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S. A. Shearer

Engineering · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1987

Publications

190

Citations

4,985

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1987

Research summary
AI-generated

S. A. Shearer works on agricultural engineering, focusing on machinery, sensors, and technology for row-crop farming. This includes studying soil compaction and tire/track effects on fields, precision agriculture tools like drones and robots for monitoring crop stress, and the economics and design of automated equipment such as fertilizer and pesticide applicators. The work blends engineering design with practical, field-tested evaluations of farm equipment performance and adoption.

Agricultural machinery and equipment designPrecision agriculture and sensing (drones, robotics)Soil-tire/track interaction and soil compactionEconomics of farm automation and equipmentPesticide and fertilizer application technology

Publication output has been fairly steady over the past decade, with a modest increase around 2021 and 2025, averaging about 3-4 papers per year in the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 6 publications6212022: 4 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 6 publications6252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture×4
  • Precision Agriculture×3
  • Agronomy Journal×2
  • Applied Engineering in Agriculture×2
  • Transactions of the ASABE×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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