Soil Science Society of America Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of Soil Science Society of America Journal is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Soil carbon and aggregate stability are positively related and increased under combined soil amendment, tillage, and cover cropping practices86
Application of calibration transfer techniques between different mid‐infrared spectrometers/modules to improve accuracy in estimating soil properties61
Calibration set optimization and library transfer for soil carbon estimation using soil spectroscopy—A review55
Correction to “Effect of model choice on critical soil test value of phosphorus for corn in long‐term trials in North Carolina”48
Soil fragmentation properties as influenced by induced compaction in Asian clayey hydragric anthrosols conditions39
Sustaining organic matter in forest soils: What we have learned and what is left37
A portable low‐cost incubation chamber for real‐time characterization of soil respiration33
Erratum to: Effects of maize residue and biochar applications on soil δ13C and organic carbon sources in a subtropical paddy rice ecosystem29
Understanding evaporation from salinized soils in Xinjiang: Impact of sodium adsorption ratio, salt type, and concentrations28
Effects of conservation practices on rainfed maize yield, furrow water infiltration, and soil moisture for surface sealing loam soils in the Yazoo‐Mississippi Delta27
Changes in soil profile organic carbon and hydro‐physical properties as impacted by long‐term manure and inorganic fertilizer rates under a corn–soybean rotation system26
Estimating bacterial breakthrough behaviors based on bacterial retention profiles in porous media26
Assessing the utility of Munsell soil color in building and evaluating spectral models for soil clay content prediction25
Cover cropping with reduced nitrogen fertilization rate enhances soil carbon but not nitrogen in the malt barley–pea rotation24
Carbon and nutrient release from anaerobic digestate solids applied as a soil amendment24
Distribution of potassium, calcium, and magnesium ions from potassium fertilizers in columns of orchard soils23
Soil degradation mobilizes soil nutrients placing Canadian Prairie wetlands at risk22
Soil organic carbon changes in a Carolina Bay wetland 15 years after restoration22
Soil, forage, and weed attributes following tillage in grazed no‐tillage triticale pasture20
Mineral changes in the rhizospheres of conifer plantations for a weathered subtropical soil19
Soil carbon sequestration potential in subtropical grasslands estimated by DayCent‐CABBI18
Evaluating consistency across multiple NeoSpectra (compact Fourier transform near‐infrared) spectrometers for estimating common soil properties17
Comparing impacts of corn residue removal and amelioration practices on soil properties after 3, 6, and 10 years16
Role of sulfur mineralization and fertilizer source in corn and soybean production systems16
Base cations release in soils along the 127‐year Hailuogou glacial retreat chronosequence15
Can surface‐applied biochar improve soil health and plant performance in a perennial cool‐season grass forage system?15
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Mean‐weight diameter of aggregation as affected by initial screen size of two fine‐textured soils15
No‐till marginally mitigates the impact of harvesting corn stover on soil microbial parameters14
Nitrogen mineralization from soil organic matter under field conditions in California soils14
Analysis of soil erosion changes and influencing factors based on the CSLE model and GeoDector in Dongjiang River Basin of China14
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Estimates of soil taxonomic change due to near‐surface permafrost loss in Alaska13
Evaluating the effects of montmorillonite amendments on quinoa growth, water flow, and solute transport in sandy loam and loam soils13
A new mathematical solution of convection‐dispersion equation to describe solute transport in heterogeneous soils13
Contrasting soil management systems had limited effects on soil health and crop yields in a North Central US Mollisol13
Toxicity of antimony in 18 soils of China evaluated by soil dehydrogenase activity13
Cover crops and poultry litter impact on soil structural stability in dryland soybean production in southeastern United States13
How does soil organic matter affect potato productivity on sandy soil?13
How soil carbon fractions relate to soil properties and crop yields in dryland cropping systems?12
Drainage gradient versus seasonal cycles: Differential response of microbial community composition to variations in soil moisture12
Water repellency prediction in high‐organic Greenlandic soils: Comparing vis–NIRS to pedotransfer functions12
Soybean planting date affects the relationships between soil test values and grain yield12
A simple method to determine the reactivity of calcium carbonate in soils12
Phosphorus adsorption, availability, and potential loss characteristics in an Ultisol‐derived paddy soil chronosequence, using a stirred‐flow chamber study11
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Revisiting laboratory methods for measuring soil water retention curves11
What do relationships between extractable metals and soil organic carbon concentrations mean?11
Comparison of soil Mehlich‐3 phosphorus quantified by colorimetry and inductively coupled plasma: A case study for temperate agroecosystems11
Stock change accounting overestimates the potential climate benefit of soil carbon storage11
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Establishing a standard protocol for soil texture analysis using the laser diffraction technique11
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Evolution of topsoil structure after compaction with a lightweight autonomous field robot11
Effects of grazing, rotation, and tillage on surface runoff in a heavy textured Uruguayan soil11
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Note on the unparallel vertical distribution of nitrate and sulfate in Mollisols10
Enriching organic carbon bioavailability can mitigate soil acidification induced by nitrogen fertilization in croplands through microbial nitrogen immobilization10
Constraints and management By K. C. ManoramaThampatti, CRC Press. 2022. pp. 172. ISBN: 978103238897710
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Dynamics of soil aggregate‐associated carbon as influenced by simulated tillage and runoff10
Maize–common bean intercropping effects on nitrogen fixation, nutrient uptake, and soil properties in southern Ethiopia10
Phytin recovered from grain distillation can serve as a phosphorus fertilizer for maize and soybean10
Subsurface drainage intensity effects on soil physical characteristics, plant biomass production, and carbon balance10
Approximate analytical solution of a soil water movement equation under different ponding radii on the basis of numerical simulation10
Temporal variability in soil organic matter accretion rates in coastal deltaic wetlands under changing depositional environments9
Precipitation influences pre‐sidedress soil nitrate thresholds for corn production9
Zinc in ammoniated phosphate fertilizers: Solid‐phase speciation, solubility, and use of barrier coatings to enhance zinc availability9
Physical characterization of glacial rock flours from fjord deposits in South Greenland–Toward soil amendment9
On being a forest soil scientist—Reflections at the 14th North American Forest Soils Conference9
Decades of coffee plantation alters soil methane uptake and soil organic carbon pools in China9
Response of soil health indicators to long‐term dairy manure in a semiarid irrigated cropping system9
Temporal variability in organic amendment impacts on hydro‐physical properties of sandy agricultural soils9
The humus profile of an alpine ericaceous heath (Savoie, France): A high‐resolution micromorphological analysis9
Cover crop grazing impacts on soil properties and crop yields under irrigated no‐till corn–soybean management9
A retrospective look at the North American Forest Soils Conferences from 1958 to 20239
Shrinkage analysis of repacked soil samples enables quantifying the soil's potential physical quality9
Soil chemical properties affecting grain yield and oil content of crambe biofuel crop9
Management zone‐based estimation of positive and negative nitrous oxide flux in organic corn fields9
Variability of soil thermal diffusivity in three Iowa fields9
Can silvopasture with arboreal legumes increase root mass at deeper soil layers and improve soil aggregation?9
Soil total carbon and nitrogen as indicators of rice response to supplemental fertilizer nitrogen9
An identified agronomic interpretation for potassium permanganate oxidizable carbon8
Funneliformis mosseae –induced changes of rhizosphere microbial community structure enhance Capsicum annuum L. plant growth an8
Soil carbon increase from crop roots and amendments still present twelve years later8
Mechanistic insights into the role of biochar C:N ratios in modulating greenhouse gas emissions and soil organic carbon fractions in contrasting soil types8
Exploring mid‐infrared spectral transfer functions for the prediction of multiple soil properties using a global dataset8
Correction to “Evaluation of tissue phosphorus concentrations as diagnostic tool for phosphorus nutrition in corn”8
Unlocking the diversity and plant‐growth promoting potential of the bulk soil bacteria associated with the Saharan tree Vachellia tortilis subsp. 8
Isotopic evaluation of in‐season Y Drop applications for corn production8
Soil organic matter prediction with benchtop and implement‐mounted optical reflectance sensing approaches8
Change in soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus after timber harvesting in northern hardwood forests8
Soil change after planting longleaf pine on agricultural lands: Revisiting a chronosequence study after 23 years8
Nutrient transformations based on sampling scheme and cropping system following subsurface‐banded poultry litter7
Distinct soil health indicators are associated with variation in maize yield and tile drain nitrate losses7
N 2 O consumption, uptake, and microbial reduction processes in flooded sandy loamy paddy soils7
Evaluation of nonhazardous lime requirement estimation methods for Oregon soils7
Putting the soil health principles to the test in Iowa7
Combined effect of biochar, cover crop residues, and manure on greenhouse gas emissions: Insights from 60‐day soil incubations7
Novel slow‐release fertilizer promotes nitrogen circularity while increasing soil organic carbon7
Erratum to: Long‐term manure application effects on nutrients and selected enzymes involved in their cycling7
CO 2 flux and carbon dynamics in soil and respired CO 2 in a semi‐arid region of western India7
Surface‐soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization under cropland, grassland, and woodland in Virginia7
Microbial community shifts in pearl millet root zone soils with Guiera senegalensis intercropping along a rainfall and soil type gradient in the Sahel7
No‐till impacts on soil organic carbon and soil quality in the Lower Mississippi River basin: Implications for sustainable management7
Hyperspectral response and monitoring study of soil moisture content based on the optimized spectral index7
Land‐use effects on soil organic matter and related soil properties in a mixed agricultural–forest landscape of central Wisconsin, USA7
High salinity prolongs water processes required for soil structure stability during drying–wetting cycles7
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Texture and organic matter associations with soil functional properties in crop and conservation land uses in North Carolina7
Carbon stocks in Mid‐Atlantic tidal marshes7
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In search of a sound scientific basis for quantification of soil precompression stress7
Potential interference of organic acids and ferrous iron in the interpretation of Fe and Mn indicators of reduction in soil6
The combined addition of citric and aromatic organic acids to an acid soil prolongs phosphorus availability6
Publisher's Report 2022: Soil Science Society of America Journal6
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Erratum to: Near‐Surface Soil Property Responses to Forage Production in a Semiarid Region6
Comparison of common methods to quantify field saturated hydraulic conductivity in glacial till soils of Northeastern United States6
Predicting the extent of andic soils across western Haleakalā, Maui6
Prediction of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields with and without cover crops6
Factors affecting potassium retention in sandy soils6
Soil nutrient release and microbial changes after burning of masticated fuels6
Improving methods for evaluating potassium availability in vineyard soils6
Beneficial effects persist 5 years after liming acid forest soils in West Virginia6
Advances in making Mn oxide‐coated sands6
Tripartite interactions among free‐living, N‐fixing bacteria, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and plants: Mutualistic benefits and community response to co‐inoculation6
Pore structure alteration in a reclaimed saline–sodic soil identified by multiscale X‐ray tomography6
Accumulation of soil phosphorus within closed depressions of a drained agricultural watershed6
Measuring shrinkage of expansive soils using a novel automated high‐frequency setup6
Evaluating the occurrence and spatial patterns of soil water repellency in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon6
Fractionation and transport of compost‐derived dissolved organic matter fractions in saturated red soil and black soil columns6
Changes in soil test phosphorus and soil cations following application of sewage sludge ash and other recycled phosphorus fertilizers6
Predicting spatiotemporal changes of surface soil organic carbon in China6
Predicting nitrogen mineralization from dairy manure and broadleaf residue in a semiarid cropping system6
Influence of vegetation type on silicon content in different subtropical soils6
Bio‐tillage improves soil physical properties and maize growth in a compacted Vertisol by cover crops6
Addition of soil protists may enhance performance of agrochemical seed treatments5
Sand is the unifying textural component influencing surface‐soil carbon and nitrogen fractions across undisturbed land uses in North Carolina5
Coupling effects of enhanced efficiency fertilizers and nitrogen timing on groundwater quality and maize yield in northeast Nebraska5
Groundwater input drives large variance in soil manganese concentration and reactivity in a forested headwater catchment5
Mapping soil depth in southern pampas Argentina using ancillary data and statistical learning5
Minimum dataset and metadata guidelines for soil‐test correlation and calibration research5
2021 SSSA Fellows5
Spatially explicit heteroskedastic modeling for the Soil Health Assessment Protocol and Evaluation version 1.0S5
Application and evaluation of a subaqueous soil‐landscape conceptual model in the West River subestuary, Maryland5
Advances in technology for using Indicator of Reduction in Soils (IRIS) to quantify porewater sulfide levels in the coastal zone5
Slope aspect affects soil quality and its response to soil erosion on temperate gently sloping farmlands5
Faster carbon turnover in topsoil with straw addition is less beneficial to carbon sequestration than subsoil and mixed soil5
Eastern red cedar effects on carbon sequestration and soil quality in the Great Plains5
Visual evaluation of soil structure is a reliable method to detect changes in the soil quality of Colombian Amazon pasturelands5
Spatial variability of denitrification enzyme activity and actual denitrification emissions on Missouri claypan soils5
Seed coating with fungicide causes a beneficial shift in root‐associated microbiomes of mature soybean5
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Availability of dissolved organic carbon drives differences in microbial nitrogen‐cycling processes between two sites with cover crops interseeded into corn5
Agricultural and municipal organic waste amendments to increase soil organic carbon: How much, how often, and to what end?5
Nitrogen source affects in‐season nitrogen availability more than nitrification inhibitor and herbicide in a fine‐textured soil5
Drill‐seeding rice reduces global warming potential but increases nitrogen loss potential compared to water‐seeding5
Is soil health research meeting its potential? Analysis of studies in California and implications for ecosystem services5
2021 SSSA Award Recipients5
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Foliar micronutrient applications enhance growth and yield of huanglongbing (HLB)‐affected sweet orange5
2023 SSSA award recipients5
Soil amendments alter tree growth and wood decay after forest thinning5
Nitrogen source regulates soil nitrification and nitrogen losses more than nitrification inhibitor and herbicide: A laboratory evaluation5
Implications of crop residue removal on soil physical properties: A review5
Effect of swine manure on soil health properties: A systematic review5
Trees for soil organic carbon storage in a temperate organic agroforestry system5
Organic cropping systems enhance soil health indicators in a Mollisol of the US Corn Belt5
A new hydraulic barrier with the gradient distribution of fixed net negative charges4
A novel method incorporating large rock fragments for improved soil bulk density and carbon stock estimation4
Soil organic carbon fractionation in sandy soils in the semiarid grasslands and forested areas of Nebraska Sandhills4
Prediction, mapping, and implication for better soil organic carbon management in Ethiopia4
Weed encroachment affects soil organic carbon stock in bermudagrass pastures4
Mineralogical differences between seam and prism material in loess‐derived fragipans in western Kentucky4
Nitrous oxide emissions as affected by nitrogen rates in irrigated sugar beet4
Estimating cation exchange capacity from hygroscopic water content change4
Rhizosphere‐driven alteration of cadmium bioavailability under Cd stress4
Partial recovery of microbial function in restored coastal marshes of Oregon, USA4
Relationships among soil test potassium forms influenced by clay mineralogy4
Quinone group modified sludge‐based biochar as electron shuttle to enhance the biodegradation of naphthalene in petrochemical contaminated soil4
Water table effect on phosphorus solubility in biosolids‐amended soils4
Can fine sediment addition promote carbon stabilization in coastal wetland soils? A laboratory experiment4
Nature versus nurture: Quantifying the effects of management, region, and hillslope position on soil health indicators in an on‐farm survey in Minnesota4
Soil nitrogen dynamics on a saline‐alkali sunflower land under arid region in Western Inner Mongolia4
Soil‐vegetation interplay in a Holocene toposequence at Torres del Paine National Park, southern Andes, Chile4
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Role of biochar made from low‐value woody forest residues in ecological sustainability and carbon neutrality4
Impact of three irrigation scheduling tools on irrigation and alfalfa productivity under center pivots4
Leaching characteristics of electrochemically precipitated struvite compared to other common phosphorus fertilizers in differing soils4
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Postfire extracellular enzyme activity in a temperate montane forest4
Can one‐time calibration of measured soil hydraulic input parameters yield appropriate simulations of RZWQM2?4
Comparison of laser diffractometry and pipetting methods for particle size determination: A pilot study on the implications of result discrepancies on soil classification4
Linking changes in soil microbial biomass size and nitrogen availability to increased N 2 O production4
Response of surface soil nutrients and organic carbon fractions to tillage erosion vs. water erosion in an agricultural landscape4
SSSA Yearly Reports4
Understanding the role of pig manure, rice straw, and calcium carbonate on the cadmium pollution in soil–wheat system4
Elimination of microplastic from soil by pyrolysis and potential hazard analysis: Effects of pyrolysis temperature and holding time4
Microbial biomass in forest soils under altered moisture conditions: A review4
Long‐term 4R nitrogen management in dryland wheat–fallow systems4
Recipients of 2021 SSSA Editor's Citation for Excellence Named4
A short history of astropedology4
Spectral signatures of soil horizons and soil orders from Wisconsin4
Monolith soil core sampling to develop nitrate testing protocol for manure injection3
Temperature effects on sorption of dissolved organic matter on ferrihydrite under dynamic flow and batch conditions3
Mineral characteristics of volcanic ash‐derived soils affecting boron adsorption3
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Soil carbon mineralization, enzyme activities, and crop residue decomposition under varying soil moisture regimes3
Topographic gradients of soil physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties in central Kentucky sinkholes3
Multimodal, microspectroscopic speciation of legacy phosphorus in two US mid‐Atlantic agricultural soils3
Nine‐year organic fertilization enhances poorly crystalline iron hydroxide formation and phosphorus availability in a temperate rice–wheat cropping system3
Surface‐soil carbon stocks greater under well‐managed grazed pasture than row crops3
Effects of cover crops on soil aggregate‐associated organic carbon and nitrogen characteristics in a cotton–corn rotation system3
Soil health responses to cover crop functional group and richness in semiarid Montana3
Assessing the influence of cover crop on soil water dynamics using soil moisture measurements and hydrus‐1D simulations3
Conservation systems influence on soil properties in pumpkin production3
Pb 2+ adsorption on functionalized biochar nanoparticles: Insights from nanoparticle characterization and kinetic‐isotherm analysis3
Correction to “Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in boreal peatland forest is affected by water table, labile carbon, and nitrogen availability but not forest harvesting alone”3
Carbon sequestration efficiency in red paddy soil originating from different parent materials in Jiangxi, China3
Quantification of physical soil crust thickness and its effects on runoff and sediment yield3
Identification of plant soil water and soil aeration corequisites: A management tool3
Organic carbon controls water retention and plant available water in cultivated soils from South Greenland3
Water quality and soil nutrient availability trade‐offs associated with timing and duration of managed flooding for migratory waterbird habitat3
Comparison of soil particle density determined by a gas pycnometer using helium, nitrogen, and air3
Apparent kinetic properties of soil phosphomonoesterase and β‐glucosidase are disparately influenced by pH3
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Root‐zone soil organic carbon enrichment is sensitive to land management across soil types and regions3
A database of soil physical properties for the Kansas Mesonet3
Measuring soil carbon stocks with greater simplicity, accuracy, and repeatability3
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Measuring soil particle density using water pycnometer: Influencing factors, errors, and correction3
Assessing cropping system effects on carbon footprint on the Canadian prairies3
Positive associations of soil organic matter and crop yields across a regional network of working farms3
Influence of soil test phosphorus level and leaching volume on phosphorus leaching3
Influence of barrens restoration treatments on soil carbon, nitrogen, and mercury pools and emissions3
Soil protein: A key indicator of soil health and nitrogen management3
Soil quality index to access the impacts of long‐term vinasse application in sugarcane areas3
Mineral nitrogen availability from co‐digested biodigester products as affected by feedstock pretreatment3
Gypsum and cereal rye cover crops affect soil chemistry: Trace metals and plant nutrients3
Bacillus siamensis orchestrates plant gene reprogramming and rhizosphere microbiome reshaping to bolster maize crop performance3
Evaluation of passive flux samplers with different orifice sizes to measure ammonia volatilization losses3
Poly‐γ‐glutamic acid application rate effects on hydraulic properties of sandy soil under wetting‐drying cycles conditions3
Recipients of 2023 SSSA Editor's Citation for Excellence named3
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Integration of pelleted biosolids with cover crops for improving soil properties3
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