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14 Jun 2021
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SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty
SOIL, 7, 217–240, 2021 | 54,664 views
07 Apr 2016
The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
SOIL, 2, 111–128, 2016 | 39,719 views
15 Jan 2019
Global meta-analysis of the relationship between soil organic matter and crop yields
SOIL, 5, 15–32, 2019 | 34,686 views
06 Feb 2020
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Machine learning and soil sciences: a review aided by machine learning tools
SOIL, 6, 35–52, 2020 | 23,752 views
17 Dec 2020
Global concentrations of microplastics in soils – a review
SOIL, 6, 649–662, 2020 | 22,635 views
19 Nov 2015
Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils
SOIL, 1, 665–685, 2015 | 22,440 views
16 Jan 2015
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The interdisciplinary nature of SOIL
SOIL, 1, 117–129, 2015 | 20,125 views
11 Mar 2015
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The soil N cycle: new insights and key challenges
SOIL, 1, 235–256, 2015 | 18,835 views
06 Dec 2018
Assessment and quantification of marginal lands for biomass production in Europe using soil-quality indicators
SOIL, 4, 267–290, 2018 | 18,785 views
16 Apr 2015
Global distribution of soil organic carbon – Part 1: Masses and frequency distributions of SOC stocks for the tropics, permafrost regions, wetlands, and the world
SOIL, 1, 351–365, 2015 | 18,450 views
05 Feb 2015
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Permafrost soils and carbon cycling
SOIL, 1, 147–171, 2015 | 16,617 views
22 Jun 2015
Integrated soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: unravelling local adaptation
SOIL, 1, 491–508, 2015 | 15,789 views
12 Dec 2019
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Effectiveness of landscape decontamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a review
SOIL, 5, 333–350, 2019 | 15,195 views
01 Mar 2017
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Soil conservation in the 21st century: why we need smart agricultural intensification
SOIL, 3, 45–59, 2017 | 15,040 views
15 Mar 2018
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A systemic approach for modeling soil functions
SOIL, 4, 83–92, 2018 | 14,779 views
05 Mar 2024
Reference soil groups map of Ethiopia based on legacy data and machine learning-technique: EthioSoilGrids 1.0
SOIL, 10, 189–209, 2024 | 14,111 views
04 Jan 2023
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Soil and crop management practices and the water regulation functions of soils: a qualitative synthesis of meta-analyses relevant to European agriculture
SOIL, 9, 1–20, 2023 | 13,504 views
06 Jan 2015
The past, present, and future of soils and human health studies
SOIL, 1, 35–46, 2015 | 13,390 views
13 Mar 2017
Soil organic carbon stocks are systematically overestimated by misuse of the parameters bulk density and rock fragment content
SOIL, 3, 61–66, 2017 | 12,875 views
31 Jan 2020
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Identification of new microbial functional standards for soil quality assessment
SOIL, 6, 17–34, 2020 | 11,766 views
08 Jan 2025
Large errors in soil carbon measurements attributed to inconsistent sample processing
SOIL, 11, 17–34, 2025 | 11,660 views
07 Dec 2020
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Iron and aluminum association with microbially processed organic matter via meso-density aggregate formation across soils: organo-metallic glue hypothesis
SOIL, 6, 597–627, 2020 | 11,498 views
08 Sep 2020
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Using constructed soils for green infrastructure – challenges and limitations
SOIL, 6, 413–434, 2020 | 11,326 views
01 Aug 2018
No silver bullet for digital soil mapping: country-specific soil organic carbon estimates across Latin America
SOIL, 4, 173–193, 2018 | 11,131 views
11 Feb 2020
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Variations in soil chemical and physical properties explain basin-wide Amazon forest soil carbon concentrations
SOIL, 6, 53–88, 2020 | 11,109 views
10 Jan 2019
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Refining physical aspects of soil quality and soil health when exploring the effects of soil degradation and climate change on biomass production: an Italian case study
SOIL, 5, 1–14, 2019 | 10,950 views
05 Jul 2019
A review of the global soil property maps for Earth system models
SOIL, 5, 137–158, 2019 | 10,948 views
10 Jan 2018
Evaluation of digital soil mapping approaches with large sets of environmental covariates
SOIL, 4, 1–22, 2018 | 10,261 views
25 Oct 2016
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Leaf waxes in litter and topsoils along a European transect
SOIL, 2, 551–564, 2016 | 10,137 views
05 Sep 2022
How well does digital soil mapping represent soil geography? An investigation from the USA
SOIL, 8, 559–586, 2022 | 9,926 views
29 Jun 2021
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Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa
SOIL, 7, 305–332, 2021 | 9,902 views
08 Jul 2020
What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic?
SOIL, 6, 245–267, 2020 | 9,803 views
06 Feb 2015
Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health
SOIL, 1, 173–185, 2015 | 9,787 views
17 Nov 2020
The influence of training sample size on the accuracy of deep learning models for the prediction of soil properties with near-infrared spectroscopy data
SOIL, 6, 565–578, 2020 | 9,728 views
09 Jul 2019
Soil lacquer peel do-it-yourself: simply capturing beauty
SOIL, 5, 159–175, 2019 | 9,673 views
06 Dec 2024
Soil is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
SOIL, 10, 873–885, 2024 | 9,661 views
25 Apr 2016
Effect of grassland cutting frequency on soil carbon storage – a case study on public lawns in three Swedish cities
SOIL, 2, 175–184, 2016 | 9,651 views
21 Feb 2023
Quality assessment of meta-analyses on soil organic carbon
SOIL, 9, 117–140, 2023 | 9,415 views
06 Apr 2020
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Ramped thermal analysis for isolating biologically meaningful soil organic matter fractions with distinct residence times
SOIL, 6, 131–144, 2020 | 9,284 views
24 Apr 2015
Soil surface roughness: comparing old and new measuring methods and application in a soil erosion model
SOIL, 1, 399–410, 2015 | 9,031 views
22 Mar 2019
Multi-source data integration for soil mapping using deep learning
SOIL, 5, 107–119, 2019 | 8,956 views
15 Apr 2024
| SOIL Letters
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The six rights of how and when to test for soil C saturation
SOIL, 10, 275–279, 2024 | 8,931 views
11 Jun 2021
Impact of freeze–thaw cycles on soil structure and soil hydraulic properties
SOIL, 7, 179–191, 2021 | 8,838 views
12 Jun 2024
Evaluating the Tea Bag Index approach for different management practices in agroecosystems using long-term field experiments in Austria and Sweden
SOIL, 10, 407–423, 2024 | 8,761 views
02 Jul 2024
Dissolved carbon flow to particulate organic carbon enhances soil carbon sequestration
SOIL, 10, 441–450, 2024 | 8,747 views