Rattan Lal

120.0k total citations · 35 hit papers
965 papers, 78.8k citations indexed

About

Rattan Lal is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rattan Lal has authored 965 papers receiving a total of 78.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 695 papers in Soil Science, 198 papers in Ecology and 165 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Rattan Lal's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (546 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (209 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (138 papers). Rattan Lal is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (546 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (209 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (138 papers). Rattan Lal collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Rattan Lal's co-authors include C. J. Bronick, Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Klaus Lorenz, Ruiqiang Liu, J. M. Kimble, Atanu Mukherjee, David A.N. Ussiri, Pierre-André Jacinthe, Raj K. Shrestha and Bal Ram Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rattan Lal

952 papers receiving 74.3k citations

Hit Papers

Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Chang... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2004 2004 2004 2003 2004 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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 Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security
    2004 5.6k citations Rattan Lal profile →
  2. Soil structure and management: a review
    2004 3.2k citations Rattan Lal et al. profile →
  3. Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
    2004 2.6k citations Rattan Lal profile →
  4. Soil erosion and the global carbon budget
    2003 1.3k citations Rattan Lal profile →
  5. Carbon emission from farm operations
    2004 1.1k citations Rattan Lal profile →
  6. Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation
    2015 1.1k citations Rattan Lal profile →
  7. Forest soils and carbon sequestration
    2005 1.1k citations Rattan Lal profile →
  8. Carbon sequestration
    2007 935 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  9. Potentials of engineered nanoparticles as fertilizers for increasing agronomic productions
    2015 785 citations Rattan Lal et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  10. World crop residues production and implications of its use as a biofuel
    2004 710 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  11. Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO 2 emissions
    1997 670 citations Keith Paustian, Olof Andrén et al. Soil Use and Management profile →
  12. Digging deeper: A holistic perspective of factors affecting soil organic carbon sequestration in agroecosystems
    2018 562 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  13. Soil health and carbon management
    2016 558 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  14. Carbon Sequestration in Dryland Ecosystems
    2003 541 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  15. Mechanisms of Carbon Sequestration in Soil Aggregates
    2004 518 citations Rattan Lal et al. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences profile →
  16. Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon Reflects a Processed Soil Fraction that is Sensitive to Management
    2012 502 citations Sieglinde S. Snapp, Rattan Lal et al. Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →
  17. Determining soil quality indicators by factor analysis
    2005 489 citations Rattan Lal, M. H. Ebinger et al. Soil and Tillage Research profile →
  18. Crop Residue Removal Impacts on Soil Productivity and Environmental Quality
    2009 481 citations Rattan Lal et al. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences profile →
  19. Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy
    2020 469 citations Rattan Lal, Keith Paustian et al. profile →
  20. Mulching effects on selected soil physical properties
    2008 462 citations Rattan Lal et al. Soil and Tillage Research profile →
  21. No‐Tillage and Soil‐Profile Carbon Sequestration: An On‐Farm Assessment
    2008 440 citations Rattan Lal et al. Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →
  22. Challenges and opportunities in soil organic matter research
    2009 427 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  23. Biochar Impacts on Soil Physical Properties and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    2013 411 citations Rattan Lal et al. profile →
  24. Evolution of the plow over 10,000 years and the rationale for no-till farming
    2007 409 citations Rattan Lal et al. Soil and Tillage Research profile →
  25. Synthetic apatite nanoparticles as a phosphorus fertilizer for soybean (Glycine max)
    2014 375 citations Rattan Lal et al. profile →
  26. Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Microbiota and Management: A Review
    2020 364 citations Rattan Lal et al. profile →
  27. Sequestering carbon in soils of agro-ecosystems
    2011 352 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  28. Carbon sequestration in soil
    2015 339 citations Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz et al. profile →
  29. Sustainability of sugarcane production in Brazil. A review
    2018 336 citations Rattan Lal et al. profile →
  30. Sequestering carbon and increasing productivity by conservation agriculture
    2015 324 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  31. Home gardening and urban agriculture for advancing food and nutritional security in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
    2020 323 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  32. Soil organic carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems. A review
    2014 307 citations Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal profile →
  33. Soil organic matter and water retention
    2020 228 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  34. Mechanisms of soil organic carbon stability and its response to no‐till: A global synthesis and perspective
    2021 219 citations Wenxuan Liu, Rattan Lal et al. profile →
  35. Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production
    2023 131 citations Pete Smith, Rattan Lal et al. profile →

Peers

Rattan Lal
Comparison fields: 5 of 205
  • Soil Science 51.3k
  • Ecology 18.3k
  • Plant Science 15.0k
  • Agronomy and Crop Science 11.7k
  • Environmental Chemistry 10.7k
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Unraveling carbon mineralization patterns and mechanisms in conservation agriculture: A global synthesis and multi-point experiment
2025 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Cong He, Jinsai Chen, ShouWei Han, Wensheng Liu, Wenxuan Liu, (unknown), Yash P. Dang, Rattan Lal, Xin Zhao, Hai‐Lin Zhang
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No-till systems restore soil organic carbon stock in Brazilian biomes and contribute to the climate solution
2025 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·João Carlos de Moraes Sá, Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Yadunath Bajgai, (unknown), M. Kapoor, Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira, Cléver Briedis, Thiago Massao Inagaki, Lutécia Beatriz dos Santos Canalli, Daniel Ruiz Potma Gonçalves, (unknown)
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Soil organic carbon and total nitrogen after 34 years under conventional and organic management practices at the Rodale Institute Farming Systems Trial
2025 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Klaus Lorenz, Emmanuel C. Omondi, Rattan Lal, Saurav Das, Andrew Smith
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Altitude, Land Use and Soil Depth Effects on Earthworm Density and its Relationship to Soil Properties in an On-Farm Study
2024 ·Journal of soil science and plant nutrition ·(unknown), Yadunath Bajgai, (unknown), Rattan Lal, (unknown), Smriti Gurung, (unknown)
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Realizing soil health for food security in Africa
2024 ·Nature Sustainability ·Sieglinde S. Snapp, Jordan Chamberlin, Leigh Winowiecki, Tilahun Amede, Ermias Aynekulu, S. Gameda, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Rattan Lal, Paswel Marenya, Latha Nagarajan, Zachary Stewart, Tor‐Gunnar Vågen
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6
Fractal surfaces in Lebesgue spaces with respect to fractal measures and associated fractal operators
2024 ·Chaos Solitons & Fractals ·Rattan Lal, (unknown), (unknown)
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Preservation of labile organic compounds is the pathway for carbon storage in a 23-year continuous no-till system on a Ferralsol in southern Brazil
2023 ·Geoderma Regional ·Cléver Briedis, João Carlos de Moraes Sá, Rattan Lal, Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira, J. C. Franchini, D. M. B. P. Milori
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Eight-year impacts of conservation agriculture on soil quality, carbon storage, and carbon emission footprint
2023 ·Soil and Tillage Research ·Anandkumar Naorem, Somasundaram Jayaraman, Nishant K. Sinha, M. Mohanty, R. S. Chaudhary, K. M. Hati, Asit Mandal, Jyoti Thakur, (unknown), Ch. Srinivasarao, S.K. Chaudhari, Ram C. Dalal, Rattan Lal
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9
Biochar’s Electrochemical Properties Impact on Methanogenesis: Ruminal vs. Soil Processes
2023 ·Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment ·(unknown), Rattan Lal, J.L. Firkins
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Can biochar conserve soil moisture and improve soil properties for sustainable intensification of acid soils in the Eastern Indian Himalayas?
2023 ·Land Degradation and Development ·Ramkrushna Gandhiji Idapuganti, Anup Das, (unknown), Jayanta Layek, Sandip Mandal, (unknown), Rattan Lal, Krishnappa Rangappa, Subhash Babu, Samarendra Hazarika
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Chemical Oxidation Effects on Anion Exchange and Nitrate Sorption Capacity of Biochar for Ruminal Methanogenesis Inhibition
2023 ·Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment ·(unknown), J.L. Firkins, Rattan Lal, (unknown)
1
12
Data driven approach on in-situ soil carbon measurement
2022 ·Carbon Management ·(unknown), Rattan Lal, Ranveer Chandra
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13
Identifying a suitable revegetation method for soil organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus sequestration: A 16‐year in situ experiment on abandoned farmland in a semiarid area of the Loess Plateau, China
2022 ·Land Degradation and Development ·Xin Song, Chao Fang, Rattan Lal, Zi‐Qiang Yuan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Feng‐Min Li, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas
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Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and physical properties under no‐till and conventional tillage cotton‐based systems in theBrazilianCerrado
2018 ·Land Degradation and Development ·(unknown), Eduardo da Silva Matos, Ciro Augusto de Souza Magalhães, (unknown), (unknown), Rattan Lal
21
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A biotic strategy to sequester carbon in the ornamental containerized bedding plant production: A review
2018 ·Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research ·(unknown), C.C. Pasian, Rattan Lal, Rafael López Núñez, Manuel Fernández
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Managing soil carbon stocks to enhance the resilience of urban ecosystems
2015 ·Carbon Management ·Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal
74
17
Tillage and residue management effects on temporal changes in soil organic carbon and fractions of a silty loam soil in the N orth C hina P lain
2014 ·Soil Use and Management ·(unknown), Fanlei Kong, (unknown), Rattan Lal, Hai‐Lin Zhang, (unknown)
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18
Potential and Challenges of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Iceland
2009 ·Journal of Sustainable Agriculture ·Rattan Lal
3
19
Potential Soil Carbon Sequestration and CO 2 Offset by Dedicated Energy Crops in the USA
2006 ·Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences ·Fábio Sartori, Rattan Lal, M. H. Ebinger, David J. Parrish
105
20
Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO 2 emissions breakdown →
1997 ·Soil Use and Management ·Keith Paustian, Olof Andrén, H. H. Janzen, Rattan Lal, Pete Smith, Guangming Tian, H. Tiessen, Meine van Noordwijk, Paul L. Woomer
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