Dawit Solomon

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Dawit Solomon is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawit Solomon has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Soil Science, 14 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 11 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Dawit Solomon's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers), Heavy metals in environment (10 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (10 papers). Dawit Solomon is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers), Heavy metals in environment (10 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (10 papers). Dawit Solomon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Kenya. Dawit Solomon's co-authors include Johannes Lehmann, James Kinyangi, Biqing Liang, Flávio J. Luizão, Eduardo Góes Neves, Janice E. Thies, J. O. Skjemstad, Julie Grossman, Brendan O’Neill and S. Wirick and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Dawit Solomon

66 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Black Carbon Increases Cation Exchange Capacity in Soils 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2009 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Black Carbon Increases Cation Exchange Capacity in Soils
    2006 1.7k citations Biqing Liang, Johannes Lehmann et al. Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →
  2. Black carbon affects the cycling of non-black carbon in soil
    2009 515 citations Biqing Liang, Johannes Lehmann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawit Solomon United States 39 3.8k 1.2k 1.2k 1.0k 915 67 7.0k
Biqing Liang Canada 39 4.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 89 7.1k
James E. Amonette United States 45 3.3k 0.9× 1.8k 1.5× 1.3k 1.1× 799 0.8× 952 1.0× 108 11.8k
William C. Hockaday United States 30 3.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 642 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 67 7.5k
Evelyn S. Krull Australia 35 3.0k 0.8× 955 0.8× 712 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 789 0.9× 65 6.4k
Marco Keiluweit United States 31 3.3k 0.9× 937 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 1.0k 1.1× 59 9.0k
Ronald J. Smernik Australia 49 4.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 175 10.2k
J. O. Skjemstad Australia 37 4.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.9× 899 1.0× 61 8.8k
Reinhold Jahn Germany 36 2.8k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 92 6.5k
Ludwig Haumaier Germany 37 2.9k 0.8× 786 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 640 0.7× 64 6.1k
Robert Mikutta Germany 46 3.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.6× 2.3k 2.3× 914 1.0× 107 7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Dawit Solomon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dawit Solomon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawit Solomon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duku, Confidence, G. T. Diro, Teferi Demissie, & Dawit Solomon. (2025). Climate change impacts livestock carrying capacity in East Africa. Regional Environmental Change. 25(3).
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Abera, Wuletawu, Teferi Demissie, Charles Spillane, et al.. (2024). Quantifying Residual Soil Moisture through Empirical Orthogonal Functions Analysis to Support Legume-Based Cropping Systems. Earth Systems and Environment. 9(3). 2437–2455. 1 indexed citations
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Rekik, Mourad, Barbara Rischkowsky, Tamrat Bekele, et al.. (2024). Impact of climate change on the productivity and adaptation of Ethiopia's Bonga and Menz sheep breeds. Livestock Science. 292. 105633–105633. 2 indexed citations
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Belay, Abrham, Alisher Mirzabaev, John Recha, et al.. (2023). Does climate-smart agriculture improve household income and food security? Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(7). 16711–16738. 36 indexed citations
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Belay, Abrham, Christopher Oludhe, Alisher Mirzabaev, et al.. (2022). Knowledge of climate change and adaptation by smallholder farmers: evidence from southern Ethiopia. Heliyon. 8(12). e12089–e12089. 46 indexed citations
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Solomon, Dawit, et al.. (2022). EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA) BRAN ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKEN. Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 12(2). 120–130. 2 indexed citations
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Simane, Belay, Wuletawu Abera, Lulseged Tamene, et al.. (2021). The Effect of Climate-Smart Agriculture on Soil Fertility, Crop Yield, and Soil Carbon in Southern Ethiopia. Sustainability. 13(8). 4515–4515. 38 indexed citations
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Belay, Abrham, Teferi Demissie, John Recha, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Climate Variability and Trends in Southern Ethiopia. Climate. 9(6). 96–96. 104 indexed citations
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Ogada, Maurice Juma, E.J.O. Rao, Maren Radeny, John Recha, & Dawit Solomon. (2020). Climate-smart agriculture, household income and asset accumulation among smallholder farmers in the Nyando basin of Kenya. World Development Perspectives. 18. 100203–100203. 72 indexed citations
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Dinesh, Dhanush, Robert B. Zougmoré, Joost Vervoort, et al.. (2018). Facilitating Change for Climate-Smart Agriculture through Science-Policy Engagement. Sustainability. 10(8). 2616–2616. 43 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Zia, Peter B. Woodbury, Jonathan Sanderman, et al.. (2017). Assessing soil carbon vulnerability in the Western USA by geospatial modeling of pyrogenic and particulate carbon stocks. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(2). 354–369. 21 indexed citations
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Zwetsloot, Marie J., Johannes Lehmann, & Dawit Solomon. (2014). Recycling slaughterhouse waste into fertilizer: how do pyrolysis temperature and biomass additions affect phosphorus availability and chemistry?. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 95(2). 281–288. 94 indexed citations
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Solomon, Dawit, Johannes Lehmann, James Kinyangi, et al.. (2009). Anthropogenic and climate influences on biogeochemical dynamics and molecular‐level speciation of soil sulfur. Ecological Applications. 19(4). 989–1002. 24 indexed citations
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Solomon, Dawit, Johannes Lehmann, James Kinyangi, et al.. (2009). Carbon (1s) NEXAFS Spectroscopy of Biogeochemically Relevant Reference Organic Compounds. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 73(6). 1817–1830. 160 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Johannes, Dawit Solomon, Fang‐Jie Zhao, & S. P. McGrath. (2008). Atmospheric SO2Emissions Since the Late 1800s Change Organic Sulfur Forms in Humic Substance Extracts of Soils. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(10). 3550–3555. 38 indexed citations
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Solomon, Dawit, Johannes Lehmann, James Kinyangi, Biqing Liang, & Thorsten Schäfer. (2005). Carbon K‐Edge NEXAFS and FTIR‐ATR Spectroscopic Investigation of Organic Carbon Speciation in Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 69(1). 107–119. 174 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fang‐Jie, Johannes Lehmann, Dawit Solomon, Marye Anne Fox, & S. P. McGrath. (2005). Sulphur speciation and turnover in soils: evidence from sulphur K-edge XANES spectroscopy and isotope dilution studies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38(5). 1000–1007. 74 indexed citations
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Glaser, Bruno, et al.. (2001). Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in cultivated and natural savanna soils of Northern Tanzania. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 33(4). 301–309. 51 indexed citations
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Solomon, Dawit, Jürgen Lehmann, & W. Zech. (2000). Land use effects on soil organic matter properties of chromic luvisols in semi-arid northern Tanzania: carbon, nitrogen, lignin and carbohydrates. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 78(3). 203–213. 191 indexed citations

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