted seedlings: A novel method for sugarcane establishment. Field Crops Research. 275. 108336–108336. 8 indexed citations

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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

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Almeida, Eduardo de, et al.. (2020). Understanding the chemistry of manganese fertilizers and glyphosate mixtures by using synchrotron X-ray spectrometry. SN Applied Sciences. 2(11). 4 indexed citations

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Otto, Rafael, et al.. (2020). Physicochemical characterization of fertilizers containing concentrated suspensions of CuO, MnCO3 and ZnO. Scientia Agricola. 77(6). 4 indexed citations

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Ferraz‐Almeida, Risely, et al.. (2020). Dynamic of P Flux in Tropical Acid Soils Fertilized with Humic Acid–Complexed Phosphate. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 20(4). 1937–1948. 19 indexed citations

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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

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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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Tenelli, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Optimal plant density and nitrogen rates for improving off-season corn yields in Brazil. Scientia Agricola. 76(4). 344–352. 13 indexed citations

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Otto, Rafael, et al.. (2019). Soluble Sources of Zinc and Boron on Sugarcane Yield in Southeast Brazil. Sugar Tech. 21(6). 917–924. 10 indexed citations

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Marques, João Paulo Rodrigues, et al.. (2019). X-ray Spectroscopy Fostering the Understanding of Foliar Uptake and Transport of Mn by Soybean (Glycine max L. Merril): Kinetics, Chemical Speciation, and Effects of Glyphosate. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 67(47). 13010–13020. 10 indexed citations

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Otto, Rafael, et al.. (2016). Combined Application of Concentrated Vinasse and Nitrogen Fertilizers in Sugarcane: Strategies to Reduce Ammonia Volatilization Losses. Sugar Tech. 19(3). 248–257. 14 indexed citations

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