Richard Ferguson

865 citations

22 papers · 656 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 11

Analytical Chemistry top 2%
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses 4
Environmental Engineering top 5%
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping 9
Soil Science top 10%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 7
Inorganic Chemistry top 10%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 10%
Environmental Chemistry
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 4
Artificial Intelligence
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping 4
Process Chemistry and Technology
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis 3
Organic Chemistry
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 3
Water Science and Technology
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies 2

Co-authors: Wartini Ng Alex B. McBratney Budiman Minasny Maryam Montazerolghaem José Padarian Euro Solari Corrado Rizzoli Angiola Chiesi‐Villa
Cited by: Analytical Chemistry Environmental Engineering Soil Science
Partner nations: United States Switzerland India

In The Last Decade

Richard Ferguson

20 papers receiving 639 citations

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2019 Convolutional neural network for simultaneous prediction of several soil properties using visible/near-infrared, mid-infrared, and their combined spectra

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1	Application of a Handheld Near Infrared Spectrophotometer to Farm‐Scale Soil Carbon Monitoring Jonathan Sanderman,Colleen Smith,José Lucas Safanelli,Keith Shepherd,Yufeng Ge,Sadia Mannan Mitu,Richard Ferguson	2025	2
2	Building a near-infrared (NIR) soil spectral dataset and predictive machine learning models using a handheld NIR spectrophotometer Colleen Partida,José Lucas Safanelli,Sadia Mannan Mitu,Mohammad Omar Faruk Murad,Yufeng Ge,Richard Ferguson,Keith Shepherd,Jonathan Sanderman	2024	2
3	Using combustion analysis to simultaneously measure soil organic and inorganic carbon Tiffany Carter,Crystal Schaecher,Steve Monteith,Richard Ferguson	2024	5
4	Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Using a Matrix Corrected Fundamental Parameters Algorithm vs. Acid Digestion with ICP-AES: A Comparison of Two Methods for Soil Elemental Analysis Christopher Lee,Steve Monteith,Richard Ferguson,C. A. Seybold	2024	1
5	The Optimization and Comparison of Calcimetry and Back Titration Methods for Determination of Calcium Carbonate Equivalent in Calcareous Soils Mostafa Marzi,Karim Shahbazi,Sean Glasshoff,Richard Ferguson,Mehdi Beheshti	2024	1
6	Transferability of a large mid‐infrared soil spectral library between two Fourier‐transform infrared spectrometers Jonathan Sanderman,Asa Gholizadeh,Zampela Pittaki−Chrysodonta,Jingyi Huang,José Lucas Safanelli,Richard Ferguson	2022	10
7	Fine grinding is needed to maintain the high accuracy of mid‐infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for soil property estimation Nuwan K. Wijewardane,Yufeng Ge,Jonathan Sanderman,Richard Ferguson	2020	20
8	Carbonate determination in soils by mid-IR spectroscopy with regional and continental scale models J. Comstock,Sonam Sherpa,Richard Ferguson,Scarlett Bailey,Jeffrey Beem‐Miller,Feng Lin,Johannes Lehmann,David W. Wolfe	2019	29
9	Convolutional neural network for simultaneous prediction of several soil properties using visible/near-infrared, mid-infrared, and their combined spectrabreakdown → Wartini Ng,Budiman Minasny,Maryam Montazerolghaem,José Padarian,Richard Ferguson,Scarlett Bailey,Alex B. McBratney	2019	331
10	Converting pH1:1 H2O and 1:2CaCl2 to 1:5 H2O to contribute to a harmonized global soil database Zamir Libohova,Skye Wills,Nathan Odgers,Richard Ferguson,Rick Nesser,James A. Thompson,L. T. West,Jonathan Hempel	2013	34
11	Validation Testing of a Portable Kit for Measuring an Active Soil Carbon Fraction Cynthia A. Stiles,Richard Hammer,Mark G. Johnson,Richard Ferguson,John M. Galbraith,Toby O’Geen,Julie Arriaga,J. N. Shaw,A. L. Falen,P. A. McDaniel,Randy Miles	2011	17
12	Use of Alfalfa for Soil Phosphorus Removal Following Long-Term Manure Application Roger A. Eigenberg,Bryan L. Woodbury,Richard Ferguson,J. A. Nienaber,Mindy J. Spiehs	2009	1
13	Nonpoint Source of Nitrogen Contamination From Land Management Practices in Lost River Basin, West Virginia M. A. Elrashidi,L. T. West,C. A. Seybold,Douglas A. Wysocki,Ellis C. Benham,Richard Ferguson,S. Peaslee	2009	2
14	PHOSPHORUS IN RUNOFF FROM TWO WATERSHEDS IN LOST RIVER BASIN, WEST VIRGINIA M. A. Elrashidi,C. A. Seybold,Douglas A. Wysocki,S. Peaslee,Richard Ferguson,L. T. West	2008	6
15	Extractable Acidity by a Centrifuge Method Emily Rose Seifferlein,Patty Jones,Richard Ferguson,R. Burt,Dewayne Mays	2005	8
16	Stepwise Reduction of Dinitrogen Occurring on a Divanadium Model Compound: A Synthetic, Structural, Magnetic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Investigation on the [VNNV]ⁿ⁺[n= 4−6] Based Complexes Richard Ferguson,Euro Solari,Carlo Floriani,Domenico Osella,Mauro Ravera,Nazzareno Re,Angiola Chiesi‐Villa,Corrado Rizzoli	1997	64
17	Kohlenwasserstoff‐Aktivierung durch Metallhalogenide: Katalyse der Jacobsen‐Umlagerung durch in Gegenwart aromatischer Kohlenwasserstoffe lösliches (ZrCl₄)_n Euro Solari,Fabrizio Musso,Richard Ferguson,Carlo Floriani,Angiola Chiesi‐Villa,Corrado Rizzoli	1995	0
18	Hydrocarbon Activation with Metal Halides: Catalysis of the Jacobsen Rearrangement by (ZrCl₄)_nin the Presence of Aromatic Hydrocarbons Euro Solari,Fabrizio Musso,Richard Ferguson,Carlo Floriani,Angiola Chiesi‐Villa,Corrado Rizzoli	1995	15
19	Fixation and Reduction of Dinitrogen by Vanadium(II) and Vanadium(III): Synthesis and Structure of Dinitrogenmesitylvanadium Complexes Richard Ferguson,Euro Solari,Carlo Floriani,Angiola Chiesi‐Villa,Corrado Rizzoli	1993	45
20	Insertion reactions of isocyanides and nitriles into unsupported iron-aryl bonds: the synthesis of a dimeric iron(II) homoleptic iminoacyl complex Alain Klose,Euro Solari,Richard Ferguson,Carlo Floriani,Angiola Chiesi‐Villa,Corrado Rizzoli	1993	33

About Richard Ferguson

Richard Ferguson is a scholar working on Process Chemistry and Technology, Soil Science and Environmental Engineering, having authored 22 papers that have together received 656 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (9 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (4 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (4 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (4 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (3 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Analytical Chemistry (188 citations), Environmental Engineering (242 citations) and Soil Science (106 citations). Richard Ferguson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and India. Frequent co-authors include Wartini Ng, Alex B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Maryam Montazerolghaem, José Padarian, Euro Solari, Corrado Rizzoli, Angiola Chiesi‐Villa, Carlo Floriani and L. T. West.

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