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Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics is a research topic within Environmental Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 28.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus, in the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It explores topics such as nutrient hot spots and hot moments, control of nitrogen and phosphorus export from watersheds, hyporheic flow and transport processes, agricultural impacts on water quality, and strategies for mitigating eutrophication. The research also delves into the effectiveness of riparian buffers, stream restoration, and watershed management in addressing nutrient pollution.

  • Nutrient Cycling
  • Water Quality
  • Hyporheic Zone
  • Phosphorus Management
  • Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Stream Restoration
  • Agricultural Pollution
  • Riparian Buffers
  • Watershed Management
  • Eutrophication
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+10%
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Which countries lead Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 953 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 United States 953 works
  3. 3 Canada 195 works
  4. 4 Germany 183 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 132 works
  6. 6 Australia 115 works
  7. 7 France 93 works
  8. 8 Japan 82 works
  9. 9 Brazil 79 works
  10. 10 New Zealand 73 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.

China: 43.5%United States: 28.3%Canada: 5.8%Germany: 5.4%6 others listed: 17.0%43%largest
China1,465 · 43.5%United States953 · 28.3%Canada195 · 5.8%Germany183 · 5.4%6 others listed573 · 17.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Normal University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 90 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
  3. 3 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 31 works
  4. 4 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 30 works
  5. 5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 30 works
  6. 6 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 28 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 26 works
  8. 8 Hohai UniversityChina 25 works
  9. 9 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 25 works
  10. 10 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics include Josep Peñuelas, D. S. Jenkinson and Stephen R. Carpenter.

  1. 1 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
  2. 2 D. S. Jenkinson United States 3.3k citations
  3. 3 Stephen R. Carpenter United States 3.2k citations
  4. 4 Pete Smith United Kingdom 3k citations
  5. 5 Rattan Lal United States 2.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lincoln, Reston and Yangling.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 465 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 143 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 69 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 57 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 44 works
  6. 6 Ottawa Canada 36 works
  7. 7 Paris France 34 works
  8. 8 Helsinki Finland 32 works
  9. 9 Aarhus Denmark 31 works
  10. 10 Lincoln New Zealand 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LincolnNZ · 30.0 works75×
  2. RestonUS · 25.1 works26×
  3. YanglingCN · 28.4 works17×
  4. WageningenNL · 25.7 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, China Agricultural University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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.

0%20%40%mean 28.51%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwest A&F University: 28, 39.2%China Agricultural University: 30, 35.1%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 50, 30.2%Aarhus University: 30, 23.3%Wageningen University & Research: 24, 29.5%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 24, 25.0%Fujian Normal University: 12, 22.1%Zhejiang A & F University: 8, 34.5%Hohai University: 25, 21.1%Beijing Normal University: 31, 25.1%Northwest A&F Univer…China Agricultural U…University of Chines…Aarhus University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 70.639.2%17.3×28 +131.1%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 62.735.1%12.9×30 +36.8%
3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61.430.2%7.2×50 +113.2%
4 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 58.823.3%10.2×30 +2.3%
5 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 58.829.5%15.5×24 -43.0%
6 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 58.425.0%37.3×24 -30.7%
7 Fujian Normal UniversityChina 57.622.1%12.7×12 +229.9%
8 Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina 56.234.5%12.5×8 +109.0%
9 Hohai UniversityChina 55.221.1%11.0×25 +69.8%
10 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 55.025.1%10.7×31 -9.4%

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 Water Nutrient Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

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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.