Soil Science papers
Pofolia’s corpus holds 35 papers from Soil Science (2025–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.
At a glance
- Most cited: Managing soil health for climate resilience and crop productivity in a changing environment (2025, 73 citations).
- The 20 papers listed have 126 citations between them.
- 17 of the 20 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
- 3 have a free full text (open access).
- Most frequent journals: Agriculture, Agricultural Water Management, Agriculture & Food Security.
- Published between 2025 and 2026.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals
Managing soil health for climate resilience and crop productivity in a changing environment
The Science of The Total Environment · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 39.19 · 73 citations
Integrating advanced agronomic practices, innovative technologies, and policy frameworks can sustainably manage and restore soil health, enhancing crop resilience and productivity against climate change.
Modeling Sediment Flux in River Confluences: A Comprehensive Momentum‐Based Study
Water Resources Research · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 27.47 · 52 citations
A new momentum-sediment model (MSM) accurately estimates sediment flux in complex river confluences, outperforming traditional methods and proving insensitive to watershed scale and hydrological conditions.
Navigating aid and climate pressures to achieve food security in Somalia
Agriculture & Food Security · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · 1 citations · Open access
In Somalia, food aid and conflict significantly undermine food security, while humanitarian aid enhances it, according to a 1990-2020 time-series analysis.
Trace Element Bioavailability Shapes Bacterial Communities and Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Paddy Soils
Nitrogen · 2026 · Q2
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in paddy soils is nearly 2.7 times higher in some locations (ZH4) compared to others (ZH7), with the subsurface layer (1-15 cm) being the primary zone for N fixation.
Degradation-dependent shifts in pathways linking straw incorporation and cover crops to soil quality in Mollisols
Soil and Tillage Research · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
Soil degradation significantly alters the effectiveness of straw incorporation and cover crops, with combined straw-cover crop application increasing soil quality index (SQI) by up to 90.9% under moderate degradation, but showing no significant improvement under severe degradation.
Mechanisms of enhancing soil fertility without obviously elevating global warming potential under an optimal rice straw incorporation rate in a paddy soil
SOIL · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
Applying rice straw at 50% of local yield (ST1) improved soil fertility with only a 3% increase in global warming potential (GWP) compared to no straw (CK), unlike higher rates (ST2, ST3) which significantly increased GWP by up to 151%.
Divergent fertility responses to cyclones and floods: a mixed-methods study from rural Bangladesh
Journal of Biosocial Science · 2026 · Q2
Fertility rates in rural Bangladesh diverge based on the type of extreme climate event: cyclones are linked to lower fertility, while floods are linked to higher fertility.
Study on the Differentiation of Microbial Communities Under Different Soil Types in the Typical Black Soil Area of Songnen Plain
Microorganisms · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
Brown soils (forestland) harbor microbial communities dominated by K-strategists (e.g., Mortierellomycota, Acidobacteriota) specializing in carbon sequestration, while black and meadow soils (cropland) are enriched with r-strategists (e.g., Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota) that rapidly utilize labile carbon.
Effects of N Reduction and Combined with Organic Fertilizer Application on Rice Yield and NH3 Volatilization from Saline Soil
Plants · 2026 · Q1
Reducing urea-N input by 20% (RU) increased rice grain yield by 29.9–52.1% vs. full urea (U) in saline soil, while adding organic compost (RU+OF) further cut ammonia (NH3) volatilization by 8.9–25.3% compared to other treatments, despite a 14.6% yield reduction vs. RU.
Comprehensive Benggang control promotes the recovery of soil organic carbon fractions and carbon sequestration potential
Geoderma · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
Comprehensive Benggang control in southern China significantly restored soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions and carbon sequestration potential, with SOC and MAOC concentrations reaching 8.4 and 5.7 g kg−1 in the topsoil of 23-year restored sites (R3).
Do Bio-Inoculants Improve Composting Under Field Conditions? Comparative Study of Homemade, Commercial, and Laboratory-Developed Bio-Inoculants
Sustainability · 2026 · Q1
None of three tested bio-inoculant protocols (artisanal, commercial, lab-developed) consistently improved composting efficiency or final product quality compared to an uninoculated control under real-world field conditions over 90 days.
Spatial Variability and Magnitude of Soil Erosion in Vineyards Across Spain: Insights from Standardized ISUM Measurements
Hydrology · 2026 · Q1
Standardized ISUM measurements across 13 Spanish vineyards reveal soil mobilization rates varying from -103.3 to +17.9 t ha−1 yr−1, with young vineyards on limestone and marls showing the highest net losses.
Sediment Transport and Wall-Collision Dynamics in a Cylindrical Asteroid-Shaped Drip Emitter Under Variable Hydraulic Conditions
Water · 2026 · Q1
A novel cylindrical asteroid-shaped drip emitter retains 96.45–97.83% of its discharge but passes 81.3–92.7% of suspended sediment, with both metrics strongly correlated (r=0.975) to operating pressure (60-140 kPa).
Temporal assessment of N-cycling genes and nutrient-acquiring enzymes under rotational grazing
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems · 2026 · Q1 · Open access
Rotational grazing significantly alters soil microbial N-cycling genes and nutrient-acquiring enzyme activities, with effects varying by vegetation type and grazing strategy over three years.
Nutrient stress reduces the extent but increases the intensity of root-driven destabilization of mineral-associated organic matter
Communications Earth & Environment · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 3.00
Nitrogen-limited plants show a two-fold higher rate of soil carbon destabilization per unit of root biomass compared to nitrogen-replete plants, driven by enhanced nitrogen mining.
Spatially Varying Climate Importance in United States Agricultural Insurance Claim Severity
Agriculture · 2026 · Q1
Geographically weighted models reveal that climate's impact on US agricultural insurance claim severity is not uniform, with maximum temperature being the top predictor in most cases, but actual evapotranspiration dominating for soybean excess moisture claims.
Integrated Organic–Inorganic Fertilizer Management: Enhancing Crop Productivity, Soil Health, and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
Agronomy · 2026 · Q1
Integrated nutrient management (INM) combining organic and inorganic fertilizers improves crop yields by 15-25%, reduces N2O emissions by 15-30%, and lowers global warming potential by 11-24%.
Long-Term Combined Organic and Mineral Fertilization Modulates Aggregate-Associated Organic Carbon Pool and Improves Carbon Sequestration in Aeolian Sandy Soils
Agriculture · 2026 · Q1
A 16-year study found that combined organic and mineral fertilization (MNPK) increased soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks by 65.5% in aeolian sandy soils compared to no fertilization, outperforming organic-only (44.9% increase) and mineral-only (18.3% increase) treatments.
Synchronizing Planting Windows and Nutrient Inputs for Sustainable Soil Microbial Function in Rice Agroecosystems
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis · 2026 · Q2
Planting rice on July 15 and using integrated nutrient management (RTCF+OF) significantly increased microbial biomass carbon (116-123 mg/kg) and bacterial counts (29-31 x 10^6 CFU/g) compared to other dates and chemical fertilization alone.
Economic performance of FAO-56 crop coefficient and Allen & Pereira approaches for irrigation scheduling in super-high-density olive orchards
Agricultural Water Management · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · Open access
The Allen & Pereira irrigation scheduling approach resulted in higher costs but no significant differences in yield, revenue, or profit compared to FAO-56 in super-high-density olive orchards.
Recently added
Weathering intensity and mineral association facilitate the accumulation of soil organic carbon along an alpine toposequence
Geoderma · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
Alpine soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation is driven by mineral associations, not climate or productivity alone, with SOC increasing seven-fold from 1100m to 1700m elevation before declining.
Spatiotemporal dynamics of rhizosphere soil water, temperature and salinity under various drip irrigation regimes and their effects on cotton biomass formation
Soil and Tillage Research · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
High drip irrigation (120% ET) promoted cotton taproot elongation to 60-80 cm depth and enhanced salt leaching, while low irrigation (60% ET) restricted water to 30-40 cm and inhibited growth. High irrigation reduced effective accumulated temperature by up to 7.74% but improved biomass accumulation thresholds.
Moderate grazing enhances soil nutrient cycling in desert grasslands through microbial community assembly at the patch scale
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
Moderate grazing in desert steppes enhances soil nutrient cycling by altering microbial community assembly at the patch scale, favoring functional specialization and synergy over simple taxonomic richness.
Orange peel waste valorization: A comprehensive review of sustainable production and high-value resource recovery
Resources Conservation and Recycling · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
Orange peel waste (OPW) is a rich source of valuable compounds like pectin, polyphenols, and d-limonene, offering significant potential for sustainable valorization within a circular bioeconomy.
Anthropogenic compound inputs decouple particulate and mineral-associated carbon pools in soils of a tropical urban agroecosystem
Geoderma · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
Anthropogenic compounds (ACs) in tropical urban soils decouple particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) pools, leading to POC dominance, with durable ACs retaining carbon in POC rather than MAOC.
Rethinking Premium Subsidies for Agricultural Insurance. Quantitative evidence from 146 index insurance schemes worldwide
Food Policy · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00
Non-loan bundling, not premium subsidies or loan bundling, is significantly associated with the survival of agricultural index insurance programs.
Organic Matter Quality and Microbial Activity in Soils Managed With Brachiaria Succession
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science · 2026 · Q1
Brachiaria succession systems, particularly B6D, significantly altered soil organic matter fractions and microbial enzyme activity, though total C and N stocks at 1m depth decreased compared to no-brachiaria systems (NB).
Economic performance of FAO-56 crop coefficient and Allen & Pereira approaches for irrigation scheduling in super-high-density olive orchards
Agricultural Water Management · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · Open access
The Allen & Pereira irrigation scheduling approach resulted in higher costs but no significant differences in yield, revenue, or profit compared to FAO-56 in super-high-density olive orchards.
Journals in this field
The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?
| Journal | Quartile | SJR | h-index | In this field | Summaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoderma | Q1 | 2.00 | 227 | 3 | 4 |
| Soil and Tillage Research | Q1 | 2.00 | 197 | 2 | 3 |
| Agronomy | Q1 | — | 141 | 2 | 8 |
| Agriculture (Switzerland) | Q1 | — | 108 | 2 | 5 |
| Communications Earth and Environment | Q1 | 3.00 | 75 | 1 | 3 |
| Resources, Conservation and Recycling | Q1 | 2.00 | 245 | 1 | 4 |
| Water Resources Research | Q1 | 1.00 | 290 | 1 | 4 |
| Agricultural Water Management | Q1 | 1.00 | 189 | 1 | 3 |
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