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Frontiers in Soil Science
H-index 14

Frontiers in Soil Science

2673-8619

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/soil-science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 195 40 43 11
Earth Science 588 6 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 100
Documents by Best Scientists*: 82
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 13
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.793
Impact Factor: 3.7

Top Publications

  • Potentials of underutilized legumes in food security

    Unknown

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Extracellular Soil Enzyme Responses to Different Land Use

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • Microbial Signatures in Fertile Soils Under Long-Term N Management

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Research Progress on Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa Falls Short of National Inventory Ambitions

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • Fertilizers for food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa: An overview of soil health implications

    (2023)
    28 Citations
  • Effect of Long-Term Agricultural Management on the Soil Microbiota Influenced by the Time of Soil Sampling

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Mycorrhizae helper bacteria for managing the mycorrhizal soil infectivity

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Opportunities for Microbiome Suppression of Weeds Using Regenerative Agricultural Technologies

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Microbial utilisation of aboveground litter-derived organic carbon within a sandy dystric cambisol profile

    Sebastian Preusser;Patrick Liebmann;Andres Stucke;Johannes Wirsching

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Soil Phosphorus Exchange as Affected by Drying-Rewetting of Three Soils From a Hawaiian Climatic Gradient

    Julian Helfenstein;Emmanuel Frossard;Chiara Pistocchi;Oliver Chadwick

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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