Question 1

What is ISRIC - World Soil Information known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, ISRIC - World Soil Information stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,330 of 5,407 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,959 of 17,446 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,795 of 5,126 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 10.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does ISRIC - World Soil Information rank in research?

Accepted Answer

ISRIC - World Soil Information ranks #8,907 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #134 of 407 in the Netherlands.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at ISRIC - World Soil Information?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, N.H. Batjes, Laura Poggio and Louis W. Dekker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ISRIC - World Soil Information.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from ISRIC - World Soil Information?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does ISRIC - World Soil Information publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil and Land Suitability Analysis, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at ISRIC - World Soil Information?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Soil Properties, Digital Soil Mapping, Geostatistics, Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Soil Fertility.

Question 7

Which fields of science does ISRIC - World Soil Information work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 68% of research at ISRIC - World Soil Information is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (53%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (27%), Engineering (5%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is ISRIC - World Soil Information's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.