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Rattan Lal

Rattan Lal publishes mostly in Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science, on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport and Soil Management and Crop Yield.

World rank
#52,986
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#24,242
of 358,040
Works
286
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
9.6

What does Rattan Lal research?

Soil Science: 35.4%Ecology: 7.8%Plant Science: 6.8%Agronomy and Crop Science: 6.5%other fields: 43.5%35%top field
Soil Science35.4%Ecology7.8%Plant Science6.8%Agronomy and Crop Science6.5%other fields43.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Soil Science35% of their works
  2. 2Ecology8% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science7% of their works
  4. 4Agronomy and Crop Science6% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rattan Lal's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Nitrogen Cycle, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Soil Degradation, Agricultural Sustainability, Soil Erosion, No-till Crop Production and Soil Compaction.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change983 topics
  2. Nitrogen Cycle711 topic
  3. Soil Carbon Sequestration711 topic
  4. Soil Degradation532 topics
  5. Agricultural Sustainability371 topic
  6. Soil Erosion371 topic
  7. No-till Crop Production161 topic
  8. Soil Compaction161 topic
  9. Carbon151 topic
  10. Peatlands151 topic
  11. Environmental Impact121 topic
  12. Soil Hydraulic Properties121 topic
  13. Sustainable Diets121 topic
  14. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics121 topic
  15. Nutrient Cycling111 topic
  16. Rice111 topic
  17. Water Management111 topic
  18. Water Quality111 topic

Where does Rattan Lal work?

Rattan Lal's main affiliation in the publication record is The Ohio State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Rattan Lal have?

Science Explorer counts 286 works and 2,753 citations for Rattan Lal, ranking #52,986 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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