| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 1999 | 1,644 |
| 2 | A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2011 | 1,632 |
| 3 | The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2013 | 1,143 |
| 4 | Review of greenhouse gas emissions from crop production systems and fertilizer management effects | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2009 | 1,116 |
| 5 | Hydrological functions of tropical forests: not seeing the soil for the trees? | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2004 | 1,059 |
| 6 | A synthesis of carbon sequestration, carbon emissions, and net carbon flux in agriculture: comparing tillage practices in the United States | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2002 | 1,026 |
| 7 | Economic and environmental threats of alien plant, animal, and microbe invasions | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2001 | 996 |
| 8 | The mobility and degradation of pesticides in soils and the pollution of groundwater resources | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2008 | 982 |
| 9 | Tillage and soil carbon sequestration—What do we really know? | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2007 | 971 |
| 10 | Physico-chemical properties and microbial responses in biochar-amended soils: Mechanisms and future directions | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2015 | 892 |
| 11 | Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops – A meta-analysis | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2015 | 878 |
| 12 | Climate change mitigation: A spatial analysis of global land suitability for clean development mechanism afforestation and reforestation | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2008 | 845 |
| 13 | Long-term impact of irrigation with sewage effluents on heavy metal content in soils, crops and groundwater—a case study | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2005 | 795 |
| 14 | A comparison of soil quality indexing methods for vegetable production systems in Northern California | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2002 | 767 |
| 15 | Biochar's role in mitigating soil nitrous oxide emissions: A review and meta-analysis | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2014 | 746 |
| 16 | The environmental consequences of adopting conservation tillage in Europe: reviewing the evidence | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2004 | 724 |
| 17 | Biochar addition to agricultural soil increased CH4 uptake and water holding capacity – Results from a short-term pilot field study | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2011 | 695 |
| 18 | Land-cover change model validation by an ROC method for the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts, USA | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2001 | 686 |
| 19 | Agroecology: the science of natural resource management for poor farmers in marginal environments | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2002 | 684 |
| 20 | Carabid beetles in sustainable agriculture: a review on pest control efficacy, cultivation impacts and enhancement | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 1999 | 673 |
| 21 | A review of the use of composted municipal solid waste in agriculture | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2008 | 671 |
| 22 | Soil biodiversity for agricultural sustainability | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2007 | 670 |
| 23 | Effect of biochar amendment on yield and methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a rice paddy from Tai Lake plain, China | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2010 | 661 |
| 24 | Field margins in northern Europe: their functions and interactions with agriculture | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2002 | 639 |
| 25 | Replacing bare fallows with cover crops in fertilizer-intensive cropping systems: A meta-analysis of crop yield and N dynamics | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2006 | 637 |
| 26 | Carbon sequestration in tropical agroforestry systems | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2003 | 632 |
| 27 | Conservation agriculture and ecosystem services: An overview | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2014 | 616 |
| 28 | Coping better with current climatic variability in the rain-fed farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: An essential first step in adapting to future climate change? | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2008 | 602 |
| 29 | Efficient soil microorganisms: A new dimension for sustainable agriculture and environmental development | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2011 | 598 |
| 30 | Further evidence of continent-wide impacts of agricultural intensification on European farmland birds, 1990–2000 | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2006 | 588 |
| 31 | Detecting important categorical land changes while accounting for persistence | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2004 | 580 |
| 32 | The vulnerability of ecosystem services to land use change | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2006 | 580 |
| 33 | Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic farming | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2006 | 577 |
| 34 | Heavy metal content of vegetables irrigated with mixtures of wastewater and sewage sludge in Zimbabwe: Implications for human health | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2006 | 566 |
| 35 | Land use effects on soil quality in a tropical forest ecosystem of Bangladesh | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2000 | 563 |
| 36 | Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes—are we asking the right questions? | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2004 | 556 |
| 37 | Indicators for evaluating soil quality | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2003 | 554 |
| 38 | Can no-tillage stimulate carbon sequestration in agricultural soils? A meta-analysis of paired experiments | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2010 | 554 |
| 39 | Soil organic matter and biological soil quality indicators after 21 years of organic and conventional farming | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2007 | 551 |
| 40 | Climate change: Can wheat beat the heat? | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2008 | 550 |
| 41 | Organic inputs for soil fertility management in tropical agroecosystems: application of an organic resource database | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2001 | 548 |
| 42 | Soil health and global sustainability: translating science into practice | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2002 | 546 |
| 43 | Identifying and managing the conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe–A review | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2008 | 517 |
| 44 | A computerised system for matching climates in ecology | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 1985 | 512 |
| 45 | Temperature variability and the yield of annual crops | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2000 | 506 |
| 46 | Methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions during storage and after application of dairy cattle slurry and influence of slurry treatment | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2006 | 499 |
| 47 | The impact of agricultural practices on biodiversity | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 1995 | 497 |
| 48 | Biogas production from maize and dairy cattle manure—Influence of biomass composition on the methane yield | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2007 | 496 |
| 49 | Increasing agricultural water use efficiency to meet future food production | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2000 | 493 |
| 50 | Microbial eco-physiological indicators to asses soil quality | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2003 | 493 |
