Stephen Joseph

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Stephen Joseph is a scholar working on Pollution, Soil Science and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Joseph has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Soil Science and 6 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen Joseph's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Heavy metals in environment (6 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (5 papers). Stephen Joseph is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers), Heavy metals in environment (6 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (5 papers). Stephen Joseph collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Stephen Joseph's co-authors include Paul Munroe, Sarasadat Taherymoosavi, Ellen R. Gräber, David R. G. Mitchell, Jessica G. Shepherd, Rongjun Bian, Johannes Lehmann, Genxing Pan, Lukas Van Zwieten and Zhe Weng and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Joseph

19 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mecha... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 200 400 600
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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. How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar
    2021 619 citations Stephen Joseph, Annette Cowie et al. GCB Bioenergy profile →

Peers

Stephen Joseph
Sarasadat Taherymoosavi Australia
Jessica G. Shepherd United Kingdom
Junna Sun China
Xiapu Gai China
Stephen Joseph Australia
Rajesh Chintala United States
Alice Budai Norway
Shamim Gul Canada
Yoshiyuki Shinogi Japan
Shamim Mia Bangladesh
Sarasadat Taherymoosavi Australia
Stephen Joseph
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Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Joseph

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Joseph

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Joseph

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Joseph. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Joseph based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stephen Joseph. Stephen Joseph is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Guo, Ruiying, et al.. (2025). Biochar-based urea enhances nitrogen use efficiency and mitigates nitrogen leaching in greenhouse vegetable production. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 38. 104104–104104. 2 indexed citations
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Omidvar, Negar, Stephen Joseph, Michael B. Farrar, et al.. (2025). Combination of Biochar‐Based Fertilisers and Reactive Barriers Improved Soil Carbon Storage, Soil Moisture Retention, and Crop Yield in Short Term. GCB Bioenergy. 17(3). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Xin, Yan Wang, Rongjun Bian, et al.. (2024). Iron-modified biochars and their aging reduce soil cadmium mobility and inhibit rice cadmium uptake by promoting soil iron redox cycling. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122848–122848. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Ning, Rongjun Bian, Stephen Joseph, et al.. (2024). Differences in soil Cd immobilization and blockage of rice Cd uptake by biochar derived from crop residue and bone − A 2-year field experiment. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 290. 117533–117533. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuhui, Tao Gao, Jia‐Rong Wu, et al.. (2024). Converting plastic-contaminated agricultural residues into fit-for-purpose biochar soil amendment: an initial study. Biochar. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Cheng, Rongjun Bian, Xiaoyu Liu, et al.. (2023). Rape Straw Biochar Application Enhances Cadmium Immobilization by Promoting Formation of Sulfide and Poorly Crystallized Fe Oxide in Paddy Soils. Agronomy. 13(11). 2693–2693. 2 indexed citations
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Weng, Zhe, Johannes Lehmann, Lukas Van Zwieten, et al.. (2021). Probing the nature of soil organic matter. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 52(22). 4072–4093. 72 indexed citations
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Joseph, Stephen, Annette Cowie, Lukas Van Zwieten, et al.. (2021). How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar. GCB Bioenergy. 13(11). 1731–1764. 619 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Tao, Rongjun Bian, Stephen Joseph, et al.. (2020). Wheat straw vinegar: A more cost-effective solution than chemical fungicides for sustainable wheat plant protection. The Science of The Total Environment. 725. 138359–138359. 42 indexed citations
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Hale, Sarah E., Neneng Laela Nurida, Jubaedah, et al.. (2020). The effect of biochar, lime and ash on maize yield in a long-term field trial in a Ultisol in the humid tropics. The Science of The Total Environment. 719. 137455–137455. 85 indexed citations
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Joseph, Stephen, J. Rust, Paul Munroe, et al.. (2020). Biochar increases soil organic carbon, avocado yields and economic return over 4 years of cultivation. The Science of The Total Environment. 724. 138153–138153. 56 indexed citations
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Kumar, Abhay, Stephen Joseph, Ludmila Tsechansky, et al.. (2019). Mechanistic evaluation of biochar potential for plant growth promotion and alleviation of chromium-induced phytotoxicity in Ficus elastica. Chemosphere. 243. 125332–125332. 32 indexed citations
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Shi, Wei, Rongjun Bian, Lianqing Li, et al.. (2019). Biochar bound urea boosts plant growth and reduces nitrogen leaching. The Science of The Total Environment. 701. 134424–134424. 208 indexed citations
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Bai, Yanfu, Rukhsanda Aziz, Muhammad Tariq Rafiq, et al.. (2019). Biochar amendment improves alpine meadows growth and soil health in Tibetan plateau over a three year period. The Science of The Total Environment. 717. 135296–135296. 35 indexed citations
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Bian, Rongjun, Stephen Joseph, Weisong Shi, et al.. (2019). Biochar DOM for plant promotion but not residual biochar for metal immobilization depended on pyrolysis temperature. The Science of The Total Environment. 662. 571–580. 77 indexed citations
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Joseph, Stephen, et al.. (2019). Phosphorus adsorption onto an enriched biochar substrate in constructed wetlands treating wastewater. Ecological Engineering. 142. 100005–100005. 75 indexed citations
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Deng, Lei, et al.. (2019). Carbon and nitrogen emissions rates and heat transfer of an indirect pyrolysis biomass cookstove. Biomass and Bioenergy. 127. 105279–105279. 3 indexed citations
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Joseph, Stephen, Claudia Kammann, Jessica G. Shepherd, et al.. (2018). Microstructural and associated chemical changes during the composting of a high temperature biochar: Mechanisms for nitrate, phosphate and other nutrient retention and release. The Science of The Total Environment. 618. 1210–1223. 199 indexed citations
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Bian, Rongjun, Lu Li, Weisong Shi, et al.. (2018). Pyrolysis of contaminated wheat straw to stabilize toxic metals in biochar but recycle the extract for agricultural use. Biomass and Bioenergy. 118. 32–39. 38 indexed citations

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