Soil & Tillage Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Soil & Tillage Research is 17. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Physical properties of technosols at brown coal mine wastes in Eastern Siberia195
Editorial Board165
Editorial Board156
A comparison of preferential flow characteristics and influencing factors between two soils developed in the karst region of Southwest China136
Development of pedotransfer functions for predicting hydraulic parameters of van Genuchten model by incorporating environmental variables on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau105
Plow layer management during the fallow season can enhance the wheat productivity and resource utilization in a semi-arid region102
Responses of soil reactive nitrogen losses and nitrogen pools to straw mulching101
Hydraulic and pore functions of differently textured soils modified by biochar from different parts of the mango plant98
Loss and conservation of soil organic carbon and nutrients in arid and semiarid China during aeolian dust emissions95
Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter and inorganic solutes in soil profiles of tropical pasturelands95
Effects of long-term fertiliser application on cropland soil carbon dynamics mediated by potential shifts in microbial carbon use efficiency95
Legume-based crop diversification reinforces soil health and carbon storage driven by microbial biomass and aggregates87
Control of landscape position on organic matter decomposition via soil moisture during a wet summer84
Spatio-temporal evolution of water erosion in the western Songnen Plain: Analysis of its response to land use dynamics and climate change80
Changes in micronutrient concentrations under minimum tillage and cotton-based crop rotations in irrigated Vertisols76
Does spontaneous cover crop increase the stocks of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in commercial olive orchard?75
Future warming-induced phosphorus loss mitigated by land conversion and degradation71
Effect of hardpan on the vertical distribution of water stress in a converted paddy field70
Combined impact of no-tillage and cover crops on soil carbon stocks and fluxes in maize crops68
Long-term straw return increases fungal residual contribution to soil microaggregate nitrogen pool: An eco-enzymatic stoichiometric study68
Effect of different underlying surfaces on hydraulic parameters of overland flow64
Micro/nanobubble-aerated drip irrigation affects saline soil microenvironments and tomato growth by altering bacterial communities62
A 44-year balanced fertilizer application affected rill erosion resistance by changing humus, aggregates, and polyvalent cation62
Zero-valent iron addition stimulated straw-derived carbon accumulation in submerged soil62
A high-resolution physical modelling approach to assess runoff and soil erosion in vineyards under different soil managements61
Deep tilling and localized liming improve soil chemical fertility and sugarcane yield in clayey soils61
Response of soil microbial biomass C, N, and P and microbial quotient to agriculture and agricultural abandonment in a meadow steppe of northeast China60
A chemotaxis-haptotaxis coupled mechanism reducing bacterial mobility in disturbed and intact soils57
Carbon accumulation dynamics and development processes of peatland established after the Changbaishan Millennium eruption57
Roots are the key for soil C restoration: A comparison of land management in the semiarid Argentinean Pampa55
Soil health assessment for different tillage and cropping systems to determine sustainable management practices in a humid region55
Enzyme activities and microbial nutrient limitations in response to digestate and compost additions in organic matter poor soils in the Marches, Italy54
Effects of earthworm activities on soil nutrients and microbial diversity under different tillage measures53
Soil loss estimation using RUSLE model: Comparison of conventional and digital soil data at watershed scale in central Iran53
A deeper look at crop residue and soil warming impact on the soil C pools52
Biosolids and conservation tillage for rainfed wheat farming in dry Mediterranean climates51
Impacts of landscape factors on gully retreat and its morphological characteristics in hilly areas of Northeast China51
Microbial role in enhancing transfer of straw-derived nitrogen to wheat under nitrogen fertilization51
Editorial Board51
Analysis of phosphorus forms on different soil types using heterogeneous isotope exchange reaction50
Ammonia volatilization measured with the IHF method in a rainfed arable crop: Evaluation of tillage intensity and the number of experimental replicates50
Modeling and digital mapping of shallow water table depth using satellite-based spectral and thermal data: Introducing a framework for digital shallow water table mapping49
Yield, soil Nitrogen content and weed control in six years of conservation agriculture on-farm field trials in Southwest Germany48
Examining the land leveling impacts on the physical quality of lowland soils in Southern Brazil48
Morphology-based mechanism of desiccation cracking in soil and montmorillonite48
Nutrient supplementation changes chemical composition of soil organic matter density fractions in desert steppe soil in northern China47
Interpretation of uniaxial, confined compression test data for agricultural topsoils47
Organic fertilizer substitution increased soil organic carbon through the association of microbial necromass C with iron oxides46
Forest productivity and associated soil ecosystem services remain altered 15years after mechanized site preparation for reforestation with Pinus radiata46
Depth-dependent patterns in the C:N:P stoichiometry of different soil components with reclamation time in coastal poplar plantations46
The effect of long-term soil surface mulching on SOC fractions and the carbon management index in a semiarid agroecosystem45
Soil respiration and net carbon flux response to long-term reduced/no-tillage with and without residues in a wheat-maize cropping system45
Effect of installing soil-loosening plow on the working performance and power consumption of the shovel-type seedbed preparation machine for rapeseed in rice stubble fields44
Control of snow mold damage of winter wheat by snow compaction (Yuki-fumi)43
Effect of modified bentonite on copper migration via bank soils in the Jialing River, Southwest China43
Pyrolysis of different organic feedstock combinations as soil amendments enhances the reclamation of saline-sodic soil43
Wind erosion after steppe conversion in Kazakhstan43
Response of leaf, litter, and root ecological stoichiometries to grazing exclosure duration on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau43
The impact of paleoclimatic on the structural strength of loess paleosol sequences and its implications for tillage on the Loess Plateau: A case study from Luochuan profile42
Improving nitrogen use efficiency and reducing environmental cost with long-term nutrient expert management in a summer maize-winter wheat rotation system42
Combining rotary and deep tillage increases crop yields by improving the soil physical structure and accumulating organic carbon of subsoil41
Green manure provides growth benefits for soil mesofauna by promoting soil fertility in agroecosystems41
Border row effects on the distribution of root and soil resources in maize–soybean strip intercropping systems41
Applications of Computed Tomography (CT) in environmental soil and plant sciences41
Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin phenol induced by adding maize straw to fertilized soils40
A tale of two systems: Does reducing tillage affect soil health differently in long-term, side-by-side conventional and organic agricultural systems?40
Long-term effects of crop rotation, tillage, and fertilizer nitrogen on soil health indicators and crop productivity in a temperate climate40
The role of roots traits of climax community species to shear strength in the Loess Hilly Region, China40
Efficacy of earthworm casts on sediment and nitrate loss with runoff in the Chinese Loess Plateau39
Straw retention combined with phosphorus fertilizer promotes soil phosphorus availability by enhancing soil P-related enzymes and the abundance of phoC and phoD genes39
Editorial Board39
Particulate organic carbon is more sensitive to nitrogen addition than mineral-associated organic carbon: A meta-analysis39
Long-term excessive phosphorus fertilization alters soil phosphorus fractions in the acidic soil of pomelo orchards39
Editorial Board38
Assessing the impact of soil shrinkage and pore size dynamics on rice crop yield in expansive clay soils38
Editorial Board38
50 years of continuous no-tillage, stubble retention and nitrogen fertilization enhanced macro-aggregate formation and stabilisation in a Vertisol38
Aggregate pore structure, stability characteristics, and biochemical properties induced by different cultivation durations in the Mollisol region of Northeast China37
Evaluation of nutrient spatial distribution and heavy metal pollution improvement in small-scale farmland under the action of biochar and microbial organic fertilizer37
Effects of gravel cover on the near-surface airflow field and soil wind erosion37
Centennial scale temporal responses of soil magnetic susceptibility and spatial variation to human cultivation on hillslopes in Northeast China37
Impact of concentrated flow and shallow water table on pesticides trapping efficiency of vegetative filter strips – A case study of Northeast China37
Fungal necromass is vital for the storage of subsoil C after deep injection of compost37
Pull-out characteristics of herbaceous roots of alfalfa on the loess in different growth stages and their impacts on slope stability36
The effects of fine roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on soil macropores36
Response law and prediction model of soil erosion considering vegetation and litter cover under different rainfall intensities in the Loess Plateau36
Residual effects of phosphogypsum rates and machinery traffic on soil attributes and common-bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) yield in a no-tillage system36
Response of soil organic carbon stock to land use is modulated by soil hydraulic properties35
Impacts of straw return coupled with tillage practices on soil organic carbon stock in upland wheat and maize croplands in China: A meta-analysis34
Depth-driven responses of soil organic carbon fractions to orchard cover crops across China: A meta-analysis34
Effects of crop residue on wind erosion due to dust storms in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China34
Prediction of soil organic matter using VNIR spectral parameters extracted from shape characteristics34
Enhanced microplastic retrieval efficiency from cultivated soil samples through optimized pre-treatment in density-based extraction34
The application of amendments improves properties of salt-affected soils across China34
Alteration in surface energy balance fluxes induced from long-term disk-tilled versus no-till management in maize production33
Linking soil phosphorus fractions to associated microbial functional profiles under crop rotation on the Loess Plateau of China33
Effects of nutrient fertilization and soil tillage on soil CO2 emissions in a long-term grassland experiment33
Integration of tillage indices and textural features of Sentinel-2A multispectral images for maize residue cover estimation33
Integration of Sentinel-1/2 and topographic attributes to predict the spatial distribution of soil texture fractions in some agricultural soils of western Iran33
Spatiotemporal variation of soil water potential and its significance to water balance for a desert shrub area33
Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration to elevated temperature and nitrogen availability33
Long-term Conservation Agriculture increases sulfur pools in soils together with increased soil organic carbon compared to conventional practices33
Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are the primary N2O producers in long-time tillage and fertilization of dryland calcareous soil33
Modeling soil texture and residue management effects on conservation agriculture productivity in Nepal32
Impacts of a fully mechanized timber harvesting system on soil physical properties after a pronounced dry period32
Combined measurement of roots, δ18O and δ2H, and a Bayesian mixed model capture the soil profiles of wheat water uptake in a deep loamy soil32
Soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, available nutrients, and yield under different straw returning methods32
Rotational horse grazing and dry weather maximize infiltration into soil macropores31
Assessment of soil water retention characteristics based on VNIR/SWIR hyperspectral imaging of soil surface31
Physical, topological and hydraulic properties of an Oxisol under conservation practices: X-ray tomography imaging and pore-network simulation31
Winter cover crops favor cereal crop in N competition against creeping thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop31
Spatial-temporal variation of soil organic matter decomposition potential in China31
Prediction of water retention properties of French soils using the in situ volumetric water content at field capacity as single input data31
Assessing the effects of agricultural management practices and land-use changes on soil organic carbon stocks31
Fusion of Gamma-rays and portable X-ray fluorescence spectral data to measure extractable potassium in soils31
Responses of soil aggregation and aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen in black soil to different long-term fertilization regimes31
Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on consistency limits of soils amended with diatomite31
Zeolite application coupled with film mulched drip irrigation enhances crop yield with less N2O emissions in peanut field30
Undecomposed litter mixed in the soil can increase interrill erosion on hillslopes: A laboratory study30
Fate of atrazine in soybean (Glycine max L.) and corn (Zea mays L.) succession in Brazilian subtropical conditions30
Soil surface properties and infiltration response to crust forming of a sandy loam and silt loam30
Responses of freeze-thaw process and hydrothermal variations within soil profiles to the cultivation of forest and grassland in Northeast China30
Short-term dynamic responses of soil properties and soil fauna under contrasting tillage systems30
A mathematical model for predicting the draft force of shank-type tillage tine in a compacted sandy loam30
Short-term response on microstructure and soil organic matter characteristics after fertilization change in an Andic Anthrosol29
Mechanism of microbial inhibition of rainfall erosion in black soil area, as a soil structure builder29
No-till farming and greenhouse gas fluxes: Insights from literature and experimental data29
Does the duration of no-till implementation influence depth distribution of soil organic carbon, hydro-physical properties, and computed tomography-derived macropore characteristics?29
Assessment of soil vulnerability to erosion in different land surface configurations and management practices under semi-arid monsoon climate29
The effects of no-tillage and conventional tillage on greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields with various rice varieties29
Effects of vibration parameters on the interfacial adhesion system between soil and metal surface29
Soil compaction in a new light: Know the cost of doing nothing – A cotton case study28
Identifying the best tillage system to maintain soil properties and crop yields after Conservation Reserve Program grassland conversion28
Investigating the relationships between soil and sugarcane attributes under different row spacing configurations and crop cycles using the state-space approach28
Carbon farming practices for European cropland: A review on the effect on soil organic carbon28
Possibility of exogenous organic carbon input to increase global soil nitrogen supply potential: A meta-analysis28
Glyphosate and AMPA dynamics during the transition towards conservation agriculture: Drivers under shallow groundwater conditions28
Short-term morphological evolution of an ephemeral gully in the Dry-hot Valley of Southwest China28
Modeling compaction effects on hydraulic properties of soils using limited information28
Optimization design and performance study of a subsoiler underlying the tea garden subsoiling mechanism based on bionics and EDEM28
Editorial Board28
Adaptive regulation of microbial community characteristics in response to nutrient limitations under mulching practices across distinct climate zones28
Effects of road- vs. field-recommended tyre inflation pressures and small variations in soil moisture content on traffic-induced soil compaction during seedbed preparation28
Response of soil microbial properties in the life cycle of potatoes to organic substitution regimes in North China28
Soil and management effects on aggregation and organic matter dynamics in vineyards28
Spatial correlation of nutrients in a typical soil-hickory system of southeastern China and its implication for site-specific fertilizer application27
Effects of soil physical and chemical properties on phosphorus adsorption-desorption in fluvo-aquic soil under conservation tillage27
Paddock-scale carbon and greenhouse gas budgets in the first year following the renewal of an intensively grazed perennial pasture27
Soil organic carbon content and mineralization controlled by the composition, origin and molecular diversity of organic matter: A study in tropical alpine grasslands27
Relative role of soil nutrients vs. carbon availability on soil carbon mineralization in grassland receiving long-term N addition27
Best Management Practices to Alleviate Deep-Seated Compaction in Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) Interrows (UK)27
Trade-offs between high yields and soil CO2 emissions in semi-humid maize cropland in northern China27
Crop residue management challenges, opportunities and way forward for sustainable food-energy security in India: A review27
Vertical distribution of soil water repellency in ortsteinic soils in relation to land use27
Controlling enhanced surface runoff components as a result of a freezing-thawing cycle by inoculating soil bacteria and cyanobacteria26
Winter wheat cover crop increased subsoil organic carbon in a long-term cotton cropping system in Tennessee26
Macroscopic mechanical behavior and microstructural evolution of compacted loess in the Chinese Loess Plateau26
Ratio of physical model parameters can retrieve aggregate size from different types of soil in cultivated regions26
A systematic review of strategies for identifying and stabilizing dispersive clay soils for sustainable infrastructure26
Soil potassium regulation by changes in potassium balance and iron and aluminum oxides in paddy soils subjected to long-term fertilization regimes26
Potential of no-till agriculture as a nature-based solution for climate-change mitigation in Brazil26
Effects of subsoiling rotational patterns with residue return systems on soil properties, water use and maize yield on the semiarid Loess Plateau25
Soil water, nutrient distribution and use efficiencies under different water and fertilizer coupling in an apple–maize alley cropping system in the Loess Plateau, China25
Mapping the soil C:N ratio at the European scale by combining multi-year Sentinel radar and optical data via cloud computing25
Effects of long-term monocropping, rotation cropping, and fertilization on energy and fuel requirements for fall moldboard plowing in a clay-loam soil25
Optimizing drip irrigation with alternate use of fresh and brackish waters by analyzing salt stress: The experimental and simulation approaches25
Microbial attributes as structural quality index for physical health of an Oxisol under compaction levels25
Effect of long-term tillage and cropping system on portion of fungal and bacterial necromass carbon in soil organic carbon25
Evaluation analysis of the saturated paste method for determining typical coastal saline soil salinity25
Soil structure development in a five-year chronosequence of maize cropping on two contrasting soil textures25
Biochar rather than organic fertilizer mitigated the global warming potential in a saline-alkali farmland25
Evolution of the transport properties of soil aggregates and their relationship with soil organic carbon following land use changes25
Effects of long-term manure substitution regimes on soil organic carbon composition in a red paddy soil of southern China25
Structure liming reduces draught requirement on clay soil24
Effect of soil supplementation with mineral-organic mixtures on the amount of maize biomass and the mobility of trace elements in soil24
Long-term gully dynamics over cropland in the black soil area of China based on systematic sampling24
The PROMETHEE-GAIA: A multi-criteria decision-making method for identifying best conservation agricultural practices24
Variability in mollic epipedon thickness in response to soil erosion–deposition rates along slopes in Northeast China24
Influence of inorganic and organic fertilizers on the performance of water-absorbing polymer amended soils from the perspective of sustainable water use efficiency24
Anisotropy of soil hydraulic properties induced by repeated machinery traffic in a Typic Argiudoll of the Argentinean Pampas Region24
Estimating the permeability of soils under different tillage practices and cropping systems: Roles of the three percolating pore radii derived from X-ray CT23
Effects of different tillage on morpho-physiological traits of dryland chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)23
Constraints on mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon response to regenerative management: carbon inputs and saturation deficit23
Co-cultivation of rice and aquatic animals: Improving soil fertility and providing more rice in China23
Improved soil organic matter monitoring by using cumulative crop residue indices derived from time-series remote sensing images in the central black soil region of China23
Divergent responses of phoD- and pqqC-harbouring bacterial communities across soil aggregates to long fertilization practices23
Using nitrogen-loaded biochar for soil improvement to decrease applied nitrogen and stabilize rice yield under alternate wet-dry irrigation23
Evaluation of the gully erosion susceptibility by using UAV and hybrid models based on machine learning23
Effect of crop rotation diversity and windrow burning of residue on soil chemical composition under long-term no-tillage23
Effects of rainfall characteristics and contour tillage on ephemeral gully development in a field in Northeastern China23
Biochar application enhances microbial interactions in mega-aggregates of farmland black soil23
Low efficacy of different crop residue management on C and N stocks after five decades23
A bionic profiling-energy storage device based on MBD-DEM coupled simulation optimization reducing the energy consumption of deep loosening23
Assessing the methane mitigation potential of biochar and stover incorporation: Insights from the emission dynamics and soil microbiome in maize agroecosystems23
Five years of conservation tillage and weed management in a rice-chickpea rotation of northern Gangetic Plains of India: Weed growth, yield benefits and economic profitability23
High soil bacterial diversity increases the stability of the community under grazing and nitrogen23
Results of cone and piston pull-out tests for evaluation of clay-soil adhesion22
Contrasting effects of different straw return modes on net ecosystem carbon budget and carbon footprint in saline-alkali arid farmland22
Editorial Board22
Towards rapid analysis with XRF sensor for assessing soil fertility attributes: Effects of dwell time reduction22
Modeling soil erodibility and critical shear stress parameters for soil loss estimation22
Linkage between aggregate stability of granitic soils and the permanent gully erosion in subtropical China22
Comparing WEPP with USLE based models: The role of bare fallow runoff and soil loss plots22
Fifteen-years of continuous application of organic materials improve the soil aggregation, organic carbon status and sustain the productivity of the basmati rice-wheat system22
Variability in soil characteristics in the field–bund transition area increases water loss potential in paddy fields22
Long-term mulched drip irrigation enhances the stability of soil aggregates by increasing organic carbon stock and reducing salinity22
Soil gas diffusivity and pore continuity dynamics under different tillage and crop sequences in an irrigated Mediterranean area22
Editorial Board22
Spatial pattern and controlling factors of soil organic carbon density in a typical karst province, China22
Supplemental irrigation in the humid Pampean region: Effects on soil salinity, physical properties, nutrients and organic carbon21
Predicting and mapping soil magnetic susceptibility in an agro-pastoral transitional zone: Influencing factors and implications21
The effect of soil salt content and ionic composition on nitrification in a Fluvisol of the Yellow River Delta21
The potential of crop residue recycling for sustainable phosphorus management in non-flooded rice-lentil system in alkaline soil21
Silicon uptake and utilization on Panicum maximum grass modifies C:N:P stoichiometry under warming and soil water deficit21
Improvement in dryland crop performance and soil properties with multiple annual applications of lignite-derived humic amendment21
Does no-tillage mitigate the negative effects of harvest compaction on soil pore characteristics in Northeast China?21
Mapping cation exchange capacity and exchangeable potassium using proximal soil sensing data at the multiple-field scale21
Soil mechanical reinforcement by the fibrous roots of selected rangeland plants using a large soil-root shear apparatus21
Comparative effect of conventional and adaptive management approaches on watershed health21
Long-term land use and tillage influence on phosphorus species in Brazilian Oxisols: A multi-technique assessment by chemical P fractionation, 31P NMR and P K-edge XANES spectroscopies21
Assessing the impacts of climate change on crop yields, soil organic carbon sequestration and N2O emissions in wheat–maize rotation systems21
From science to practice: The AGSUS protocol for monitoring and certification of sustainable soil management and carbon sequestration21
Effects on soil nitrogen and plant production from land applying three types of biosolids to an agricultural field for three consecutive years21
Soil depth mapping and its linkage to gully erosion rate prediction in granite areas of southern China21
Effective prediction of soil organic matter by deep SVD concatenation using FT-NIR spectroscopy21
No-till annual wheat increases plant productivity, soil microbial biomass, and soil carbon stabilization relative to intermediate wheatgrass in a Mediterranean climate21
Effects of fallow and chemical fertilizer applications on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in North China Plain: Medium-term and long-term trends20
Improving soil quality and wheat yield through diversified crop rotations in the North China Plain20
Approximate analytical solution to equation for two-dimensional soil-water movement in ponding infiltration based on numerical simulation20
Dynamics and composition of soil organic carbon in response to 15 years of straw return in a Mollisol20
Soil profile carbon sequestration and nutrient responses varied with cover crops in irrigated forage rotations20
Deep vertical rotary tillage mitigates salinization hazards and shifts microbial community structure in salt-affected anthropogenic-alluvial soil20
Experimental study on the stability of vegetated earthen slopes under intense rainfall20
Soil organic matter pools response to perennial grain cropping and nitrogen fertilizer20
Long-term green manuring enhances crop N uptake and reduces N losses in rice production system20
Exploring biochar addition impacts on soil erosion under natural rainfall: A study based on four years of field observations on the Loess Plateau20
Legume cover crops enhance soil organic carbon via microbial necromass in orchard alleyways20
High-molecular-weight dissolved organic matter enhanced phosphorus availability in paddy soils: Evidence from field and microcosm experiments20
Environmental and management drivers of soil health indicators on Michigan field crop farms20
Current limitations and future research needs for predicting soil precompression stress: A synthesis of available data20
Soil-dwelling springtails as indicators of the efficiency of No-till technologies with different amounts of mineral fertilizers in the crop rotation on chernozem soils20
Mechanical and microscopic properties of soil according to the rate of increase in pore water pressure20
Response to “Geometric standard errors are multiplicative not additive” and erratum20
A meta-analysis of management practices for simultaneously mitigating N2O and NO emissions from agricultural soils19
Dual effects of supergravity deformation and suction deformation on the determination of soil water characteristic curve by centrifugal testing method19
Changes in carbon and phosphorus storages and humic substances in a Ferralsol, after tillage and animal manures applications19
Silicon in soil and its interaction with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrients on rice yield: A case study of paddy fields in the Taihu Lake region, China, without a history of silicon fertili19
Periodic flooding enhances the function of soil Fe/Al oxides in stabilizing particulate organic carbon in a water level drawdown zone19
Soil pore system complexity and heterogeneity as affected by contrasting management practices19
Analyzing the impact of grazing and short-term irrigation management on soil mechanical strength of a volcanic ash soil under different types of pastures19
0.11334896087646