European Journal of Soil Science

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Soil Science is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Climate change impacts on soil salinity in agricultural areas311
Changes in soil pH and mobility of heavy metals in contaminated soils85
A holistic perspective on soil architecture is needed as a key to soil functions63
What is a good level of soil organic matter? An index based on organic carbon to clay ratio55
Machine learning in space and time for modelling soil organic carbon change52
Revealing pore connectivity across scales and resolutions with X‐ray CT40
Soil multifunctionality: Synergies and trade‐offs across European climatic zones and land uses37
The role of biochar particle size and hydrophobicity in improving soil hydraulic properties36
Soil carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation: Mineralization kinetics of organic inputs as an overlooked limitation35
The impact of drought and rewetting on N2O emissions from soil in temperate and Mediterranean climates35
Relations between soil organic carbon content and the pore size distribution for an arable topsoil with large variations in soil properties34
European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies33
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century33
A review of non‐equilibrium water flow and solute transport in soil macropores: principles, controlling factors and consequences for water quality33
Functional root trait‐based classification of cover crops to improve soil physical properties33
Wet sieving versus dry crushing: Soil microaggregates reveal different physical structure, bacterial diversity and organic matter composition in a clay gradient32
Comparing two theories about the nature of soil phosphate30
Soil organic carbon and clay content as deciding factors for net nitrogen mineralization and cereal yields in boreal mineral soils30
Perspectives on data‐driven soil research29
The cost‐effectiveness of reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil organic carbon28
Influence of soil structure on the spread of Pseudomonas fluorescens in soil at microscale27
Towards a standardization of soil‐related ecosystem service assessments27
Inconsistent effects of agricultural practices on soil fungal communities across 12 European long‐term experiments25
How pore structure non‐stationarity compromises flow properties representativity (REV) for soil samples: Pore‐scale modelling and stationarity analysis24
Contrasting effects of different pH‐raising materials on N2O emissions in acidic upland soils23
Pore‐scale view of microbial turnover: Combining 14C imaging, μCT and zymography after adding soluble carbon to soil pores of specific sizes23
Estimation of carbon stocks in boreal cropland soils ‐ methodological considerations22
Accounting for soil architecture and microbial dynamics in microscale models: Current practices in soil science and the path ahead22
Statistical approaches for spatial sample survey: Persistent misconceptions and new developments22
Long‐term zero‐tillage enhances the protection of soil carbon in tropical agriculture22
RUSSELL REVIEW Are plant roots only “in” soil or are they “of” it? Roots, soil formation and function21
Estimating soil chemical properties by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: Promise versus reality21
Effect of soil thickness on rainfall infiltration and runoff generation from karst hillslopes during rainstorms21
Compressing soil structural information into parameterized correlation functions20
Impact of biochar on nutrient supply, crop yield and microbial respiration on sandy soils of northern Germany19
A meta‐analysis of carbon content and stocks in Technosols and identification of the main governing factors19
Effect of pH and prior treatment with phosphate on the rate and amount of reaction of soils with phosphate19
Is the operationally defined fraction of soil organic matter, “GRSP” (glomalin‐related soil protein), stable in soils? Evidence from trends in long‐term bare fallow soil18
Sustainable futures over the next decade are rooted in soil science18
On inorganic N uptake by vascular plants: Can 15N tracer techniques resolve the NH4+ versus NO3 “preference” co18
Diversified crop rotation with no‐till changes microbial distribution with depth and enhances activity in a subtropical Oxisol18
Physical properties of a sandy soil as affected by incubation with a synthetic root exudate: Strength, thermal and hydraulic conductivity, and evaporation17
Identifying the fingerprint of permanganate oxidizable carbon as a measure of labile soil organic carbon using Fourier transform mid‐infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy17
Seasonal changes of soil carbon fractions and enzyme activities in response to winter cover crops under long‐term rotation and tillage systems17
Can yield, soil C and aggregation be improved under long‐term conservation agriculture in the eastern Indo‐Gangetic plain of India?17
Spatiotemporal modelling of soil moisture in an Atlantic forest through machine learning algorithms17
How do natural soil NH4+, NO3 and N2O interact in response to nitrogen input in different climatic zones? A glo17
Organic carbon pools and organic matter chemical composition in response to different land uses in southern Brazil16
How to compare sampling designs for mapping?16
A well‐established fact: Rapid mineralization of organic inputs is an important factor for soil carbon sequestration16
Potential accumulation of toxic trace elements in soils during enhanced rock weathering16
The concentration and size distribution of iron‐rich colloids in pore waters are related to soil organic matter content and pore water calcium concentration16
A medieval hillfort as an island of extraordinary fertile Archaeological Dark Earth soil in the Czech Republic16
Out of the dark: Using energy flux to connect above‐ and belowground communities and ecosystem functioning15
Modelling soil water retention and water‐holding capacity with visible–near‐infrared spectra and machine learning15
Flow resistance in mobile bed rills shaped in soils with different texture15
Decomposition and nutrient release from legume and non‐legume residues in a tropical soil15
Interacting effects of urea and water addition on soil mineral‐bound phosphorus dynamics in semi‐arid grasslands with different land‐use history15
Emissions of nitrous oxide, dinitrogen and carbon dioxide from three soils amended with carbon substrates under varying soil matric potentials15
Soil thermal conductivity model by de Vries: Re‐examination and validation analysis14
Effects of drying and simulated flooding on soil phosphorus dynamics from two contrasting UK grassland soils14
On the use of air temperature and precipitation as surrogate predictors in soil respiration modelling14
Performance of field‐scale lab vs in situ visible/near‐ and mid‐infrared spectroscopy for estimation of soil properties14
LUCAS Soil Biodiversity and LUCAS Soil Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development14
Impacts of land use and cropland management on soil organic matter and greenhouse gas emissions in the Brazilian Cerrado14
Insights into conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes affected by soil minerals14
A mesocosm‐based assessment of whether root hairs affect soil erosion by simulated rainfall14
Experimental determination of sediment transport capacity of concentrated water flow over saturated soil slope14
Race and racism in soil science13
Assessing multifunctionality of agricultural soils: Reducing the biodiversity trade‐off13
Characteristics of organic material inputs affect soil microbial NO3 immobilization rates calculated using different methods13
Maize straw and its biochar affect phosphorus distribution in soil aggregates and are beneficial for improving phosphorus availability along the soil profile13
Taxonomic and functional analysis of soil microbial communities in a mining site across a metal(loid) contamination gradient13
The phosphate desorption rate in soil limits phosphorus bioavailability to crops13
Changes in soil pH and addition of inorganic phosphate affect glyphosate adsorption in agricultural soil13
Cycling of reduced phosphorus compounds in soil and potential impacts of climate change13
The effect of temperature and wetting–drying cycles on soil wettability: Dynamic molecular restructuring processes at the solid–water–air interface12
Investigation of the soil properties that affect Olsen P critical values in different soil types and impact on P fertiliser recommendations12
Controls on variation of soil organic carbon concentration in the shrublands of the north‐eastern Tibetan Plateau12
Synergistic use of hyperspectral imagery, Sentinel‐1 and LiDAR improves mapping of soil physical and geochemical properties at the farm‐scale12
The potential of ryegrass as cover crop to reduce soil N2O emissions and increase the population size of denitrifying bacteria12
Statistical modelling of measurement error in wet chemistry soil data12
Seasonal patterns of greenhouse gas emissions from a forest‐to‐bog restored site in northern Scotland: Influence of microtopography and vegetation on carbon dioxide and methane dynamics12
Grazed temporary grass‐clover leys in crop rotations can have a positive impact on soil quality under both conventional and organic agricultural systems12
Effect of soil internal forces on fragment size distributions after aggregate breakdown and their relations to splash erosion12
X‐ray tomography analysis of soil biopores structure under wetting and drying cycles12
Microbial utilization of rice root residue‐derived carbon explored by DNA stable‐isotope probing12
Relationships between spectral features, iron oxides and colours of surface soils in northern Jordan12
Soil bacterial and fungal communities are linked with plant functional types and soil properties under different grazing intensities12
A theoretical model to predict suffusion‐induced particle movement in cohesionless soil under seepage flow12
Changes in microbial utilization and fate of soil carbon following the addition of different fractions of anaerobic digestate to soils11
Endophyte infection influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities in rhizosphere soils of host as opposed to non‐host grass11
Linear mixed models and geostatistics for designed experiments in soil science: Two entirely different methods or two sides of the same coin?11
On glyphosate–kaolinite surface interactions. A molecular dynamic study11
Contributions and future priorities for soil science: Comparing perspectives from scientists and stakeholders11
Greater, but not necessarily better: The influence of biochar on soil hydraulic properties11
International gender equity in soil science11
Nitrogen, water content, phosphorus and active iron jointly regulate soil organic carbon in tropical acid red soil forest11
Bacterial and archaeal taxa are reliable indicators of soil restoration across distributed calcareous grasslands11
Relative efficacy and stability of biological and synthetic nitrification inhibitors in a highly nitrifying soil: Evidence of apparent nitrification inhibition by linoleic acid and linolenic acid11
A new theory for soil health11
Quantitative estimation of stochastic and deterministic processes for soil prokaryotic community assembly in the Yellow River floodplain11
Development and functional evaluation of pedotransfer functions for soil hydraulic properties for the Zambezi River Basin10
Particle size primarily shifts chemical composition of organic matter under long‐term fertilization in paddy soil10
Nitrification inhibitor 3,4‐dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) reduces N2O emissions by altering the soil microbial community in a wheat–maize rotation on the North Chi10
A modification to the van Genuchten model for improved prediction of relative hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils10
Scenario modelling of carbon mineralization in 3D soil architecture at the microscale: Toward an accessibility coefficient of organic matter for bacteria10
Response of subsoil organic matter contents and physical properties to long‐term, high‐rate farmyard manure application10
Understanding the joint impacts of soil architecture and microbial dynamics on soil functions: Insights derived from microscale models10
Untrafficked furrowed seedbed sustains soil physical quality in sugarcane mechanized fields10
Soil pore system evaluated from gas measurements and CT images: A conceptual study using artificial, natural and 3D‐printed soil cores10
Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a ratoon paddy field in Sichuan Province, China10
The impact, identification and management of dispersive soils in rainfed cropping systems10
Cereal straw incorporation and ryegrass cover crops: The path to equilibrium in soil carbon storage is short10
The distinct responses of bacteria and fungi in different‐sized soil aggregates under different management practices10
Spatial evaluation and trade‐off analysis of soil functions through Bayesian networks10
A decision support framework assessing management impacts on crop yield, soil carbon changes and nitrogen losses to the environment10
Significant structural evolution of a long‐term fallow soil in response to agricultural management practices requires at least 10 years after conversion9
Soil pH drives poplar rhizosphere soil microbial community responses to ozone pollution and nitrogen addition9
The legacy of acidic deposition controls soil organic carbon pools in temperate forests across the Czech Republic9
Agricultural soils: A sink or source of methane across the British Isles?9
Chemical composition of soil organic carbon from mixed aspen‐conifer forests characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy9
Accounting for analytical and proximal soil sensing errors in digital soil mapping9
Desiccation and cracking behaviour of clay loam subjected to different irrigation methods during wetting–drying cycles9
Multifractal analysis of soil particle size distribution to evaluate the effects of gypsum on the quality of sodic soils9
Dynamic changes in soil erosion risk and its driving mechanism: A case study in the Loess Plateau of China9
A semi‐empirical model to predict the EM38 electromagnetic induction measurements of soils from basic ground properties8
Impact of Dicranopteris linearis roots on the shear strength of different soil layers in collapsing wall of Benggang8
Denitrification rates in tidal marsh soils: The roles of soil texture, salinity and nitrogen enrichment8
Slippery liquid‐infused porous surfaces: The effect of oil on the water repellence of hydrophobic and superhydrophobic soils8
Long‐term changes in paddy soil fertility in tropical Asia after 50 years of the Green Revolution8
Increasing soil organic carbon pools and wheat yields by optimising tillage and fertilisation on the Loess Plateau in China8
Hillslope geodiversity effects on properties and composition of biological soil crusts in drylands8
Phage‐bacterium interactions and nutrient availability can shape C and N retention in microbial biomass8
Decreased soil aggregation and reduced soil organic carbon activity in conventional vegetable fields converted from paddy fields8
Preferential flow patterns in forested hillslopes of east Tibetan Plateau revealed by dye tracing and soil moisture network8
Multi‐modelling predictions show high uncertainty of required carbon input changes to reach a 4‰ target8
A comparison of machine learning algorithms for mapping soil iron parameters indicative of pedogenic processes by hyperspectral imaging of intact soil profiles8
Soil aeration and redox potential as function of pore connectivity unravelled by X‐ray microtomography imaging8
Habitat determines the relationships among bacteria, resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in the soil–plant system8
Describing and explaining the reaction of soils with phosphate using existing observations7
Continuous aridification since the mid‐Holocene as the main cause of C3/C4 dynamics in the grasslands of northeastern China7
Effects of different organic amendments on soil pore structure acquired by three‐dimensional investigation7
Combined effects of rainfall types and antecedent soil moisture on runoff generation at a hillslope of red soil region7
Effects of mucilage concentration at different water contents on mechanical stability and elasticity in a loamy and a sandy soil7
Soil respiration spatial and temporal variability in China between 1961 and 20147
Resilience of microbial communities in Mediterranean soil after induced drought and manipulated UV radiation7
Reducing tillage intensity benefits the soil micro‐ and mesofauna in a global meta‐analysis7
Do tree species affect decadal changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks in Danish common garden experiments?7
Adsorption of cations at the illite–water interface and its effect on intrinsic potassium ions7
Spectral variable selection for estimation of soil organic carbon content using mid‐infrared spectroscopy7
Quantification of soil structure via synchrotron X‐ray tomography after 22 years of fertilization7
Linking deforestation patterns to soil types: A multifractal approach7
Introducing a mechanistic model in digital soil mapping to predict soil organic matter stocks in the Cantabrian region (Spain)7
Modelling spatial and temporal soil organic carbon dynamics under climate and land management change scenarios, northern Ethiopia7
Trace metal accumulation in agricultural soils from mineral phosphate fertiliser applications in European long‐term field trials7
Biocrust‐forming lichens increase soil available phosphorus under simulated climate change7
Legacy of war: Pedogenesis divergence and heavy metal contamination on the WWI front line a century after battle7
Linkage between microbial functional genes and net N mineralisation in forest soils along an elevational gradient7
Applying CCB to predict management change affected long‐term SOM turnover of the Extended Static Fertilization Experiment in Bad 7
Estimation of soil specific surface area from adsorbed soil water content7
Effect of combining straw‐derived materials and wood ash on alkaline soil carbon content and the microbial community6
Applying cover crop residues as diverse mixtures increases initial microbial assimilation of crop residue‐derived carbon6
Investigating unfrozen water and its components during freeze–thaw action in loess using a novel NMR technique6
Effect of biochar on soil properties and infiltration in a light salinized soil: Experiments and simulations6
Chemical characteristics of soil organic matter from integrated agricultural systems in southeastern Brazil6
Nitrogen and phosphorus co‐limit mineralization of labile carbon in deep subsoil6
Plant functional type indirectly affects peatland carbon fluxes and their sensitivity to environmental change6
Anthropogenic dark earth: Evolution, distribution, physical, and chemical properties6
Predicting evaporation from moist, cracked soil, based on near‐surface wind speed, crack width and crack distance6
A morphological approach to evaluating the nature of vineyard soils in semiarid Mediterranean environment6
Exploring the scaling law of geographical space: Gaussian versus Paretian thinking6
Clay mineralogical composition and chemical properties of Haplic Luvisol developed on loess in the protected landscape area Litovelské Pomoraví6
Extending grassland age for climate change mitigation and adaptation on clay soils6
The effect of organic and conventional management practices on soil macropore structure in greenhouse vegetable production6
NMR relaxation times for soil texture estimation in the laboratory: A comparison to the laser diffraction and sieve–pipette methods6
Soil macroporosity and water flow in the root zone of oases in hyper‐arid regions6
Aridity and geochemical drivers of soil micronutrient and contaminant availability in European drylands6
Soil properties and microbial processes in response to land‐use change in agricultural highlands of the Central Andes6
The legacy effect of synthetic N fertiliser6
Monitoring soil microbial communities using molecular tools: DNA extraction methods may offset long‐term management effects6
Carbon sequestration in artificial silicate soils facilitated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and glomalin‐related soil protein6
Agrochemical leaching reduction in biochar‐amended tropical soils of Belize6
Pore characteristics of physical crust samples from two typical erodible soils in southern China5
Soil amendment with sewage sludge‐derived chars increases C‐sequestration potential and provides N and P for plant growth during a second cropping period with Lolium perenne5
Spatial variability of soil respiration (Rs) and its controls are subjected to strong seasonality in an even‐aged European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stand5
X‐ray computed tomography imaging of solute movement through ridged and flat plant systems5
Soil nitrogen dynamics drive regional variation in nitrogen use efficiency in rice: A multi‐scale study5
Effects of mixing tree species and water availability on soil organic carbon stocks are depth dependent in a temperate podzol5
Assessment of global, national and regional‐level digital soil mapping products at different spatial supports5
Slope position and biochar influence soil properties and seed displacement in a tropical agroecosystem5
Decoupled richness of generalist anaerobes and sulphate‐reducing bacteria is driven by pH across land uses in temperate soils5
Using homosoils for quantitative extrapolation of soil mapping models5
Distribution of soil bacteria involved in C cycling across extensive environmental and pedogenic gradients5
ITS3/ITS4 outperforms other ITS region and 18S rRNA gene primer sets for amplicon sequencing of soil fungi5
Establishment and evaluation of a quantitative analysis model for potentially toxic metals in wet soil samples by LIBS5
Saturation effect on the distribution of rill detachment rate5
Assessing the best performing pedotransfer functions for predicting the soil‐water characteristic curve according to soil texture classes and matric potentials5
Estimation of the carbon valence from its average formal oxidation state in the soil organic matter5
Gypsum application lowers cadmium uptake in cacao in soils with high cation exchange capacity only: A soil chemical analysis5
National soil data in EU countries, where do we stand?5
Crude glycerol, a biodiesel byproduct, used as a soil amendment to temporarily immobilise and then release nitrogen5
Impact of management of cover crop–soybean agroecosystems on rhizosphere microbial communities5
Can molecular genetic techniques improve our understanding of the role the microbial biomass plays in soil aggregation?5
Effect of phosphate sorption on soil pH5
Fractal analysis of the infiltration curve and soil particle size in a semi‐humid watershed5
Organic manure and lime change water vapour sorption of a red soil by altering water repellency and specific surface area5
The sensitivity of cosmogenic radionuclide analysis to soil bulk density: Implications for soil formation rates5
Microbial regulation of net N mineralisation is driven by C, N, P content and stoichiometry5
Model representation and quantitative analysis of pore three‐dimensional morphological structure based on soil computed tomography images5
Biogeographical distribution and regulation of methanotrophs in Chinese paddy soils5
Long‐term legacy of land‐use change in soils from a subtropical rainforest: Relating microbiological and physicochemical parameters5
Relative entropy as an index of soil structure5
A field system for measuring plant and soil carbon fluxes using stable isotope methods4
Dynamics of microbial residues in highland agroecosystems as affected by cropping systems and fertilisation in a 31‐year‐long experiment4
Land system diversity, scaling laws and polygons map analysis4
An improved Amplex Red‐based fluorometric assay of phenol oxidases and peroxidases activity: A case study on Haplic Chernozem4
Measuring soil freezing characteristic curve with thermo‐time domain reflectometry4
Identification of water flow through non‐root soil macropores and along roots in shrub‐encroached grassland4
N2O hot moments were not driven by changes in nitrogen and carbon substrates or changes in N cycling functional genes4
How about the role of farmers and of pragmatic approaches when aiming for sustainable development by 2030?4
Fairy ring‐induced soil potassium depletion gradients reshape microbial community composition in a montane grassland4
To what extent can multifractal measures provide an accurate model of the porosity of soils?4
Long‐term inorganic nitrogen application changes the ammonia‐oxidizing archaeal community composition in paddy soils4
Identifying criteria for greenhouse gas flux estimation with automatic and manual chambers: A case study for N2O4
Local‐scale evaporation and water loss distribution in surface soil as related to near‐surface wind conditions and surface geometry4
The applicability of HYDRUS‐1D to infiltration of water‐repellent soil at different depths4
Impacts of tillage and nutrient management on soil porosity trends in dryland agriculture4
Seasonal shifts in the soil microbial community responded differently to in situ experimental warming in a natural forest and a plantation4
Soil challenges beyond publication issues4
A hydraulic conductivity model of frozen soils with the consideration of water films4
Co‐ordinated elevational diversity patterns for soil bacteria, fungi, and plants in alkaline soils of arid northwestern China4
Is soil an organic carbon sink or source upon erosion, transport and deposition?4
Vertical SOC distribution and aromatic carbon in centuries old charcoal‐rich Technosols4
Effects of altitude on soil properties in coastal fog ecosystems in Morro Moreno National Park, Antofagasta, Chile4
Long‐term effect of biochar on physical properties of agricultural soils with different textures at pre‐industrial charcoal kiln sites in Wallonia (Belgium)4
Long‐range correlations of soil water content time series under tillage and different cover crops in a semi‐arid vineyard4
Co‐aggregation of mixture components of montmorillonite, kaolinite and humus4
A modelling approach to evaluate land management options for recently burnt catchments4
An evaluation of soil phytoliths for reconstructing plant communities and palaeoclimate in the northern temperate region4
Feature and mechanism analysis of dispersive soil disintegration impacted by soil water content, density, and salinity4
Selecting plant traits for soil erosion control in grassed waterways under a changing climate: A growth room study4
Changes in soil phosphorus fractions under different land uses in desert grasslands in northwestern China4
Effects of burning and mowing on the soil microbiome of restored tallgrass prairie4
European agricultural soil management: Towards climate‐smart and sustainability, knowledge needs and research approaches4
Soil degradation and mitigation in agricultural lands in the Indian Anthropocene4
Changes in organic carbon fractions and sources in deltaic topsoil and subsoil layers: autochthonous and allochthonous inputs4
The role of decaying logs in nursing soil fungal diversity varies with decay classes in the forest ecosystem4
Continuous straw return for 8 years mitigates the negative effects of inorganic fertilisers on C‐cycling soil bacteria4
Multifractal and joint multifractal analysis of soil micronutrients extracted by two methods along a transect in a coarse textured soil3
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