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Crop Yield and Soil Fertility

Agronomy and Crop Science ID: T12310

Current Trend

+3%
vs baseline
168
works this month
163
baseline/mo

Monthly Publications

Crop Yield and Soil Fertility — Monthly Publications 0 68 136 204 272 272 Oct '25 22 Nov '25 110 Dec '25 128 Jan '26 50 Feb '26 66 Mar '26 79 Apr '26 87 May '26 92 Jun '26 96 Jul '26 99 Aug '26 104 Sep '26 168 Oct '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Monthly Trend History

Crop Yield and Soil Fertility — Trend vs Baseline (%) -90% -45% 0% +45% +90% +135% Sep '24 Nov '24 Jan '25 Mar '25 May '25 Jul '25 Sep '25 Nov '25 Jan '26 Mar '26 May '26 Jul '26 Sep '26 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Annual Publications

Crop Yield and Soil Fertility — Annual Publications 0 1,172 2,344 3,516 3,523 2015 3,470 2016 3,673 2017 3,965 2018 3,896 2019 3,616 2020 2,946 2021 2,882 2022 3,012 2023 4,685 2024 3,862 2025 Source: OpenAlex · Botany Live

Most-Cited Papers (Past 12 Months)

DOSES E ÉPOCAS DE APLICAÇÃO DE NITROGÊNIO EM COBERTURA NA CULTURA DO MILHO EM DUAS ÉPOCAS DE SEMEADURA
Pedro Alexandre Varella Escosteguy et al. · Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo · 2026-01-01 · 30 citations
Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Nitrogen Regulation on Grain Quality in Cereal Crops at Later Stages
Aikui Guo et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2026-02-25 · 18 citations
Optimizing fertilizer and planting density to stabilize yields and improve water use efficiency in rain-fed wheat–maize rotations
Xueni Yang et al. · European Journal of Agronomy · 2025-11-08 · 12 citations
Wide-precision planting improves winter wheat yield, nitrogen use efficiency and water productivity in China: A meta-analysis
Liwei Fei et al. · Agricultural Water Management · 2025-10-05 · 11 citations
Reducing nitrogen application through deep placement to optimize the nitrogen balance in a dryland maize cropping system
Fu Liu et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production · 2025-10-01 · 10 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

A SAUR gene enhances maize drought resilience by promoting silk elongation
Chaohui Zhu et al. · Nature · 2026-05-20 · 7 citations · FWCI 47.5
A domestication-selected enhancer coordinates source-sink balance to improve harvest index and yield in maize
Li Guo et al. · Cell · 2026-07-21 · 4 citations · FWCI 27.5
Trends in stomatal density and size in maize hybrids representing 100 years of long-term breeding for yield
Memis Bilgici et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 2026-05-13 · 4 citations · FWCI 27.5

☘ Annals of Botany Company Journals

Simulation of annual productivity and water dynamics of winter wheat-summer maize production system
Jintao Yan et al. · in silico Plants · 2026-10-20 · 0 citations