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SOILRESEARCHAn International Journal for Soil Research

SOIL CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

SOIL CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATION

SOIL PHYSICS

LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT

PEDOLOGY AND PEDOMETRICS

SOIL BIOLOGY

SOIL FERTILITY

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ISSN 1838-675X

A cooperating journal of the IUSS

CO N T E N T SPotential microbial remediation of pyrene polluted soil: the role of biocharL. Piscitelli, A. D. Malerba, G. N. Mezzapesa, S. Dumontet, D. Mondelli, T. Miano, and G. L. Bruno 807

Comparison of oxidoreductive enzyme activities in three coal tar creosote-contaminated soilsA. Telesinski, T. Krzysko-Łupicka, K. Cybulska, B. Pawłowska, R. Biczak, M. Snieg, and J. Wróbel 814

Changes in bacterial community composition across natural grassland and pine forests in the Bunya Mountains in subtropical AustraliaJ.-P. Shen, M. Esfandbod, S. A. Wakelin, G. Bacon, Q. Huang, and C. Chen 825

Predicting soil carbon saturation deficit and related properties of New Zealand soils using infrared spectroscopyJ. A. Baldock, S. R. McNally, M. H. Beare, D. Curtin, and B. Hawke 835

Nitrogen fixation in summer-grown soybean crops and fate of fixed-N over a winter fallow in subtropical sugarcane systemsL. J. Kearney, E. Dutilloy, and T. J. Rose 845

Cropping systems including legume cover crops favour mineral–organic associations enriched with microbial metabolites in no-till soilM. G. Veloso, D. P. Dick, J. B. da Costa, and C. Bayer 851

Can split or delayed application of N fertiliser to grain sorghum reduce soil N2O emissions from sub-tropical Vertosols

and maintain grain yields? G. D. Schwenke and B. M. Haigh 859

Stoichiometric characteristics of different agroecosystems under the same climatic conditions in the agropastoral ecotone of northern ChinaX. Zhai, K. Liu, D. M. Finch, D. Huang, S. Tang, S. Li, H. Liu, and K. Wang 875

Trends in key soil parameters under conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification farming practices in the Eastern Ganga Alluvial PlainsA. K. Sinha, A. Ghosh, T. Dhar, P. M. Bhattacharya, B. Mitra, S. Rakesh, P. Paneru, S. R. Shrestha, S. Manandhar, K. Beura, S. Dutta, A. K. Pradhan, K. K. Rao, A. Hossain, N. Siddquie, M. S. H. Molla, A. K. Chaki, M. K. Gathala, M. S. Islam,R. C. Dalal, D. S. Gaydon, A. M. Laing, and N. W. Menzies 883

Organic based integrated nutrient management scheme enhances soil carbon storage in rainfed rice (Oryza sativa) cultivationP. Saikia, K. K. Baruah, S. S. Bhattacharya, and C. Choudhury 894

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Editors-in-Chief: Balwant Singh University of Sydney Mark Tibbett University of Reading

Frequency: 8 issues/year

Publishing since: 1963

eISSN: 1838-6768 (online)

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VOLUME 56 • ISSUE 6 • 2018 • 549–655

An International Journal for Soil Research

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VOLUME 56 • ISSUE 6 • 2018 • 549–655

Published by CSIRO Publishing with endorsement of CSIRO and the Australian Academy of Science

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■ SOIL CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

■ SOIL CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATION

■ SOIL PHYSICS

■ LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT

■ PEDOLOGY AND PEDOMETRICS

■ SOIL BIOLOGY

■ SOIL FERTILITY

CONTENTS

RESEARCH PAPERSEvaluating dispersive potential to identify the threshold electrolyte concentration in non-dispersive soilsA. Dang, J. Bennett, A. Marchuk, A. Biggs, S. Raine 549

A lab-made method for extracting DNA from soils Michael Anderson 560

The pugometer: an evaluation of a new tool for assessing treading damage of pasture soils and comparisons with other methodsJ. A. Howes, J. A. Hanly, D. J. Horne, M. J. Hedley, M. Irwin 568

In-vitro evaluation of rice and wheat straw biochars’ effect on pyrazosulfuron-ethyl degradation and microbial activity in rice-planted soilSuman Manna, Neera Singh, Shashi Bala Singh 579

Characterising preferential flow and its interaction with the soil matrix using dye tracing in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area of ChinaMuxing Liu, Li Guo, Jun Yi, Henry Lin, Shulan Lou, Hailin Zhang, Tian Li 588

Long-term effects of wheat production management practices on some carbon fractions of a semiarid PlinthustalfsP. F. Loke, E. Kotzé, C. C. Du Preez, L. Twigge 601

Impact of postburn jhum agriculture on soil carbon pools in the north-eastern Himalayan region of IndiaLungmuana, B. U. Choudhury, Saurav Saha, S. B. Singh, Anup Das, Juri Buragohain, V. Dayal, A. R. Singh, T. Boopathi, S. K. Dutta 615

Short-term effects on soil of biogas digestate, biochar and their combinationsRoberto Cardelli, Gabriele Giussani, Fausto Marchini, Alessandro Saviozzi 623

Soil organic carbon and nitrogen sequestration and turnover in aggregates under subtropical leucaena–grass pasturesKathryn Conrad, Ram C. Dalal, Ryosuke Fujinuma, Neal W. Menzies 632

Conditions affecting oxide quantification in unknown tropical soils via handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometerM. L. T. Santana, B. T. Ribeiro, S. H. G. Silva, G. C. Poggere, L. R. G. Guilherme, N. Curi 648

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SCOPESoil Research (formerly known as Australian Journal of Soil Research) is an international journal that publishes high-quality, novel research about fundamental and applied aspects of soil science. As well as publishing in traditional aspects of soil biology, soil physics and soil chemistry across terrestrial ecosystems, the journal welcomes manuscripts dealing with wider interactions of soils with the environment.

In addition to original and significant research on a wide variety of soil science topics, Soil Research also considers for publication critical review articles that are innovative and indicate fruitful areas of further research, Letters to the Editor-in-Chief, and formal comments on recent papers.

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82,176 downloads in 2019

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IMPACT

Ranking in area 2019 26/38 in Soil Science (Q3)

1.7 Impact Factor 2019 2.1 5-Year Impact Factor 2019

1365 Total Citations in 2019

3.2 CiteScore 2019 Highest percentile 70% (43/142 Earth-Surface Processes)

0.9 SNIP 2019 Source Normalised Impact per Paper

0.7 SJR 2019 SCImago Journal Rank

24 h5-index Google Scholar index for papers published 2015-19

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