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Soil Science and Environmental Management

Soil Science and Environmental Management is a research topic within Soil Science. Science Explorer counts 3.7k research works in it since 1953. 3.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of soil quality assessment, management, and related environmental and agricultural practices. It covers topics such as water productivity, conservation agriculture, crop residue management, quality management, desertification, and the use of Ishikawa diagrams in soil and agricultural contexts.

  • Soil Quality
  • Water Productivity
  • Conservation Agriculture
  • Quality Management
  • Desertification
  • Crop Residue
  • Ishikawa Diagram
  • Professional Standards
  • Statistical Methods
  • Spatial Trends
Research works
3.7k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
114
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Soil Science and Environmental Management research?

By volume, Mexico and Peru publish the most (136 and 87 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 136 works
  2. 2 Peru 87 works
  3. 3 Colombia 79 works
  4. 4 Ecuador 77 works
  5. 5 Spain 29 works
  6. 6 Argentina 21 works
  7. 7 Brazil 21 works
  8. 8 ?? 17 works
  9. 9 Venezuela 16 works
  10. 10 India 16 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.

Mexico: 27.1%Peru: 17.4%Colombia: 15.8%Ecuador: 15.4%6 others listed: 24.3%27%largest
Mexico136 · 27.1%Peru87 · 17.4%Colombia79 · 15.8%Ecuador77 · 15.4%6 others listed121 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Soil Science and Environmental Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Nacional de Colombia publishes the most Soil Science and Environmental Management research, followed by Colegio de Postgraduados and Tecnológico Nacional de México.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 11 works
  2. 2 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 10 works
  3. 3 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 9 works
  4. 4 Universidad César VallejoPeru 9 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 8 works
  6. 6 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 8 works
  7. 7 Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y PecuariasMexico 8 works
  8. 8 National University of San MarcosPeru 7 works
  9. 9 Instituto Politécnico NacionalMexico 7 works
  10. 10 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Soil Science and Environmental Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Soil Science and Environmental Management include Adrián Bonilla‐Petriciolet and Javier Abadı́a.

  1. 1 Adrián Bonilla‐Petriciolet Mexico 631 citations
  2. 2 Javier Abadı́a Spain 458 citations

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

Where is Soil Science and Environmental Management research done?

The largest centres of Soil Science and Environmental Management research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia) and Trujillo (Peru).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 30 works
  2. 2 Lima Peru 28 works
  3. 3 Bogotá Colombia 28 works
  4. 4 Trujillo Peru 16 works
  5. 5 Madrid Spain 11 works
  6. 6 Guayaquil Ecuador 10 works
  7. 7 Montecillo Mexico 10 works
  8. 8 Panama City Panama 10 works
  9. 9 Quito Ecuador 10 works
  10. 10 San José Costa Rica 9 works
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Where is the best place to study Soil Science and Environmental Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo and Colegio de Postgraduados 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%2.5%5%7.5%mean 2.14%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 11, 4.5%Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo: 8, 6.2%Colegio de Postgraduados: 10, 0.0%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 8, 0.0%Universidad César Vallejo: 9, 0.0%Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Nacional…Colegio de Postgradu…Universidad Nacional…
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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 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 51.84.5%51.8×11 -51.3%
2 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 44.26.2%75.8×8 +0.3%
3 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 32.40.0%190.7×10 +5.1%
4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 13.80.0%13.9×8 -36.6%
5 Universidad César VallejoPeru 13.00.0%53.2×9 —

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 Science and Environmental Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Soil Science and Environmental Management.

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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.