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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Soil, forage, and weed attributes following tillage in grazed no‐tillage triticale pasture60
Erratum to: Effects of maize residue and biochar applications on soil δ13C and organic carbon sources in a subtropical paddy rice ecosystem40
Sustaining organic matter in forest soils: What we have learned and what is left38
A portable low‐cost incubation chamber for real‐time characterization of soil respiration37
Application of calibration transfer techniques between different mid‐infrared spectrometers/modules to improve accuracy in estimating soil properties36
Calibration set optimization and library transfer for soil carbon estimation using soil spectroscopy—A review27
Comparing impacts of corn residue removal and amelioration practices on soil properties after 3, 6, and 10 years26
Decoupling soil organic carbon fractions and microbial community composition across aggregate size classes driven by salinity in arid loess25
Temporal variability of soil health indicators under annual and perennial continuous living cover: Effects of annual weather and management25
Identifying drivers of soil nitrogen mineralization dynamics in cover‐cropped agroecosystems using machine learning23
Effect of long‐term nighttime warming on carbon storage and nitrogen retention of calcareous soil profiles in wheatland21
Soil degradation mobilizes soil nutrients placing Canadian Prairie wetlands at risk20
Soil carbon and aggregate stability are positively related and increased under combined soil amendment, tillage, and cover cropping practices19
Soil carbon, nitrogen, and biological activity as affected by land use and grassland management across North Carolina19
Estimating bacterial breakthrough behaviors based on bacterial retention profiles in porous media18
Soil organic carbon changes in a Carolina Bay wetland 15 years after restoration18
Mineral changes in the rhizospheres of conifer plantations for a weathered subtropical soil18
Assessing the utility of Munsell soil color in building and evaluating spectral models for soil clay content prediction18
Distribution of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions from potassium fertilizers in columns of orchard soils18
Carbon and nutrient release from anaerobic digestate solids applied as a soil amendment18
Soil fragmentation properties as influenced by induced compaction in Asian clayey hydragric anthrosols conditions18
Understanding evaporation from salinized soils in Xinjiang: Impact of sodium adsorption ratio, salt type, and concentrations18
Soil carbon sequestration potential in subtropical grasslands estimated by DayCent‐CABBI17
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 system17
Correction to “Effect of model choice on critical soil test value of phosphorus for corn in long‐term trials in North Carolina”17
Effects of conservation practices on rainfed maize yield, furrow water infiltration, and soil moisture for surface sealing loam soils in the Yazoo‐Mississippi Delta17
Role of sulfur mineralization and fertilizer source in corn and soybean production systems17
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Can surface‐applied biochar improve soil health and plant performance in a perennial cool‐season grass forage system?15
Base cations release in soils along the 127‐year Hailuogou glacial retreat chronosequence15
Cover cropping with reduced nitrogen fertilization rate enhances soil carbon but not nitrogen in the malt barley–pea rotation15
Mean‐weight diameter of aggregation as affected by initial screen size of two fine‐textured soils15
No‐till marginally mitigates the impact of harvesting corn stover on soil microbial parameters15
Evaluating consistency across multiple NeoSpectra (compact Fourier transform near‐infrared) spectrometers for estimating common soil properties15
How does soil organic matter affect potato productivity on sandy soil?14
Micro‐morphological characterization of dry‐farming soils at Yangshao site in China about 5000 B.P.14
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Evaluating the effects of montmorillonite amendments on quinoa growth, water flow, and solute transport in sandy loam and loam soils14
Estimates of soil taxonomic change due to near‐surface permafrost loss in Alaska14
Soil–plant–water relations and water footprint of cover crop–based no‐till cotton and sorghum systems in a humid region14
Analysis of soil erosion changes and influencing factors based on the CSLE model and GeoDector in Dongjiang River Basin of China13
Estimating saturated hydraulic conductivity of soil samples from Kansas mesonet database13
Soil biological activity and nitrogen mineralization in grass and grass–legume forage systems13
Long‐term crop rotation diversity, tillage system, and nitrogen fertilizer effects on crop productivity, soil organic carbon, and nitrogen concentration in a temperate humid climate13
A new mathematical solution of convection‐dispersion equation to describe solute transport in heterogeneous soils12
Drainage gradient versus seasonal cycles: Differential response of microbial community composition to variations in soil moisture12
Nitrogen mineralization from soil organic matter under field conditions in California soils12
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Optimizing implementation strategies for efficient soil water evaporation measurements with multi‐probe heat pulse sensors12
Cover crops and poultry litter impact on soil structural stability in dryland soybean production in southeastern United States12
Evolution of topsoil structure after compaction with a lightweight autonomous field robot12
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Optimizing isotopic measurement of potential free‐living nitrogen fixation in soil11
Soybean planting date affects the relationships between soil test values and grain yield11
Contrasting soil management systems had limited effects on soil health and crop yields in a North Central US Mollisol11
Effects of grazing, rotation, and tillage on surface runoff in a heavy textured Uruguayan soil11
Establishing a standard protocol for soil texture analysis using the laser diffraction technique11
Phosphorus adsorption, availability, and potential loss characteristics in an Ultisol‐derived paddy soil chronosequence, using a stirred‐flow chamber study11
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A simple method to determine the reactivity of calcium carbonate in soils11
Stock change accounting overestimates the potential climate benefit of soil carbon storage11
Comparison of soil Mehlich‐3 phosphorus quantified by colorimetry and inductively coupled plasma: A case study for temperate agroecosystems11
Revisiting laboratory methods for measuring soil water retention curves11
On being a forest soil scientist—Reflections at the 14th North American Forest Soils Conference10
Phytin recovered from grain distillation can serve as a phosphorus fertilizer for maize and soybean10
Decades of coffee plantation alters soil methane uptake and soil organic carbon pools in China10
Dynamics of soil aggregate‐associated carbon as influenced by simulated tillage and runoff10
Constraints and management By K. C. ManoramaThampatti, CRC Press. 2022. pp. 172. ISBN: 978103238897710
A retrospective look at the North American Forest Soils Conferences from 1958 to 202310
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Maize–common bean intercropping effects on nitrogen fixation, nutrient uptake, and soil properties in southern Ethiopia9
Subsurface drainage intensity effects on soil physical characteristics, plant biomass production, and carbon balance9
Note on the unparallel vertical distribution of nitrate and sulfate in Mollisols9
Temporal variability in soil organic matter accretion rates in coastal deltaic wetlands under changing depositional environments9
Soil total carbon and nitrogen as indicators of rice response to supplemental fertilizer nitrogen9
Approximate analytical solution of a soil water movement equation under different ponding radii on the basis of numerical simulation9
Trade‐off between soil bacterial network complexity and stability: Depth‐dependent effects of tillage practice and cropping system9
Can silvopasture with arboreal legumes increase root mass at deeper soil layers and improve soil aggregation?9
Oil palm empty fruit bunch amendments improved the structural and functional properties of a tropical Acrisol9
Variability of soil thermal diffusivity in three Iowa fields9
Simple and effective remediation strategies of Martian perchlorates9
An identified agronomic interpretation for potassium permanganate oxidizable carbon9
Response of soil health indicators to long‐term dairy manure in a semiarid irrigated cropping system8
Exploring mid‐infrared spectral transfer functions for the prediction of multiple soil properties using a global dataset8
Soil chemical properties affecting grain yield and oil content of crambe biofuel crop8
N 2 O consumption, uptake, and microbial reduction processes in flooded sandy loamy paddy soils8
Temporal variability in organic amendment impacts on hydro‐physical properties of sandy agricultural soils8
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Soil organic matter prediction with benchtop and implement‐mounted optical reflectance sensing approaches8
Microbial community shifts in pearl millet root zone soils with Guiera senegalensis intercropping along a rainfall and soil type gradient in the Sahel8
The humus profile of an alpine ericaceous heath (Savoie, France): A high‐resolution micromorphological analysis8
Texture and organic matter associations with soil functional properties in crop and conservation land uses in North Carolina8
Isotopic evaluation of in‐season Y Drop applications for corn production8
Soil change after planting longleaf pine on agricultural lands: Revisiting a chronosequence study after 23 years8
Shrinkage analysis of repacked soil samples enables quantifying the soil's potential physical quality8
Change in soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus after timber harvesting in northern hardwood forests8
Funneliformis mosseae –induced changes of rhizosphere microbial community structure enhance Capsicum annuum L. plant growth an8
Management zone‐based estimation of positive and negative nitrous oxide flux in organic corn fields8
Precipitation influences pre‐sidedress soil nitrate thresholds for corn production8
Correction to “Evaluation of tissue phosphorus concentrations as diagnostic tool for phosphorus nutrition in corn”8
Zinc in ammoniated phosphate fertilizers: Solid‐phase speciation, solubility, and use of barrier coatings to enhance zinc availability8
Soil carbon increase from crop roots and amendments still present twelve years later8
Unlocking the diversity and plant‐growth promoting potential of the bulk soil bacteria associated with the Saharan tree Vachellia tortilis subsp. 8
Carbon stocks in Mid‐Atlantic tidal marshes8
Evaluation of nonhazardous lime requirement estimation methods for Oregon soils7
High salinity prolongs water processes required for soil structure stability during drying–wetting cycles7
Prediction of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields with and without cover crops7
Land‐use effects on soil organic matter and related soil properties in a mixed agricultural–forest landscape of central Wisconsin, USA7
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Surface‐soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization under cropland, grassland, and woodland in Virginia7
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In search of a sound scientific basis for quantification of soil precompression stress7
Nutrient transformations based on sampling scheme and cropping system following subsurface‐banded poultry litter7
Distinct soil health indicators are associated with variation in maize yield and tile drain nitrate losses7
Mechanistic insights into the role of biochar C:N ratios in modulating greenhouse gas emissions and soil organic carbon fractions in contrasting soil types7
Erratum to: Long‐term manure application effects on nutrients and selected enzymes involved in their cycling7
Measuring shrinkage of expansive soils using a novel automated high‐frequency setup7
Novel slow‐release fertilizer promotes nitrogen circularity while increasing soil organic carbon7
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Publisher's Report 2022: Soil Science Society of America Journal6
CO 2 flux and carbon dynamics in soil and respired CO 2 in a semi‐arid region of western India6
Accumulation of soil phosphorus within closed depressions of a drained agricultural watershed6
Putting the soil health principles to the test in Iowa6
Fractionation and transport of compost‐derived dissolved organic matter fractions in saturated red soil and black soil columns6
Pore structure alteration in a reclaimed saline–sodic soil identified by multiscale X‐ray tomography6
Faster carbon turnover in topsoil with straw addition is less beneficial to carbon sequestration than subsoil and mixed soil6
Predicting the extent of andic soils across western Haleakalā, Maui6
Tripartite interactions among free‐living, N‐fixing bacteria, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and plants: Mutualistic benefits and community response to co‐inoculation6
Improving methods for evaluating potassium availability in vineyard soils6
Yield and quality enhancement of lettuce plants using mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus nanofertilizer6
Hyperspectral response and monitoring study of soil moisture content based on the optimized spectral index6
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Beneficial effects persist 5 years after liming acid forest soils in West Virginia6
Effects of sludge compost application on soil–maize potentially toxic elements and health risk assessment6
Comparison of common methods to quantify field saturated hydraulic conductivity in glacial till soils of Northeastern United States6
Potential interference of organic acids and ferrous iron in the interpretation of Fe and Mn indicators of reduction in soil6
Evaluating the occurrence and spatial patterns of soil water repellency in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon6
A pedogeomorphic strategy for tidal marsh carbon accounting6
No‐till impacts on soil organic carbon and soil quality in the Lower Mississippi River basin: Implications for sustainable management6
Combined effect of biochar, cover crop residues, and manure on greenhouse gas emissions: Insights from 60‐day soil incubations6
Influence of vegetation type on silicon content in different subtropical soils6
Assessing soil quality: The integrated effects of land use types and slope positions on soil quality indicators in Maya‐Guddoo sub‐watershed of Maya‐City, eastern Ethiopia6
Changes in soil test phosphorus and soil cations following application of sewage sludge ash and other recycled phosphorus fertilizers6
Advances in making Mn oxide‐coated sands6
Predicting spatiotemporal changes of surface soil organic carbon in China6
Factors affecting potassium retention in sandy soils6
Spatially explicit heteroskedastic modeling for the Soil Health Assessment Protocol and Evaluation version 1.0S6
Nitrogen source regulates soil nitrification and nitrogen losses more than nitrification inhibitor and herbicide: A laboratory evaluation5
Drill‐seeding rice reduces global warming potential but increases nitrogen loss potential compared to water‐seeding5
The combined addition of citric and aromatic organic acids to an acid soil prolongs phosphorus availability5
Slope aspect affects soil quality and its response to soil erosion on temperate gently sloping farmlands5
Organic cropping systems enhance soil health indicators in a Mollisol of the US Corn Belt5
Foliar micronutrient applications enhance growth and yield of huanglongbing (HLB)‐affected sweet orange5
Trees for soil organic carbon storage in a temperate organic agroforestry system5
Repeated use of anion‐exchange membranes in soils alters the membrane surface and phosphate‐P exchange capacity5
Availability of dissolved organic carbon drives differences in microbial nitrogen‐cycling processes between two sites with cover crops interseeded into corn5
Advances in technology for using Indicator of Reduction in Soils (IRIS) to quantify porewater sulfide levels in the coastal zone5
Agricultural and municipal organic waste amendments to increase soil organic carbon: How much, how often, and to what end?5
Eastern red cedar effects on carbon sequestration and soil quality in the Great Plains5
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Is selective identification of poorly crystalline aluminum hydroxides in soils of temperate latitude possible?5
SSSA Yearly Reports5
Sand is the unifying textural component influencing surface‐soil carbon and nitrogen fractions across undisturbed land uses in North Carolina5
Visual evaluation of soil structure is a reliable method to detect changes in the soil quality of Colombian Amazon pasturelands5
Application and evaluation of a subaqueous soil‐landscape conceptual model in the West River subestuary, Maryland5
Soil nutrient release and microbial changes after burning of masticated fuels5
Predicting nitrogen mineralization from dairy manure and broadleaf residue in a semiarid cropping system5
Addition of soil protists may enhance performance of agrochemical seed treatments5
Is soil health research meeting its potential? Analysis of studies in California and implications for ecosystem services5
Cover crops and manure compost shift microbial functions and diversity in Southeastern sandy soils5
Coupling effects of enhanced efficiency fertilizers and nitrogen timing on groundwater quality and maize yield in northeast Nebraska5
Nitrogen source affects in‐season nitrogen availability more than nitrification inhibitor and herbicide in a fine‐textured soil5
Vertical distribution of soil organic carbon fractions under different residue management strategies4
Nature versus nurture: Quantifying the effects of management, region, and hillslope position on soil health indicators in an on‐farm survey in Minnesota4
Comparison of laser diffractometry and pipetting methods for particle size determination: A pilot study on the implications of result discrepancies on soil classification4
Recipients of 2023 SSSA Editor's Citation for Excellence named4
Estimating cation exchange capacity from hygroscopic water content change4
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Soil organic carbon fractionation in sandy soils in the semiarid grasslands and forested areas of Nebraska Sandhills4
Phosphorus recommendations in Brazil and Paraguay: A systematic review4
2023 SSSA award recipients4
Can fine sediment addition promote carbon stabilization in coastal wetland soils? A laboratory experiment4
Spatial variability of denitrification enzyme activity and actual denitrification emissions on Missouri claypan soils4
Groundwater input drives large variance in soil manganese concentration and reactivity in a forested headwater catchment4
Understanding the role of pig manure, rice straw, and calcium carbonate on the cadmium pollution in soil–wheat system4
Nitrous oxide emissions as affected by nitrogen rates in irrigated sugar beet4
The case for static range nitrogen management in Idaho sugarbeet production4
Measuring soil particle density using water pycnometer: Influencing factors, errors, and correction4
A novel method incorporating large rock fragments for improved soil bulk density and carbon stock estimation4
Halotolerant rhizobacterial consortium confers salt tolerance to maize under naturally salt‐affected soil4
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A new hydraulic barrier with the gradient distribution of fixed net negative charges4
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Long‐term 4R nitrogen management in dryland wheat–fallow systems4
Quinone group modified sludge‐based biochar as electron shuttle to enhance the biodegradation of naphthalene in petrochemical contaminated soil4
Role of biochar made from low‐value woody forest residues in ecological sustainability and carbon neutrality4
Elimination of microplastic from soil by pyrolysis and potential hazard analysis: Effects of pyrolysis temperature and holding time4
Seed coating with fungicide causes a beneficial shift in root‐associated microbiomes of mature soybean4
Soil amendments alter tree growth and wood decay after forest thinning4
Weed encroachment affects soil organic carbon stock in bermudagrass pastures4
Poly‐γ‐glutamic acid application promoted nutrient uptake and productivity of soybean by improving soil properties4
Impact of three irrigation scheduling tools on irrigation and alfalfa productivity under center pivots4
Soil health responses to cover crop functional group and richness in semiarid Montana4
Water table effect on phosphorus solubility in biosolids‐amended soils4
Response of surface soil nutrients and organic carbon fractions to tillage erosion vs. water erosion in an agricultural landscape4
Correction to “Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in boreal peatland forest is affected by water table, labile carbon, and nitrogen availability but not forest harvesting alone”4
Monolith soil core sampling to develop nitrate testing protocol for manure injection4
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Spectral signatures of soil horizons and soil orders from Wisconsin4
Mineralogical differences between seam and prism material in loess‐derived fragipans in western Kentucky4
Leaching characteristics of electrochemically precipitated struvite compared to other common phosphorus fertilizers in differing soils4
Implications of crop residue removal on soil physical properties: A review4
Rhizosphere‐driven alteration of cadmium bioavailability under Cd stress4
Solid‐phase organization and shrinkage properties of some growing media constituents according to particle size4
Soil nitrogen dynamics on a saline‐alkali sunflower land under arid region in Western Inner Mongolia4
Soil‐vegetation interplay in a Holocene toposequence at Torres del Paine National Park, southern Andes, Chile4
Prediction, mapping, and implication for better soil organic carbon management in Ethiopia4
Linking changes in soil microbial biomass size and nitrogen availability to increased N 2 O production4
Evaluation of passive flux samplers with different orifice sizes to measure ammonia volatilization losses4
Enhancing soil health through no‐till, cover crops, and compost: A 5‐year field study3
Utility of in situ ion‐exchange membranes to assess nutrient availability, productivity, and fertilizer response of coastal Douglas‐fir of the Pacific Northwest3
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Stacking and intersecting nitrogen 4Rs on potato: Nitrogen use efficiency3
Topographic gradients of soil physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties in central Kentucky sinkholes3
Assessing the influence of cover crop on soil water dynamics using soil moisture measurements and hydrus‐1D simulations3
Soil protein: A key indicator of soil health and nitrogen management3
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Correction to “Correlation of total organic C, particulate and mineral‐associated C fractions with strength indicators in Oxisols”3
Pb 2+ adsorption on functionalized biochar nanoparticles: Insights from nanoparticle characterization and kinetic‐isotherm analysis3
Carbon sequestration efficiency in red paddy soil originating from different parent materials in Jiangxi, China3
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Effects of cover crops on soil aggregate‐associated organic carbon and nitrogen characteristics in a cotton–corn rotation system3
A database of soil physical properties for the Kansas Mesonet3
Comparison of soil particle density determined by a gas pycnometer using helium, nitrogen, and air3
Soil development and ancient Maya land use in the tropical karst landscape: Case of Busiljá, Chiapas, México3
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Identification of plant soil water and soil aeration corequisites: A management tool3
Linking two wood biochars physicochemical properties with soil water evaporation dynamics from amended sandy soil3
Influence of barrens restoration treatments on soil carbon, nitrogen, and mercury pools and emissions3
Moss crusts mitigate the negative impacts of shrub mortality on the nutrient multifunctionality of desert soils3
Responses of labile organic carbon fractions and mineralized carbon to straw return combined with fertilizer application in the maize– Melilotus officinalis 3
Soil quality index to access the impacts of long‐term vinasse application in sugarcane areas3
Soil carbon mineralization, enzyme activities, and crop residue decomposition under varying soil moisture regimes3
Bacillus siamensis orchestrates plant gene reprogramming and rhizosphere microbiome reshaping to bolster maize crop performance3
Water quality and soil nutrient availability trade‐offs associated with timing and duration of managed flooding for migratory waterbird habitat3
Assessing cropping system effects on carbon footprint on the Canadian prairies3
Influence of soil test phosphorus level and leaching volume on phosphorus leaching3
Impact of soil core preparation on hydraulic properties and modeled carbon cycling across texture classes3
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