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Top Soil Science Researchers

Yakov V. Kuzyakov ranks first, followed by Rattan Lal and Johan Six, out of 569,027 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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  1. 1 Yakov V. Kuzyakov Germany · #1,822 worldwide overall 158.2 of 342 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Rattan Lal United States · #7,095 worldwide overall 117.1 of 319 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Johan Six Switzerland · #6,905 worldwide overall 71.4 of 160 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Josep Peñuelas Spain · #1,488 worldwide overall 64.0 of 141 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 Yiqi Luo United States · #2,208 worldwide overall 58.9 of 107 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Pete Smith United Kingdom · #10,189 worldwide overall 59.9 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Fusuo S. Zhang China · #2,111 worldwide overall 53.3 of 112 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Zimin Wei China · #22,147 worldwide overall 50.1 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo Spain · #190 worldwide overall 49.6 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Davey L. Jones United Kingdom · #21,896 worldwide overall 55.9 of 147 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11 Kadambot H. M. Siddique Australia · #3,244 worldwide overall 51.8 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12 Richard D. Bardgett United Kingdom · #1,921 worldwide overall 47.8 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13 Mukesh Kumar Awasthi China · #576 worldwide overall 44.4 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14 Peter B. Reich United States · #200 worldwide overall 45.6 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15 Zengqiang Zhang China · #15,354 worldwide overall 43.8 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  16. 16 Hans Lambers Australia · #11,567 worldwide overall 46.5 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  17. 17 Guoxue Li China · #17,789 worldwide overall 41.8 of 71 papers here in the top 10%
  18. 18 Panos Panagos Italy · #2,230 worldwide overall 42.1 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  19. 19 Ji Chen China · #35,044 worldwide overall 40.4 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  20. 20 Biao Zhu China · #5,749 worldwide overall 40.5 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  21. 21 Zhouping Shangguan China · #25,315 worldwide overall 40.5 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  22. 22 Scott X. Chang Canada · #18,953 worldwide overall 44.7 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  23. 23 Nico Eisenhauer Germany · #900 worldwide overall 40.7 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  24. 24 Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl Germany · #42,869 worldwide overall 44.0 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
  25. 25 Matthias C. Rillig Germany · #721 worldwide overall 38.2 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  26. 26 Jordi Sardans Spain · #26,676 worldwide overall 40.7 of 89 papers here in the top 10%
  27. 27 Johannes C. Lehmann United States · #5,380 worldwide overall 39.1 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  28. 28 Tida Ge China · #18,276 worldwide overall 40.0 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  29. 29 Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner Germany · #53,747 worldwide overall 41.0 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
  30. 30 Yue Zhao China · #27,394 worldwide overall 34.4 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  31. 31 Qirong Shen China · #4,960 worldwide overall 34.0 of 71 papers here in the top 10%
  32. 32 Jizhong Z. Zhou United States · #5,206 worldwide overall 32.9 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  33. 33 Chao Chu Liang China · #22,559 worldwide overall 32.3 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  34. 34 Junliang Fan China · #2,915 worldwide overall 32.1 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  35. 35 Christoph Müller Germany · #38,054 worldwide overall 35.9 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
  36. 36 Shuli Niu China · #8,333 worldwide overall 31.0 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  37. 37 Han Y. H. Chen Canada · #9,523 worldwide overall 30.8 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  38. 38 Sarah E. Hobbie United States · #1,744 worldwide overall 30.2 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  39. 39 Fucang Zhang China · #15,314 worldwide overall 31.9 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  40. 40 Jinbo Zhang China · #25,735 worldwide overall 33.7 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  41. 41 Genxing Pan China · #50,552 worldwide overall 33.6 of 89 papers here in the top 10%
  42. 42 Philippe Ciais France · #244 worldwide overall 30.0 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  43. 43 Benjamin L. Turner Panama · #15,118 worldwide overall 30.2 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  44. 44 Ronghua Li China · #48,442 worldwide overall 27.6 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  45. 45 Robert B. Jackson United States · #1,384 worldwide overall 28.0 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  46. 46 Kelin Wang China · #30,138 worldwide overall 30.4 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  47. 47 Keith H. Paustian United States · #39,962 worldwide overall 32.1 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  48. 48 Pasquale Borrelli Italy · #2,838 worldwide overall 27.8 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  49. 48 Eric A. Davidson United States · #20,583 worldwide overall 29.0 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  50. 50 Yong‐Guan Zhu China · #4,144 worldwide overall 28.8 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  51. 51 Artemi Cerdà Spain · #215,077 worldwide overall 47.1 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  52. 52 Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri Brazil · #107,772 worldwide overall 39.2 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
  53. 53 William J. Parton United States · #8,373 worldwide overall 28.1 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  54. 54 Lei Deng China · #15,682 worldwide overall 27.0 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  55. 55 Jinshui Wu China · #144,230 worldwide overall 33.0 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  56. 56 Bruce A. Hungate United States · #3,628 worldwide overall 27.8 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  57. 57 Yuanhe Yang China · #1,895 worldwide overall 25.8 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  58. 58 Yu Luo China · #7,399 worldwide overall 25.9 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  59. 59 Lukas Van Zwieten Australia · #26,885 worldwide overall 28.1 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  60. 60 Joshua P. Schimel United States · #2,270 worldwide overall 26.4 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  61. 61 Feike A. Dijkstra Australia · #28,546 worldwide overall 29.1 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  62. 62 Xingguo Han China · #60,598 worldwide overall 30.8 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  63. 63 Jerry M. Melillo United States · #5,003 worldwide overall 26.3 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  64. 64 M. Francesca Cotrufo Italy · #147,454 worldwide overall 26.4 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  65. 65 Mangi Lal Jat India · #14,984 worldwide overall 26.8 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  66. 66 G. Philip Robertson United States · #31,159 worldwide overall 27.1 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  67. 67 Jianming M. Xu China · #17,797 worldwide overall 27.7 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  68. 68 Ellen Kandeler Germany · #57,039 worldwide overall 32.2 of 102 papers here in the top 10%
  69. 69 Stefan Scheu Germany · #25,347 worldwide overall 29.0 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  70. 70 Georg Guggenberger Germany · #38,373 worldwide overall 28.6 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  71. 71 Shuijin Hu United States · #18,964 worldwide overall 26.1 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  72. 72 Nanthi Sirangie Bolan Australia · #4,181 worldwide overall 27.8 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  73. 73 Philip Charles Brookes China · #20,177 worldwide overall 26.3 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  74. 74 Jean Poesen Belgium · #348,603 worldwide overall 63.5 of 401 papers here in the top 10%
  75. 75 Carsten W. Mueller Germany · #19,319 worldwide overall 24.7 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  76. 76 Peter M. Vitousek United States · #4,133 worldwide overall 25.3 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  77. 77 Bojie Fu China · #3,536 worldwide overall 27.6 of 77 papers here in the top 10%
  78. 78 Dafeng Hui United States · #46,196 worldwide overall 26.3 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  79. 79 Kees Jan van Groenigen United Kingdom · #4,293 worldwide overall 23.4 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  80. 79 Andreas A. Richter Austria · #16,641 worldwide overall 25.3 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  81. 81 Mingan Shao China · #130,734 worldwide overall 29.5 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  82. 82 Evgenia V. Blagodatskaya Germany · #36,549 worldwide overall 26.9 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  83. 83 A. Stuart Grandy United States · #38,263 worldwide overall 27.0 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  84. 84 Whendee L. Silver United States · #21,484 worldwide overall 25.7 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  85. 85 Zhihua Shi China · #57,466 worldwide overall 24.4 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  86. 86 Zhikuan Jia China · #71,425 worldwide overall 25.1 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  87. 87 Noah Fierer United States · #38 worldwide overall 22.3 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  88. 87 Serita D. Frey United States · #21,493 worldwide overall 23.3 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  89. 89 Feng‐Min Li China · #144,226 worldwide overall 27.4 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  90. 90 Huadong Zang China · #9,038 worldwide overall 22.7 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  91. 91 Yuquan Wei China · #71,301 worldwide overall 22.7 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  92. 92 Xinhui Han China · #13,684 worldwide overall 23.3 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  93. 92 Christopher B. Barrett United States · #25,179 worldwide overall 24.3 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  94. 94 Maurício Roberto Cherubin Brazil · #114,121 worldwide overall 30.9 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  95. 95 Xuhui Zhou China · #9,584 worldwide overall 22.8 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  96. 96 Jørgen Eivind Olesen Denmark · #70,452 worldwide overall 28.0 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  97. 97 Mary K. Firestone United States · #4,554 worldwide overall 23.1 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  98. 98 Mark A. Bradford United States · #14,219 worldwide overall 22.3 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  99. 99 Luca Montanarella Italy · #52,364 worldwide overall 24.5 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  100. 100 Susan Trumbore Germany · #17,258 worldwide overall 22.9 of 48 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Soil Science. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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