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Most cited papers in Soil Science
What are the most cited papers in Soil Science?
The most cited paper in Soil Science is "An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C" (Eric D. Vance, Philip Charles Brookes, David Stewart Jenkinson, 1987), with 13,020 citations. Next come "Improved procedures for clearing roots and staining parasitic and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for rapid assessment of infection" (8,570) and "Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security" (8,396).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 2,295 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C Eric D. Vance, Philip Charles Brookes, David Stewart Jenkinson · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1987 | 13,020 |
| 2 | Improved procedures for clearing roots and staining parasitic and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for rapid assessment of infection Jean M. Phillips, David S. Hayman · Transactions of the British Mycological Society | Aug 1970 | 8,570 |
| 3 | Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security Rattan Lal · Science | 10 Jun 2004 | 8,396 |
| 4 | Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices David Tilman, Kenneth G. Cassman, Pamela A. Matson et al. · Nature | Aug 2002 | 7,955 |
| 5 | Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition and feedbacks to climate change Eric A. Davidson, Ivan August Janssens · Nature | Mar 2006 | 7,089 |
| 6 | Organic matter and water‐stable aggregates in soils Judith M. Tisdall, JM Oades · Journal of Soil Science | Jun 1982 | 6,297 |
| 7 | Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property Michael W. I. Schmidt, Margaret S. Torn, Samuel Abiven et al. · Nature | Oct 2011 | 6,166 |
| 8 | Chloroform fumigation and the release of soil nitrogen: A rapid direct extraction method to measure microbial biomass nitrogen in soil P. C. Brookes, A. Landman, Gordon Pruden et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 1985 | 5,901 |
| 9 | The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities Noah Fierer, Robert B. Jackson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 9 Jan 2006 | 5,830 |
| 10 | Risk Aversion and Incentive Effects Charles A. Holt, Susan K. Laury · American Economic Review | Nov 2002 | 5,826 |
| 11 | The World Reference Base for Soil Resources Otto C. Spaargaren, Jozef Deckers | 1998 | 5,631 |
| 12 | THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND ITS RELATION TO CLIMATE AND VEGETATION Esteban Gabriel Jobbagy, Robert B. Jackson · Ecological Applications | Apr 2000 | 5,237 |
| 13 | Two-sided confidence intervals for the single proportion: comparison of seven methods Robert Gordon Newcombe · Statistics in Medicine | 30 Apr 1998 | 5,164 |
| 14 | TOWARD AN ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL BACTERIA Noah Fierer, Mark A. Bradford, Robert B. Jackson · Ecology | Jun 2007 | 5,143 |
| 15 | The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Richard D. Bardgett, Nico M. van Straalen · Ecology Letters | 29 Nov 2007 | 5,123 |
| 16 | Biochar effects on soil biota – A review Johannes C. Lehmann, Matthias C. Rillig, Janice E. Thies et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 22 May 2011 | 5,041 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | The contentious nature of soil organic matter Johannes C. Lehmann, Markus Kleber · Nature | 23 Nov 2015 | 4,585 |
| 19 | Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils Johan Six, Richard T. Conant, E. A. Paul et al. · Plant and Soil | Apr 2002 | 4,578 |
| 20 | Soil structure and management: a review C. J. Bronick, Rattan Lal · Geoderma | 28 Apr 2004 | 4,447 |
| 21 | A history of research on the link between (micro)aggregates, soil biota, and soil organic matter dynamics Johan Six, H. Bossuyt, Steven DeGryze et al. · Soil and Tillage Research | 30 Jul 2004 | 4,400 |
| 22 | Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil Johannes Rousk, Erland Bååth, Philip Charles Brookes et al. · The ISME Journal | 6 May 2010 | 4,299 |
| 23 | Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Richard D. Bardgett, Wim H. van der Putten · Nature | Nov 2014 | 4,064 |
| 24 | Soil carbon stocks and land use change: a meta analysis L.B Guo, Roger M. Gifford · Global Change Biology | Apr 2002 | 4,004 |
| 25 | Significant Acidification in Major Chinese Croplands Jingheng Guo, Xu Liu, Ying Zhang et al. · Science | 11 Feb 2010 | 3,961 |
| 26 | Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change Rattan Lal · Geoderma | 21 Apr 2004 | 3,950 |
| 27 | Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production Corey S. Lesk, Pedram Rowhani, Navin Ramankutty · Nature | 2016 | 3,898 |
| 28 | The Epidemiologic Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of Population Change Abdel R. Omran · Milbank Quarterly | 9 Nov 2005 | 3,862 |
| 29 | Analysis of Factors Controlling Soil Organic Matter Levels in Great Plains Grasslands W. J. Parton, D. Schimel, C. V. Cole et al. · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Sep 1987 | 3,845 |
| 30 | Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States Sheldon Cohen | 1988 | 3,806 |
| 31 | Field‐Scale Variability of Soil Properties in Central Iowa Soils Cynthia A. Cambardella, Tom B. Moorman, James M. Novak et al. · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Sep 1994 | 3,713 |
| 32 | The M icrobial E fficiency‐ M atrix S tabilization ( MEMS ) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter? M. Francesca Cotrufo, Matthew David Wallenstein, Claudia M. Boot et al. · Global Change Biology | 5 Dec 2012 | 3,546 |
| 33 | Digital terrain modelling: A review of hydrological, geomorphological, and biological applications Ian D. Moore, Rodger B. Grayson, Anthony Richard Ladson · Hydrological Processes | 1991 | 3,509 |
| 34 | Climate Change Impacts on Global Food Security Tim Wheeler, Joachim von Braun · Science | Aug 2013 | 3,485 |
| 35 | Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media Petrus A. C. Raats · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Jul 1973 | 3,468 |
| 36 | Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture Johan Six, Edward T. Elliott, Keith H. Paustian · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | Dec 2000 | 3,402 |
| 37 | The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage Chao Chu Liang, Joshua P. Schimel, JULIE D. JASTROW · Nature Microbiology | 24 Jul 2017 | 3,300 |
| 38 | Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world N.H. Batjes · European Journal of Soil Science | Jun 1996 | 3,271 |
| 39 | Resistance, resilience, and redundancy in microbial communities Steven Allison, Jennifer B. H. Martiny · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 11 Aug 2008 | 3,202 |
| 40 | Agricultural Intensification and Ecosystem Properties Pamela A. Matson, W. J. Parton, Alison G. Power et al. · Science | 25 Jul 1997 | 3,159 |
| 41 | A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes Robert B. Jackson, Josep G. Canadell, James R. Ehleringer et al. · Oecologia | Nov 1996 | 3,146 |
| 42 | Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030 David B. Lobell, Marshall Burke, Claudia Tebaldi et al. · Science | Feb 2008 | 3,116 |
| 43 | MICROBIAL STRESS-RESPONSE PHYSIOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION Joshua P. Schimel, Teri C. Balser, Matthew David Wallenstein · Ecology | Jun 2007 | 3,103 |
| 44 | The global carbon dioxide flux in soil respiration and its relationship to vegetation and climate James W. Raich, William H. Schlesinger · Tellus B | 1992 | 3,103 |
| 45 | Terrestrial ecosystem production: A process model based on global satellite and surface data Christopher S. Potter, James T. Randerson, Christopher B. Field et al. · Global Biogeochemical Cycles | Dec 1993 | 3,095 |
| 46 | Physical properties of plant and animal materials Agricultural Engineering · Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research | Dec 1968 | 3,068 |
| 47 | Review of mechanisms and quantification of priming effects Yakov V. Kuzyakov, Jürgen K. Friedel, Karl Stahr · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | Oct 2000 | 3,060 |
| 48 | Particulate Soil Organic‐Matter Changes across a Grassland Cultivation Sequence Cynthia A. Cambardella, Edward T. Elliott · Soil Science Society of America Journal | May 1992 | 3,048 |
| 49 | Estimating Wealth Effects without Expenditure Data-or Tears: An Application to Educational Enrollments in States of India Deon Filmer, Lant H. Pritchett · Demography | Feb 2001 | 3,025 |
| 50 | Stabilization of organic matter in temperate soils: mechanisms and their relevance under different soil conditions – a review Margit v. Lützow, Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner, Klemens Ekschmitt et al. · European Journal of Soil Science | 8 May 2006 | 2,995 |
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