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Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Soil Science ID: T10004

Current Trend

+14%
vs baseline
698
works this month
611
baseline/mo

Monthly Publications

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics — Monthly Publications 0 250 500 750 430 Aug '25 462 Sep '25 381 Oct '25 82 Nov '25 312 Dec '25 722 Jan '26 601 Feb '26 998 Mar '26 561 Apr '26 700 May '26 686 Jun '26 734 Jul '26 698 Aug '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Monthly Trend History

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics — Trend vs Baseline (%) -82% -41% 0% +41% +82% +123% Sep '24 Oct '24 Nov '24 Dec '24 Jan '25 Feb '25 Mar '25 Apr '25 May '25 Jun '25 Jul '25 Aug '25 Sep '25 Oct '25 Nov '25 Dec '25 Jan '26 Feb '26 Mar '26 Apr '26 May '26 Jun '26 Jul '26 Aug '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Annual Publications

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics — Annual Publications 0 1,590 3,180 4,770 6,360 3,812 2015 3,885 2016 3,994 2017 4,152 2018 4,580 2019 5,123 2020 5,728 2021 6,077 2022 6,360 2023 5,815 2024 5,628 2025 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Most-Cited Papers (Past 12 Months)

Managing soil health for climate resilience and crop productivity in a changing environment
Wogene Kabato et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2025-09-16 · 68 citations
National Soil Carbon Research Programme: Field and Laboratory Methodologies
Jonathan Sanderman et al. · CSIRO · 2026-08-18 · 62 citations
Pesticide Degradation: Impacts on Soil Fertility and Nutrient Cycling
Muhammad Yasir et al. · Environments · 2025-08-07 · 59 citations
Evidence for the existence and ecological relevance of fast-cycling mineral-associated organic matter
Andrea Jilling et al. · Communications Earth & Environment · 2025-08-22 · 58 citations
Long-term manure application enhances carbon use efficiency in soil aggregates by regulating microbial communities in cropland
Xiaodong Sun et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2025-08-06 · 56 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

Microbial phosphorus cycling in terrestrial ecosystems
Josep Peñuelas et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2026-03-24 · 19 citations · FWCI 88.3
Nutrient Cycling and Plant-Microbe Interaction in Alpine Ecosystem
Mian Muhammad Ahmed et al. · · 2026-04-16 · 2 citations · FWCI 69.8
Drought amplifies warming-induced soil carbon loss in a decade-long experiment
Xue Guo et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2026-03-13 · 11 citations · FWCI 51.6

☘ Annals of Botany Company Journals

Science mapping of root ecology: a bibliometric review covering 2015–2024
Huiliang Zhai et al. · Annals of Botany · 2025-08-26 · 3 citations
High-throughput monitoring of root diameter reveals the temporal dynamics of root decomposition
Siegwart Lorène et al. · Annals of Botany · 2025-08-01 · 3 citations
Taxonomically conservative root phenolic compounds underpin biogeochemical niche separation between grasses and forbs in temperate steppes of northern China
Baolan Wang et al. · Annals of Botany · 2026-05-09 · 1 citations