Soil Science Society of America Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of Soil Science Society of America Journal is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Evaluation of nonhazardous lime requirement estimation methods for Oregon soils73
Cover crops and soil health in rainfed and irrigated corn: What did we learn after 8 years?44
Cover crops can increase ammonia volatilization and reduce the efficacy of urease inhibitors41
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Changes in soil profile organic carbon and hydro‐physical properties as impacted by long‐term manure and inorganic fertilizer rates under a corn–soybean rotation system37
Comparing impacts of corn residue removal and amelioration practices on soil properties after 3, 6, and 10 years37
Microscale imaging of phosphate mobility under unsaturated flow as affected by a fertilizer enhancing polymer31
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Evaluating consistency across multiple NeoSpectra (compact Fourier transform near‐infrared) spectrometers for estimating common soil properties24
Mineral changes in the rhizospheres of conifer plantations for a weathered subtropical soil24
Implications of current soil phosphorus levels for manureshed analysis in North Carolina20
Nutrient transformations based on sampling scheme and cropping system following subsurface‐banded poultry litter20
Dolomitic lime and silicate in no‐till: Nutritional status, soil fertility, and soybean agronomic performance20
Variable impact of compost on phosphorus dynamics in organic dryland soils following a one‐time application19
Assessing the utility of Munsell soil color in building and evaluating spectral models for soil clay content prediction19
A high throughput approach for measuring soil slaking index19
Stability of mineral‐organic matter associations under varying biogeochemical conditions19
Effect of soil pH and mineralogy on the sorption and desorption of phosphite and phosphate in Ultisols of the Southeastern Coastal Plain19
Erratum to: Long‐term manure application effects on nutrients and selected enzymes involved in their cycling18
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Role of sulfur mineralization and fertilizer source in corn and soybean production systems17
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High salinity prolongs water processes required for soil structure stability during drying–wetting cycles17
Cropping system management responses to Cornell and Alabama soil health assessment methods in the southeastern United States17
Moss crusts mitigate the negative impacts of shrub mortality on the nutrient multifunctionality of desert soils16
Efficiency of fall versus spring applied urea‐based fertilizers treated with urease and nitrification inhibitors II. Crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency16
Distribution and migration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediment and water of the Three Gorges Reservoir16
On‐farm evaluations of overhead irrigation sprinkler packages at full and reduced rates16
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Evaluating three calibration transfer methods for predictions of soil properties using mid‐infrared spectroscopy16
Soil organic carbon changes in a Carolina Bay wetland 15 years after restoration15
Soil health responses of circular grass buffer strips in center‐pivot irrigated agriculture15
Accumulation of soil phosphorus within closed depressions of a drained agricultural watershed15
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Effects of conservation practices on rainfed maize yield, furrow water infiltration, and soil moisture for surface sealing loam soils in the Yazoo‐Mississippi Delta15
Thanks to our 2023 reviewers14
Soil carbon and aggregate stability are positively related and increased under combined soil amendment, tillage, and cover cropping practices14
Modeling the response of a field probe for nondestructive measurements of the magnetic susceptibility of soils14
Improved Beerkan run methodology to assess water impact effects on infiltration and hydraulic properties of a loam soil under conventional‐ and no‐tillage13
Comparison of water consumption for the conversion of croplands to orchards in dryland ecosystems13
Digital soil science and beyond13
Bioavailability of phosphorus to loblolly pine and red maple in clay and saprolite from the southeastern Piedmont, USA13
Compost inputs, cropping system, and rotation phase drive aggregate‐associated carbon13
Speciation and microscale distribution of phosphorus compounds accumulated in continuously fertilized greenhouse soils13
Surface‐soil carbon stocks greater under well‐managed grazed pasture than row crops12
Multinational prediction of soil organic carbon and texture via proximal sensors12
Organic carbon controls water retention and plant available water in cultivated soils from South Greenland12
Nitrogen, irrigation, and alley management affects raspberry crop response and soil nitrogen and root‐lesion nematode dynamics12
Positive associations of soil organic matter and crop yields across a regional network of working farms12
Distribution of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions from potassium fertilizers in columns of orchard soils12
Changing the hierarchical placement of soil moisture regimes in Soil Taxonomy12
Mineral characteristics of volcanic ash‐derived soils affecting boron adsorption11
Novel slow‐release fertilizer promotes nitrogen circularity while increasing soil organic carbon11
Modeling the kinetics of competitive sorption and desorption of Zn(II), Ni(II), and Pb(II) in an acidic soil: Stirred‐flow experiments11
Soil health assessment after 40 years of conservation and conventional tillage management in Southeastern Coastal Plain soils11
A portable low‐cost incubation chamber for real‐time characterization of soil respiration11
Aggregate stability in rainfall‐induced soil physical crusts on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China11
Utility of in situ ion‐exchange membranes to assess nutrient availability, productivity, and fertilizer response of coastal Douglas‐fir of the Pacific Northwest10
Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics10
Measuring shrinkage of expansive soils using a novel automated high‐frequency setup10
Sustaining organic matter in forest soils: What we have learned and what is left10
Sensitivity and variability of soil health indicators in a California cropping system10
Putting the soil health principles to the test in Iowa10
Litter and root sources of soil organic matter in a temperate forest: Thirty years in the DIRT10
Carbon dioxide flush as a soil health indicator related to soil properties and crop yields10
Machine learning models for predicting soil particle size fractions from routine soil analyses in Quebec10
An updated method for identifying the formative factors in soil structure9
Cover crop monocultures and mixtures affect soil health indicators and crop yield in the southeast United States9
Bio‐tillage improves soil physical properties and maize growth in a compacted Vertisol by cover crops9
Poly‐γ‐glutamic acid application rate effects on hydraulic properties of sandy soil under wetting‐drying cycles conditions9
Phosphorus availability and corn (Zea mays L.) response to application of P‐based commercial organic fertilizers to a calcareous soil9
Portable X‐ray fluorescence spectrometry accurately measures metal concentrations in aqueous Mehlich III soil extraction solutions9
Linking litter decomposition to soil physicochemical properties, gas transport, and land use9
Prediction of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields with and without cover crops9
Is subsurface soil a chemically more hostile zone for deep‐placed phosphorus fertilizer?9
Untangling soil‐weather drivers of daily N2O emissions and fertilizer management mitigation strategies in no‐till corn9
Evaluation of a microplate spectrophotometer for soil organic carbon determination in south‐central Idaho9
Data transformations cause altered edaphic‐climatic controls and reduced predictability on soil carbon decomposition rates9
Hyperspectral response and monitoring study of soil moisture content based on the optimized spectral index9
Soil carbon sequestration potential in subtropical grasslands estimated by DayCent‐CABBI9
Estimating bacterial breakthrough behaviors based on bacterial retention profiles in porous media9
Calibration set optimization and library transfer for soil carbon estimation using soil spectroscopy—A review9
Land‐use effects on soil organic matter and related soil properties in a mixed agricultural–forest landscape of central Wisconsin, USA9
Evaluation of indirect and direct scoring methods to relate biochemical soil quality indicators to ecosystem services8
Soybean yield is positively linked to organic matter, but planting date remains more influential8
A new model for soil water vapor sorption isotherms considering adsorption and condensation8
Proceedings of the 14th North American Forest Soils Conference8
Improved method for isotopic measurement of free‐living nitrogen fixation8
Stacking nitrogen management practices: Combining double‐slot fertilizer injection with urease and nitrification inhibitors improves yields and reduces ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions8
Localized alteration of ferrihydrite natural organic matter coprecipitates following reaction with Fe(II)8
Greenhouse gas emissions from tillage practices and crop phases in a sugarbeet‐based crop rotation8
Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in boreal peatland forest is affected by water table, labile carbon, and nitrogen availability but not forest harvesting alone8
Erratum to: Effects of maize residue and biochar applications on soil δ13C and organic carbon sources in a subtropical paddy rice ecosystem8
Effects of soil compost load on water‐extractable organic matter content and its UV‐ and fluorescence‐based compositional characteristics8
In search of a sound scientific basis for quantification of soil precompression stress8
Soil, forage, and weed attributes following tillage in grazed no‐tillage triticale pasture8
Correction to: Improving a nitrogen mineralization model for predicting unfertilized corn yield8
Understanding evaporation from salinized soils in Xinjiang: Impact of sodium adsorption ratio, salt type, and concentrations8
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No‐till impacts on soil organic carbon and soil quality in the Lower Mississippi River basin: Implications for sustainable management8
Structure and stability characteristics of zonal soil aggregates in the Three Rivers Source of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau7
An improved method for measuring wetting front advancing velocity7
Examining activity–pH relationships of soil nitrogen hydrolytic enzymes7
Predicting the extent of andic soils across western Haleakalā, Maui7
Fractionation and transport of compost‐derived dissolved organic matter fractions in saturated red soil and black soil columns7
Temperature effects on sorption of dissolved organic matter on ferrihydrite under dynamic flow and batch conditions7
Long‐term ground cover affects soil bacterial community and carbon metabolism in the Loess Plateau, China7
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Soil aggregate‐associated organic carbon and nitrogen response to long‐term no‐till crop rotation, cover crop, and manure application7
Root‐zone enrichment of carbon, nitrogen, and soil‐test biological activity under cotton systems in North Carolina7
Biological conservation measures are better than engineering conservation measures in improving soil quality of eroded orchards in southern China6
Thanks to Reviewers, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 20216
Molecular orbital study of Fe(II) and Fe(III) complexation with salicylate and citrate ligands: Implications for soil biogeochemistry6
Improving methods for evaluating potassium availability in vineyard soils6
Mean‐weight diameter of aggregation as affected by initial screen size of two fine‐textured soils6
Comparing biological methods for soil health assessments: EL‐FAME, enzyme activities, and qPCR6
Using a variety of machine learning approaches to predict and map topsoil pH of arable land on a regional scale6
2021 SSSA Award Recipients6
Biochar amendment did not influence the growth of two tree plantations on nutrient‐depleted Ultisols in the south Ecuadorian Amazon region6
Cover crops and poultry litter impact on soil structural stability in dryland soybean production in southeastern United States6
Soil nutrient release and microbial changes after burning of masticated fuels6
A preliminary assessment of the space‐for‐time substitution method in soil carbon change prediction6
Soil microorganisms respond distinctively to adaptive multi‐paddock and conventional grazing in the southeastern United States6
Toxicity of antimony in 18 soils of China evaluated by soil dehydrogenase activity6
Alkalinity gradients in grasslands alter soil bacterial community composition and function6
Subaqueous pedology and soil‐landscape model evaluation in South River, Maryland, USA6
Publisher's Report 2022: Soil Science Society of America Journal6
Quantifying impacts of forest fire on soil carbon in a young, intensively managed tree farm in the western Oregon Cascades6
Evaluation of Mehlich‐3 for determination of cation exchange capacity in Kansas soils6
Influence of soil test phosphorus level and leaching volume on phosphorus leaching5
Evaluating the occurrence and spatial patterns of soil water repellency in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon5
Estimating cation exchange capacity from agronomic soil tests: Comparing Mehlich‐3 and ammonium acetate sum of cations5
Evaluation of tillage effect on maize production using a modified least limiting water range approach5
Base cations release in soils along the 127‐year Hailuogou glacial retreat chronosequence5
Long‐term effect of sugarcane residue management and chemical fertilization on soil physical properties in South Africa5
Carbon sequestration efficiency in red paddy soil originating from different parent materials in Jiangxi, China5
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Soil–air phase characteristics: Response to texture, density, and land use in Greenland and Denmark5
Can surface‐applied biochar improve soil health and plant performance in a perennial cool‐season grass forage system?5
Fine grinding is needed to maintain the high accuracy of mid‐infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for soil property estimation5
Review of The Living Soil Handbook: The No‐Till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening. JesseFrost. Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT. 2021. pp. 274. ISBN: 97816450202645
Soil phosphorus continues to re‐equilibrate over 60 years of forest development in the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory in the southeastern US Piedmont5
Pb2+ adsorption on functionalized biochar nanoparticles: Insights from nanoparticle characterization and kinetic‐isotherm analysis5
Review of Soil Science: An Introduction. R. K.Rattan, J. C.Katyal, B. S.Dwivedi, A. K.Sarkar, T.Bhattacharyya, J. C.Tarafder, and S. S.Kukal (Editors). Indian Society of Soil Science, New Delhi5
Distribution of nitrogen storage in density and size fractions varied with tillage practices and cropping systems with residue return in black soil of Northeast China5
Evaluation of the influence of surface and subsurface acidity correction methodologies on soil compaction in agropastoral systems under no‐till5
2020 SSSA Award Recipients5
Predicting nitrogen mineralization from dairy manure and broadleaf residue in a semiarid cropping system5
Connecting forest soil properties with ecosystem services: Toward a better use of digital soil maps—A review5
No‐till marginally mitigates the impact of harvesting corn stover on soil microbial parameters5
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Effectiveness of wood ash and paper sludge as liming and nutrient sources for annual ryegrass grown in podzolic soils of Newfoundland5
Can saturated paste be used to predict bulk density in annual cropping systems in California?5
Effects of rainfall characteristics on bromide leaching in a typical tobacco field in China's Yunnan Province5
Impact of nitrogen management and tillage practices on nitrous oxide emissions from rainfed corn4
Soil landscapes of the United States (SOLUS): Developing predictive soil property maps of the conterminous United States using hybrid training sets4
Does deadwood moisture vary jointly with surface soil water content?4
Predicting spatiotemporal changes of surface soil organic carbon in China4
Soil sample storage conditions affect measurements of pH, potassium, and nitrogen4
Cover crop composition in long‐term no‐till soils in semi‐arid environments do not influence soil health measurements after one year4
Erratum to: Near‐Surface Soil Property Responses to Forage Production in a Semiarid Region4
Soil CO2 efflux dynamics in an integrated crop–livestock system4
Predicting soil moisture content over partially vegetation covered surfaces from hyperspectral data with deep learning4
Effects of land use, tillage management, and crop diversification on soil physical quality in Cerrado agricultural systems4
New insights into the origin and evolution of glossic features in coarse‐textured soils in northern lower Michigan (USA)4
Field measurement of wind erosion flux and soil erodibility factors as affected by tillage and seasonal drought4
Identification of plant soil water and soil aeration corequisites: A management tool4
Integration of pelleted biosolids with cover crops for improving soil properties4
Effect of fertilizer–air‐coupled drip irrigation on soil microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling functions4
Tripartite interactions among free‐living, N‐fixing bacteria, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and plants: Mutualistic benefits and community response to co‐inoculation4
Potential interference of organic acids and ferrous iron in the interpretation of Fe and Mn indicators of reduction in soil4
The fate and biostimulant potential of metal lactates in silt loam soil4
Effect of water salinity and sodicity on soil least limiting water range4
Beneficial effects persist 5 years after liming acid forest soils in West Virginia4
Farm‐level variability in soil biological health indicators in Michigan is dependent on management and soil properties4
Biochar–manure impacts wheat and canola grain productivity, dry matter partitioning, and protein content in western Canada4
Microbial inocula enhance effects of biochar amendments on crop productivity, soil health, and microbial communities: A meta‐analysis4
Advances in making Mn oxide‐coated sands4
Steps toward an integrated soil water tension and osmotic tension sensor4
Continuous in situ soil nitrate sensors: The importance of high‐resolution measurements across time and a comparison with salt extraction‐based methods4
Differences in oxalate–carbonate pathway of Brosimum alicastrum in karst homegarden and forest soils4
Biochar influences soil health but not yield in 3‐year processing tomato field trials4
Effects of Achnatherum inebrians ecotypes and endophyte status on plant growth, plant nutrient, soil fertility and soil microbial community4
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Quantitative simulation of the particle size distribution of eroded sediment on grass slopes with intact plants and root slopes with the aboveground parts removed4
Pore structure alteration in a reclaimed saline–sodic soil identified by multiscale X‐ray tomography4
Do soil health tests match farmer experience? Assessing biological, physical, and chemical indicators in the Upper Midwest United States4
Particle size distribution of growing media constituents using dynamic image analysis: Parametrization and comparison to sieving4
Water absorption from air and ammonia loss from urea fertilizers applied to grassland in southeastern United States4
A new mathematical solution of convection‐dispersion equation to describe solute transport in heterogeneous soils3
Agricultural and municipal organic waste amendments to increase soil organic carbon: How much, how often, and to what end?3
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Soil protein: A key indicator of soil health and nitrogen management3
Preferential transport of phosphorus from surface‐applied poultry litter in soils from karst and nonkarst landscapes3
Soil amendment and N fertilization strategies to improve C sequestration and storage in soil aggregates3
Split application of nutrients improve growth and yield of Huanglongbing‐affected citrus trees3
Soil health influenced more by conservation tillage and cropping practice than irrigation level in a sandy semiarid cotton system3
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Analysis of soil erosion changes and influencing factors based on the CSLE model and GeoDector in Dongjiang River Basin of China3
Distribution of phosphorus forms in soil amended with poultry litter of different ages and application rates: Agronomic and environmental perspectives3
The combined addition of citric and aromatic organic acids to an acid soil prolongs phosphorus availability3
Estimates of soil taxonomic change due to near‐surface permafrost loss in Alaska3
A database of soil physical properties for the Kansas Mesonet3
Accessible, affordable, fine‐scale estimates of soil carbon for sustainable management in sub‐Saharan Africa3
Effects of maize residue and biochar applications on soil δ13C and organic carbon sources in a subtropical paddy rice ecosystem3
Effects of mowing interval on turfgrass clipping tissue characteristics and soil nitrogen dynamics3
Improving a nitrogen mineralization model for predicting unfertilized corn yield3
Arsenic mobility and toxicity on soil acid phosphatase activity increased with added phosphorus in contaminated mine soils3
Effect of swine manure on soil health properties: A systematic review3
Time‐lapse imaging of soil moisture using electromagnetic conductivity imaging: Wetting phase3
Soil nitrogen cycling under contrasting management systems in Amazon Coffea canephora agroecosystems3
Long‐term organic management combined with conservation tillage enhanced soil organic carbon accumulation and aggregation3
What do relationships between extractable metals and soil organic carbon concentrations mean?3
Diverse rotations impact microbial processes, seasonality and overall nitrous oxide emissions from soils3
Phosphorus adsorption, availability, and potential loss characteristics in an Ultisol‐derived paddy soil chronosequence, using a stirred‐flow chamber study3
The IRIS Imager: A freeware program for quantification of paint removal on IRIS films3
Faster carbon turnover in topsoil with straw addition is less beneficial to carbon sequestration than subsoil and mixed soil3
Current status of US soil test phosphorus and potassium recommendations and analytical methods3
SSSA Yearly Reports3
Application and evaluation of a subaqueous soil‐landscape conceptual model in the West River subestuary, Maryland3
Long‐term nitrogen addition impact on agronomic traits, nitrogen uptake and nitrogen resorption efficiency of wheat in a rainfed region3
How does soil organic matter affect potato productivity on sandy soil?3
Soil bacterial community composition following cover crops and corn nitrogen management3
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Fast redox switches lead to rapid transformation of goethite in humid tropical soils: A Mössbauer spectroscopy study3
Mapping phosphorus sorption and availability in California vineyard soils using an ensemble of machine learning models3
A simple method to determine the reactivity of calcium carbonate in soils3
Thanks to our 2022 reviewers3
Direct evidence on the impact of organic amendments on carbon stabilization in soil microaggregates3
2022 SSSA Fellows3
Manganese‐coated IRIS to document reducing soil conditions3
Long‐term effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on soil aggregate stability and aggregate‐associated carbon and nitrogen in the North China Plain3
Thanks to our 2020 reviewers3
Linking water vapor sorption to water repellency in soils with high organic carbon contents3
Effects of traditional field retting of hemp on soil organic carbon and the soil microbial community3
Topographic gradients of soil physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties in central Kentucky sinkholes3
Experimental investigation on water release and gas emission of evapotranspirative capillary barrier landfill covers2
Phosphate binding to allophane and ferrihydrite with implications for volcanic ash soils2
Subsurface phosphorus fluxes in a well‐drained forest soil are small and dominated by particulates2
Heuristics‐enhanced geospatial machine learning (SaaS) of an ancient Mediterranean environment2
Water management effect on soil oxidation, greenhouse gas emissions, and nitrogen leaching in drained peat soils2
Contrasting carbon and nitrogen responses to tillage at different soil depths: An observation after 40‐year of tillage management2
Evaluation of the impact of freeze–thaw cycles on the soil pore structure of alpine meadows using X‐ray computed tomography2
Stock change accounting overestimates the potential climate benefit of soil carbon storage2
Assessing the influence of cover crop on soil water dynamics using soil moisture measurements and hydrus‐1D simulations2
Eastern red cedar effects on carbon sequestration and soil quality in the Great Plains2
Managing soil nutrient buildup by rotating crops and fertilizers following repeated poultry litter applications2
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