Soil

Papers
(The TQCC of Soil is 12. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Mineral dust and pedogenesis in the alpine critical zone61
Optimized fertilization using online soil nitrate data43
Moderate N fertilizer reduction with straw return modulates cropland functions and microbial traits in a meadow soil43
The effect of natural infrastructure on water erosion mitigation in the Andes36
High-resolution frequency-domain electromagnetic mapping for the hydrological modeling of an orange orchard32
Are agricultural plastic covers a source of plastic debris in soil? A first screening study31
Investigating the synergistic potential of Si and biochar to immobilize Ni in a Ni-contaminated calcareous soil after Zea mays  L. cultivation29
The effect of different biopreparations on soil physical properties and CO 2 emissions when growing winter wheat and oilseed rape26
Soil contamination in arid environments and assessment of remediation applying surface evaporation capacitor model: a case study from the Judean Desert, Israel25
Comprehensive increase in CO 2 release by drying–rewetting cycles among Japanese forests and pastureland soils and exploring predictors of increasing25
Tolerance of soil bacterial community to tetracycline antibiotics induced by As, Cd, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, and Pb pollution25
Portable X-ray fluorescence as a tool for urban soil contamination analysis: accuracy, precision, and practicality24
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)23
Impacts of soil storage on microbial parameters23
Soil organic matter interactions along the elevation gradient of the James Ross Island (Antarctica)22
Effects of a warmer climate and forest composition on soil carbon cycling, soil organic matter stability and stocks in a humid boreal region22
Luminescence dating approaches to reconstruct the formation of plaggic anthrosols22
Aeration and mineral composition of soil mediate microbial CUE21
Spatial prediction of organic carbon in German agricultural topsoil using machine learning algorithms21
Miniaturised visible and near-infrared spectrometers for assessing soil health indicators in mine site rehabilitation21
Synergy between compost and cover crops in a Mediterranean row crop system leads to increased subsoil carbon storage20
Model-based analysis of erosion-induced microplastic delivery from arable land to the stream network of a mesoscale catchment19
Organic-matter-mediated leaching of alkalinity in limed acid soils is affected by dissolved organic carbon adsorption and soil structure19
Shapley values reveal the drivers of soil organic carbon stock prediction18
Availability of labile carbon controls the temperature-dependent response of soil organic matter decomposition in alpine soils18
Reusing Fe water treatment residual as a soil amendment to improve physical function and flood resilience18
Cover crops improve soil structure and change organic carbon distribution in macroaggregate fractions18
Terrain is a stronger predictor of peat depth than airborne radiometrics in Norwegian landscapes17
Pooled error variance and covariance estimation of sparse in situ soil moisture sensor measurements in agricultural fields in Flanders17
Estimations of soil metal accumulation or leaching potentials under climate change scenarios: the example of copper on a European scale17
The clay mineralogy rather than the clay content determines radiocaesium adsorption in soils on a global scale16
A simple model of the turnover of organic carbon in a soil profile: model test, parameter identification and sensitivity16
The soil knowledge library (KLIB) – a structured literature database on soil process research15
The role of long-term mineral and manure fertilization on P species accumulation and phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms in paddy red soils15
Organic and inorganic nitrogen amendments reduce biodegradation of biodegradable plastic mulch films14
Quantification of the effects of long-term straw return on soil organic matter spatiotemporal variation: a case study in a typical black soil region14
Effects of returning corn straw and fermented corn straw to fields on the soil organic carbon pools and humus composition14
What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception?14
Effects of mild alternate wetting and drying irrigation and rice straw application on N 2 O emissions in rice cultivation14
Rhizodeposition efficiency of pearl millet genotypes assessed on a short growing period by carbon isotopes ( δ 13 C and F 13
Tropical Andosol organic carbon quality and degradability in relation to soil geochemistry as affected by land use13
Benchmarking soil multifunctionality13
Soil bacterial communities triggered by organic matter inputs associates with a high-yielding pear production13
Transforming living labs into lighthouses: a promising policy to achieve land-related sustainable development13
How well does digital soil mapping represent soil geography? An investigation from the USA13
Organic pollutant oxidation on manganese oxides in soils – the role of calcite indicated by geoelectrical and chemical analyses12
Oil-palm management alters the spatial distribution of amorphous silica and mobile silicon in topsoils12
Improving models to predict holocellulose and Klason lignin contents for peat soil organic matter with mid-infrared spectra12
Organic matters, but inorganic matters too: column examination of elevated mercury sorption on low organic matter aquifer material using concentrations and stable isotope ratios12
Soil nitrogen and water management by winter-killed catch crops12
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