Simon Jeffery

8.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
39 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Simon Jeffery is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Jeffery has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Soil Science, 12 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Simon Jeffery's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (9 papers). Simon Jeffery is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (30 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (10 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (9 papers). Simon Jeffery collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Portugal. Simon Jeffery's co-authors include Frank Verheijen, Marijn van der Velde, Ana Catarina Bastos, Diego Ábalos, Jan Willem van Groenigen, María Luz Cayuela, Lukas Van Zwieten, Bhupinder Pal Singh, A. Roig and Miguel Á. Sánchez-Monedero 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

Simon Jeffery

38 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

A quantitative review of the effects of biochar applicati... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2013 2010 2017 2014 500 1000 1.5k
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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. A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis
    2011 1.8k citations Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
  2. Biochar's role in mitigating soil nitrous oxide emissions: A review and meta-analysis
    2013 789 citations Simon Jeffery et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
  3. Biochar Application to Soils - A Critical Scientific Review of Effects on Soil Properties, Processes and Functions
    2010 658 citations Frank Verheijen, Simon Jeffery et al. Joint Research Centre (European Commission) profile →
  4. Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields
    2017 542 citations Simon Jeffery, Diego Ábalos et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
  5. Meta-analysis of the effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on crop productivity and nitrogen use efficiency
    2014 474 citations Diego Ábalos, Simon Jeffery et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
  6. Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: A meta-analysis
    2016 305 citations Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Jeffery United Kingdom 23 4.4k 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 862 39 6.6k
Marco Antonio Rondón Colombia 9 3.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 838 0.7× 764 0.9× 12 5.6k
Frank Verheijen Portugal 24 3.7k 0.8× 987 0.7× 994 0.8× 877 0.8× 746 0.9× 47 5.7k
Adriana Downie Australia 17 3.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 872 0.7× 795 0.9× 21 5.5k
Xuhui Zhang China 40 4.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 757 0.9× 111 6.6k
Jufeng Zheng China 41 3.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 800 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 112 6.0k
Marta Camps Arbestain New Zealand 32 2.8k 0.6× 861 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 786 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 100 5.7k
Stephen Kimber Australia 21 3.1k 0.7× 920 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 845 0.7× 832 1.0× 31 4.7k
Jinwei Zheng China 35 3.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 865 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 69 5.7k
Afeng Zhang China 27 2.9k 0.7× 971 0.7× 992 0.8× 877 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 51 4.7k
Qaiser Hussain Pakistan 37 2.5k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 743 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 108 5.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Jeffery

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All Works

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Jeffery, Simon, Óscar González‐Pelayo, Sérgio Prats, et al.. (2023). Biochar impacts on runoff and soil erosion by water: A systematic global scale meta-analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 161860–161860. 47 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐González, Marco A., et al.. (2021). Spatial distribution of pyrogenic carbon in Iberian topsoils estimated by chemometric analysis of infrared spectra. The Science of The Total Environment. 790. 148170–148170. 8 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Simon & Frank Verheijen. (2020). A new soil health policy paradigm: Pay for practice not performance!. Environmental Science & Policy. 112. 371–373. 11 indexed citations
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Verheijen, Frank, Utra Mankasingh, Vít Penížek, et al.. (2017). REPRESENTATIVENESS OF EUROPEAN BIOCHAR RESEARCH: PART I – FIELD EXPERIMENTS. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management. 25(2). 140–151. 15 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Simon, Frank Verheijen, Claudia Kammann, & Diego Ábalos. (2016). Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: A meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 101. 251–258. 305 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ábalos, Diego, Simon Jeffery, C. F. Drury, & Claudia Wagner‐Riddle. (2016). Improving fertilizer management in the U.S. and Canada for N2O mitigation: Understanding potential positive and negative side-effects on corn yields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 221. 214–221. 65 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Simon, Marcel B.J. Meinders, Cathelijne R. Stoof, et al.. (2015). Why biochar application did not improve the soil water retention of a sandy soil: An investigation into the underlying mechanisms.. EGUGA. 10226. 2 indexed citations
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Sagrilo, Edvaldo, Simon Jeffery, Ellis Hoffland, & Thomas W. Kuyper. (2014). Emission of CO2 from biochar‐amended soils and implications for soil organic carbon. GCB Bioenergy. 7(6). 1294–1304. 83 indexed citations
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Voorde, Tess F. J. van de, Т. Martijn Bezemer, Jan Willem van Groenigen, Simon Jeffery, & Liesje Mommer. (2014). Soil biochar amendment in a nature restoration area: effects on plant productivity and community composition. Ecological Applications. 24(5). 1167–1177. 57 indexed citations
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Mia, Shamim, et al.. (2014). Biochar Amendment for High Nitrogen and Phosphorous Bioavailability and Its Potentiality of Use in Bangladesh Agriculture: A Review. 8 indexed citations
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Ábalos, Diego, Simon Jeffery, Alberto Sanz-Cobeña, Guillermo Guardia, & Antonio Vallejo. (2014). Meta-analysis of the effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on crop productivity and nitrogen use efficiency. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 189. 136–144. 474 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jeffery, Simon, Т. Martijn Bezemer, Gerard Cornelissen, et al.. (2013). The way forward in biochar research: targeting trade‐offs between the potential wins. GCB Bioenergy. 7(1). 1–13. 253 indexed citations
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Verheijen, Frank, Simon Jeffery, Marijn van der Velde, et al.. (2013). Reductions in soil surface albedo as a function of biochar application rate: implications for global radiative forcing. Environmental Research Letters. 8(4). 44008–44008. 35 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Simon & Ciro Gardi. (2011). Soil biodiversity under threat - a review.. 75. 7–12. 13 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Simon, Frank Verheijen, Marijn van der Velde, & Ana Catarina Bastos. (2011). A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 144(1). 175–187. 1788 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jeffery, Simon & Wim H. van der Putten. (2011). Soil Borne Human Diseases. Joint Research Centre (European Commission). 11 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Simon, J. Arthur Harris, R. J. Rickson, & Karl Ritz. (2009). The spectral quality of light influences the temporal development of the microbial phenotype at the arable soil surface. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41(3). 553–560. 22 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Simon, J. Arthur Harris, R. J. Rickson, & Karl Ritz. (2007). Microbial community phenotypic profiles change markedly with depth within the first centimetre of the arable soil surface. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39(5). 1226–1229. 16 indexed citations

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