Johan Six

80.6k total citations · 35 hit papers
510 papers, 58.2k citations indexed

About

Johan Six is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Six has authored 510 papers receiving a total of 58.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 331 papers in Soil Science, 132 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 127 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Johan Six's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (315 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (122 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (57 papers). Johan Six is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (315 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (122 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (57 papers). Johan Six collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Belgium. Johan Six's co-authors include Keith Paustian, Edward T. Elliott, Karolien Denef, Richard T. Conant, H. Bossuyt, Serita D. Frey, E. A. Paul, Chris van Kessel, Roel Merckx and Juhwan Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Johan Six

491 papers receiving 56.1k citations

Hit Papers

Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implicat... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2002 2004 2000 2006 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils
    2002 3.4k citations Johan Six, Richard T. Conant et al. profile →
  2. A history of research on the link between (micro)aggregates, soil biota, and soil organic matter dynamics
    2004 3.2k citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  3. Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture
    2000 2.5k citations Johan Six, Keith Paustian et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  4. Bacterial and Fungal Contributions to Carbon Sequestration in Agroecosystems
    2006 1.6k citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  5. Aggregation and Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Cultivated and Native Grassland Soils
    1998 1.4k citations Johan Six, Keith Paustian et al. profile →
  6. Soil Structure and Organic Matter I. Distribution of Aggregate‐Size Classes and Aggregate‐Associated Carbon
    2000 1.3k citations Johan Six, Keith Paustian et al. profile →
  7. Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture
    2014 1.1k citations Kees Jan van Groenigen, Juhwan Lee et al. profile →
  8. Aggregate and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics under Conventional and No‐Tillage Systems
    1999 1.1k citations Johan Six, Keith Paustian et al. profile →
  9. Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter
    2019 1.1k citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  10. Soil organic matter, biota and aggregation in temperateand tropical soils - Effects of no-tillage
    2002 1.0k citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  11. The Impact of Agricultural Soil Erosion on the Global Carbon Cycle
    2007 781 citations Kristof Van Oost, Steven De Gryze et al. profile →
  12. Soil carbon saturation: concept, evidence and evaluation
    2007 694 citations Keith Paustian, Richard T. Conant et al. profile →
  13. The potential to mitigate global warming with no‐tillage management is only realized when practised in the long term
    2004 657 citations Johan Six, Richard T. Conant et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  14. Soil structure and microbiome functions in agroecosystems
    2022 649 citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  15. Aggregate-associated soil organic matter as an ecosystem property and a measurement tool
    2013 645 citations Johan Six, Keith Paustian Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  16. Management options for reducing CO2 emissions from agricultural soils
    2000 634 citations Keith Paustian, Johan Six et al. profile →
  17. The temperature response of soil microbial efficiency and its feedback to climate
    2013 618 citations Juhwan Lee, Johan Six et al. profile →
  18. When does no-till yield more? A global meta-analysis
    2015 617 citations Kees Jan van Groenigen, Juhwan Lee et al. profile →
  19. Soil carbon storage controlled by interactions between geochemistry and climate
    2015 606 citations Sebastian Döetterl, Johan Six et al. profile →
  20. Influence of dry–wet cycles on the interrelationship between aggregate, particulate organic matter, and microbial community dynamics
    2001 578 citations Johan Six, Keith Paustian et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  21. Illuminated darkness: Molecular signatures of Congo River dissolved organic matter and its photochemical alteration as revealed by ultrahigh precision mass spectrometry
    2010 577 citations Peter J. Hernes, Johan Six et al. profile →
  22. The Relationship between Carbon Input, Aggregation, and Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization in Sustainable Cropping Systems
    2005 574 citations Angela Y. Y. Kong, Johan Six et al. profile →
  23. Measuring and Understanding Carbon Storage in Afforested Soils by Physical Fractionation
    2002 538 citations Johan Six, Steven De Gryze et al. profile →
  24. Food system resilience: Defining the concept
    2015 535 citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  25. Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept
    2015 526 citations Michael J. Castellano, Daniel C. Olk et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  26. Soil biodiversity and human health
    2015 525 citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  27. Object-based crop identification using multiple vegetation indices, textural features and crop phenology
    2011 520 citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  28. Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon Reflects a Processed Soil Fraction that is Sensitive to Management
    2012 502 citations Juhwan Lee, Johan Six et al. profile →
  29. The interdisciplinary nature of SOIL
    2015 471 citations Johan Six, Kristof Van Oost et al. SOIL profile →
  30. Use of Chemical and Physical Characteristics To Investigate Trends in Biochar Feedstocks
    2013 393 citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  31. Intercropping enhances soil carbon and nitrogen
    2014 384 citations Johan Six et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  32. Climate, duration, and N placement determine N2O emissions in reduced tillage systems: a meta‐analysis
    2012 363 citations Chris van Kessel, Johan Six et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  33. Greenhouse-gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms
    2013 350 citations Kees Jan van Groenigen, Johan Six et al. profile →
  34. Aligning agriculture and climate policy
    2017 234 citations Johan Six et al. profile →
  35. Organic and conservation agriculture promote ecosystem multifunctionality
    2021 204 citations Raphaël Wittwer, Klaus Schlaeppi 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
Johan Six United States 112 42.2k 17.4k 12.6k 11.5k 7.4k 510 58.2k
Yakov Kuzyakov Germany 120 43.8k 1.0× 22.7k 1.3× 10.6k 0.8× 20.5k 1.8× 5.2k 0.7× 997 66.2k
Johannes Lehmann United States 106 35.9k 0.9× 10.8k 0.6× 7.1k 0.6× 11.1k 1.0× 7.2k 1.0× 390 66.5k
Rattan Lal United States 137 51.3k 1.2× 18.3k 1.1× 10.7k 0.9× 15.0k 1.3× 9.1k 1.2× 965 78.8k
Keith Paustian United States 83 27.4k 0.6× 12.0k 0.7× 9.4k 0.7× 5.2k 0.5× 5.0k 0.7× 263 41.2k
Pete Smith United Kingdom 135 25.3k 0.6× 21.2k 1.2× 8.5k 0.7× 9.1k 0.8× 3.5k 0.5× 800 66.9k
Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner Germany 96 26.2k 0.6× 13.7k 0.8× 8.4k 0.7× 5.1k 0.4× 4.3k 0.6× 379 41.1k
Eric A. Davidson United States 103 21.8k 0.5× 14.6k 0.8× 8.8k 0.7× 6.9k 0.6× 4.9k 0.7× 288 47.3k
Yiqi Luo United States 113 23.0k 0.5× 18.0k 1.0× 5.4k 0.4× 11.8k 1.0× 3.1k 0.4× 590 48.6k
Philip C. Brookes China 79 24.6k 0.6× 11.7k 0.7× 7.8k 0.6× 10.4k 0.9× 2.9k 0.4× 237 40.0k
D. S. Jenkinson United States 65 29.1k 0.7× 10.6k 0.6× 9.5k 0.8× 9.7k 0.8× 3.7k 0.5× 147 37.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laub, Moritz, et al.. (2025). A novel approach to use the DayCent model for simulating agroforestry systems with multiple components. Agroforestry Systems. 99(1). 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Tong, et al.. (2024). Impact of rice-crab and rice-fish co-cultures on the methane emission and its transport in aquaculture ponds. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 378. 109281–109281. 5 indexed citations
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Ho, Long, Matti Barthel, Stephen J. Harris, et al.. (2024). Unravelling CH4 and N2O dynamics in tidal wetlands using natural abundance isotopes and functional genes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196. 109497–109497. 5 indexed citations
4.
Oost, Kristof Van & Johan Six. (2023). Reconciling the paradox of soil organic carbon erosion by water. Biogeosciences. 20(3). 635–646. 28 indexed citations
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Krause, Hans‐Martin, et al.. (2023). Emissions of nitrous oxide and methane after field application of liquid organic fertilizers and biochar. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 356. 108642–108642. 14 indexed citations
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Chikowo, Régis, et al.. (2022). Long-term tillage, residue management and crop rotation impacts on N2O and CH4 emissions from two contrasting soils in sub-humid Zimbabwe. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 341. 108207–108207. 19 indexed citations
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Fromm, Sophie F. von, Alison M. Hoyt, Markus Lange, et al.. (2021). Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa. SOIL. 7(1). 305–332. 60 indexed citations
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Baumgartner, S., Matti Barthel, Travis W. Drake, et al.. (2020). Seasonality, drivers, and isotopic composition of soil CO 2 fluxes from tropical forests of the Congo Basin. Biogeosciences. 17(23). 6207–6218. 8 indexed citations
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Wittwer, Raphaël, Florian Walder, Klaus Schlaeppi, et al.. (2018). Impact of conventional, organic and conservation agriculture on soil functions and multifunctionality. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 17002. 2 indexed citations
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Poffenbarger, Hanna, Daniel W. Barker, Matthew J. Helmers, et al.. (2017). Maximum soil organic carbon storage in Midwest U.S. cropping systems when crops are optimally nitrogen-fertilized. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0172293–e0172293. 132 indexed citations
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Castellano, Michael J., Hanna Poffenbarger, C. A. Cambardella, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of carbon saturation across gradients of cropping systems diversity and soil depth. EGUGA. 10357. 1 indexed citations
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Necpálová, Magdalena, Juhwan Lee, Lucie Büchi, et al.. (2016). DayCent modelling of Swiss cropping systems. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts.
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Döetterl, Sebastian, Jean‐Thomas Cornelis, Johan Six, et al.. (2015). Soil redistribution and weathering controlling the fate of geochemical and physical carbon stabilization mechanisms in soils of an eroding landscape. Biogeosciences. 12(5). 1357–1371. 45 indexed citations
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Wolf, Benjamin, Lutz Merbold, Charlotte Decock, et al.. (2015). First on-line isotopic characterization of N 2 O emitted from intensively managed grassland. 3 indexed citations
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Kong, Angela Y. Y., Kate M. Scow, Ana Lucía Córdova-Kreylos, William E. Holmes, & Johan Six. (2010). Microbial community composition and carbon cycling within soil microenvironments of conventional, low-input, and organic cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43(1). 20–30. 158 indexed citations
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Spencer, R. G. M., et al.. (2009). Temporal controls on dissolved organic matter and lignin biogeochemistry in a pristine tropical river. AGUFM. 2009. 3 indexed citations
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Gryze, Steven De, et al.. (2008). Effect of Climate Change on Field Crop Production in the Central Valley of California. AGUFM. 2008. 10 indexed citations
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Kessel, Chris van, Bas Boots, Marie‐Anne de Graaff, et al.. (2006). Total soil C and N sequestration in a grassland following 10 years of free air CO 2 enrichment. Global Change Biology. 12(11). 2187–2199. 38 indexed citations
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Conant, Richard T., Keith Paustian, E. A. Paul, Alain F. Plante, & Johan Six. (2006). Acid hydrolysis of easily dispersed and microaggregate-derived silt- and clay-sized fractions to isolate resistant soil organic matter. Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University). 80 indexed citations
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Graaff, Marie‐Anne de, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Johan Six, Bruce A. Hungate, & Chris van Kessel. (2006). Interactions between plant growth and soil nutrient cycling under elevated CO2: a meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology. 12(11). 2077–2091. 491 indexed citations

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