Sherwood B. Idso

20.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
322 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Sherwood B. Idso is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sherwood B. Idso has authored 322 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 132 papers in Plant Science and 109 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Sherwood B. Idso's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (126 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (86 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (58 papers). Sherwood B. Idso is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (126 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (86 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (58 papers). Sherwood B. Idso collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Sherwood B. Idso's co-authors include R. J. Reginato, Ray D. Jackson, Paul J. Pinter, Bruce A. Kimball, Jerry L. Hatfield, Robert C. Balling, Burhan U. Choudhury, F. S. Nakayama, Briant A. Kimball and J. R. Mauney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Sherwood B. Idso

310 papers receiving 13.9k 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.

Canopy temperature as a crop water stress indicator

1981 1.5k citations Ray D. Jackson, Sherwood B. Idso et al. profile →
Boundary layer climates

1980 1.0k citations Sherwood B. Idso profile →
Normalizing the stress-degree-day parameter for environmental variability

1981 1.0k citations Sherwood B. Idso, Ray D. Jackson et al. profile →
Wheat canopy temperature: A practical tool for evaluating water requirements

1977 648 citations Ray D. Jackson, R. J. Reginato et al. profile →
A set of equations for full spectrum and 8‐ to 14‐μm and 10.5‐ to 12.5‐μm thermal radiation from cloudless skies

1981 442 citations Sherwood B. Idso profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sherwood B. Idso United States	60	9.6k	6.3k	4.3k	3.9k	3.5k	322	15.8k
Ray D. Jackson United States	61	7.7k 0.8×	4.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	4.8k 1.2×	6.1k 1.7×	181	14.2k
J. L. Monteith United Kingdom	51	10.2k 1.1×	7.4k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	4.0k 1.1×	162	18.4k
Gaylon S. Campbell United States	53	6.3k 0.7×	3.7k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	139	15.5k
R. Leuning Australia	63	15.5k 1.6×	4.7k 0.7×	5.2k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	125	18.1k
R. J. Reginato United States	47	5.7k 0.6×	3.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	2.9k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	115	9.3k
Paul J. Pinter United States	62	6.5k 0.7×	7.3k 1.1×	2.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	4.1k 1.2×	161	11.8k
M. Susan Moran United States	61	6.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	5.6k 1.4×	5.3k 1.5×	161	12.8k
Shashi B. Verma United States	57	7.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.4×	2.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	3.8k 1.1×	212	10.9k
P. G. Jarvis United Kingdom	68	14.1k 1.5×	8.8k 1.4×	5.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.3×	3.2k 0.9×	215	19.6k
John H. Prueger United States	52	6.8k 0.7×	3.3k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	3.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	220	11.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sherwood B. Idso

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Sherwood B. Idso's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sherwood B. Idso with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sherwood B. Idso more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Sherwood B. Idso

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sherwood B. Idso. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sherwood B. Idso. The network helps show where Sherwood B. Idso may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sherwood B. Idso

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sherwood B. Idso. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sherwood B. Idso based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sherwood B. Idso. Sherwood B. Idso is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Idso, Keith E. & Sherwood B. Idso. (1997). A Synopsis of a Major Review of Plant Responses to Rising Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in the Presence of Unfavorable Growing Conditions. 131–139. 1 indexed citations

Idso, Sherwood B. & Bruce A. Kimball. (1994). Effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on biomass accumulation and distribution in Eldarica pine trees. Journal of Experimental Botany. 45(280). 1669–1672. 17 indexed citations

Gries, Corinna, Bruce A. Kimball, & Sherwood B. Idso. (1993). Nutrient uptake during the course of a year by sour orange trees growing in ambient and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 16(1). 129–147. 10 indexed citations

Idso, Sherwood B. & Bruce A. Kimball. (1991). Downward Regulation of Photosynthesis and Growth at High CO₂ Levels. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 96(3). 990–992. 66 indexed citations

Idso, Sherwood B., Paul J. Pinter, & R. J. Reginato. (1990). Non-water-stressed baselines: the importance of site selection for air temperature and air vapour pressure deficit measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 53(1-2). 73–80. 14 indexed citations

Idso, Sherwood B. & Keith E. Idso. (1982). Thermal characteristics of a marine microcosm designed to simulate the coastal water environment of the northern Gulf of California. 31(1-2). 65–75. 1 indexed citations

Idso, Sherwood B.. (1981). RELATIVE RATES OF EVAPORATIVE WATER LOSSES FROM OPEN AND VEGETATION COVERED WATER BODIES¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 17(1). 46–48. 28 indexed citations

Pinter, Paul J., et al.. (1979). Remote Detection of Biological Stresses in Plants with Infrared Thermometry. Science. 205(4406). 585–587. 73 indexed citations

Jackson, Ray D., et al.. (1978). Crop water-stress assessment using an airborne thermal scanner. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 44. 23 indexed citations

10.

Idso, Sherwood B.. (1977). A note on some recently proposed mechanisms of genesis of deserts. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 103(436). 369–370. 27 indexed citations

11.

Reginato, R. J., Sherwood B. Idso, & Ray D. Jackson. (1975). Assessing Soil Moisture Remotely. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona).

12.

Idso, Sherwood B., R. J. Reginato, & Ray D. Jackson. (1975). Assessing the Bare Soil Evaporation Via Surface Temperature Measurements. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 3 indexed citations

13.

Idso, Sherwood B.. (1975). Low-level aerosol effects on earth’s surface energy balance. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 27(3). 319–319. 7 indexed citations

14.

Idso, Sherwood B.. (1974). TORNADO OR DUST DEVIL: THE ENIGMA OF DESERT WHIRLWINDS.. American Scientist. 62(5). 530–541. 24 indexed citations

15.

Idso, Sherwood B. & R. J. Reginato. (1974). Assessing Soil-Water Status Via Albedo Measurement. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 10 indexed citations

16.

Idso, Sherwood B. & K. R. Cooley. (1972). The Vertical Location of Net Radiometers II.The Effects of the Net Radiometer's Shadow. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 50(1). 49–58. 6 indexed citations

17.

Idso, Sherwood B., Ray D. Jackson, & R. J. Reginato. (1972). DETECTION OF SOIL MOISTURE BY REMOTE SURVEILLANCE. American Scientist. 63(5). 549–557. 38 indexed citations

18.

Idso, Sherwood B. & K. R. Cooley. (1971). The Vertical Location of Net Radiometers. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 49(5). 343–349. 11 indexed citations

19.

Idso, Sherwood B.. (1971). Relations Between Net and Solar Radiation. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 49(1). 1–12. 10 indexed citations

20.

Idso, Sherwood B. & Ray D. Jackson. (1969). Comparison of Two Methods for Determinlug Infrared Emittances of Bare Soils. Journal of applied meteorology. 8(1). 168–169. 9 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact