Soil and Environmental Studies
Soil and Environmental Studies is a research topic within Soil Science. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 5.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the evolution of soils in anthropogenic landscapes, including the study of paleosols, microbial communities, and environmental reconstruction. It explores the impact of agriculture, climate dynamics, and desertification on soil evolution and Holocene climate changes.
- Soil Evolution
- Paleosols
- Environmental Reconstruction
- Microbial Communities
- Climate Dynamics
- Agricultural Impact
- Geoarchaeology
- Desertification
- Holocene Climate
- Ecosystem Responses
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 606 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +180% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Soil and Environmental Studies research?
By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (1.7k and 255 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 1.7k works
- 2 Ukraine 255 works
- 3 China 170 works
- 4 Kazakhstan 152 works
- 5 United States 146 works
- 6 Uzbekistan 143 works
- 7 Azerbaijan 83 works
- 8 Nigeria 56 works
- 9 Iraq 51 works
- 10 Poland 39 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Soil and Environmental Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Lomonosov Moscow State University publishes the most Soil and Environmental Studies research, followed by Weatherford College and Russian Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 98 works
- 2 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 53 works
- 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 52 works
- 4 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 50 works
- 5 V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science InstituteRussia 47 works
- 6 Federal Scientific Center for Agroecology, Integrated Land Reclamation and Protective AfforestationRussia 41 works
- 7 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 34 works
- 8 Voronezh State UniversityRussia 32 works
- 9 Southern Federal UniversityRussia 31 works
- 10 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 27 works
Where is Soil and Environmental Studies research done?
The largest centres of Soil and Environmental Studies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Voronezh (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ulan-Ude and Pushchino.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 427 works
- 2 Voronezh Russia 96 works
- 3 Kyiv Ukraine 86 works
- 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 76 works
- 5 Almaty Kazakhstan 73 works
- 6 Tashkent Uzbekistan 73 works
- 7 Novosibirsk Russia 68 works
- 8 Irkutsk Russia 64 works
- 9 Volgograd Russia 62 works
- 10 Baku Azerbaijan 59 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Ulan-UdeRU · 21.8 works112×
- PushchinoRU · 25.1 works100×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soil and Environmental Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Soil and Environmental Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy and Kazan Federal University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstan | 67.8 | 13.1% | 30.1× | 19 | +362.9% |
| 2 | Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural AcademyRussia | 67.0 | 17.1% | 122.3× | 11 | +196.7% |
| 3 | Kazan Federal UniversityRussia | 66.5 | 14.2% | 18.2× | 16 | +1113.7% |
| 4 | Weatherford CollegeUnited States | 59.8 | 2.5% | 12.1× | 53 | +1482.7% |
| 5 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 58.2 | 2.1% | 34.9× | 98 | +61.2% |
| 6 | Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization EngineersUzbekistan | 57.8 | 14.6% | 56.4× | 14 | — |
| 7 | Oles Honchar Dnipro National UniversityUkraine | 56.5 | 10.4% | 35.4× | 10 | +318.2% |
| 8 | Southern Federal UniversityRussia | 55.5 | 3.2% | 53.6× | 31 | +183.8% |
| 9 | Belgorod National Research UniversityRussia | 54.7 | 5.7% | 78.3× | 23 | +158.5% |
| 10 | National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine | 54.5 | 8.1% | 27.7× | 10 | +274.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Soil and Environmental Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 180% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Soil and Environmental Studies.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.