European Journal of Soil Science

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Soil Science 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Changes in soil pH and mobility of heavy metals in contaminated soils128
A holistic perspective on soil architecture is needed as a key to soil functions74
European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies67
The role of biochar particle size and hydrophobicity in improving soil hydraulic properties51
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century50
Soil multifunctionality: Synergies and trade‐offs across European climatic zones and land uses46
Functional root trait‐based classification of cover crops to improve soil physical properties45
Soil carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation: Mineralization kinetics of organic inputs as an overlooked limitation43
Relations between soil organic carbon content and the pore size distribution for an arable topsoil with large variations in soil properties41
The cost‐effectiveness of reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil organic carbon40
Long‐term zero‐tillage enhances the protection of soil carbon in tropical agriculture34
Estimating soil chemical properties by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: Promise versus reality32
RUSSELL REVIEW Are plant roots only “in” soil or are they “of” it? Roots, soil formation and function31
Perspectives on data‐driven soil research30
Inconsistent effects of agricultural practices on soil fungal communities across 12 European long‐term experiments29
Effect of soil thickness on rainfall infiltration and runoff generation from karst hillslopes during rainstorms29
LUCAS Soil Biodiversity and LUCAS Soil Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development27
How pore structure non‐stationarity compromises flow properties representativity (REV) for soil samples: Pore‐scale modelling and stationarity analysis27
Potential accumulation of toxic trace elements in soils during enhanced rock weathering27
Sustainable futures over the next decade are rooted in soil science26
Accounting for soil architecture and microbial dynamics in microscale models: Current practices in soil science and the path ahead26
Impact of biochar on nutrient supply, crop yield and microbial respiration on sandy soils of northern Germany25
Spatiotemporal modelling of soil moisture in an Atlantic forest through machine learning algorithms24
Out of the dark: Using energy flux to connect above‐ and belowground communities and ecosystem functioning23
How do natural soil NH4+, NO3 and N2O interact in response to nitrogen input in different climatic zones? A glo21
On inorganic N uptake by vascular plants: Can 15N tracer techniques resolve the NH4+ versus NO3 “preference” co21
Can yield, soil C and aggregation be improved under long‐term conservation agriculture in the eastern Indo‐Gangetic plain of India?21
A well‐established fact: Rapid mineralization of organic inputs is an important factor for soil carbon sequestration20
A meta‐analysis of carbon content and stocks in Technosols and identification of the main governing factors20
A new theory for soil health19
Emissions of nitrous oxide, dinitrogen and carbon dioxide from three soils amended with carbon substrates under varying soil matric potentials19
The concentration and size distribution of iron‐rich colloids in pore waters are related to soil organic matter content and pore water calcium concentration18
Soil thermal conductivity model by de Vries: Re‐examination and validation analysis18
Identifying the fingerprint of permanganate oxidizable carbon as a measure of labile soil organic carbon using Fourier transform mid‐infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy18
On the use of air temperature and precipitation as surrogate predictors in soil respiration modelling17
Cycling of reduced phosphorus compounds in soil and potential impacts of climate change17
Impacts of land use and cropland management on soil organic matter and greenhouse gas emissions in theBrazilian Cerrado17
Decomposition and nutrient release from legume and non‐legume residues in a tropical soil17
Maize straw and its biochar affect phosphorus distribution in soil aggregates and are beneficial for improving phosphorus availability along the soil profile17
Changes in soil pH and addition of inorganic phosphate affect glyphosate adsorption in agricultural soil17
Effects of drying and simulated flooding on soil phosphorus dynamics from two contrasting UK grassland soils17
Flow resistance in mobile bed rills shaped in soils with different texture16
The potential of ryegrass as cover crop to reduce soil N2O emissions and increase the population size of denitrifying bacteria16
Performance of field‐scale lab vs in situ visible/near‐ and mid‐infrared spectroscopy for estimation of soil properties16
A mesocosm‐based assessment of whether root hairs affect soil erosion by simulated rainfall16
Modelling soil water retention and water‐holding capacity with visible–near‐infrared spectra and machine learning16
The effect of temperature and wetting–drying cycles on soil wettability: Dynamic molecular restructuring processes at the solid–water–air interface15
Statistical modelling of measurement error in wet chemistry soil data15
Soil bacterial and fungal communities are linked with plant functional types and soil properties under different grazing intensities15
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 dynamics14
A theoretical model to predict suffusion‐induced particle movement in cohesionless soil under seepage flow14
Race and racism in soil science14
A comparison of machine learning algorithms for mapping soil iron parameters indicative of pedogenic processes by hyperspectral imaging of intact soil profiles14
Controls on variation of soil organic carbon concentration in the shrublands of the north‐eastern Tibetan Plateau14
Greater, but not necessarily better: The influence of biochar on soil hydraulic properties14
Multi‐modelling predictions show high uncertainty of required carbon input changes to reach a 4‰ target14
Quantitative estimation of stochastic and deterministic processes for soil prokaryotic community assembly in the Yellow River floodplain14
Preferential flow patterns in forested hillslopes of east Tibetan Plateau revealed by dye tracing and soil moisture network14
Effect of soil internal forces on fragment size distributions after aggregate breakdown and their relations to splash erosion14
Particle size primarily shifts chemical composition of organic matter under long‐term fertilization in paddy soil14
Investigation of the soil properties that affect Olsen P critical values in different soil types and impact on P fertiliser recommendations13
Synergistic use of hyperspectral imagery, Sentinel‐1 and LiDAR improves mapping of soil physical and geochemical properties at the farm‐scale13
Cereal straw incorporation and ryegrass cover crops: The path to equilibrium in soil carbon storage is short13
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 acid13
Agricultural soils: A sink or source of methane across the British Isles?13
Chemical composition of soil organic carbon from mixed aspen‐conifer forests characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy13
Accounting for analytical and proximal soil sensing errors in digital soil mapping13
Understanding the joint impacts of soil architecture and microbial dynamics on soil functions: Insights derived from microscale models12
X‐ray tomography analysis of soil biopores structure under wetting and drying cycles12
Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a ratoon paddy field in Sichuan Province, China12
The impact, identification and management of dispersive soils in rainfed cropping systems12
Changes in microbial utilization and fate of soil carbon following the addition of different fractions of anaerobic digestate to soils12
Contributions and future priorities for soil science: Comparing perspectives from scientists and stakeholders12
Response of subsoil organic matter contents and physical properties to long‐term, high‐rate farmyard manure application12
A modification to the van Genuchten model for improved prediction of relative hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils12
International gender equity in soil science11
Habitat determines the relationships among bacteria, resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in the soil–plant system11
Dynamic changes in soil erosion risk and its driving mechanism: A case study in the Loess Plateau of China11
The legacy effect of synthetic N fertiliser11
Effects of mucilage concentration at different water contents on mechanical stability and elasticity in a loamy and a sandy soil11
Scenario modelling of carbon mineralization in 3D soil architecture at the microscale: Toward an accessibility coefficient of organic matter for bacteria11
Development and functional evaluation of pedotransfer functions for soil hydraulic properties for the Zambezi River Basin11
Soil pH drives poplar rhizosphere soil microbial community responses to ozone pollution and nitrogen addition11
Combined effects of rainfall types and antecedent soil moisture on runoff generation at a hillslope of red soil region11
The legacy of acidic deposition controls soil organic carbon pools in temperate forests across theCzechRepublic11
Effects of organic carbon and clay contents on structure‐related properties of arable soils with high clay content10
Effects of different organic amendments on soil pore structure acquired by three‐dimensional investigation10
Soil aeration and redox potential as function of pore connectivity unravelled by X‐ray microtomography imaging10
Multifractal analysis of soil particle size distribution to evaluate the effects of gypsum on the quality of sodic soils10
Predicting evaporation from moist, cracked soil, based on near‐surface wind speed, crack width and crack distance10
Soil respiration spatial and temporal variability in China between 1961 and 201410
Spectral variable selection for estimation of soil organic carbon content using mid‐infrared spectroscopy10
Linkage between microbial functional genes and net N mineralisation in forest soils along an elevational gradient10
Decreased soil aggregation and reduced soil organic carbon activity in conventional vegetable fields converted from paddy fields10
Incorporating soil knowledge into machine‐learning prediction of soil properties from soil spectra10
Modelling spatial and temporal soil organic carbon dynamics under climate and land management change scenarios, northern Ethiopia10
Untrafficked furrowed seedbed sustains soil physical quality in sugarcane mechanized fields10
Legacy of war: Pedogenesis divergence and heavy metal contamination on the WWI front line a century after battle10
Resilience of microbial communities in Mediterranean soil after induced drought and manipulated UV radiation9
Stocktake study of current fertilisation recommendations across Europe and discussion towards a more harmonised approach9
Slippery liquid‐infused porous surfaces: The effect of oil on the water repellence of hydrophobic and superhydrophobic soils9
Do tree species affect decadal changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks in Danish common garden experiments?9
Phage‐bacterium interactions and nutrient availability can shape C and N retention in microbial biomass9
Feature and mechanism analysis of dispersive soil disintegration impacted by soil water content, density, and salinity9
Reducing tillage intensity benefits the soil micro‐ and mesofauna in a global meta‐analysis8
Impact of Dicranopteris linearis roots on the shear strength of different soil layers in collapsing wall of Benggang8
Forty years of soil research funded by the European Commission: Trends and future. A systematic review of research projects8
Trace metal accumulation in agricultural soils from mineral phosphate fertiliser applications in European long‐term field trials8
Quantification of soil structure via synchrotron X‐ray tomography after 22 years of fertilization8
Changes in organic carbon fractions and sources in deltaic topsoil and subsoil layers: autochthonous and allochthonous inputs8
Effect of combining straw‐derived materials and wood ash on alkaline soil carbon content and the microbial community8
Applying cover crop residues as diverse mixtures increases initial microbial assimilation of crop residue‐derived carbon8
Hillslope geodiversity effects on properties and composition of biological soil crusts in drylands8
Investigating unfrozen water and its components during freeze–thaw action in loess using a novel NMR technique8
Extending grassland age for climate change mitigation and adaptation on clay soils8
A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe8
Soil macroporosity and water flow in the root zone of oases in hyper‐arid regions8
Increasing soil organic carbon pools and wheat yields by optimising tillage and fertilisation on the Loess Plateau in China8
Adsorption of cations at the illite–water interface and its effect on intrinsic potassium ions8
Long‐term changes in paddy soil fertility in tropical Asia after 50 years of the Green Revolution8
National soil data in EU countries, where do we stand?8
Estimation of soil specific surface area from adsorbed soil water content8
Gypsum application lowers cadmium uptake in cacao in soils with high cation exchange capacity only: A soil chemical analysis7
Dynamics of microbial residues in highland agroecosystems as affected by cropping systems and fertilisation in a 31‐year‐long experiment7
Using homosoils for quantitative extrapolation of soil mapping models7
Increasing soil organic carbon content can enhance the long‐term availability of phosphorus in agricultural soils7
Effect of phosphate sorption on soil pH7
Biocrust‐forming lichens increase soil available phosphorus under simulated climate change7
Organic manure and lime change water vapour sorption of a red soil by altering water repellency and specific surface area7
Chemical characteristics of soil organic matter from integrated agricultural systems in southeastern Brazil7
Clay mineralogical composition and chemical properties of Haplic Luvisol developed on loess in the protected landscape area Litovelské Pomoraví7
The effect of organic and conventional management practices on soil macropore structure in greenhouse vegetable production7
The importance of biochar quality and pyrolysis yield for soil carbon sequestration in practice7
Impacts of tillage and nutrient management on soil porosity trends in dryland agriculture7
ITS3/ITS4 outperforms other ITS region and 18S rRNA gene primer sets for amplicon sequencing of soil fungi7
Establishment and evaluation of a quantitative analysis model for potentially toxic metals in wet soil samples by LIBS7
Effect of biochar on soil properties and infiltration in a light salinized soil: Experiments and simulations7
Concentration‐dependent response of soil parameters and functions to trifluoroacetic acid7
Effects of mixing tree species and water availability on soil organic carbon stocks are depth dependent in a temperate podzol7
Carbon sequestration in artificial silicate soils facilitated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and glomalin‐related soil protein7
Assessment of global, national and regional‐level digital soil mapping products at different spatial supports7
Anthropogenic dark earth: Evolution, distribution, physical, and chemical properties7
A modelling approach to evaluate land management options for recently burnt catchments7
Aridity and geochemical drivers of soil micronutrient and contaminant availability in European drylands7
Delayed nitrogen application after straw and charred straw addition altered the hot moment of soil N2O emissions7
Soil properties and microbial processes in response to land‐use change in agricultural highlands of theCentral Andes7
European agricultural soil management: Towards climate‐smart and sustainability, knowledge needs and research approaches7
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) for rapid soil testing and soil quality assessment in smallholder farms7
Soil organic carbon under conservation agriculture in Mediterranean and humid subtropical climates: Globalmeta‐analysis6
Vertical SOC distribution and aromatic carbon in centuries old charcoal‐rich Technosols6
Storage of soil carbon is not sequestration: Straightforward graphical visualization of their basic differences6
Soil degradation and mitigation in agricultural lands in the Indian Anthropocene6
Effects of altitude on soil properties in coastal fog ecosystems in Morro Moreno National Park, Antofagasta, Chile6
In‐field soil spectroscopy in Vis–NIR range for fast and reliable soil analysis: A review6
A morphological approach to evaluating the nature of vineyard soils in semiarid Mediterranean environment6
N2O hot moments were not driven by changes in nitrogen and carbon substrates or changes in N cycling functional genes6
Is soil an organic carbon sink or source upon erosion, transport and deposition?6
Estimation of the carbon valence from its average formal oxidation state in the soil organic matter6
Plant functional type indirectly affects peatland carbon fluxes and their sensitivity to environmental change6
Slope position and biochar influence soil properties and seed displacement in a tropical agroecosystem6
Can molecular genetic techniques improve our understanding of the role the microbial biomass plays in soil aggregation?6
Pore characteristics of physical crust samples from two typical erodible soils in southern China6
Spatial variability of soil respiration (Rs) and its controls are subjected to strong seasonality in an even‐aged European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stand6
Soil macropore characteristics and aggregate stability with poly‐γ‐glutamic acid amendment under wetting–drying cycles6
Nitrogen and phosphorus co‐limit mineralization of labile carbon in deep subsoil6
Applying CCB to predict management change affected long‐term SOM turnover of the Extended Static Fertilization Experiment in Bad 6
Biogeographical distribution and regulation of methanotrophs in Chinese paddy soils6
Relative entropy as an index of soil structure6
Distribution of soil bacteria involved in C cycling across extensive environmental and pedogenic gradients6
Chloroform‐labile trace elements in soil via fumigation‐extraction: Steps towards the soil microbial ionome beyond C:N:P6
An improved Amplex Red‐based fluorometric assay of phenol oxidases and peroxidases activity: A case study on Haplic Chernozem5
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy characterises the functional chemistry of soil organic carbon in agricultural soils5
Co‐ordinated elevational diversity patterns for soil bacteria, fungi, and plants in alkaline soils of arid northwestern China5
Model representation and quantitative analysis of pore three‐dimensional morphological structure based on soil computed tomography images5
Microbial regulation of net N mineralisation is driven by C, N, P content and stoichiometry5
Long‐term inorganic nitrogen application changes the ammonia‐oxidizing archaeal community composition in paddy soils5
BOOK REVIEW: Analytical methods for soil and agro‐chemistry (in Chinese). Edited by H. Z.Zhu, P. A.He, C. Z.Chen, H. M.Zhou, D. C.Su, J. M.Xu, H. Y.Qin, S. D.Bao, R. K.LuS. H.Jiang Soil Scienc5
Impact of management of cover crop–soybean agroecosystems on rhizosphere microbial communities5
Continuous straw return for 8 years mitigates the negative effects of inorganic fertilisers on C‐cycling soil bacteria5
Effects of microsized rice straw on soil clay dispersibility5
Fractal analysis of the infiltration curve and soil particle size in a semi‐humid watershed5
A hydraulic conductivity model of frozen soils with the consideration of water films5
The dynamic changes of soil air‐filled porosity associated with soil shrinkage in a Vertisol5
Soil nitrogen dynamics drive regional variation in nitrogen use efficiency in rice: A multi‐scale study5
Using model simulation to evaluate soil loss potential in diversified agricultural landscapes5
The role of decaying logs in nursing soil fungal diversity varies with decay classes in the forest ecosystem5
Local‐scale evaporation and water loss distribution in surface soil as related to near‐surface wind conditions and surface geometry5
Crude glycerol, a biodiesel byproduct, used as a soil amendment to temporarily immobilise and then release nitrogen5
Identifying criteria for greenhouse gas flux estimation with automatic and manual chambers: A case study for N2O5
High‐yielding forage grass cultivars increase root biomass and soil organic carbon stocks compared with mixed‐species permanent pasture in temperate soil5
Cover crop residue influence on soil N2O and CO2 emissions under wetting‐drying intensities: An incubation study5
Seasonal shifts in the soil microbial community responded differently to in situ experimental warming in a natural forest and a plantation5
Saturation effect on the distribution of rill detachment rate5
How about the role of farmers and of pragmatic approaches when aiming for sustainable development by 2030?5
Long‐term effect of biochar on physical properties of agricultural soils with different textures at pre‐industrial charcoal kiln sites in Wallonia (Belgium)5
Prioritisation tool for targeting the monitoring of veterinary pharmaceuticals in soils at a national level: The case of Spain5
Long‐term legacy of land‐use change in soils from a subtropical rainforest: Relating microbiological and physicochemical parameters5
Changes in soil silicon forms and availability as affected by rice straw and its biochar5
Co‐aggregation of mixture components of montmorillonite, kaolinite and humus5
Polarisation‐induced covalent interactions between H+ and surface O atoms promote clay aggregation4
Interpretable spectroscopic modelling of soil with machine learning4
Assessing new sensor‐based volume measurement methods for high‐throughput bulk density estimation in the field under various soil conditions4
Effect of spatial scale of soil data on estimates of soil ecosystem services: Case study in 100 km2 area in France4
Changes in soil phosphorus fractions under different land uses in desert grasslands in northwestern China4
13C methodologies for quantifying biochar stability in soil: A critique4
Plastic film mulching maintains soil organic carbon by increasing fungal necromass carbon under manure application4
Millimetre scale aeration of the rhizosphere and drilosphere4
Storage and controlling factors of soil organic carbon in alpine wetlands and meadow across the Tibetan Plateau4
Multifractal and joint multifractal analysis of soil micronutrients extracted by two methods along a transect in a coarse textured soil4
The applicability of HYDRUS‐1D to infiltration of water‐repellent soil at different depths4
Mapping depth to Pleistocene sand with Bayesian generalized linear geostatistical models4
Interactions between soil structure dynamics, hydrological processes, and organic matter cycling: A new soil‐crop model4
Modelling soil hydraulic properties with an improved pore‐solid fractal (PSF) model through image analysis4
Equations to describe the amount and rate of sorption4
Rhizosphere bacterial communities of three minor grain crops exhibit distinct environmental adaptations and assembly processes4
Prediction of saturated hydraulic conductivity of sandy soil using Sauter mean diameter of soil particles4
Spatial molecular heterogeneity of POM during decomposition at different soil depths resolved by VNIR hyperspectral imaging4
Severe freezing increases soil respiration during the thawing period: A meta‐analysis4
Method to determine van der Waals potential energy of particle interactions for soil clay by dynamic light scattering4
Sustainable soil management: Soil knowledge use and gaps in Europe4
Measuring soil freezing characteristic curve with thermo‐time domain reflectometry4
Selecting plant traits for soil erosion control in grassed waterways under a changing climate: A growth room study4
Post‐fire recovery of soil microbial functions is promoted by plant growth4
Identification of water flow through non‐root soil macropores and along roots in shrub‐encroached grassland4
Soil fungal and bacterial communities are altered by the incorporation of leaf litter containing a fungal endophyte4
Collected knowledge on the impacts of agricultural soil management practices in Europe4
Fairy ring‐induced soil potassium depletion gradients reshape microbial community composition in a montane grassland4
Long‐term irrigation reduces soil carbon sequestration by affecting soil microbial communities in agricultural ecosystems of northern China4
Potential of combined neutron and X‐ray imaging to quantify local carbon contents in soil3
BOOK REVIEW: Soil Analysis. Edited by S. K.Singh, D. R.Biswas, C. A.Srinivasamurthy, S. P.Datta, G.Jayasree, P.Jha, S. K.Sharma, R. N.Katkar, K. P.Raverkar, A. K.Ghosh, Indian Society of Soil Science,3
Measuring the water retention curve of rock fragments: A novel repacked core methodology3
Effect of slope borders in reducing splash erosion during sediment transport by rain‐induced overland flow3
Feeding existing expertise into a possibly ‘new’ theory for soil health?3
Variability of phosphorus sorption properties in hydromorphic soils: Consequences for P losses in agricultural landscapes3
Temperature and soil moisture change microbial allocation of pesticide‐derived carbon3
Interaction effects of environmental factors on soil nitrogen fractions based on a novel sequential extraction method3
How the EU Soil Observatory is providing solid science for healthy soils3
Depth profile of colloidal iron in the pore water of an Albic Podzol3
Fungal dominance of gross nitrogen mineralisation in an acidic upland soil amended with organic fertiliser3
A multivariate approach for mapping a soil quality index and its uncertainty in southern France3
On allowing for transient variation in end‐member δ13C values in partitioning soil C fluxes from net ecosystem respiration3
Precise estimation of dodecylbenzenesulfonate in aqueous solution containing dissolved organic matter extracted from soil using UV‐spectrometry3
Fine earth soil bulk density at 0.2 m depth from Land Use and Coverage Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) soil 20183
Redoxtrons – An experimental system to study redox processes within the capillary fringe3
Soil properties affect crop yield changes under conservation agriculture: A systematic analysis3
Little effect of tree species richness on within‐ and between‐plot variability in soil chemical properties in a young plantation forest3
An assessment of Sentinel‐1 synthetic aperture radar, geophysical and topographical covariates for estimating topsoil particle‐size fractions3
Loss of soil carbon and nitrogen rather than variations in soil particle size distribution decreased microbial residues during conversion of grassland to croplands3
Chemical processes in receiving soils accelerate solubilisation of phosphorus from desert dust and fire ash3
Time dependence of hydraulic parameters estimation from transient analysis of mini disc infiltrometer measurements3
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