Soil erosion and sediment transport
Soil erosion and sediment transport is a research topic within Soil Science. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 22.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of soil erosion on agricultural sustainability, land use change, sediment transport models, ecohydrological processes, soil degradation, runoff and erosion, the global carbon budget, suspended sediments, and gully erosion. It addresses the challenges and implications of soil erosion for environmental change and human security in various regions around the world.
- Soil Erosion
- Agricultural Sustainability
- Land Use Change
- Sediment Transport Models
- Ecohydrological Processes
- Soil Degradation
- Runoff and Erosion
- Global Carbon Budget
- Suspended Sediments
- Gully Erosion
- Research works
- 41k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +40% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Soil erosion and sediment transport research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.4k and 755 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.4k works
- 2 United States 755 works
- 3 India 569 works
- 4 Brazil 466 works
- 5 France 254 works
- 6 Italy 230 works
- 7 Ethiopia 213 works
- 8 Iran 201 works
- 9 United Kingdom 177 works
- 10 Spain 177 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 erosion and sediment transport research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Soil erosion and sediment transport research, followed by Northwest A&F University and Institute of Soil and Water Conservation.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 129 works
- 2 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 71 works
- 3 Institute of Soil and Water ConservationChina 69 works
- 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 66 works
- 5 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 66 works
- 6 Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of ChinaChina 46 works
- 7 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 43 works
- 8 Wuhan UniversityChina 35 works
- 9 China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchChina 33 works
- 10 Hohai UniversityChina 32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Soil erosion and sediment transport?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Soil erosion and sediment transport include Guangming Zeng, Josep Peñuelas and Pete Smith.
- 1 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
- 2 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
- 3 Pete Smith United Kingdom 3k citations
- 4 Jozef Deckers Belgium 2.8k citations
- 5 Rattan Lal United States 2.8k citations
- 6 Yakov Kuzyakov Germany 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Soil erosion and sediment transport research done?
The largest centres of Soil erosion and sediment transport research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yangling and Yangling.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- YanglingCN · 69.5 works207×
- YanglingCN · 70.8 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soil erosion and sediment transport than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Soil erosion and sediment transport?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, Beijing Normal University and Addis Ababa 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 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 73.5 | 39.7% | 23.1× | 71 | +66.0% |
| 2 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 71.3 | 37.3% | 12.2× | 66 | +55.4% |
| 3 | Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia | 68.7 | 30.6% | 12.2× | 22 | +189.1% |
| 4 | Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia | 63.2 | 24.9% | 16.0× | 18 | +277.5% |
| 5 | Guizhou Normal UniversityChina | 63.1 | 49.2% | 24.1× | 19 | -20.4% |
| 6 | Hawassa UniversityEthiopia | 61.6 | 23.1% | 22.3× | 17 | +193.7% |
| 7 | Chang'an UniversityChina | 61.3 | 29.7% | 7.9× | 23 | +206.6% |
| 8 | Beijing Forestry UniversityChina | 61.0 | 29.0% | 19.1× | 43 | +46.0% |
| 9 | Vidyasagar UniversityIndia | 60.6 | 30.1% | 16.6× | 10 | +273.3% |
| 10 | Haramaya UniversityEthiopia | 59.9 | 28.0% | 14.2× | 9 | +262.2% |
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 erosion and sediment transport research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Soil erosion and sediment transport.
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.