Roberto Álvarez

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Roberto Álvarez is a scholar working on Soil Science, Civil and Structural Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Álvarez has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Soil Science, 19 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Roberto Álvarez's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (55 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers). Roberto Álvarez is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (55 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers). Roberto Álvarez collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, Belgium and Denmark. Roberto Álvarez's co-authors include Haydee Sara Steinbach, Carina Rosa Álvarez, Raúl S. Lavado, Gonzalo Berhongaray, Alfredo Bono, Belén Carbonetto, Alejandro Mentaberry, Nicolás Rascovan, Martı́n Vázquez and R. J. C. Cantet and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Álvarez

76 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

A review of the effects of tillage systems on some soil physical properties, water content, nitrate availability and crops yield in the Argentine Pampas

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto Álvarez Argentina	27	2.6k	880	801	801	619	78	3.5k
Torsten Müeller Germany	17	2.7k 1.0×	748 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	980 1.2×	383 0.6×	27	3.4k
Peter P. Motavalli United States	33	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	474 0.6×	945 1.2×	620 1.0×	115	3.8k
Jeferson Dieckow Brazil	30	2.5k 1.0×	651 0.7×	629 0.8×	787 1.0×	592 1.0×	99	3.2k
Kristofor R. Brye United States	33	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	612 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	532 0.9×	246	3.9k
D. E. Stott United States	32	2.5k 0.9×	801 0.9×	678 0.8×	516 0.6×	469 0.8×	57	3.7k
Wenju Zhang China	34	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	835 1.0×	818 1.0×	680 1.1×	139	4.0k
R. Lemke Canada	33	2.2k 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	768 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.7×	78	3.2k
Diego Ábalos Denmark	31	2.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	740 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	662 1.1×	81	3.8k
Bernard Nicolardot France	28	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	644 1.0×	78	4.2k
Sandeep Kumar United States	37	2.5k 1.0×	808 0.9×	683 0.9×	593 0.7×	779 1.3×	155	4.2k

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Álvarez, Roberto. (2025). Increasing soil organic carbon by applying farm-made organic fertilizers as a function of soil depth: A global synthesis. The Science of The Total Environment. 991. 179933–179933.

Álvarez, Roberto, et al.. (2022). Inclusion of soil organic carbon changes can reverse results of historical energy flux quantifications of Pampean agriculture. The Science of The Total Environment. 835. 155533–155533. 1 indexed citations

Álvarez, Roberto, et al.. (2022). Land Use Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Fractions in the Pampas of Argentina Determined via Inverse Analysis of Carbon Mineralization Data. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 53(16). 2094–2104. 3 indexed citations

Álvarez, Roberto. (2021). Comparing Productivity of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems: A Quantitative Review. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 68(14). 1947–1958. 44 indexed citations

Álvarez, Roberto, Gonzalo Berhongaray, & Analía Verónica Fernández-Giménez. (2020). Are grassland soils of the pampas sequestering carbon?. The Science of The Total Environment. 763. 142978–142978. 8 indexed citations

Berhongaray, Gonzalo & Roberto Álvarez. (2019). Soil carbon sequestration of Mollisols and Oxisols under grassland and tree plantations in South America - A review. Geoderma Regional. 18. e00226–e00226. 11 indexed citations

Bono, Alfredo, et al.. (2017). Water use of wheat, corn and sunflower in the Semiarid Pampas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Carbonetto, Belén, Nicolás Rascovan, Roberto Álvarez, Alejandro Mentaberry, & Martı́n Vázquez. (2014). Structure, Composition and Metagenomic Profile of Soil Microbiomes Associated to Agricultural Land Use and Tillage Systems in Argentine Pampas. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99949–e99949. 164 indexed citations

Rascovan, Nicolás, Belén Carbonetto, Santiago Revale, et al.. (2013). The PAMPA datasets: a metagenomic survey of microbial communities in Argentinean pampean soils. Microbiome. 1(1). 21–21. 17 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Roberto, Flavio H. Gutiérrez Boem, & Gerardo Rubio. (2012). Recomendación de fertilización. 1 indexed citations

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Bono, Alfredo & Roberto Álvarez. (2012). Nitrogen mineralization in a coarse soil of the semi-arid Pampas of Argentina. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 59(2). 259–272. 11 indexed citations

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Coviella, Carlos, et al.. (2011). Nitrogen fixation by soybean in the Pampas: relationship between yield and soil nitrogen balance. AGROCHIMICA. 55(2). 55–67. 16 indexed citations

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Steinbach, Haydee Sara & Roberto Álvarez. (2006). Changes in Soil Organic Carbon Contents and Nitrous Oxide Emissions after Introduction of No‐Till in Pampean Agroecosystems. Journal of Environmental Quality. 35(1). 3–13. 86 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Roberto, et al.. (2004). Balance de nitrógeno en un cultivo de soja de segunda en la pampa ondulada. Ciencia del suelo. 22(1). 48–51. 4 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Roberto & Carina Rosa Álvarez. (2001). Temperature regulation of soil carbon dioxide production in the Humid Pampa of Argentina: estimation of carbon fluxes under climate change. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 34(4). 282–285. 13 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Roberto. (2001). Estimation of carbon losses by cultivation from soils of the Argentine Pampa using the Century Model. Soil Use and Management. 17(2). 62–66. 37 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Carina Rosa & Roberto Álvarez. (2000). Short-term effects of tillage systems on active soil microbial biomass. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 31(2). 157–161. 39 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Roberto, et al.. (1998). Nitrogen distribution in soil density fractions and its relation to nitrogen mineralisation under different tillage systems. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 36(2). 247–256. 22 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Roberto, et al.. (1995). Effect of temperature on soil microbial biomass and its metabolic quotient in situ under different tillage systems. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 19(2-3). 227–230. 60 indexed citations

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Vaccaro, R, et al.. (1992). Características productivas en la evaluación de explotaciones y vacas en sistemas de doble propósito. Turrialba. 42(1). 14–22. 1 indexed citations

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