Topic · Plant Ecology and Soil Science
Most cited papers in Plant Ecology and Soil Science
What are the most cited papers in Plant Ecology and Soil Science?
The most cited paper in Plant Ecology and Soil Science is "Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability" (David R. Montgomery, 2007), with 2,217 citations. Next come "Two Categories of 13 C/ 12 C Ratios for Higher Plants" (2,029) and "The Climate Near the Ground" (1,898).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 268 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability David R. Montgomery · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 8 Aug 2007 | 2,217 |
| 2 | Two Categories of 13 C/ 12 C Ratios for Higher Plants Bruce N. Smith, Samuel Abraham Epstein · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | Mar 1971 | 2,029 |
| 3 | The Climate Near the Ground Rudolf Geiger, Robert H. Aron, Paul Todhunter · American Journal of Physics | Mar 1951 | 1,898 |
| 4 | Running to stand still: adaptation and the response of plants to rapid climate change Alistair S. Jump, Josep Peñuelas · Ecology Letters | 15 Aug 2005 | 1,626 |
| 5 | Nature and properties of soils M. J. Vepraskas · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | Jul 1986 | 1,553 |
| 6 | Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes Gerlinde B. De Deyn, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Richard D. Bardgett · Ecology Letters | 13 Feb 2008 | 1,456 |
| 7 | The Effects of Plant Composition and Diversity on Ecosystem Processes David U. Hooper, Peter M. Vitousek · Science | 29 Aug 1997 | 1,381 |
| 8 | Effects of plant species on nutrient cycling Sarah E. Hobbie · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Oct 1992 | 1,247 |
| 9 | Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. · Nature | Oct 2013 | 1,101 |
| 10 | Climate effects on mountain plants Georg Grabherr, Michael D. Gottfried, Harald Pauli · Nature | 9 Jun 1994 | 1,078 |
| 11 | Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties B. Saugier · Plant Science | Sep 2001 | 1,005 |
| 12 | Some general principles of landscape and regional ecology Richard T. T. Forman · Landscape Ecology | Jun 1995 | 983 |
| 13 | Balancing green and grain trade Yiping Chen, Kaibo Wang, Yishan Lin et al. · Nature Geoscience | 7 Sep 2015 | 936 |
| 14 | Impact of several common tree species of European temperate forests on soil fertility Laurent Augusto, Jacques J. Ranger, Dan Binkley et al. · Annals of Forest Science | Apr 2002 | 898 |
| 15 | Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming Manuel J. Steinbauer et al. · Nature | 29 Mar 2018 | 893 |
| 16 | Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering Xiaowei Tong, Martin Brandt, Yuemin Yue et al. · Nature Sustainability | 2 Jan 2018 | 851 |
| 17 | A climatic stratification of the environment of Europe Marc J. Metzger, R.G.H. Bunce, R.H.G. Jongman et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography | 8 Aug 2005 | 832 |
| 18 | Plant growth substances 1979: Jeffrey B. Harborne · Phytochemistry | 1982 | 775 |
| 19 | Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities Helge Bruelheide et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution | 31 Oct 2018 | 741 |
| 20 | Carbon Sequestration in Soils William H. Schlesinger · Science | 25 Jun 1999 | 737 |
| 21 | Plant‐Water Relationships Doyle B. Peters · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Nov 1968 | 729 |
| 22 | Enhancing sustainability of grassland ecosystems through ecological restoration and grazing management in an era of climate change on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Shikui Dong, Zhanhuan Shang, Jixi Gao et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 15 Oct 2019 | 706 |
| 23 | Karst rocky desertification in southwestern China: geomorphology, landuse, impact and rehabilitation Shijie Wang, Qingguo LIU, D.‐F. Zhang · Land Degradation and Development | Mar 2004 | 669 |
| 24 | Soil organic carbon dynamics jointly controlled by climate, carbon inputs, soil properties and soil carbon fractions Zhongkui Luo, Wenting Feng, Yiqi Luo et al. · Global Change Biology | 23 May 2017 | 604 |
| 25 | Rock fragments in top soils: significance and processes Jean Poesen, H. Lavée · CATENA | Sep 1994 | 590 |
| 26 | Physico-geographical mesoregions of Poland: Verification and adjustment of boundaries on the basis of contemporary spatial data Jerzy Solon et al. · Geographia Polonica | 2018 | 574 |
| 27 | Biogeography and variability of eleven mineral elements in plant leaves across gradients of climate, soil and plant functional type in China Wenxuan Han, Jingyun Fang, Peter B. Reich et al. · Ecology Letters | 22 Jun 2011 | 565 |
| 28 | Qualitative Scale for estimating Sulphur Dioxide Air Pollution in England and Wales using Epiphytic Lichens David L. Hawksworth, Francis L. Rose · Nature | Jul 1970 | 556 |
| 29 | Fundamentals of Soil Ecology Jörg Matschullat · Journal of Soils and Sediments | Oct 2005 | 550 |
| 30 | Grassland changes and adaptive management on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Yanfen Wang et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 6 Sep 2022 | 545 |
| 31 | Integrated study of the water–ecosystem–economy in the Heihe River Basin Guodong Cheng, Xin Li, Wenzhi Zhao et al. · National Science Review | 17 Jun 2014 | 533 |
| 32 | Photosynthesis and productivity in different environments F.Th. Ledig · Agricultural Meteorology | Sep 1976 | 527 |
| 33 | HERBIVORE EFFECTS ON PLANT AND NITROGEN DYNAMICS IN OAK SAVANNA Mark E. Ritchie, David Tilman, Johannes M. H. Knops · Ecology | 1998 | 527 |
| 34 | Disturbance Regimes in Temperate Forests James Reade Runkle · Elsevier eBooks | 1985 | 522 |
| 35 | Organic chemicals in the soil environment Martin J. Alexander · Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology | Sep 1973 | 519 |
| 36 | Soil and Water: Physical Principles and Processes D. E. Elrick · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Sep 1972 | 516 |
| 37 | Ecosystem Processes Along an Urban-to-Rural Gradient Mark J. McDonnell, Steward T. A. Pickett, Peter M. Groffman et al. · Urban Ecology | 2 Jan 2008 | 504 |
| 38 | A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLANT FORM-THE PIPE MODEL THEORY : II. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION IN FOREST ECOLOGY Kichiro Shinozaki, Kyoji Yoda, Kazuo Hozumi et al. · Nihon Seitai Gakkaishi | Aug 1964 | 502 |
| 39 | Impact of China's Grain for Green Project on the landscape of vulnerable arid and semi‐arid agricultural regions: a case study in northern Shaanxi Province Shixiong Cao, Li Chen, Xinxiao Yu · Journal of Applied Ecology | 31 Jan 2009 | 494 |
| 40 | European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots Milan Chytrý et al. · Applied Vegetation Science | 20 Aug 2015 | 470 |
| 41 | Rain use efficiency: a unifying concept in arid-land ecology Henri N. Le Houérou · Journal of Arid Environments | Sep 1984 | 467 |
| 42 | Global-Scale Patterns of Forest Fragmentation Kurt Hans Riitters, James Wickham, Robert V. O’Neill et al. · Conservation Ecology | 2000 | 464 |
| 43 | Evaluating the ecological performance of wetland restoration in the Yellow River Delta, China Baoshan Cui, Qichun Yang, Zhifeng Yang et al. · Ecological Engineering | 16 May 2009 | 445 |
| 44 | Relationship between the variability of primary production and the variability of annual precipitation in world arid lands Henri Noël Le Houérou, Ralph L. Bingham, W. Skerbek · Journal of Arid Environments | Jul 1988 | 442 |
| 45 | Has the Three Norths Forest Shelterbelt Program solved the desertification and dust storm problems in arid and semiarid China? X.M. Wang, Conglin Zhang, Eerdun Hasi et al. · Journal of Arid Environments | 4 Sep 2009 | 439 |
| 46 | THE DRY‐WEIGHT‐RANK METHOD FOR THE BOTANICAL ANALYSIS OF PASTURE L. 't Mannetje, KP Haydock · Grass and Forage Science | Dec 1963 | 435 |
| 47 | SOIL EROSION AND CONSERVATION Daniel Hillel · Elsevier eBooks | 2008 | 434 |
| 48 | Photosynthesis and production in a changing environment; A Field and Laboratory Manual: James D. Ross · Phytochemistry | Dec 1993 | 431 |
| 49 | Patterns of plant carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentration in relation to productivity in China’s terrestrial ecosystems Zhiyao Tang, Wenting Xu, Guoyi Zhou et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 16 Apr 2018 | 424 |
| 50 | Degradation of Tibetan grasslands: Consequences for carbon and nutrient cycles Shibin Liu, Kazem Zamanian, Per-Marten Schleuß et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 5 Nov 2017 | 424 |
Citations are OpenAlex's own counts, from its 2026-09-23 snapshot, so the ranking can differ from Google Scholar or Web of Science. A paper is listed for a field when OpenAlex files it under one of the field's topics; retracted papers and papers whose citation count cannot be traced to citing works are left out, and a preprint and the article it became are shown once. Release dates are OpenAlex's: where a source gave only a month or a year, that is what is shown. How the lists are chosen.