| Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: implications for C-saturation of soils J Six, RT Conant, EA Paul, K Paustian Plant and soil 241, 155-176, 2002 | 4985 | 2002 |
| Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture J Six, ET Elliott, K Paustian Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32 (14), 2099-2103, 2000 | 3736 | 2000 |
| Aggregation and soil organic matter accumulation in cultivated and native grassland soils J Six, ET Elliott, K Paustian, JW Doran Soil Science Society of America Journal 62 (5), 1367-1377, 1998 | 2273 | 1998 |
| Soil structure and organic matter I. Distribution of aggregate‐size classes and aggregate‐associated carbon J Six, K Paustian, ET Elliott, C Combrink Soil Science Society of America Journal 64 (2), 681-689, 2000 | 2139 | 2000 |
| Climate-smart soils K Paustian, J Lehmann, S Ogle, D Reay, GP Robertson, P Smith Nature 532 (7597), 49-57, 2016 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Soil carbon 4 per mille B Minasny, BP Malone, AB McBratney, DA Angers, D Arrouays, ... Geoderma 292, 59-86, 2017 | 1951 | 2017 |
| Grassland management and conversion into grassland: effects on soil carbon RT Conant, K Paustian, ET Elliott Ecological applications 11 (2), 343-355, 2001 | 1943 | 2001 |
| Aggregate and soil organic matter dynamics under conventional and no‐tillage systems J Six, ET Elliott, K Paustian Soil Science Society of America Journal 63 (5), 1350-1358, 1999 | 1853 | 1999 |
| Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO2 emissions K Paustian, O Andren, HH Janzen, R Lal, P Smith, G Tian, H Tiessen, ... Soil use and management 13, 230-244, 1997 | 1369 | 1997 |
| Management options for reducing CO2 emissions from agricultural soils K Paustian, J Six, ET Elliott, HW Hunt Biogeochemistry 48, 147-163, 2000 | 1235 | 2000 |
| Management controls on soil carbon K Paustian, HP Collins, EA Paul Soil Organic Matter in Temperate AgroecosystemsLong Term Experiments in …, 2019 | 1154 | 2019 |
| The potential to mitigate global warming with no‐tillage management is only realized when practised in the long term J Six, SM Ogle, F Jay Breidt, RT Conant, AR Mosier, K Paustian Global change biology 10 (2), 155-160, 2004 | 1071 | 2004 |
| Soil carbon saturation: concept, evidence and evaluation CE Stewart, K Paustian, RT Conant, AF Plante, J Six Biogeochemistry 86, 19-31, 2007 | 924 | 2007 |
| Agricultural management impacts on soil organic carbon storage under moist and dry climatic conditions of temperate and tropical regions SM Ogle, FJ Breidt, K Paustian Biogeochemistry 72, 87-121, 2005 | 903 | 2005 |
| Global change pressures on soils from land use and management P Smith, JI House, M Bustamante, J Sobocká, R Harper, G Pan, PC West, ... Global change biology 22 (3), 1008-1028, 2016 | 893 | 2016 |
| Measuring and understanding carbon storage in afforested soils by physical fractionation J Six, P Callewaert, S Lenders, S De Gryze, SJ Morris, EG Gregorich, ... Soil science society of America journal 66 (6), 1981-1987, 2002 | 886 | 2002 |
| Influence of dry–wet cycles on the interrelationship between aggregate, particulate organic matter, and microbial community dynamics K Denef, J Six, H Bossuyt, SD Frey, ET Elliott, R Merckx, K Paustian Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33 (12-13), 1599-1611, 2001 | 863 | 2001 |
| Bacterial and fungal abundance and biomass in conventional and no-tillage agroecosystems along two climatic gradients SD Frey, ET Elliott, K Paustian Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31 (4), 573-585, 1999 | 861 | 1999 |
| Soil structure and soil organic matter II. A normalized stability index and the effect of mineralogy J Six, ET Elliott, K Paustian Soil Science Society of America Journal 64 (3), 1042-1049, 2000 | 842 | 2000 |
| Aggregate-associated soil organic matter as an ecosystem property and a measurement tool J Six, K Paustian Soil Biology and Biochemistry 68, A4-A9, 2014 | 802 | 2014 |