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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The processes of preferential flow in the unsaturated zone90
The soil health assessment protocol and evaluation applied to soil organic carbon73
Nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat: Nitrogen fertilization timing and formulation, soil nitrogen, and weather effects51
Carbon‐sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water39
Cover crops and carbon sequestration: Lessons from U.S. studies38
Can cover crops improve soil ecosystem services in water‐limited environments? A review37
Intensification of no‐till agricultural systems: An opportunity for carbon sequestration34
Crop rotation enhances soybean yields and soil health indicators34
Soil structure recovery following compaction: Short‐term evolution of soil physical properties in a loamy soil31
Aligning science and policy of regenerative agriculture28
Towards diverse representation and inclusion in soil science in the United States24
What do relationships between extractable metals and soil organic carbon concentrations mean?24
Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics24
Soil quality indices as affected by long‐term burning, irrigation, tillage, and fertility management20
Predicting soil moisture content over partially vegetation covered surfaces from hyperspectral data with deep learning20
Positive associations of soil organic matter and crop yields across a regional network of working farms20
Interactions between water flow and microplastics in silt loam and loamy sand19
Ecosystem dynamics of crop–pasture rotations in a fifty‐year field experiment in southern South America: Century model and field results18
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis on microbial diversity and enzyme activities in the rhizosphere soil of Artemisia annua18
Soil development and mineral transformations along a one‐million‐year chronosequence on the Galápagos Islands17
Evaluation of the impact of freeze–thaw cycles on the soil pore structure of alpine meadows using X‐ray computed tomography17
Mapping of soil organic carbon using machine learning models: Combination of optical and radar remote sensing data17
Accessible, affordable, fine‐scale estimates of soil carbon for sustainable management in sub‐Saharan Africa17
Long‐term effect of tillage and straw retention in conservation agriculture systems on soil carbon storage17
Fine grinding is needed to maintain the high accuracy of mid‐infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for soil property estimation17
Minimum dataset and metadata guidelines for soil‐test correlation and calibration research16
Halotolerant rhizobacterial consortium confers salt tolerance to maize under naturally salt‐affected soil16
Digital soil science and beyond16
Hydrochar, digestate, and process water impacts on a soil's microbial community, processes, and metal bioavailability16
Enriching organic carbon bioavailability can mitigate soil acidification induced by nitrogen fertilization in croplands through microbial nitrogen immobilization15
Soil organic carbon sequestration calculated from depth distribution15
Evaluating three calibration transfer methods for predictions of soil properties using mid‐infrared spectroscopy15
Deficit irrigation drives maize root distribution and soil microbial communities with implications for soil carbon dynamics15
Diverse rotations impact microbial processes, seasonality and overall nitrous oxide emissions from soils15
A modeling framework to quantify the effects of compaction on soil water retention and infiltration15
Do soil health tests match farmer experience? Assessing biological, physical, and chemical indicators in the Upper Midwest United States15
Surface‐soil carbon stocks greater under well‐managed grazed pasture than row crops15
Evaluation of a microplate spectrophotometer for soil organic carbon determination in south‐central Idaho14
Laboratory studies on the effect of adsorbed microbial extracellular polymeric substances on the acidity of selected variable‐charge soils14
Bio‐tillage improves soil physical properties and maize growth in a compacted Vertisol by cover crops14
Elevational gradients and distributions of aggregate associated organic carbon and nitrogen and stability in alpine forest ecosystems14
Can permanganate oxidizable carbon predict soil function responses to soil organic matter management?13
Estimating cation exchange capacity from agronomic soil tests: Comparing Mehlich‐3 and ammonium acetate sum of cations13
Soil health assessment after 40 years of conservation and conventional tillage management in Southeastern Coastal Plain soils13
Relationships of on‐farm soil health scores with corn and soybean yield in the midwestern United States13
Continuous in situ soil nitrate sensors: The importance of high‐resolution measurements across time and a comparison with salt extraction‐based methods13
A regional soil classification framework to improve soil health diagnosis and management13
Effects of land use, tillage management, and crop diversification on soil physical quality in Cerrado agricultural systems13
Prediction of multiple soil fertility parameters using VisNIR spectroscopy and PXRF spectrometry12
Residue decomposition and priming of soil organic carbon following different NPK fertilizer histories12
Compost applications increase bacterial community diversity in the apple rhizosphere12
RETRACTED: Biochar and compost amendment impacts on soil water and pore size distribution of a loamy sand soil12
Carryover effects of silicon‐rich amendments in rice paddies12
Agricultural peatlands conservation: How does the addition of plant biomass and copper affect soil fertility?12
Soil mean‐weight diameter and stability index under contrasting tillage systems for cotton production in North Carolina12
Long‐term effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on soil aggregate stability and aggregate‐associated carbon and nitrogen in the North China Plain12
Anisotropy of subsoil pore characteristics and hydraulic conductivity as affected by compaction and cover crop treatments11
Development and application of the Hydric Soil Technical Standard11
New model for estimating geometric tortuosity of variably saturated porous media using 3D synchrotron microcomputed tomography imaging11
Space and time‐resolved monitoring of phosphorus release from a fertilizer pellet and its mobility in soil using microdialysis and X‐ray computed tomography11
Total extractable phosphorus in flooded soil as affected by struvite and other fertilizer‐phosphorus sources11
Soil nitrification response to dairy digestate and inorganic ammonium sources depends on soil pH and nitrifier abundances11
The effects of dryland cropping system intensity on soil function and associated changes in macrofauna communities11
A mechanistic inquiry into the applicability of permanganate oxidizable carbon as a soil health indicator11
Faster carbon turnover in topsoil with straw addition is less beneficial to carbon sequestration than subsoil and mixed soil11
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community structure following different grazing intensities in an alpine grassland10
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on improvement of degraded landscape soil in an ionized rare earth mining area, subtropical China10
Calibration set optimization and library transfer for soil carbon estimation using soil spectroscopy—A review10
Cover crop grazing impacts on soil properties and crop yields under irrigated no‐till corn–soybean management10
Comparing biological methods for soil health assessments: EL‐FAME, enzyme activities, and qPCR10
Efficiency of fall versus spring applied urea‐based fertilizers treated with urease and nitrification inhibitors II. Crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency10
Bulk density, particle density, and porosity of two species of Sphagnum: Variability in measurement techniques and spatial distribution10
Phosphorus adsorption characteristics in forested and managed podzolic soils10
Root‐zone enrichment of carbon, nitrogen, and soil‐test biological activity under cotton systems in North Carolina10
Cover crop monocultures and mixtures affect soil health indicators and crop yield in the southeast United States10
Land management effects on wet aggregate stability and carbon content9
Contrasting carbon and nitrogen responses to tillage at different soil depths: An observation after 40‐year of tillage management9
Impact of nitrogen management and tillage practices on nitrous oxide emissions from rainfed corn9
Role of sulfur mineralization and fertilizer source in corn and soybean production systems9
Do soil carbon sequestration and soil fertility increase by including a gramineous cover crop in continuous soybean?9
Implications of crop residue removal on soil physical properties: A review9
Quantification of physical soil crust thickness and its effects on runoff and sediment yield9
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
Understanding soil water effects on nitrogen release from controlled‐release fertilizers9
Untangling soil‐weather drivers of daily N2O emissions and fertilizer management mitigation strategies in no‐till corn9
Less efficient residue‐derived soil organic carbon formation under no‐till irrigated corn9
Experimental investigation on water release and gas emission of evapotranspirative capillary barrier landfill covers9
Split application of nutrients improve growth and yield of Huanglongbing‐affected citrus trees9
Modeling the kinetics of competitive sorption and desorption of Zn(II), Ni(II), and Pb(II) in an acidic soil: Stirred‐flow experiments9
Soil aggregate‐associated organic carbon and nitrogen response to long‐term no‐till crop rotation, cover crop, and manure application8
Sensitivity and variability of soil health indicators in a California cropping system8
Defining relative yield for soil test correlation and calibration trials in the Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool8
Phytodesalination and chemical and organic conditioners to recover the chemical properties of saline‐sodic soil8
Undergraduate degrees that train students for soil science careers at universities in the USA and its territories8
Root‐zone soil organic carbon enrichment is sensitive to land management across soil types and regions8
Microbial biomass in forest soils under altered moisture conditions: A review8
Parameterization of two‐dimensional approaches in HYDRUS‐2D: Part 1. Simulating water flow dynamics at the field scale8
Carbon dioxide flush as a soil health indicator related to soil properties and crop yields8
Trichoderma asperellum alters fungal community composition in saline–alkaline soil maize rhizospheres8
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
Enantioselective environmental behavior of the chiral fungicide mandipropamid in four types of Chinese soil8
Time in a bottle: Use of soil archives for understanding long‐term soil change8
Grassland conversion to croplands impacted soil pore parameters measured via X‐ray computed tomography8
A new model for soil water vapor sorption isotherms considering adsorption and condensation8
An evaluation of nitrogen indicators for soil health in long‐term agricultural experiments8
Molecular dynamics simulation of organic contaminant adsorption on organic‐coated smectite clay8
Soil organic matter, texture, and drying temperature effects on water content8
Response of surface soil nutrients and organic carbon fractions to tillage erosion vs. water erosion in an agricultural landscape8
Conservation tillage supports soil macrofauna communities, infiltration, and farm profits in an irrigated maize‐based cropping system of Colorado8
Water management effect on soil oxidation, greenhouse gas emissions, and nitrogen leaching in drained peat soils8
The effects of soil solarization and application of a Trichoderma biocontrol agent on soil fungal and prokaryotic communities7
Soil‐test biological activity associates with soil aggregation characteristics under different land uses in North Carolina7
Validation and comparisons of NaOH and Na4P2O7 extraction methods for the characterization of organic amendments7
Machine learning models for predicting soil particle size fractions from routine soil analyses in Quebec7
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
Soil carbon sequestration potential and the identification of hotspots in the eastern Corn Belt of the United States7
Sediment and soil organic carbon loss during continuous extreme scouring events on the Loess Plateau7
Localized alteration of ferrihydrite natural organic matter coprecipitates following reaction with Fe(II)7
Application of infinite line source and cylindrical‐perfect‐conductors theories to heat pulse measurements with large sensors7
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
Biochar amendment did not influence the growth of two tree plantations on nutrient‐depleted Ultisols in the south Ecuadorian Amazon region7
Compost inputs, cropping system, and rotation phase drive aggregate‐associated carbon6
Improving the spatial prediction accuracy of soil alkaline hydrolyzable nitrogen using GWPCA‐GWRK6
Multivariate methods with feature wavebands selection and stratified calibration for soil organic carbon content prediction by Vis‐NIR spectroscopy6
Soil physical and hydrological properties as affected by a five‐year history of poultry litter applied to a cotton–corn–soybean rotation system6
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
Does deadwood moisture vary jointly with surface soil water content?6
Modified self‐adaptive model for improving the prediction accuracy of soil organic matter by laser‐induced breakdown spectroscopy6
Biogeographic distribution patterns and assembly processes of nirS‐type and nirK‐type denitrifiers across the black soil zone in Northeast China6
Relating indicators to soil health functions in conventional and organic Mediterranean cropping systems6
Predicting soil organic matter nitrogen mineralization6
Apparent kinetic properties of soil phosphomonoesterase and β‐glucosidase are disparately influenced by pH6
Effect of swine manure on soil health properties: A systematic review6
Application methods influence biochar–fertilizer interactive effects on soil nitrogen dynamics6
Slope‐scale spatial variability of fractal dimension of soil particle size distribution at multiple depths6
Approximate analytical solution and parameter estimation for one‐dimensional horizontal absorption based on the van Genuchten–Mualem model6
Estimating specific surface area: Incorporating the effect of surface roughness and probing molecule size6
Soil water retention curve inflection point: Insight into soil structure from percolation theory6
Long‐term organic management combined with conservation tillage enhanced soil organic carbon accumulation and aggregation6
A database of soil physical properties for the Kansas Mesonet6
Root‐dependent recovery of pore system functionality of compacted subsoil: A field case study with bio‐subsoilers in Denmark5
Greenhouse gas emissions under winter wheat‐based organic and conventional crop productions5
Linking water vapor sorption to water repellency in soils with high organic carbon contents5
A preliminary assessment of the space‐for‐time substitution method in soil carbon change prediction5
Aggregate stability in rainfall‐induced soil physical crusts on the Loess Plateau, Northwest China5
Comparison of Cornell sprinkle infiltrometer and double‐ring infiltrometer methods for measuring steady infiltration rate5
Calibration of Green‐Ampt wetting front suction for ponding and non‐ponding infiltration scenarios5
Responses of β‐glucosidase, permanganate oxidizable carbon, and fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis to conservation practices5
Temporal variability in organic amendment impacts on hydro‐physical properties of sandy agricultural soils5
Warming rather than elevated CO2 shifts the rhizobacterial community composition in four maize‐growing soils5
Effects of cover crops on soil thermal properties of a corn cropping system5
Characterizing hydrologic effects on soil physicochemical variation within tree islands and marshes in the coastal Florida Everglades5
Manganese‐coated IRIS to document reducing soil conditions5
Does harvesting cover crops eliminate the benefits of cover crops? Insights after three years5
Transferability of a large mid‐infrared soil spectral library between two Fourier‐transform infrared spectrometers5
In situ water infiltration: Influence of cover crops after growth termination5
Long‐term grassland restoration exerts stronger impacts on the vertical distribution of labile over recalcitrant organic carbon fractions in Mollisols5
A novel method to inverse the water retention curves with consideration of volume change during centrifuge testing5
A joint method to quantify source contributions of heavy metals to ecological and human health risks in oasis farmland soil5
Assessing the effectiveness of agricultural conservation practices in maintaining soil organic carbon under contrasting agroecosystems and a changing climate5
Empirical relationships between environmental factors and soil organic carbon produce comparable prediction accuracy to machine learning5
Comparison of soil particle density determined by a gas pycnometer using helium, nitrogen, and air5
Evaluation of Mehlich‐3 for determination of cation exchange capacity in Kansas soils5
Magnetic susceptibility in the prediction of soil attributes in southern Brazil5
Conservation practices induce tradeoffs in soil function: Observations from the northern Great Plains5
Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy for soil organic matter analysis5
Nitrogen requirements of first‐year small grains after alfalfa5
Macro and microscopic visual imaging tools to investigate metal reducing bacteria in soils5
Spatial and fractal characterization of soil hydraulic properties along a catena5
Response of soil health indicators to long‐term dairy manure in a semiarid irrigated cropping system4
Prediction, mapping, and implication for better soil organic carbon management in Ethiopia4
Identification of phosphorus index improvements through model comparisons across topographic regions in a small agricultural watershed in Vermont (USA)4
Comparison of soil microbial community and physicochemical properties between rice–fallow and rice–bean (green manure) rotation4
Soil bacterial community composition following cover crops and corn nitrogen management4
Hyperspectral response and monitoring study of soil moisture content based on the optimized spectral index4
New insights into the origin and evolution of glossic features in coarse‐textured soils in northern lower Michigan (USA)4
Temperature effects on sorption of dissolved organic matter on ferrihydrite under dynamic flow and batch conditions4
Alkalinity gradients in grasslands alter soil bacterial community composition and function4
Application method influences the oxidation rate of biologically and chemically produced elemental sulfur fertilizers4
Improved Beerkan run methodology to assess water impact effects on infiltration and hydraulic properties of a loam soil under conventional‐ and no‐tillage4
Biosolids processing effect on sulfur plant availability4
An identified agronomic interpretation for potassium permanganate oxidizable carbon4
Effects of increasing water activity on the relationship between water vapor sorption and clay content4
Soil phosphorus balance in Minnesota soils and its effects on soil test phosphorus and soil phosphorus fractions4
Physical characterization of glacial rock flours from fjord deposits in South Greenland–Toward soil amendment4
Influence of oxytetracycline on boron adsorption at the hematite–water interface: A macroscopic and in situ ATR–FTIR study4
Cropping system management responses to Cornell and Alabama soil health assessment methods in the southeastern United States4
Soil nitrogen cycling under contrasting management systems in Amazon Coffea canephora agroecosystems4
The combined addition of citric and aromatic organic acids to an acid soil prolongs phosphorus availability4
Quantitative simulation of the particle size distribution of eroded sediment on grass slopes with intact plants and root slopes with the aboveground parts removed4
Soil microorganisms respond distinctively to adaptive multi‐paddock and conventional grazing in the southeastern United States4
Abiotic soil properties affecting interpretation of IRIS sensors in tidal and freshwater soils4
Prediction of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields with and without cover crops4
Management zone‐based estimation of positive and negative nitrous oxide flux in organic corn fields4
Diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy estimates for soil properties using multiple partitions: Effects of the range of contents, sample size, and algorithms4
A subaqueous soil‐landscape conceptual model to guide soil survey in Chesapeake Bay subestuaries4
Assessing the impact of organic versus conventional agricultural management on soil hydraulic properties in a long‐term experiment4
Managing soil nutrient buildup by rotating crops and fertilizers following repeated poultry litter applications4
Combining corn N recommendation tools for an improved economical optimal nitrogen rate estimation4
Linking litter decomposition to soil physicochemical properties, gas transport, and land use4
How soil carbon fractions relate to soil properties and crop yields in dryland cropping systems?4
Current status of US soil test phosphorus and potassium recommendations and analytical methods4
Pore structure alteration in a reclaimed saline–sodic soil identified by multiscale X‐ray tomography4
Monolith soil core sampling to develop nitrate testing protocol for manure injection4
Multinational prediction of soil organic carbon and texture via proximal sensors4
Efficacy of novel water‐absorbing polymer amended soil for improving drought resilience of Solanum lycopersicum4
Thermally induced changes in solubility and speciation of lead and iron minerals in a contaminated soil4
Radish and annual ryegrass alter corn yield response to nitrogen rate4
Phosphonate herbicide interactions with quartz, montmorillonite, and quartz‐enriched agricultural soil3
Long‐term nitrogen addition impact on agronomic traits, nitrogen uptake and nitrogen resorption efficiency of wheat in a rainfed region3
Biological conservation measures are better than engineering conservation measures in improving soil quality of eroded orchards in southern China3
Particle size distribution of growing media constituents using dynamic image analysis: Parametrization and comparison to sieving3
Soil–air phase characteristics: Response to texture, density, and land use in Greenland and Denmark3
High salinity prolongs water processes required for soil structure stability during drying–wetting cycles3
The effects of glucose addition and water table manipulation on peat quality of drained peatland forests with different management practices3
Evaluation of indirect and direct scoring methods to relate biochemical soil quality indicators to ecosystem services3
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation in broiler litter and its effect on soil pH3
Variable impact of compost on phosphorus dynamics in organic dryland soils following a one‐time application3
Flux intensity and diurnal variability of soil N2O emissions in a highly fertilized cropping system3
Foliar micronutrient applications enhance growth and yield of huanglongbing (HLB)‐affected sweet orange3
Assessing the influence of cover crop on soil water dynamics using soil moisture measurements and hydrus‐1D simulations3
Availability of dissolved organic carbon drives differences in microbial nitrogen‐cycling processes between two sites with cover crops interseeded into corn3
Mapping phosphorus sorption and availability in California vineyard soils using an ensemble of machine learning models3
Quantifying impacts of forest fire on soil carbon in a young, intensively managed tree farm in the western Oregon Cascades3
Field measurement of wind erosion flux and soil erodibility factors as affected by tillage and seasonal drought3
Effects of Achnatherum inebrians ecotypes and endophyte status on plant growth, plant nutrient, soil fertility and soil microbial community3
Poly‐γ‐glutamic acid application rate effects on hydraulic properties of sandy soil under wetting‐drying cycles conditions3
Critical soil test values of phosphorus and potassium for soybean and corn in three long‐term trials in North Carolina3
Cover crops can increase ammonia volatilization and reduce the efficacy of urease inhibitors3
Soil properties and topographic features influence within‐field variation in potato tuber yield in New Brunswick, Canada3
Cover crops and soil health in rainfed and irrigated corn: What did we learn after 8 years?3
Long‐term conservation and conventional tillage systems impact physical and biochemical soil health indicators in a corn–soybean rotation3
Soil degradation and crop yield declines persist 5 years after pipeline installations3
Subsurface phosphorus fluxes in a well‐drained forest soil are small and dominated by particulates3
Effects of traditional field retting of hemp on soil organic carbon and the soil microbial community3
Fast redox switches lead to rapid transformation of goethite in humid tropical soils: A Mössbauer spectroscopy study3
The IRIS Imager: A freeware program for quantification of paint removal on IRIS films3
Long‐term effect of sugarcane residue management and chemical fertilization on soil physical properties in South Africa3
Long‐term ground cover affects soil bacterial community and carbon metabolism in the Loess Plateau, China3
The impact of a multiple‐row Tamarix windbreak on grain size parameters of aeolian sand flux3
Organic carbon controls water retention and plant available water in cultivated soils from South Greenland3
Probability of crop response to phosphorus and potassium fertilizer: Lessons from 45 years of Ohio trials3
Soil health responses of circular grass buffer strips in center‐pivot irrigated agriculture3
Phosphorus mineralization affected by urea in an intensively managed agricultural soil3
Forced gas injection and water infiltration into sand — A two‐phase flow barrel and column experiment3
Effects of grazing, rotation, and tillage on surface runoff in a heavy textured Uruguayan soil3
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