Executive editors: Rémi Cardinael, Olivier Evrard, Peter Fiener, Raphael Viscarra Rossel & Jeanette Whitaker
SOIL is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of high-quality research in the field of soil system sciences.
SOIL is at the interface between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. SOIL publishes scientific research that contributes to understanding the soil system and its interaction with humans and the entire Earth system. The scope of the journal includes all topics that fall within the study of soil science as a discipline, with an emphasis on studies that integrate soil science with other sciences (hydrology, agronomy, socio-economics, health sciences, atmospheric sciences, etc.).
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14 Sep 2026
Mechanisms of enhancing soil fertility without obviously elevating global warming potential under an optimal rice straw incorporation rate in a paddy soil
Mengxue Zhang, Rujia Liao, Wenzhao Zhang, Cheng Fang, Simon Guerrero-Cruz, András Táncsics, Baoli Zhu, Wenxue Wei, and Rong Sheng
SOIL, 12, 871–883, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-871-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-871-2026, 2026
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11 Sep 2026
Differences in organic carbon fractions and stability explain limited accumulation in loam and sandy loam under greenhouse conditions
Boyuan Tan, Lu Yang, Xun Xiao, Chunji Li, Jing Tan, Ning An, Lingxuan Meng, Yanli Yi, Fengkui Qian, Na Li, Xue Liu, Song Li, and Wei Han
SOIL, 12, 855–869, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-855-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-855-2026, 2026
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10 Sep 2026
Unravelling the Drivers of Soil Health: A Standardised Typology and Evidence Synthesis Across Europe
Shaswati Chowdhury, Maria von Post, Roger Roca Vallejo, Karen Naciph Mora, Jenni Hultman, Taina Pennanen, Antti-Jussi Lindroos, Davide Geneletti, Chiara Cortinovis, Silvia Frezzi, Laura Zara, Katarina Hedlund, and Katharina Helming
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4955,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4955, 2026
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18 May 2026
Mineral-bound organic carbon exposed by hillslope thermokarst terrain: case study in Cape Bounty, Canadian High Arctic
Maxime Thomas, Julien Fouché, Hugues Titeux, Charlotte Morelle, Nathan Bemelmans, Melissa J. Lafrenière, Joanne K. Heslop, and Sophie Opfergelt
SOIL, 12, 633–664, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-633-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-633-2026, 2026
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17 Mar 2026
Mapping the fertosphere's phosphorus availability distribution in a field trial using a novel diffusive gradients in thin-films (fDGT) technique
Casey L. Doolette, Euan Smith, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Lukas van Zwieten, Brigid A. McKenna, Peter M. Kopittke, and Enzo Lombi
SOIL, 12, 253–261, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-253-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-253-2026, 2026
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12 Jun 2025
Using 3D observations with high spatio-temporal resolution to calibrate and evaluate a process-focused cellular automaton model of soil erosion by water
Anette Eltner, David Favis-Mortlock, Oliver Grothum, Martin Neumann, Tomáš Laburda, and Petr Kavka
SOIL, 11, 413–434, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-413-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-413-2025, 2025
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05 May 2025
Missing the input: the underrepresentation of plant physiology in global soil carbon research
Sajjad Raza, Hannah V. Cooper, Nicholas T. Girkin, Matthew S. Kent, Malcolm J. Bennett, Sacha J. Mooney, and Tino Colombi
SOIL, 11, 363–369, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-363-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-363-2025, 2025
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