Erick Zagal

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Erick Zagal is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erick Zagal has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Soil Science, 24 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Erick Zagal's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (57 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (11 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (9 papers). Erick Zagal is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (57 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (11 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (9 papers). Erick Zagal collaborates with scholars based in Chile, Sweden and Belgium. Erick Zagal's co-authors include Cristina Muñoz, Sebastian Döetterl, Pascal Boeckx, Manuel Casanova, Johan Six, Roel Merckx, Angélica Casanova‐Katny, Antoine Stevens, Kristof Van Oost and Mathieu Boudin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Global Change Biology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Erick Zagal

87 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Soil carbon storage contr... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 200 400 600
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. Soil carbon storage controlled by interactions between geochemistry and climate
    2015 606 citations Sebastian Döetterl, Manuel Casanova et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Erick Zagal 1.3k 532 508 268 248 89 2.1k
Chengli Tong 1.3k 1.0× 684 1.3× 604 1.2× 412 1.5× 178 0.7× 54 2.0k
Jorge D. Etchevers 1.2k 0.9× 628 1.2× 376 0.7× 242 0.9× 375 1.5× 189 2.3k
Tantely Razafimbelo 1.2k 0.9× 425 0.8× 524 1.0× 224 0.8× 205 0.8× 70 2.0k
David A.N. Ussiri 1.2k 0.9× 297 0.6× 565 1.1× 500 1.9× 226 0.9× 31 2.0k
Alessandra Lagomarsino 1.5k 1.1× 927 1.7× 624 1.2× 333 1.2× 401 1.6× 78 2.6k
Maria Cristina Moscatelli 1.5k 1.1× 881 1.7× 556 1.1× 409 1.5× 297 1.2× 50 2.5k
Zengming Chen 1.5k 1.1× 521 1.0× 607 1.2× 568 2.1× 168 0.7× 63 2.1k
Fanqiao Meng 1.2k 0.9× 540 1.0× 430 0.8× 461 1.7× 163 0.7× 73 2.0k
Christian Poll 1.4k 1.0× 748 1.4× 852 1.7× 348 1.3× 227 0.9× 75 2.4k
Rongzhong Ye 931 0.7× 423 0.8× 671 1.3× 414 1.5× 192 0.8× 48 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Erick Zagal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erick Zagal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erick Zagal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erick Zagal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erick Zagal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Erick Zagal. Erick Zagal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Marcelo Panichini, Carlos Henríquez‐Castillo, et al.. (2025). How Natural Regeneration After Severe Disturbance Affects Ecosystem Services Provision of Andean Forest Soils at Contrasting Timescales. Forests. 16(3). 456–456. 2 indexed citations
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Zagal, Erick, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms and Remote Sensing for Modeling Pine Bark Beetle Susceptibility in Honduras. Remote Sensing. 17(5). 912–912. 1 indexed citations
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Han, Xingguo, et al.. (2024). Environment and microbiome drive different microbial traits and functions in the macroscale soil organic carbon cycle. Global Change Biology. 30(8). e17465–e17465. 14 indexed citations
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Abramoff, Rose, et al.. (2024). The Role of Climate, Mineralogy and Stable Aggregates for Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics Along a Geoclimatic Gradient. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 38(7). 16 indexed citations
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Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Francis Dubé, Marcelo Panichini, et al.. (2023). Comparative Study between Silvopastoral and Agroforest Systems on Soil Quality in a Disturbed Native Forest of South-Central Chile. Agronomy. 13(11). 2683–2683. 3 indexed citations
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Urrutia, Homero, et al.. (2021). Microplastic pollution on the soil and its consequences on the nitrogen cycle: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(6). 7997–8011. 79 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Cristina, et al.. (2021). Biochar impacts on soil chemical properties, greenhouse gas emissions and forage productivity: A field experiment. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 2). 150465–150465. 49 indexed citations
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Inostroza, Luis, et al.. (2021). Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium use efficiency for perennial ryegrass and white clover cultivar mixtures. Chilean journal of agricultural research. 81(3). 456–466. 2 indexed citations
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Araya, Juan, Manuel Casanova, Cristina Muñoz, et al.. (2021). Near-infrared spectroscopy: Alternative method for assessment of stable carbon isotopes in various soil profiles in Chile. Geoderma Regional. 25. e00397–e00397. 7 indexed citations
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Zagal, Erick, et al.. (2019). Effects of Wood Ash on Nutrients and Heavy Metal(oid)s Mobility in an Ultisol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(7). 1246–1246. 6 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Cristina, Leandro Paulino, Carlos M. Monreal, & Erick Zagal. (2010). Greenhouse Gas (CO2 AND N2O) Emissions from Soils: A Review. Chilean journal of agricultural research. 70(3). 74 indexed citations
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Ovalle, Carlos, et al.. (2007). DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STOCK IN AN ALFISOL PROFILE IN MEDITERRANEAN CHILEAN ECOSYSTEMS. 7(1). 15–27. 14 indexed citations
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Sandoval, Marco, Neal Stolpe, Erick Zagal, & María Mardones. (2006). The effect of crop-pasture rotations on the C, N and S contents of soil aggregates and structural stability in a volcanic soil of south-central Chile. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science. 57(3). 255–262. 17 indexed citations
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Ovalle, Carlos, et al.. (2005). Nitrogen fixation in six forage legumes in Mediterranean central Chile. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science. 56(4). 277–283. 18 indexed citations
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Zagal, Erick, et al.. (1999). Variación en las tasas de fijación simbiótica de nitrógeno en tres especies del género Lotus por efecto del corte y del pastoreo. 59(1). 35–44. 1 indexed citations
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Lindblad, Peter, et al.. (1996). Pea-rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbiotic systems : A review of their commonalities with other plant-microbe systems. Symbiosis. 21(2). 95–113. 7 indexed citations

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