World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
SOIL
H-index 23

SOIL

2199-3971

Published by: Copernicus Publications

https://www.soil-journal.net/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 142 41 34 15
Earth Science 235 32 41 16
Environmental Sciences 263 77 76 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 173
Documents by Best Scientists*: 131
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.136
Impact Factor: 4.3

Top Publications

  • SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty

    Laura Poggio;Luis M. de Sousa;Niels H. Batjes;Gerard B. M. Heuvelink

    (2021)
    1801 Citations
  • Global concentrations of microplastics in soils – a review

    Frederick Büks;Martin Kaupenjohann

    (2020)
    392 Citations
  • Machine learning and soil sciences: a review aided by machine learning tools

    José Padarian;Budiman Minasny;Alex B. McBratney

    (2020)
    289 Citations
  • The influence of training sample size on the accuracy of deep learning models for the prediction of soil properties with near-infrared spectroscopy data

    Wartini Ng;Budiman Minasny;Wanderson de Sousa Mendes;José Alexandre Melo Demattê

    (2020)
    181 Citations
  • Impact of freeze-thaw cycles on soil structure and soil hydraulic properties

    Frederic Leuther;Steffen Schlüter

    (2021)
    124 Citations
  • What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic

    Frederick Büks;Nicolette Loes van Schaik;Martin Kaupenjohann

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Using constructed soils for green infrastructure – challenges and limitations

    Maha Deeb;Peter M. Groffman;Manuel Blouin;Sara Perl Egendorf

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • Ramped thermal analysis for isolating biologically meaningful soil organic matter fractions with distinct residence times

    Jonathan Sanderman;A. Stuart Grandy

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Identification of new microbial functional standards for soil quality assessment

    Sören Thiele-Bruhn;Michael Schloter;Berndt-Michael Wilke;Lee A. Beaudette

    (2020)
    51 Citations

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