Soil

Papers
(The median citation count of Soil is 4. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effect of colloidal particle size on physicochemical properties and aggregation behaviors of two alkaline soils916
Biochar reduces early-stage mineralization rates of plant residues more in coarse-textured soils than in fine-textured soils – an artificial-soil approach67
The effect of groundwater depth on topsoil organic matter mineralization during a simulated dry summer in northwestern Europe46
Validating plutonium-239+240 as a novel soil redistribution tracer – a comparison to measured sediment yield37
Moderate N fertilizer reduction with straw return modulates cropland functions and microbial traits in a meadow soil31
Estimations of soil metal accumulation or leaching potentials under climate change scenarios: the example of copper on a European scale28
Identification of thermal signature and quantification of charcoal in soil using differential scanning calorimetry and benzene polycarboxylic acid (BPCA) markers25
Forest liming in the face of climate change: the implications of restorative liming for soil organic carbon in mature German forests25
Optimized fertilization using online soil nitrate data24
Investigating the complementarity of thermal and physical soil organic carbon fractions23
Diachronic assessment of soil organic C and N dynamics under long-term no-till cropping systems in the tropical upland of Cambodia23
Microbial activity responses to water stress in agricultural soils from simple and complex crop rotations20
Agricultural use of compost under different irrigation strategies in a hedgerow olive grove under Mediterranean conditions – a comparison with traditional systems20
Quality assessment of meta-analyses on soil organic carbon20
Dynamics of carbon loss from an Arenosol by a forest to vineyard land use change on a centennial scale19
Phosphorus dynamics during early soil development in a cold desert: insights from oxygen isotopes in phosphate19
Developing the Swiss mid-infrared soil spectral library for local estimation and monitoring19
Modelling of long-term Zn, Cu, Cd and Pb dynamics from soils fertilised with organic amendments19
Managing soil organic carbon in tropical agroecosystems: evidence from four long-term experiments in Kenya18
Heterotrophic soil respiration and carbon cycling in geochemically distinct African tropical forest soils18
Lower functional redundancy in “narrow” than “broad” functions in global soil metagenomics18
The effect of natural infrastructure on water erosion mitigation in the Andes17
An ensemble estimate of Australian soil organic carbon using machine learning and process-based modelling16
Earthworm-invaded boreal forest soils harbour distinct microbial communities16
Quantifying soil carbon in temperate peatlands using a mid-IR soil spectral library16
Intensive agricultural management-induced subsurface accumulation of water-extractable colloidal P in a Vertisol16
Mineral dust and pedogenesis in the alpine critical zone15
The influence of land use and management on the behaviour and persistence of soil organic carbon in a subtropical Ferralsol15
Trapnell's Upper Valley soils of Zambia: the production of an integrated understanding of geomorphology, pedology, ecology, and land use15
Assessing soil redistribution of forest and cropland sites in wet tropical Africa using 239+240Pu fallout radionuclides14
The application of biochar and oyster shell reduced cadmium uptake by crops and modified soil fertility and enzyme activities in contaminated soil14
Soil δ15N is a better indicator of ecosystem nitrogen cycling than plant δ15N: A global meta-analysis14
Inclusion of biochar in a C dynamics model based on observations from an 8-year field experiment13
Evaluating the Tea Bag Index approach for different management practices in agroecosystems using long-term field experiments in Austria and Sweden13
Thermodynamic and hydrological drivers of the soil and bedrock thermal regimes in central Spain13
The soil knowledge library (KLIB) – a structured literature database on soil process research12
Nonlinear turnover rates of soil carbon following cultivation of native grasslands and subsequent afforestation of croplands12
Application of the governance disruptions framework to German agricultural soil policy12
Biochar promotes soil aggregate stability and associated organic carbon sequestration and regulates microbial community structures in Mollisols from northeast China12
Impact of contrasting fertilizer technologies on N dynamics from subsurface bands of “pure” or blended fertilizer applications12
Soil and crop management practices and the water regulation functions of soils: a qualitative synthesis of meta-analyses relevant to European agriculture12
Comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying–rewetting cycles among Japanese forests and pastureland soils and exploring predictors of increasing magnitude11
The effect of different biopreparations on soil physical properties and CO2 emissions when growing winter wheat and oilseed rape11
Sensitivity of source sediment fingerprinting to tracer selection methods11
Can corporate supply chain sustainability standards contribute to soil protection?10
Long-term legacy of phytoremediation on plant succession and soil microbial communities in petroleum-contaminated sub-Arctic soils10
The role of long-term mineral and manure fertilization on P species accumulation and phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms in paddy red soils10
Investigating the synergistic potential of Si and biochar to immobilize Ni in a Ni-contaminated calcareous soil after Zea mays L. cultivation10
Soil respiration across a variety of tree-covered urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland10
Increase in bacterial community induced tolerance to Cr in response to soil properties and Cr level in the soil10
Transition to conservation agriculture: how tillage intensity and covering affect soil physical parameters10
Predicting the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stock in Swedish forests using a group of covariates and site-specific data10
Effects of moss restoration on surface runoff and initial soil erosion in a temperate vineyard9
Best performances of visible–near-infrared models in soils with little carbonate – a field study in Switzerland9
Only a minority of bacteria grow after wetting in both natural and post-mining biocrusts in a hyperarid phosphate mine9
Transformation of n-alkanes from plant to soil: a review9
Content of soil organic carbon and labile fractions depend on local combinations of mineral-phase characteristics9
Soil depth as a driver of microbial and carbon dynamics in a planted forest (Pinus radiata) pumice soil9
Tolerance of soil bacterial community to tetracycline antibiotics induced by As, Cd, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, and Pb pollution9
Effective hydraulic properties of 3D virtual stony soils identified by inverse modeling9
Research and management challenges following soil and landscape decontamination at the onset of the reopening of the Difficult-to-Return Zone, Fukushima (Japan)9
The central African soil spectral library: a new soil infrared repository and a geographical prediction analysis8
Status and influential factors of soil nutrients and acidification in Chinese tea plantations: a meta-analysis8
Are agricultural plastic covers a source of plastic debris in soil? A first screening study8
Improving measurements of microbial growth, death, and turnover by accounting for extracellular DNA in soils8
Inducing banana Fusarium wilt disease suppression through soil microbiome reshaping by pineapple–banana rotation combined with biofertilizer application8
Oxygen isotope exchange between water and carbon dioxide in soils is controlled by pH, nitrate and microbial biomass through links to carbonic anhydrase activity7
Improved calibration of the Green–Ampt infiltration module in the EROSION-2D/3D model using a rainfall-runoff experiment database7
Effects of environmental factors and soil properties on soil organic carbon stock in a natural dry tropical area of Cameroon7
Dissolved carbon flow to particulate organic carbon enhances soil carbon sequestration7
Whole-soil warming decreases abundance and modifies the community structure of microorganisms in the subsoil but not in surface soil7
Elemental stoichiometry and Rock-Eval® thermal stability of organic matter in French topsoils7
The impact of agriculture on tropical mountain soils in the western Peruvian Andes: a pedo-geoarchaeological study of terrace agricultural systems in the Laramate region (14.5° S)6
Environmental behaviors of (E) pyriminobac-methyl in agricultural soils6
Impacts of soil storage on microbial parameters6
Effects of a warmer climate and forest composition on soil carbon cycling, soil organic matter stability and stocks in a humid boreal region6
Sequestering carbon in the subsoil benefits crop transpiration at the onset of drought6
Nutrient limitations regulate soil greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical forests: evidence from an ecosystem-scale nutrient manipulation experiment in Uganda6
Combining lime and organic amendments based on titratable alkalinity for efficient amelioration of acidic soils6
Organic and inorganic nitrogen amendments reduce biodegradation of biodegradable plastic mulch films6
Effects of returning corn straw and fermented corn straw to fields on the soil organic carbon pools and humus composition6
Advancing studies on global biocrust distribution6
Delineating the distribution of mineral and peat soils at the landscape scale in northern boreal regions6
Network complexity of rubber plantations is lower than tropical forests for soil bacteria but not for fungi5
Assessing soil and land health across two landscapes in eastern Rwanda to inform restoration activities5
The six rights of how and when to test for soil C saturation5
Quantification of the effects of long-term straw return on soil organic matter spatiotemporal variation: a case study in a typical black soil region5
SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty5
Reference soil groups map of Ethiopia based on legacy data and machine learning-technique: EthioSoilGrids 1.05
Luminescence dating approaches to reconstruct the formation of plaggic anthrosols5
Soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus storage in juniper–oak savanna: role of vegetation and geology5
Polyester microplastic fibers affect soil physical properties and erosion as a function of soil type5
Soil organic carbon mobility in equatorial podzols: soil column experiments5
How well does digital soil mapping represent soil geography? An investigation from the USA5
Combining colour parameters and geochemical tracers to improve sediment source discrimination in a mining catchment (New Caledonia, South Pacific Islands)4
The effect of soil properties on zinc lability and solubility in soils of Ethiopia – an isotopic dilution study4
On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (4
Uncovering soil compaction: performance of electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods4
Effects of innovative long-term soil and crop management on topsoil properties of a Mediterranean soil based on detailed water retention curves4
Tropical Andosol organic carbon quality and degradability in relation to soil geochemistry as affected by land use4
Closing the phenotyping gap with non-invasive belowground field phenotyping4
High capacity of integrated crop–pasture systems to preserve old soil carbon evaluated in a 60-year-old experiment4
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