Robert Horton

33.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
425 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Horton is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Horton has authored 425 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 294 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 184 papers in Environmental Engineering and 110 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Robert Horton's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (282 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (113 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (109 papers). Robert Horton is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (282 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (113 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (109 papers). Robert Horton collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Robert Horton's co-authors include Tusheng Ren, David A. Laird, Mingan Shao, Douglas L. Karlen, Baiqun Wang, Tyson E. Ochsner, Joshua L. Heitman, I. N. Nassar, Mark D. Ankeny and Dedrick D. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Horton

410 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

2010 1.1k citations Robert Horton et al. Geoderma profile →
Biochar impact on nutrient leaching from a Midwestern agricultural soil

2010 966 citations Robert Horton et al. Geoderma profile →
An Improved Model for Predicting Soil Thermal Conductivity from Water Content at Room Temperature

2007 502 citations Tusheng Ren, Robert Horton et al. Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →
Assessing potential of biochar for increasing water‐holding capacity of sandy soils

2012 435 citations Robert Horton et al. profile →
Similarity and difference of potential evapotranspiration and reference crop evapotranspiration – a review

2020 214 citations Robert Horton et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Horton United States	58	7.8k	5.0k	4.7k	3.1k	3.0k	425	16.2k
J. W. Hopmans United States	63	6.0k 0.8×	4.1k 0.8×	6.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	207	13.0k
Bingcheng Si Canada	51	3.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	262	7.8k
Jiřı́ Šimůnek United States	80	12.7k 1.6×	6.7k 1.4×	13.6k 2.9×	1.6k 0.5×	3.4k 1.1×	546	26.5k
J. S. Selker United States	51	3.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.2×	5.4k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	255	10.3k
Per Møldrup Denmark	57	5.7k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	4.9k 1.0×	712 0.2×	1.3k 0.4×	349	11.4k
Keith L. Bristow Australia	38	2.3k 0.3×	1.7k 0.3×	1.8k 0.4×	839 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	123	5.8k
Rainer Horn Germany	67	7.4k 0.9×	8.5k 1.7×	2.1k 0.4×	940 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	385	14.3k
R. J. Gilkes Australia	54	1.4k 0.2×	3.4k 0.7×	981 0.2×	778 0.2×	788 0.3×	990	11.9k
A. R. Mosier United States	79	2.0k 0.3×	11.2k 2.2×	1.8k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	5.3k 1.8×	210	20.9k
Mingan Shao China	73	5.2k 0.7×	9.3k 1.9×	5.0k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	5.2k 1.8×	541	20.3k

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Horton, Robert, et al.. (2025). Neural network estimation of thermal conductivity across full saturation for various soil types. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 235. 110321–110321.

Wang, Zhuangji, Dennis Timlin, Resham Thapa, et al.. (2025). Process-based vegetative growth model for cereal rye winter cover crop using object-oriented programming and linked-list data structure. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 231. 109964–109964.

Horton, Robert, et al.. (2024). Estimating soil water retention curves over the entire saturation range: A thermal conductivity-based approach. Journal of Hydrology. 645. 132138–132138. 2 indexed citations

Binley, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Modeling the Nonlinear–To–Linear Relationship Between Bulk and Pore Water Electrical Conductivity in Saturated Porous Media Using a Padé Approximant. Water Resources Research. 60(12).

Jia, Xiaoxu, Ping Zhu, Xiaorong Wei, et al.. (2024). Bringing ancient loess critical zones into a new era of sustainable development goals. Earth-Science Reviews. 255. 104852–104852. 4 indexed citations

Sheng, Wenyi, et al.. (2023). Thermal property standards using granular media with air-pluviation and heat pulse probe measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 330. 109303–109303. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Lin, et al.. (2023). Estimating soil water retention curves from thermal conductivity measurements: A percolation-based effective-medium approximation. Journal of Hydrology. 624. 129898–129898. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Zhuangji, Hua Shan, Dennis Timlin, et al.. (2023). Time Domain Reflectometry Waveform Interpretation With Convolutional Neural Networks. Water Resources Research. 59(2). 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zhuangji, Resham Thapa, Dennis Timlin, et al.. (2021). Simulations of Water and Thermal Dynamics for Soil Surfaces With Residue Mulch and Surface Runoff. Water Resources Research. 57(11). 16 indexed citations

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He, Hailong, G. N. Flerchinger, Yuki Kojima, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of 14 frozen soil thermal conductivity models with observations and SHAW model simulations. Geoderma. 403. 115207–115207. 35 indexed citations

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Kojima, Yuki, Joshua L. Heitman, Masaru Sakai, C. Kato, & Robert Horton. (2018). Bulk density effects on soil hydrologic and thermal characteristics: A numerical investigation. Hydrological Processes. 32(14). 2203–2216. 15 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhiqiu, Bing Tong, Robert Horton, et al.. (2017). Determination of Desert Soil Apparent Thermal Diffusivity Using a Conduction‐Convection Algorithm. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(18). 9569–9578. 13 indexed citations

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Logsdon, S. D., et al.. (2014). Measurement of Soil Water Content with Dielectric Dispersion Frequency. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 78(5). 1500–1506. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yuanjun, Yunqiang Wang, Mingan Shao, & Robert Horton. (2011). Estimating soil water content from surface digital image gray level measurements under visible spectrum. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 91(1). 69–76. 7 indexed citations

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Fu, Wei, Mingbin Huang, & Robert Horton. (2010). Soil carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) efflux of two shrubs in response to plant density in the northern Loess Plateau of China. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 9(41). 6916–6926. 4 indexed citations

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Brevik, Eric C., Jaehoon Lee, T. E. Fenton, & Robert Horton. (2003). The Influence of Soil Water Content, Calcite Content, and Temperature on Bulk Electrical Conductivity. UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa). 110. 56–60. 2 indexed citations

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Shao, Mingan, Quanjiu Wang, & Robert Horton. (2000). A simple infiltration method for estimating soil hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils I. Theoretical analysis.. Acta Pedologica Sinica. 37(1). 1–8. 3 indexed citations

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Hamlett, J. M., et al.. (1990). Traffic and soil amendment effects on infiltration and compaction. Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University). 1 indexed citations

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McBride, John F., Robert Horton, & Michael L. Thompson. (1987). Evaluation of Three Iowa Soil Materials as Liners for Hazardous-Waste Landfills. UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa). 94(3). 73–77. 3 indexed citations

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Horton, Robert, et al.. (1955). Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins, hydrophysical approach to quantitative morphology. Journal of the Japanese Forest Society. 37(12). 555–558. 8 indexed citations

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