Thomas W. Rufty

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
148 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas W. Rufty is a scholar working on Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. Rufty has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Plant Science, 34 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. Rufty's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (42 papers), Turfgrass Adaptation and Management (34 papers) and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (24 papers). Thomas W. Rufty is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (42 papers), Turfgrass Adaptation and Management (34 papers) and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (24 papers). Thomas W. Rufty collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Thomas W. Rufty's co-authors include Daniel W. Israel, Thomas R. Sinclair, C. David Raper, Steven C. Huber, Richard J. Volk, Wei Shi, Steven C. Huber, Anthony D. M. Glass, M. Yaeesh Siddiqi and Thomas J. Ruth and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. Rufty

145 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Increase Organic Carbon Decomposition Under Elevated CO ₂

2012 403 citations Lei Cheng, Fitzgerald L. Booker et al. Science profile →
Soil microbial diversity and composition: Links to soil texture and associated properties

2020 224 citations Thomas W. Rufty, Wei Shi et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas W. Rufty United States	45	4.7k	1.2k	631	570	556	148	5.9k
Christof Engels Germany	33	2.3k 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	485 0.8×	504 0.9×	362 0.7×	55	3.9k
Alain Ourry France	43	4.0k 0.8×	915 0.8×	814 1.3×	403 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	125	5.0k
M. C. Drew United States	50	8.3k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	514 0.8×	840 1.5×	862 1.6×	108	9.3k
Dev T. Britto Canada	38	5.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	365 0.6×	269 0.5×	793 1.4×	59	6.9k
B. Sattelmacher Germany	37	3.6k 0.8×	988 0.8×	446 0.7×	307 0.5×	743 1.3×	101	4.8k
M. Yaeesh Siddiqi Canada	44	5.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	380 0.6×	343 0.6×	686 1.2×	79	6.4k
S.R. Grattan United States	35	4.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	417 0.7×	672 1.2×	429 0.8×	85	5.9k
G. Brett Runion United States	32	3.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	276 0.4×	1.3k 2.2×	652 1.2×	109	5.0k
Len J. Wade Australia	42	4.0k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	981 1.6×	373 0.7×	426 0.8×	122	5.4k
Eric Paterson United Kingdom	38	2.3k 0.5×	2.8k 2.4×	326 0.5×	474 0.8×	375 0.7×	95	4.6k

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Wilkins, M. A., Kristina R. Rivera, Meral Tunc‐Ozdemir, et al.. (2024). Evaluating Bacterial Nanocellulose Interfaces for Recording Surface Biopotentials from Plants. Sensors. 24(7). 2335–2335. 1 indexed citations

Sinclair, Thomas R. & Thomas W. Rufty. (2022). Bringing Skepticism to Crop Science. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Lei, Fitzgerald L. Booker, Cong Tu, et al.. (2012). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Increase Organic Carbon Decomposition Under Elevated CO ₂. Science. 337(6098). 1084–1087. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

Goodman, David K., et al.. (2011). Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Creeping Bentgrass Greens: A Chronosequence with Implications for Management and Carbon Sequestration. Agronomy Journal. 103(3). 604–610. 13 indexed citations

Wherley, Benjamin, Daniel Bowman, Wei Shi, & Thomas W. Rufty. (2011). EFFECT OF SOIL SATURATION ON DEVELOPMENT AND¹⁵N-NITRATE UPTAKE EFFICIENCY OF TWO WARM SEASON GRASSES EMERGING FROM DORMANCY. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 34(13). 2039–2054. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Lei, Jianguo Zhu, Xunhua Zheng, et al.. (2010). Atmospheric CO₂ enrichment facilitates cation release from soil. Ecology Letters. 13(3). 284–291. 94 indexed citations

Bowman, Daniel, et al.. (2010). The community composition of soil-denitrifying bacteria from a turfgrass environment. Research in Microbiology. 161(5). 315–325. 19 indexed citations

Causin, Humberto F., David C. Tremmel, Thomas W. Rufty, & James F. Reynolds. (2004). Growth, nitrogen uptake, and metabolism in two semiarid shrubs grown at ambient and elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentrations: effects of nitrogen supply and source. American Journal of Botany. 91(4). 565–572. 8 indexed citations

Gojon, Alaín, et al.. (1998). Effects of genetic modification of nitrate reductase expression on 15NO3- uptake and reduction in Nicotiana plants. Plant Cell & Environment. 21(1). 43–53. 57 indexed citations

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Larsson, C.‐M., et al.. (1997). Initial kinetics of 15N-nitrate labelling of root and shoot N fractions of barley cultured at different relative addition rates of nitrate-N. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 35(12). 923–932. 5 indexed citations

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Lazof, Dennis, Thomas W. Rufty, & Margaret G. Redinbaugh. (1992). Localization of Nitrate Absorption and Translocation within Morphological Regions of the Corn Root. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 100(3). 1251–1258. 76 indexed citations

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Siddiqi, M. Yaeesh, Anthony D. M. Glass, Thomas J. Ruth, & Thomas W. Rufty. (1990). Studies of the Uptake of Nitrate in Barley. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 93(4). 1426–1432. 301 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W., Charles T. MacKown, & Richard J. Volk. (1989). Effects of Altered Carbohydrate Availability on Whole-Plant Assimilation of ¹⁵NO₃⁻. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 89(2). 457–463. 62 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W., et al.. (1989). Alterations in growth and chemical constituents of tobacco in response to carbon dioxide enrichment. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 37(2). 552–555. 10 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W., Daniel W. Israel, & Richard J. Volk. (1984). Assimilation of ¹⁵NO₃⁻ Taken Up by Plants in the Light and in the Dark. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 76(3). 769–775. 34 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W., Steven C. Huber, & Phillip S. Kerr. (1984). Effects of canopy defoliation in the dark on the activity of sucrose phosphate synthase. Plant Science Letters. 34(3). 247–252. 9 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W., C. David Raper, & Steven C. Huber. (1984). Alterations in internal partitioning of carbon in soybean plants in response to nitrogen stress. Canadian Journal of Botany. 62(3). 501–508. 74 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W., et al.. (1983). Characterization of Diurnal Changes in Activities of Enzymes Involved in Sucrose Biosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 73(2). 428–433. 67 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W. & Steven C. Huber. (1983). Changes in Starch Formation and Activities of Sucrose Phosphate Synthase and Cytoplasmic Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase in Response to Source-Sink Alterations. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 72(2). 474–480. 155 indexed citations

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Rufty, Thomas W., W. Andrew Jackson, & C. David Raper. (1981). Nitrate Reduction in Roots as Affected by the Presence of Potassium and by Flux of Nitrate through the Roots. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 68(3). 605–609. 58 indexed citations

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