Most cited papers in Soil erosion and sediment transport
What are the most cited papers in Soil erosion and sediment transport?
The most cited paper in Soil erosion and sediment transport is "THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND ITS RELATION TO CLIMATE AND VEGETATION" (Esteban Gabriel Jobbagy, Robert B. Jackson, 2000), with 5,237 citations. Next come "Digital terrain modelling: A review of hydrological, geomorphological, and biological applications" (3,509) and "Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media" (3,468).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 895 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND ITS RELATION TO CLIMATE AND VEGETATION Esteban Gabriel Jobbagy, Robert B. Jackson · Ecological Applications | Apr 2000 | 5,237 |
| 2 | Digital terrain modelling: A review of hydrological, geomorphological, and biological applications Ian D. Moore, Rodger B. Grayson, Anthony Richard Ladson · Hydrological Processes | 1991 | 3,509 |
| 3 | Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media Petrus A. C. Raats · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Jul 1973 | 3,468 |
| 4 | Environmental and Economic Costs of Soil Erosion and Conservation Benefits David Pimentel, Célia A. Harvey, Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo et al. · Science | 24 Feb 1995 | 2,880 |
| 5 | The Ecology of Interfaces: Riparian Zones Robert J. Naiman, Henri Décamps · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics | Nov 1997 | 2,805 |
| 6 | An assessment of the global impact of 21st century land use change on soil erosion Pasquale Borrelli, David A. Robinson, Larissa R. Fleischer et al. · Nature Communications | 4 Dec 2017 | 2,802 |
| 7 | Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification William H. Schlesinger, James F. Reynolds, Gary L. Cunningham et al. · Science | 2 Mar 1990 | 2,542 |
| 8 | Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems Michael E. McClain, Elizabeth W. Boyer, C. Lisa Dent et al. · Ecosystems | Jun 2003 | 2,441 |
| 9 | Dynamics of the stream‐power river incision model: Implications for height limits of mountain ranges, landscape response timescales, and research needs K. X. Whipple, Gregory E. Tucker · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 10 Aug 1999 | 2,311 |
| 10 | Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability David R. Montgomery · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 8 Aug 2007 | 2,217 |
| 11 | Riverine flood plains: present state and future trends Klement Tockner, Jack A. Stanford · Environmental Conservation | Sep 2002 | 2,144 |
| 12 | Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation Rattan Lal · Sustainability | 13 May 2015 | 2,067 |
| 13 | Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry James Penman, Michael L. Gytarsky, Taka Hiraishi et al. · IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) | 2003 | 2,014 |
| 14 | Channel-reach morphology in mountain drainage basins David R. Montgomery, John M. Buffington · Geological Society of America Bulletin | May 1997 | 1,958 |
| 15 | Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter M. Francesca Cotrufo, Maria Giovanna Ranalli, Michelle L. Haddix et al. · Nature Geoscience | 18 Nov 2019 | 1,881 |
| 16 | Gully erosion and environmental change: importance and research needs Jean Poesen, Jeroen Nachtergaele, Gert Verstraeten et al. · CATENA | 2 Dec 2002 | 1,804 |
| 17 | An introduction to the European Hydrological System — Systeme Hydrologique Europeen, “SHE”, 1: History and philosophy of a physically-based, distributed modelling system M. B. Abbott, James C. Bathurst, Jean A. Cunge et al. · Journal of Hydrology | Oct 1986 | 1,702 |
| 18 | Soil erosion and the global carbon budget Rattan Lal · Environment International | 23 Apr 2003 | 1,694 |
| 19 | Sediment Transport, Part II: Suspended Load Transport Leo C. van Rijn · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering | Nov 1984 | 1,656 |
| 20 | Quantitative analysis of land surface topography Lyle W. Zevenbergen, Colin Reginald Thorne · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms | 1987 | 1,651 |
| 21 | Soil Structure and Organic Matter I. Distribution of Aggregate‐Size Classes and Aggregate‐Associated Carbon Johan Six, Keith H. Paustian, Edward T. Elliott et al. · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Mar 2000 | 1,648 |
| 22 | Standards for ecologically successful river restoration Margaret A. Palmer et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology | 14 Mar 2005 | 1,586 |
| 23 | Geostatistical approaches for incorporating elevation into the spatial interpolation of rainfall Pierre Goovaerts · Journal of Hydrology | Feb 2000 | 1,573 |
| 24 | Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use Jonathan Sanderman, Tomislav Hengl, Greg J. Fiske · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 21 Aug 2017 | 1,524 |
| 25 | Soil degradation by erosion R. Lal · Land Degradation and Development | Nov 2001 | 1,524 |
| 26 | Soil and human security in the 21st century Ronald Amundson, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, J. W. Hopmans et al. · Science | 7 May 2015 | 1,520 |
| 27 | Aggregate stability and assessment of soil crustability and erodibility: I. Theory and methodology Yves Le Bissonnais · European Journal of Soil Science | Dec 1996 | 1,513 |
| 28 | Land use and climate change impacts on global soil erosion by water (2015-2070) Pasquale Borrelli, David A. Robinson, Panos Panagos et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 24 Aug 2020 | 1,485 |
| 29 | Hydrological functions of tropical forests: not seeing the soil for the trees? Leendert Adrian Bruijnzeel · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 17 Mar 2004 | 1,475 |
| 30 | Reduced sediment transport in the Yellow River due to anthropogenic changes Shuai Wang, Bojie Fu, Shilong Piao et al. · Nature Geoscience | 30 Nov 2015 | 1,461 |
| 31 | The role of deep roots in the hydrological and carbon cycles of Amazonian forests and pastures Daniel Curtis Nepstad, Claudio R. de Carvalho, Eric A. Davidson et al. · Nature | Dec 1994 | 1,453 |
| 32 | PROFILE: Hungry Water: Effects of Dams and Gravel Mining on River Channels G. Mathias Kondolf · Environmental Management | Jul 1997 | 1,431 |
| 33 | Biological Effects of Fine Sediment in the Lotic Environment Paul J. Wood · Environmental Management | Mar 1997 | 1,402 |
| 34 | The sediment delivery problem Desmond E. Walling · Journal of Hydrology | Aug 1983 | 1,384 |
| 35 | Wildfire as a hydrological and geomorphological agent Richard A. Shakesby, Stefan Helmut Doerr · Earth-Science Reviews | 16 Dec 2005 | 1,362 |
| 36 | The new assessment of soil loss by water erosion in Europe Panos Panagos, Pasquale Borrelli, Jean Poesen et al. · Environmental Science & Policy | 24 Aug 2015 | 1,360 |
| 37 | SWAT2000: current capabilities and research opportunities in applied watershed modelling Jeffery G. Arnold, Nicola Fohrer · Hydrological Processes | 4 Feb 2005 | 1,359 |
| 38 | Anthropogenic sediment retention: major global impact from registered river impoundments Charles J Vörösmarty, Michel Meybeck, B M Fekete et al. · Global and Planetary Change | 2 Jun 2003 | 1,341 |
| 39 | The Soil Management Assessment Framework Susan S. Andrews, Douglas L. Karlen, Cynthia A. Cambardella · Soil Science Society of America Journal | Nov 2004 | 1,323 |
| 40 | The European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM): a dynamic approach for predicting sediment transport from fields and small catchments R. P. C. Morgan, John Norman Quinton, R. E. Smith et al. · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms | Jun 1998 | 1,309 |
| 41 | Recent trends in the suspended sediment loads of the world's rivers Des E. Walling, D. Fang · Global and Planetary Change | 2 Jun 2003 | 1,306 |
| 42 | Ecological impacts of arable intensification in Europe Chris Stoate, N. D. Boatman, Rui Borralho et al. · Journal of Environmental Management | Dec 2001 | 1,289 |
| 43 | Leaf processing in a woodland stream* Robert C. Petersen, Kenneth W. Cummins · Freshwater Biology | Aug 1974 | 1,277 |
| 44 | Soil Erosion: A Food and Environmental Threat David Mayke da Silva Pimentel · Environment Development and Sustainability | Feb 2006 | 1,273 |
| 45 | Application of Radioactive Fallout Cesium‐137 for Measuring Soil Erosion and Sediment Accumulation Rates and Patterns: A Review Jerry C. Ritchie, J. Roger McHenry · Journal of Environmental Quality | Apr 1990 | 1,249 |
| 46 | A review of erosion and sediment transport models Wendy Merritt, Rebecca Letcher, Anthony J. Jakeman · Environmental Modelling & Software | 9 Jun 2003 | 1,247 |
| 47 | Impact of plant roots on the resistance of soils to erosion by water: a review Gwendolyn Gyssels, Jean Poesen, E. Bochet et al. · Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment | 17 May 2005 | 1,232 |
| 48 | Rocky desertification in Southwest China: Impacts, causes, and restoration Zhongcheng Jiang, Yanqing Lian, Xiaoqun Qin · Earth-Science Reviews | 10 Feb 2014 | 1,197 |
| 49 | Erosion and Deposition of Cohesive Soils Emmanuel Partheniades · Journal of the Hydraulics Division | 1965 | 1,194 |
| 50 | Cover Crops and Ecosystem Services: Insights from Studies in Temperate Soils Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Tim M. Shaver, John L. Lindquist et al. · Agronomy Journal | 5 Oct 2015 | 1,192 |
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