Most cited papers from ISRIC - World Soil Information
What are the most cited papers from ISRIC - World Soil Information?
The most cited paper from ISRIC - World Soil Information is "The World Reference Base for Soil Resources" (Otto C. Spaargaren, Jozef Deckers, 1998), with 5,631 citations. Next come "SoilGrids250m: Global gridded soil information based on machine learning" (4,890) and "Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world" (3,271).
Showing 50 of 59 papers. Every paper with more than 315 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The World Reference Base for Soil Resources Otto C. Spaargaren, Jozef Deckers | 1998 | 5,631 |
| 2 | SoilGrids250m: Global gridded soil information based on machine learning Tomislav Hengl, Jorge Mendes de Jesus, G.B.M. Heuvelink et al. · PLoS ONE | 16 Feb 2017 | 4,890 |
| 3 | Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world N.H. Batjes · European Journal of Soil Science | Jun 1996 | 3,271 |
| 4 | A remote sensing surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL). 1. Formulation W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, Massimo Menenti, Reinder A. Feddes et al. · Journal of Hydrology | Dec 1998 | 3,177 |
| 5 | Soil quality – A critical review Else K. Bünemann, Giulia Bongiorno, Zhanguo Bai et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 12 Feb 2018 | 2,924 |
| 6 | SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty Laura Poggio, Luís Moreira de Sousa, N.H. Batjes et al. · SOIL | 14 Jun 2021 | 2,295 |
| 7 | Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use Jonathan Sanderman, Tomislav Hengl, Greg J. Fiske · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 21 Aug 2017 | 1,524 |
| 8 | SoilGrids1km — Global Soil Information Based on Automated Mapping Tomislav Hengl, Jorge Mendes de Jesus, R.A. MacMillan et al. · PLoS ONE | 29 Aug 2014 | 1,335 |
| 9 | Landslide hazard and risk zonation—why is it still so difficult? C.J. van Westen, Th.W.J. van Asch, R. Soeters · Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | 15 Dec 2005 | 1,334 |
| 10 | Development and use of a database of hydraulic properties of European soils J.H.M. Wösten, Allan Lilly, Attila Nemes et al. · Geoderma | Jul 1999 | 1,227 |
| 11 | A remote sensing surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL). W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, H. Pelgrum, J. Wang et al. · Journal of Hydrology | Dec 1998 | 1,155 |
| 12 | Proxy global assessment of land degradation Zhanguo Bai, David Dent, Lennart Olsson et al. · Soil Use and Management | 24 Jul 2008 | 998 |
| 13 | Mapping Soil Properties of Africa at 250 m Resolution: Random Forests Significantly Improve Current Predictions Tomislav Hengl, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Bas Kempen et al. · PLoS ONE | 25 Jun 2015 | 953 |
| 14 | Emissions of N2O and NO from fertilized fields: Summary of available measurement data Lex Bouwman, Leo J. M. Boumans, N.H. Batjes · Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 18 Oct 2002 | 906 |
| 15 | Principal response curves: Analysis of time-dependent multivariate responses of biological community to stress Paul J. Van den Brink, Cajo J. F. ter Braak · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | Feb 1999 | 835 |
| 16 | How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal Pete Smith, Jean‐François Soussana, Denis A. Angers et al. · Global Change Biology | 30 Aug 2019 | 820 |
| 17 | Occurrence and distribution of tetraether membrane lipids in soils: Implications for the use of the TEX86 proxy and the BIT index Johan W.H. Weijers, Stefan Schouten, Otto C. Spaargaren et al. · Organic Geochemistry | 19 Sep 2006 | 760 |
| 18 | Soil erosion modelling: A global review and statistical analysis Pasquale Borrelli et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 18 Mar 2021 | 748 |
| 19 | S-SEBI: A simple remote sensing algorithm to estimate the surface energy balance G.J. Roerink, Zhongbo Su, Massimo Menenti · Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part B Hydrology Oceans and Atmosphere | 2000 | 728 |
| 20 | Analysis of monotonic greening and browning trends from global NDVI time-series Rogier de Jong, Sytze de Bruin, Allard J. W. de Wit et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | Dec 2010 | 687 |
| 21 | Global mapping of soil salinity change Konstantin Ivushkin, Harm M. Bartholomeus, A.K. Bregt et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | 19 Jun 2019 | 678 |
| 22 | Soil-Related Sustainable Development Goals: Four Concepts to Make Land Degradation Neutrality and Restoration Work Saskia Deborah Keesstra, Gerben Mol, Jan de Leeuw et al. · Land | 10 Nov 2018 | 678 |
| 23 | Modeling global annual N2O and NO emissions from fertilized fields Lex Bouwman, Leo J. M. Boumans, N.H. Batjes · Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 12 Nov 2002 | 670 |
| 24 | Sixty years of global progress in managed aquifer recharge Peter Dillon et al. · Hydrogeology Journal | 7 Sep 2018 | 666 |
| 25 | Digital Soil Map of the World Pedro A. Sánchez et al. · Science | 6 Aug 2009 | 651 |
| 26 | Harmonized soil property values for broad-scale modelling (WISE30sec) with estimates of global soil carbon stocks N.H. Batjes · Geoderma | Feb 2016 | 599 |
| 27 | Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur‐Wilson Ben H. Warren et al. · Ecology Letters | 6 Jan 2015 | 589 |
| 28 | Arsenic geochemistry and health Alfred Allan Duker, Emmanuel John M. Carranza, Martin Hale · Environment International | 13 Dec 2004 | 586 |
| 29 | Improving performance of spatio-temporal machine learning models using forward feature selection and target-oriented validation Hanna Meyer, Christoph Reudenbach, Tomislav Hengl et al. · Environmental Modelling & Software | 14 Dec 2017 | 578 |
| 30 | Compact gravity inversion B. J. Last, Kurt Kubik · Geophysics | Jun 1983 | 569 |
| 31 | Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models Yiqi Luo et al. · Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 19 Dec 2015 | 567 |
| 32 | LISEM: A SINGLE-EVENT PHYSICALLY BASED HYDROLOGICAL AND SOIL EROSION MODEL FOR DRAINAGE BASINS. I: THEORY, INPUT AND OUTPUT Ad P. J. de Roo, C.G. Wesseling, Coen J. Ritsema · Hydrological Processes | Aug 1996 | 566 |
| 33 | Water repellency of sieve fractions from sandy soils and relationships with organic material and soil structure E.B.A. Bisdom, Louis W. Dekker, J. F. T. Schoute · Geoderma | Mar 1993 | 545 |
| 34 | Interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems: influence on weather and climate Roger A. Pielke, Sr, Roni Avissar et al. · Global Change Biology | Jun 1998 | 538 |
| 35 | Estimating habitat isolation in landscape planning J.P. Knaapen, Marten Scheffer, Bert Harms · Landscape and Urban Planning | Dec 1992 | 535 |
| 36 | Estimation of global NH 3 volatilization loss from synthetic fertilizers and animal manure applied to arable lands and grasslands Lex Bouwman, Leo J. M. Boumans, N.H. Batjes · Global Biogeochemical Cycles | Jun 2002 | 527 |
| 37 | Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review Songchao Chen, Dominique Arrouays, Vera Leatitia Mulder et al. · Geoderma | 30 Nov 2021 | 513 |
| 38 | Trend changes in global greening and browning: contribution of short‐term trends to longer‐term change Rogier de Jong, Jan Verbesselt, Michael E. Schaepman et al. · Global Change Biology | 11 Oct 2011 | 487 |
| 39 | Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China Zhanguo Bai, Thomas Caspari, M. Ruiperez González et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 30 May 2018 | 471 |
| 40 | Calculating soil nutrient balances in Africa at different scales J.J. Stoorvogel, E.M.A. Smaling, Bert H. Janssen · Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems | 1993 | 453 |
| 41 | Effects of Technological Change and Institutional Reform on Production Growth in Chinese Agriculture Shenggen Fan · American Journal of Agricultural Economics | May 1991 | 452 |
| 42 | Calculating soil nutrient balances in Africa at different scales E.M.A. Smaling, J.J. Stoorvogel, P.N. Windmeijer · Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems | 1993 | 449 |
| 43 | Mapping the global depth to bedrock for land surface modeling Wei Shangguan, Tomislav Hengl, Jorge Mendes de Jesus et al. · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 20 Dec 2016 | 430 |
| 44 | Ocean Alkalinity, Buffering and Biogeochemical Processes Jack J. Middelburg, Karline Soetaert, Mathilde Hagens · Reviews of Geophysics | 9 Jun 2020 | 424 |
| 45 | Integrating Soil Phosphorus Testing into Environmentally Based Agricultural Management Practices J. T. Sims, A.C. Edwards, O.F. Schoumans et al. · Journal of Environmental Quality | 2000 | 413 |
| 46 | A world dataset of derived soil properties by FAO–UNESCO soil unit for global modelling N.H. Batjes · Soil Use and Management | Mar 1997 | 412 |
| 47 | Random sampling or geostatistical modelling? Choosing between design-based and model-based sampling strategies for soil (with discussion) Dick J. Brus, Jaap J. de Gruijter · Geoderma | Oct 1997 | 409 |
| 48 | Global effects of soil and climate on leaf photosynthetic traits and rates Vincent Maire, Ian J. Wright, Iain Colin Prentice et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography | 7 Apr 2015 | 401 |
| 49 | A global map of mangrove forest soil carbon at 30 m spatial resolution Jonathan Sanderman et al. · Environmental Research Letters | 13 Apr 2018 | 394 |
| 50 | GlobalSoilMap Dominique Arrouays, Michael G. Grundy, Alfred E. Hartemink et al. · Advances in agronomy | 2014 | 392 |
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