Soil Science Society of America Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of Soil Science Society of America Journal is 2. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Cover crop impacts on soil physical properties: A review146
The processes of preferential flow in the unsaturated zone80
Salinity: Electrical conductivity and total dissolved solids78
The soil health assessment protocol and evaluation applied to soil organic carbon68
Portable X‐ray fluorescence spectrometry analysis of soils49
Nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat: Nitrogen fertilization timing and formulation, soil nitrogen, and weather effects48
Field‐scale apparent soil electrical conductivity39
Carbon‐sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water37
Can cover crops improve soil ecosystem services in water‐limited environments? A review35
Ammonia volatilization, nitrous oxide emissions, and corn yields as influenced by nitrogen placement and enhanced efficiency fertilizers33
Cover crops and carbon sequestration: Lessons from U.S. studies33
Crop rotation enhances soybean yields and soil health indicators32
X‐ray computed tomography–measured soil pore parameters as influenced by crop rotations and cover crops32
Intensification of no‐till agricultural systems: An opportunity for carbon sequestration31
A comparison between fatty acid methyl ester profiling methods (PLFA and EL‐FAME) as soil health indicators28
Soil structure recovery following compaction: Short‐term evolution of soil physical properties in a loamy soil27
Aligning science and policy of regenerative agriculture27
Gas permeability and water retention of a repacked silty sand amended with different particle sizes of peanut shell biochar25
Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics21
Characterizing the pore size distribution of a chloride silt soil during freeze–thaw processes via nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry21
What do relationships between extractable metals and soil organic carbon concentrations mean?21
Towards diverse representation and inclusion in soil science in the United States20
Predicting hysteresis loops of the soil water characteristic curve from initial drying20
Soil quality indices as affected by long‐term burning, irrigation, tillage, and fertility management18
Predicting soil moisture content over partially vegetation covered surfaces from hyperspectral data with deep learning18
Positive associations of soil organic matter and crop yields across a regional network of working farms18
Legume silvopastoral systems enhance soil organic matter quality in a subhumid tropical environment17
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis on microbial diversity and enzyme activities in the rhizosphere soil of Artemisia annua17
Fine grinding is needed to maintain the high accuracy of mid‐infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for soil property estimation17
Long‐term effect of tillage and straw retention in conservation agriculture systems on soil carbon storage16
Evaluation of the impact of freeze–thaw cycles on the soil pore structure of alpine meadows using X‐ray computed tomography16
Interactions between water flow and microplastics in silt loam and loamy sand16
Accessible, affordable, fine‐scale estimates of soil carbon for sustainable management in sub‐Saharan Africa16
Evaluating three calibration transfer methods for predictions of soil properties using mid‐infrared spectroscopy15
Intensive agricultural management‐induced subsurface accumulation of labile phosphorus in Midwestern agricultural soils dominated by tile lines15
Mapping of soil organic carbon using machine learning models: Combination of optical and radar remote sensing data15
Enriching organic carbon bioavailability can mitigate soil acidification induced by nitrogen fertilization in croplands through microbial nitrogen immobilization15
Digital soil science and beyond15
A modeling framework to quantify the effects of compaction on soil water retention and infiltration15
Ecosystem dynamics of crop–pasture rotations in a fifty‐year field experiment in southern South America: Century model and field results15
Deficit irrigation drives maize root distribution and soil microbial communities with implications for soil carbon dynamics15
Halotolerant rhizobacterial consortium confers salt tolerance to maize under naturally salt‐affected soil15
Advances in the heat‐pulse technique: Improvements in measuring soil thermal properties15
Minimum dataset and metadata guidelines for soil‐test correlation and calibration research14
Bio‐tillage improves soil physical properties and maize growth in a compacted Vertisol by cover crops14
Soil organic carbon sequestration calculated from depth distribution14
Evaluation of a microplate spectrophotometer for soil organic carbon determination in south‐central Idaho14
Soil development and mineral transformations along a one‐million‐year chronosequence on the Galápagos Islands14
Diverse rotations impact microbial processes, seasonality and overall nitrous oxide emissions from soils14
Surface‐soil carbon stocks greater under well‐managed grazed pasture than row crops14
Laboratory studies on the effect of adsorbed microbial extracellular polymeric substances on the acidity of selected variable‐charge soils13
Effects of land use, tillage management, and crop diversification on soil physical quality in Cerrado agricultural systems13
Hydrochar, digestate, and process water impacts on a soil's microbial community, processes, and metal bioavailability13
Elevational gradients and distributions of aggregate associated organic carbon and nitrogen and stability in alpine forest ecosystems13
A hybrid approach for predictive soil property mapping using conventional soil survey data13
Microcharacteristics of soil pores after raindrop action13
Agricultural peatlands conservation: How does the addition of plant biomass and copper affect soil fertility?12
A regional soil classification framework to improve soil health diagnosis and management12
Do soil health tests match farmer experience? Assessing biological, physical, and chemical indicators in the Upper Midwest United States12
Relationships of on‐farm soil health scores with corn and soybean yield in the midwestern United States12
Relating four‐day soil respiration to corn nitrogen fertilizer needs across 49 U.S. Midwest fields12
Soil health assessment after 40 years of conservation and conventional tillage management in Southeastern Coastal Plain soils12
Can permanganate oxidizable carbon predict soil function responses to soil organic matter management?12
Residue decomposition and priming of soil organic carbon following different NPK fertilizer histories12
Estimating cation exchange capacity from agronomic soil tests: Comparing Mehlich‐3 and ammonium acetate sum of cations12
Agroecosystem management responses to Haney soil health test in the southeastern United States11
Development and application of the Hydric Soil Technical Standard11
Soil nitrification response to dairy digestate and inorganic ammonium sources depends on soil pH and nitrifier abundances11
Space and time‐resolved monitoring of phosphorus release from a fertilizer pellet and its mobility in soil using microdialysis and X‐ray computed tomography11
The effects of dryland cropping system intensity on soil function and associated changes in macrofauna communities11
Total extractable phosphorus in flooded soil as affected by struvite and other fertilizer‐phosphorus sources11
A mechanistic inquiry into the applicability of permanganate oxidizable carbon as a soil health indicator11
Continuous in situ soil nitrate sensors: The importance of high‐resolution measurements across time and a comparison with salt extraction‐based methods11
RETRACTED: Biochar and compost amendment impacts on soil water and pore size distribution of a loamy sand soil11
Carryover effects of silicon‐rich amendments in rice paddies11
Soil mean‐weight diameter and stability index under contrasting tillage systems for cotton production in North Carolina10
Long‐term effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on soil aggregate stability and aggregate‐associated carbon and nitrogen in the North China Plain10
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community structure following different grazing intensities in an alpine grassland10
Cover crop grazing impacts on soil properties and crop yields under irrigated no‐till corn–soybean management10
Efficiency of fall versus spring applied urea‐based fertilizers treated with urease and nitrification inhibitors II. Crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency10
Soil‐test biological activity with the flush of CO2: VIII. Soil type and management diversity10
Visible and near‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy analysis of soils10
Anisotropy of subsoil pore characteristics and hydraulic conductivity as affected by compaction and cover crop treatments10
Impacts of corn stover removal on carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions9
New model for estimating geometric tortuosity of variably saturated porous media using 3D synchrotron microcomputed tomography imaging9
Root‐zone enrichment of carbon, nitrogen, and soil‐test biological activity under cotton systems in North Carolina9
Experimental investigation on water release and gas emission of evapotranspirative capillary barrier landfill covers9
Modeling the kinetics of competitive sorption and desorption of Zn(II), Ni(II), and Pb(II) in an acidic soil: Stirred‐flow experiments9
Phosphorus adsorption characteristics in forested and managed podzolic soils9
Prediction of multiple soil fertility parameters using VisNIR spectroscopy and PXRF spectrometry9
Compost applications increase bacterial community diversity in the apple rhizosphere9
Soil organic carbon sequestration when converting a rainfed cropping system to irrigated corn under different tillage systems and N fertilizer rates9
Role of sulfur mineralization and fertilizer source in corn and soybean production systems9
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on improvement of degraded landscape soil in an ionized rare earth mining area, subtropical China9
Enhancing the mechanical and hydraulic properties of coarse quartz sand using a water‐soluble hydrogel based on bacterial alginate for novel application in agricultural contexts9
Do soil carbon sequestration and soil fertility increase by including a gramineous cover crop in continuous soybean?9
Estimating thermal conductivity of frozen soils from air‐filled porosity9
Faster carbon turnover in topsoil with straw addition is less beneficial to carbon sequestration than subsoil and mixed soil9
Implications of crop residue removal on soil physical properties: A review9
Untangling soil‐weather drivers of daily N2O emissions and fertilizer management mitigation strategies in no‐till corn9
Split application of nutrients improve growth and yield of Huanglongbing‐affected citrus trees9
Soil properties and biochemical composition of ground‐dwelling bee nests in agricultural settings8
Net global warming potential and greenhouse gas intensity8
Quantification of physical soil crust thickness and its effects on runoff and sediment yield8
Hydro‐physical soil properties as influenced by short and long‐term integrated crop–livestock agroecosystems8
Variation in soil‐test‐based phosphorus and potassium rate recommendations across the southern USA8
Microbial biomass in forest soils under altered moisture conditions: A review8
Contrasting carbon and nitrogen responses to tillage at different soil depths: An observation after 40‐year of tillage management8
Soil aggregate‐associated organic carbon and nitrogen response to long‐term no‐till crop rotation, cover crop, and manure application8
Understanding soil water effects on nitrogen release from controlled‐release fertilizers8
Bulk density, particle density, and porosity of two species of Sphagnum: Variability in measurement techniques and spatial distribution8
Trichoderma asperellum alters fungal community composition in saline–alkaline soil maize rhizospheres8
Undergraduate degrees that train students for soil science careers at universities in the USA and its territories8
Enantioselective environmental behavior of the chiral fungicide mandipropamid in four types of Chinese soil8
Thermo–time domain reflectometry method: Advances in monitoring in situ soil bulk density8
Comparing biological methods for soil health assessments: EL‐FAME, enzyme activities, and qPCR8
Cover crop monocultures and mixtures affect soil health indicators and crop yield in the southeast United States8
Advances in thermo‐time domain reflectometry technique: Measuring ice content in partially frozen soils8
Phytodesalination and chemical and organic conditioners to recover the chemical properties of saline‐sodic soil8
Field measurements of soil cracks8
Parameterization of two‐dimensional approaches in HYDRUS‐2D: Part 1. Simulating water flow dynamics at the field scale8
Nitrification inhibitor reduces the inhibitory effect of N‐(n‐butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) on the hydrolysis of urea8
Response of surface soil nutrients and organic carbon fractions to tillage erosion vs. water erosion in an agricultural landscape7
Long‐term effects of lime and phosphogypsum on soil carbon and nitrogen and physical attributes under tropical no‐till7
Long‐term rice cultivation promoted microbial mineralization of organic P in a black soil7
In‐situ probe spacing calibration improves the heat pulse method for measuring soil heat capacity and water content7
A new model for soil water vapor sorption isotherms considering adsorption and condensation7
Soil organic matter, texture, and drying temperature effects on water content7
The effects of soil solarization and application of a Trichoderma biocontrol agent on soil fungal and prokaryotic communities7
Less efficient residue‐derived soil organic carbon formation under no‐till irrigated corn7
Root‐zone soil organic carbon enrichment is sensitive to land management across soil types and regions7
Soil carbon sequestration potential and the identification of hotspots in the eastern Corn Belt of the United States7
Water management effect on soil oxidation, greenhouse gas emissions, and nitrogen leaching in drained peat soils7
Short‐term effects of bioenergy cropping on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a Florida Ultisol7
Localized alteration of ferrihydrite natural organic matter coprecipitates following reaction with Fe(II)7
Brackish groundwater and reverse osmosis concentrate influence soil physical and thermal properties and pecan evapotranspiration7
Parameterization of two‐dimensional approaches in HYDRUS‐2D: Part 2. Solute transport at the field and column scale7
Land management effects on wet aggregate stability and carbon content7
Evaluating buffer methods for determining lime requirement on acidified agricultural soils of the Palouse7
Numerical soil classification supports soil identification by citizen scientists using limited, simple soil observations7
Time in a bottle: Use of soil archives for understanding long‐term soil change7
Impact of nitrogen management and tillage practices on nitrous oxide emissions from rainfed corn7
Gas diffusion characteristics of agricultural soils from South Greenland7
Defining relative yield for soil test correlation and calibration trials in the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool7
Biogeographic distribution patterns and assembly processes of nirS‐type and nirK‐type denitrifiers across the black soil zone in Northeast China7
An evaluation of nitrogen indicators for soil health in long‐term agricultural experiments6
Molecular dynamics simulation of organic contaminant adsorption on organic‐coated smectite clay6
Relating indicators to soil health functions in conventional and organic Mediterranean cropping systems6
Conservation tillage supports soil macrofauna communities, infiltration, and farm profits in an irrigated maize‐based cropping system of Colorado6
An approximate semi‐analytical model of sediment and nutrient transport on slopes under rainfall conditions6
Biochar amendment did not influence the growth of two tree plantations on nutrient‐depleted Ultisols in the south Ecuadorian Amazon region6
Carbon dioxide flush as a soil health indicator related to soil properties and crop yields6
Application of infinite line source and cylindrical‐perfect‐conductors theories to heat pulse measurements with large sensors6
Improving the spatial prediction accuracy of soil alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen using GWPCA‐GWRK6
Soil water retention curve inflection point: Insight into soil structure from percolation theory6
Effect of swine manure on soil health properties: A systematic review6
Grassland conversion to croplands impacted soil pore parameters measured via X‐ray computed tomography6
Sediment and soil organic carbon loss during continuous extreme scouring events on the Loess Plateau6
Sensitivity and variability of soil health indicators in a California cropping system6
Slope‐scale spatial variability of fractal dimension of soil particle size distribution at multiple depths6
Optimization of measuring procedure of farmland soils using laser‐induced breakdown spectroscopy6
Combining Vis–NIR spectroscopy and advanced statistical analysis for estimation of soil chemical properties relevant for forest road construction6
Water repellency prediction in high‐organic Greenlandic soils: Comparing vis–NIRS to pedotransfer functions6
Quantitative stable isotope probing with H218O to measure taxon‐specific microbial growth6
Machine learning models for predicting soil particle size fractions from routine soil analyses in Quebec6
Improved Beerkan run methodology to assess water impact effects on infiltration and hydraulic properties of a loam soil under conventional‐ and no‐tillage6
Magnetic susceptibility in the prediction of soil attributes in southern Brazil5
A database of soil physical properties for the Kansas Mesonet5
Comparison of Cornell sprinkle infiltrometer and double‐ring infiltrometer methods for measuring steady infiltration rate5
A joint method to quantify source contributions of heavy metals to ecological and human health risks in oasis farmland soil5
Macro and microscopic visual imaging tools to investigate metal reducing bacteria in soils5
Spatial and fractal characterization of soil hydraulic properties along a catena5
Nitrogen requirements of first‐year small grains after alfalfa5
Effects of cover crops on soil thermal properties of a corn cropping system5
Estimating specific surface area: Incorporating the effect of surface roughness and probing molecule size5
Does harvesting cover crops eliminate the benefits of cover crops? Insights after three years5
Empirical relationships between environmental factors and soil organic carbon produce comparable prediction accuracy to machine learning5
Evaluation of Mehlich‐3 for determination of cation exchange capacity in Kansas soils5
Linking water vapor sorption to water repellency in soils with high organic carbon contents5
Compost inputs, cropping system, and rotation phase drive aggregate‐associated carbon5
Long‐term grassland restoration exerts stronger impacts on the vertical distribution of labile over recalcitrant organic carbon fractions in Mollisols5
Temporal variability in organic amendment impacts on hydro‐physical properties of sandy agricultural soils5
Soil gypsum determination5
Soil infiltration and conservative solute transport characteristics with different viscosity of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose5
Relationship of in‐season soil nitrogen concentration with corn yield and potential nitrogen losses5
Apparent kinetic properties of soil phosphomonoesterase and β‐glucosidase are disparately influenced by pH5
Characterizing hydrologic effects on soil physicochemical variation within tree islands and marshes in the coastal Florida Everglades5
Predicting soil organic matter nitrogen mineralization5
Does deadwood moisture vary jointly with surface soil water content?5
Soil physical and hydrological properties as affected by a five‐year history of poultry litter applied to a cotton–corn–soybean rotation system5
Calibration set optimization and library transfer for soil carbon estimation using soil spectroscopy—A review5
Selection of elite Bradyrhizobium strains by biometric techniques for inoculation in cowpea5
Application methods influence biochar–fertilizer interactive effects on soil nitrogen dynamics5
Influence of mechanized timber harvesting on soil compaction in northern hardwood forests5
Multivariate methods with feature wavebands selection and stratified calibration for soil organic carbon content prediction by Vis‐NIR spectroscopy5
Responses of β‐glucosidase, permanganate oxidizable carbon, and fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis to conservation practices5
Approximate analytical solution and parameter estimation for one‐dimensional horizontal absorption based on the van Genuchten–Mualem model5
A novel method to inverse the water retention curves with consideration of volume change during centrifuge testing5
Isothermal titration calorimetry as a useful tool to examine adsorption mechanisms of phosphate on gibbsite at various solution conditions5
A preliminary assessment of the space‐for‐time substitution method in soil carbon change prediction5
Assessing the effectiveness of agricultural conservation practices in maintaining soil organic carbon under contrasting agroecosystems and a changing climate5
Manganese‐coated IRIS to document reducing soil conditions5
Long‐term organic management combined with conservation tillage enhanced soil organic carbon accumulation and aggregation5
Pore structure alteration in a reclaimed saline–sodic soil identified by multiscale X‐ray tomography4
In situ water infiltration: Influence of cover crops after growth termination4
Thermally induced changes in solubility and speciation of lead and iron minerals in a contaminated soil4
Transferability of a large mid‐infrared soil spectral library between two Fourier‐transform infrared spectrometers4
Application method influences the oxidation rate of biologically and chemically produced elemental sulfur fertilizers4
Biosolids processing effect on sulfur plant availability4
Root‐dependent recovery of pore system functionality of compacted subsoil: A field case study with bio‐subsoilers in Denmark4
A subaqueous soil‐landscape conceptual model to guide soil survey in Chesapeake Bay subestuaries4
Identification of phosphorus index improvements through model comparisons across topographic regions in a small agricultural watershed in Vermont (USA)4
Influence of oxytetracycline on boron adsorption at the hematite–water interface: A macroscopic and in situ ATR–FTIR study4
Combining corn N recommendation tools for an improved economical optimal nitrogen rate estimation4
Soil microorganisms respond distinctively to adaptive multi‐paddock and conventional grazing in the southeastern United States4
New insights into the origin and evolution of glossic features in coarse‐textured soils in northern lower Michigan (USA)4
Conservation practices induce tradeoffs in soil function: Observations from the northern Great Plains4
Aggregate stability in rainfall‐induced soil physical crusts on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China4
Abiotic soil properties affecting interpretation of IRIS sensors in tidal and freshwater soils4
Calibration of Green‐Ampt wetting front suction for ponding and non‐ponding infiltration scenarios4
Effects of increasing water activity on the relationship between water vapor sorption and clay content4
Warming rather than elevated CO2 shifts the rhizobacterial community composition in four maize‐growing soils4
Physical characterization of glacial rock flours from fjord deposits in South Greenland–Toward soil amendment4
Soil nitrogen cycling under contrasting management systems in Amazon Coffea canephora agroecosystems4
Validation and comparisons of NaOH and Na4P2O7 extraction methods for the characterization of organic amendments4
Managing soil nutrient buildup by rotating crops and fertilizers following repeated poultry litter applications4
Alkalinity gradients in grasslands alter soil bacterial community composition and function4
Linking litter decomposition to soil physicochemical properties, gas transport, and land use4
Cropping system management responses to Cornell and Alabama soil health assessment methods in the southeastern United States4
Efficacy of novel water‐absorbing polymer amended soil for improving drought resilience of Solanum lycopersicum4
Modified self‐adaptive model for improving the prediction accuracy of soil organic matter by laser‐induced breakdown spectroscopy4
Response of soil health indicators to long‐term dairy manure in a semiarid irrigated cropping system4
Diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy estimates for soil properties using multiple partitions: Effects of the range of contents, sample size, and algorithms4
Assessing the impact of organic versus conventional agricultural management on soil hydraulic properties in a long‐term experiment4
Greenhouse gas emissions under winter wheat‐based organic and conventional crop productions4
Comparison of soil particle density determined by a gas pycnometer using helium, nitrogen, and air4
How soil carbon fractions relate to soil properties and crop yields in dryland cropping systems?4
Soil‐test biological activity associates with soil aggregation characteristics under different land uses in North Carolina4
Cover crops can increase ammonia volatilization and reduce the efficacy of urease inhibitors3
The IRIS Imager: A freeware program for quantification of paint removal on IRIS films3
Field measurement of wind erosion flux and soil erodibility factors as affected by tillage and seasonal drought3
Evaluation of indirect and direct scoring methods to relate biochemical soil quality indicators to ecosystem services3
Cover crops and soil health in rainfed and irrigated corn: What did we learn after 8 years?3
Soil–air phase characteristics: Response to texture, density, and land use in Greenland and Denmark3
Particle size distribution of growing media constituents using dynamic image analysis: Parametrization and comparison to sieving3
Organic carbon controls water retention and plant available water in cultivated soils from South Greenland3
Advances in heat‐pulse methods: Measuring soil water evaporation with sensible heat balance3
Long‐term ground cover affects soil bacterial community and carbon metabolism in the Loess Plateau, China3
Biological conservation measures are better than engineering conservation measures in improving soil quality of eroded orchards in southern China3
Soil health responses of circular grass buffer strips in center‐pivot irrigated agriculture3
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