| Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: implications for C-saturation of soils J Six, RT Conant, EA Paul, K Paustian Plant and soil 241 (2), 155-176, 2002 | 2920 | 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 | 2062 | 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 | 1527 | 1998 |
| Grassland management and conversion into grassland: effects on soil carbon RT Conant, K Paustian, ET Elliott Ecological applications 11 (2), 343-355, 2001 | 1335 | 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 | 1332 | 1999 |
| 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 | 1310 | 2000 |
| Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO2 emissions K Paustian, O Andrén, HH Janzen, R Lal, P Smith, G Tian, H Tiessen, ... Soil use and management 13, 230-244, 1997 | 995 | 1997 |
| Management controls on soil carbon K Paustian, HP Collins, EA Paul Soil Organic Matter in Temperatate Agroecosystems: Long-term Experiments in …, 1997 | 896 | 1997 |
| Management options for reducing CO2 emissions from agricultural soils K Paustian, J Six, ET Elliott, HW Hunt Biogeochemistry 48 (1), 147-163, 2000 | 878 | 2000 |
| 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 | 741 | 2004 |
| Energy and environmental aspects of using corn stover for fuel ethanol J Sheehan, A Aden, K Paustian, K Killian, J Brenner, M Walsh, R Nelson Journal of Industrial Ecology 7 (3‐4), 117-146, 2003 | 649 | 2003 |
| 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 | 628 | 1999 |
| Simulated nitrogen dynamics and losses in a layered agricultural soil H Johnsson, L Bergstrom, PE Jansson, K Paustian Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 18 (4), 333-356, 1987 | 621 | 1987 |
| Modeling soil organic matter in organic-amended and nitrogen-fertilized long-term plots K Paustian, WJ Parton, J Persson Soil science society of America journal 56 (2), 476-488, 1992 | 607 | 1992 |
| 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 | 577 | 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 | 571 | 2001 |
| 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 (1), 87-121, 2005 | 546 | 2005 |
| Carbon sequestration in soils JP Bruce, M Frome, E Haites, H Janzen, R Lal, K Paustian Journal of soil and water conservation 54 (1), 382-389, 1999 | 531 | 1999 |
| Climate-smart soils K Paustian, J Lehmann, S Ogle, D Reay, GP Robertson, P Smith Nature 532 (7597), 49-57, 2016 | 523 | 2016 |
| 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 | 509 | 2000 |