Rattan Lal

1.4k total papers · 119.0k total citations
963 papers, 78.2k 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 963 papers receiving a total of 78.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 693 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 (544 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 (544 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, Bal Ram Singh and Raj K. Shrestha and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rattan Lal

949 papers receiving 73.7k citations

Hit Papers

Soil Carbon Sequestration... 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, 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 5.5k citations Rattan Lal Science profile →
  2. Soil structure and management: a review
    2004 3.2k citations C. J. Bronick, Rattan Lal Geoderma profile →
  3. Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
    2004 2.6k citations Rattan Lal Geoderma profile →
  4. Soil erosion and the global carbon budget
    2003 1.2k citations Rattan Lal Environment International profile →
  5. Carbon emission from farm operations
    2004 1.1k citations Rattan Lal Environment International profile →
  6. Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation
    2015 1.1k citations Rattan Lal Sustainability profile →
  7. Forest soils and carbon sequestration
    2005 1.1k citations Rattan Lal profile →
  8. Carbon sequestration
    2007 928 citations Rattan Lal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  9. Potentials of engineered nanoparticles as fertilizers for increasing agronomic productions
    2015 777 citations Ruiqiang Liu, Rattan Lal The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  10. World crop residues production and implications of its use as a biofuel
    2004 708 citations Rattan Lal Environment International profile →
  11. Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO 2 emissions
    1997 666 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 547 citations Rattan Lal Global Change Biology profile →
  13. Carbon Sequestration in Dryland Ecosystems
    2003 541 citations Rattan Lal Environmental Management profile →
  14. Soil health and carbon management
    2016 540 citations Rattan Lal Food and Energy Security profile →
  15. Mechanisms of Carbon Sequestration in Soil Aggregates
    2004 514 citations Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Rattan Lal Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences profile →
  16. Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon Reflects a Processed Soil Fraction that is Sensitive to Management
    2012 494 citations Sieglinde S. Snapp, Rattan Lal et al. Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →
  17. Determining soil quality indicators by factor analysis
    2005 485 citations Manoj K. Shukla, Rattan Lal et al. Soil and Tillage Research profile →
  18. Crop Residue Removal Impacts on Soil Productivity and Environmental Quality
    2009 478 citations Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Rattan Lal Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences profile →
  19. Mulching effects on selected soil physical properties
    2008 459 citations Rattan Lal et al. Soil and Tillage Research profile →
  20. Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy
    2020 458 citations Wulf Amelung, Déborah Bossio et al. Nature Communications profile →
  21. No‐Tillage and Soil‐Profile Carbon Sequestration: An On‐Farm Assessment
    2008 438 citations Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Rattan Lal Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →
  22. Challenges and opportunities in soil organic matter research
    2009 426 citations Rattan Lal European Journal of Soil Science profile →
  23. 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 →
  24. Biochar Impacts on Soil Physical Properties and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    2013 407 citations Atanu Mukherjee, Rattan Lal SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  25. Synthetic apatite nanoparticles as a phosphorus fertilizer for soybean (Glycine max)
    2014 372 citations Ruiqiang Liu, Rattan Lal Scientific Reports profile →
  26. Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Microbiota and Management: A Review
    2020 357 citations Ram Swaroop Meena, Sandeep Kumar et al. profile →
  27. Sequestering carbon in soils of agro-ecosystems
    2011 348 citations Rattan Lal profile →
  28. Carbon sequestration in soil
    2015 332 citations Rattan Lal, Wakene Negassa et al. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability profile →
  29. Sustainability of sugarcane production in Brazil. A review
    2018 330 citations Ricardo de Oliveira Bordonal, João Luís Nunes Carvalho et al. Agronomy for Sustainable Development profile →
  30. Sequestering carbon and increasing productivity by conservation agriculture
    2015 321 citations Rattan Lal Journal of Soil and Water Conservation profile →
  31. Home gardening and urban agriculture for advancing food and nutritional security in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
    2020 318 citations Rattan Lal Food Security profile →
  32. Soil organic carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems. A review
    2014 303 citations Klaus Lorenz, Rattan Lal Agronomy for Sustainable Development profile →
  33. Soil organic matter and water retention
    2020 218 citations Rattan Lal Agronomy Journal profile →
  34. Mechanisms of soil organic carbon stability and its response to no‐till: A global synthesis and perspective
    2021 207 citations Zheng‐Rong Kan, Wenxuan Liu et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  35. Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production
    2023 128 citations Pete Smith, Johannes Lehmann et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rattan Lal 50.9k 18.2k 14.8k 11.6k 10.7k 963 78.2k
Pete Smith 25.0k 0.5× 21.0k 1.2× 9.0k 0.6× 7.8k 0.7× 8.5k 0.8× 797 66.2k
Johan Six 41.8k 0.8× 17.3k 0.9× 11.4k 0.8× 7.1k 0.6× 12.6k 1.2× 507 57.6k
Yakov Kuzyakov 43.1k 0.8× 22.4k 1.2× 20.2k 1.4× 5.8k 0.5× 10.6k 1.0× 989 64.9k
Johannes Lehmann 35.6k 0.7× 10.8k 0.6× 11.0k 0.7× 5.1k 0.4× 7.1k 0.7× 390 66.0k
Robert B. Jackson 24.1k 0.5× 23.3k 1.3× 17.4k 1.2× 3.0k 0.3× 6.5k 0.6× 459 84.3k
Keith Paustian 27.2k 0.5× 11.9k 0.7× 5.2k 0.4× 5.3k 0.5× 9.4k 0.9× 262 40.9k
Peter M. Vitousek 26.9k 0.5× 30.7k 1.7× 19.2k 1.3× 3.4k 0.3× 14.1k 1.3× 353 82.9k
Yiqi Luo 22.7k 0.4× 17.9k 1.0× 11.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.2× 5.4k 0.5× 586 48.1k
Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner 26.0k 0.5× 13.7k 0.7× 5.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.2× 8.4k 0.8× 380 40.7k
Fusuo Zhang 20.9k 0.4× 7.3k 0.4× 31.8k 2.1× 14.9k 1.3× 8.2k 0.8× 780 56.0k

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