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Soil Geostatistics and Mapping

Soil Geostatistics and Mapping is a research topic within Environmental Engineering. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 20.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents advances in digital soil mapping techniques, including the use of geostatistics, remote sensing, spectroscopy, and machine learning for mapping and predicting soil properties. The focus is on spatial interpolation, global soil information, and the application of these techniques for soil security and terrain analysis.

  • Digital Soil Mapping
  • Geostatistics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Soil Properties
  • Spectroscopy
  • Spatial Interpolation
  • Machine Learning
  • Soil Security
  • Global Soil Information
  • Terrain Analysis
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
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Which countries lead Soil Geostatistics and Mapping research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (886 and 539 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 886 works
  2. 2 United States 539 works
  3. 3 India 342 works
  4. 4 Brazil 245 works
  5. 5 Germany 149 works
  6. 6 Italy 148 works
  7. 7 Australia 136 works
  8. 8 Canada 125 works
  9. 9 France 115 works
  10. 10 Russia 114 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: 31.7%United States: 19.3%India: 12.2%Brazil: 8.7%6 others listed: 28.1%32%largest
China886 · 31.7%United States539 · 19.3%India342 · 12.2%Brazil245 · 8.7%6 others listed787 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Soil Geostatistics and Mapping research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Soil Geostatistics and Mapping research, followed by The University of Sydney and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 46 works
  2. 2 The University of SydneyAustralia 25 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 24 works
  5. 5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 19 works
  6. 6 ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use PlanningIndia 18 works
  7. 7 Xinjiang UniversityChina 17 works
  8. 8 Ghent UniversityBelgium 15 works
  9. 9 V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science InstituteRussia 15 works
  10. 10 University of FloridaUnited States 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Soil Geostatistics and Mapping?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Soil Geostatistics and Mapping include Eric R. Ziegel and Pierre Legendre.

  1. 1 Eric R. Ziegel United States 3.7k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Legendre Canada 3.5k citations

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

Where is Soil Geostatistics and Mapping research done?

The largest centres of Soil Geostatistics and Mapping research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wageningen and Nagpur.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 259 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 57 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 56 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 44 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 44 works
  6. 6 Changchun China 37 works
  7. 7 Ürümqi China 37 works
  8. 8 Paris France 37 works
  9. 9 Sydney Australia 37 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 37 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WageningenNL · 23.4 works14×
  2. NagpurIN · 20.1 works8.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soil Geostatistics and Mapping than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Soil Geostatistics and Mapping?

Among universities, judged by research, Shandong Agricultural University, The University of Sydney and Northwest A&F 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.

0%20%40%mean 31.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Shandong Agricultural University: 9, 45.8%The University of Sydney: 25, 32.2%Northwest A&F University: 12, 38.0%University of Guelph: 12, 23.8%Xinjiang University: 18, 27.8%Wageningen University & Research: 14, 26.8%China University of Geosciences: 13, 35.1%China Agricultural University: 19, 29.9%Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: 9, 20.0%Central South University: 12, 40.2%Shandong Agricultura…Northwest A&F Univer…The University of Sy…University of Guelph
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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 Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 70.545.8%12.2×9 +369.2%
2 The University of SydneyAustralia 59.732.2%6.1×25 +78.6%
3 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 56.038.0%7.2×12 +104.9%
4 University of GuelphCanada 55.023.8%10.0×12 +78.7%
5 Xinjiang UniversityChina 53.227.8%9.7×18 +20.2%
6 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 51.826.8%8.9×14 -46.0%
7 China University of GeosciencesChina 51.335.1%7.0×13 +26.0%
8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 49.529.9%8.1×19 -43.5%
9 Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia 48.520.0%21.3×9 +1.8%
10 Central South UniversityChina 47.640.2%1.7×12 +316.8%

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 Geostatistics and Mapping research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Soil Geostatistics and Mapping.

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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.