SynthesisNature2023
Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage.
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Synthesis in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 146 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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146citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
128.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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146 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 720 citations in OpenAlex.
- Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Pooled it
- Priming Effects on Soil Organic Matter Mineralization by Carbon Substrates: A Global Meta-Analysis.Global change biology · 2026Pooled it
- Rising global temperatures reduce soil microbial diversity over the long term.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Pooled it
- Soil proteogenomics uncover microbial strategies for soil depth-specific carbon cycling under whole-soil warming conditions.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Organic-inorganic composite inoculant promotes carbon stabilization in acidic lateritic red soil by redirecting microbial catabolism toward anabolism.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
- Cities cannot go green without soil microorganisms.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Article
- Green Microbiology for Planetary Resilience: A Research Agenda for Microbial Sustainability Science.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Review
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediated biotic carbon pump in alpine meadows of the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau under a warming and wetting climate: patterns and mechanism.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Review
- Protist-mediated microbiome governance: Integrating trophic ecology, rhizosphere biology, and biotechnological potential.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- GSOCS-LULCC: A Global dataset of Soil Organic Carbon Stock dynamics following Land Use and Land Cover Change.Scientific data · 2026Article
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- Regulatory Mechanism of Carbon Fractions and Microbial Metabolism on Organic Carbon Turnover in Saline-Alkali Soils.Biology · 2026Article
- Nitrogen fertilization increases soil organic carbon through distinct pathways in contrasting cropland soils.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Article
- Artificial Light at Night Drives Asymmetric Biological Allocation of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen by Fragmenting Micro-Food Webs.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Global Change Impacts on Mineral-Associated Organic Matter: Consequences for Soil Carbon Persistence.Global change biology · 2026Review
- Microbial drought resistance is achieved at the expense of soil carbon loss.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Carbohydrate-active enzymes of soil prophages enhance global carbon cycling potential.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Microbial Functional Gene Abundance-Integrated Modeling of Global Methane Sinks in Upland Soils Under Future Climate Change.Global change biology · 2026Article
- The impact of fertilization on the health of paddy soil: pathways and prospects for fertility regulation based on microbial communities.Crop health · 2026Review
- Occupancy as a key attribute linking saprotrophic fungi to soil carbon decomposition.National science review · 2026Article
86 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
33 authors at 17 institutions in 11 countries.
Feng TaoDepartment of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6105-860X
Yuanyuan HuangKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4202-8071
Bruce A HungateCenter for Ecosystem Science and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7337-1887
Stefano ManzoniDepartment of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5960-5712
Serita D FreyCenter for Soil Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9221-5919
Michael W I SchmidtDepartment of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7227-0646
Markus ReichsteinMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5736-1112
Nuno CarvalhaisMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0465-1436
Philippe CiaisLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8560-4943
Lifen JiangSchool of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Johannes LehmannSoil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4701-2936
Ying-Ping WangCSIRO Environment, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4614-6203
Benjamin Z HoultonDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Global Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Bernhard AhrensMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7226-6682
Umakant MishraComputational Biology and Biophysics, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA.
Gustaf HugeliusDepartment of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8096-1594
Toby D HockingSchool of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Xingjie LuSchool of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zheng ShiInstitute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
Kostiantyn ViatkinFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Ronald VargasFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Yusuf YiginiFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3783-3212
Christian OmutoFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Ashish A MalikSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4866-9072
Guillermo PeraltaFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Rosa Cuevas-CoronaFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Luciano E Di PaoloFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Isabel LuottoFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Cuijuan LiaoDepartment of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yi-Shuang LiangDepartment of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Vinisa S SaynesFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
Xiaomeng HuangDepartment of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. hxm@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4158-1089
Yiqi LuoSchool of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. yiqi.luo@cornell.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4556-0218
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · ITCornell University · USMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry · DENorthern Arizona University · USStockholm University · SETsinghua University · CNCenter for Global Development · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRChinese Academy of Sciences · CNCSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere · AULawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USMinistry of Education · MESun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Aberdeen · GBUniversity of New Hampshire · USUniversity of Oklahoma · USUniversity of Zurich · CH
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Abstract
Soils store more carbon than other terrestrial ecosystems
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CarbonCarbon SequestrationEcosystemSoilSoil MicrobiologyClimate ChangeDatasets as TopicDeep LearningPlantsCarbonSoil
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