Niels H. Batjes

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

• Agriculture
• Ecology
• Climate change

Niels H. Batjes mostly deals with Soil water, Soil carbon, Soil map, Soil texture and Soil horizon. The study incorporates disciplines such as Fertilizer, Agronomy and Reforestation in addition to Soil water. Niels H. Batjes studied Soil carbon and Soil organic matter that intersect with Carbon accounting, Land cover, Land use, Land use, land-use change and forestry and Agroforestry.

His Soil map study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Soil classification and Soil chemistry. His Soil chemistry research includes themes of Soil biology, Histosol and Environmental chemistry. His Soil horizon research incorporates themes from Horizon and Soil properties.

His most cited work include:

• Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world (2112 citations)
• SoilGrids250m: Global gridded soil information based on machine learning (988 citations)
• Emissions of N2O and NO from fertilized fields: Summary of available measurement data (720 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Niels H. Batjes spends much of his time researching Soil carbon, Soil water, Soil science, Soil map and Soil horizon. His research in Soil carbon intersects with topics in Soil organic matter, Agroforestry and Land use, Land use, land-use change and forestry. The Soil water study combines topics in areas such as Total organic carbon, Fertilizer, Agronomy and Drainage.

In the subject of general Soil science, his work in Available water capacity, Bulk density, Pedotransfer function and Digital soil mapping is often linked to Silt, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His Soil map research also works with subjects such as

• Soil properties most often made with reference to Soil classification,
• Scale together with Terrain. His Soil horizon research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Soil pH, Soil chemistry and Soil survey.

He most often published in these fields:

• Soil carbon (30.22%)
• Soil water (28.78%)
• Soil science (26.62%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

• Soil science (26.62%)
• Soil carbon (30.22%)
• Soil carbon sequestration (2.16%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Niels H. Batjes focuses on Soil science, Soil carbon, Soil carbon sequestration, Environmental resource management and Digital soil mapping. His study of Soil functions is a part of Soil science. His studies in Soil carbon integrate themes in fields like Agricultural engineering, Climate change and Land degradation.

His research integrates issues of Agriculture, Soil water and Grassland in his study of Climate change. His Digital soil mapping study combines topics in areas such as Soil pH, Cation-exchange capacity and Soil horizon. The concepts of his Soil horizon study are interwoven with issues in Soil classification and Soil texture.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

• Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China (86 citations)
• How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal. (52 citations)
• Standardised soil profile data to support global mapping and modelling (WoSIS snapshot 2019) (16 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

• Agriculture
• Ecology
• Climate change

His primary areas of investigation include Soil carbon, Environmental resource management, Climate change, Soil water and Soil science. His Soil carbon research incorporates elements of Climate change mitigation, Greenhouse gas removal, Carbon sequestration, Greenhouse gas and Emissions trading. He interconnects Soil database, Biogeochemical cycle and Land use, land-use change and forestry in the investigation of issues within Environmental resource management.

His Climate change research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Soil carbon sequestration, Grassland, Agroforestry and Agriculture. He has researched Soil water in several fields, including Water resources and Water content. His work in the fields of Soil texture, Soil pH, Cation-exchange capacity and Soil horizon overlaps with other areas such as Data quality.