Editorial Structure
Editorial Board
Soil Research is guided by an Editorial Board which comprises two co-Editors-in-Chief and a team of Associate Editors.
The co-Editors-in-Chief are appointed by the Publisher following approval by the Board of Standards established between CSIRO and the Australian Academy of Science. An overview of this partnership can be found on the CSIRO Publishing website. The co-Editors-in-Chief are appointed to lead and manage the Editorial Board, advocate for the journal to the research community, attract and select high-quality content for the journal and ensure high standards of publication ethics are maintained.
Associate Editors are selected by the co-Editors-in-Chief. Selection of Associate Editors is based on expertise in key areas of the journal’s scope and active participation internationally in their area of expertise. The co-Editors-in-Chief work with the Publisher towards securing a diverse Editorial Board through actively seeking editors from a range of backgrounds and cultures, paying close attention to gender, ethnicity, career stage and geographical diversity.
Associate Editors are appointed for a set term which may be renewed upon agreement by the Associate Editor, co-Editors-in-Chief and the Publisher.
Acceptance of papers is undertaken by the team of Associate Editors under the guidance of the co-Editors-in-Chief. The journal’s policies on peer review can be found on the journal website.
Our journal editors are expected to work within the framework of the Core Practices, and according to the CSIRO Publishing Editorial Board Conduct Policy.
Co-Editors-in-Chief
- Balwant Singh
Professor, University of Sydney, Australia
Balwant Singh, PhD, is Professor of Soil Science at the University of Sydney. He has over 40 years of teaching and research experiece in Australia, the UK, the US and India.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9751-2971
Keywords: soil chemistry, clay minerals, iron oxides, organic matter, carbon sequestration - Mark Tibbett
University of Reading, UK
Associate Editors
- Samuel Abiven
University of Zurich, Switzerland - Stephen Anderson
Professor, University of Missouri, USA
Stephen Anderson, PhD, is the Albrecht Distinguished Professor of Soil Science at the University of Missouri. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5664-6121
Keywords: soil physics, soil conservation, watershed modelling - Frank Ashwood
Forest Research, UK - Nathan Basiliko
Professor and Director, Laurentian University, Canada
Nathan (Nate) Basiliko (BS, Cornell University; PhD, McGill University) is a Professor of Forest Soils in the Faculty of Natural Resources Management at Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Canada) and Director of the Lakehead University Environmental Laboratory. He is a Past President of the Canadian Society of Soil Science.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8512-9484
Keywords: soils, forests, wetlands, biogeochemistry, environmental microbiology - Irshad Bibi
University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan - Claudio Bini
Full Professor (retired), University of Venice, Italy
Claudio Bini is Professsor of Soil Science at the University of Venice.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8180-8455
Keywords: soil genesis and evolution, soil contamination, Land evaluation, environmental quality, mine soils - Thomas Bishop
University of Sydney, Australia - Ewa Błońska
University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland - Ary Bruand
Professor, Universite d´Orleans, France
Ary Bruand is Professor of Soil Science at the University of Orléans and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences of Orléans (ISTO).
ORCID: 0000-0001-6914-297X
Keywords: soil physics, structure, hydric properties, mechanical properties, mineralogy - Sander Bruun
Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Sander Bruun is a Professor of Sustainable Soil Fertility Management at the University of Copenhagen where he is leading the Climate Change Mitigation and Soil Management group.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2233-5122
Keywords: soil, nutrients, nitrogen, greenhouse gas emissions - Stephen Cattle
University of Sydney, Australia - Chengrong Chen
Distinguished Professor (Research and Teaching), School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Australia
Chengrong Chen, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor and Leader of Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry Research Group at Griffith University.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6377-4001
Keywords: soil health, soil phosphorus, biochar, organic amendments, nitrogen dynamics - Leo Condron
Distinguished Professor, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Leo Condron is Distinguished Professor of Soil Science in the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Lincoln University.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3082-994X
Keywords: soil science, phosphorus, biogeochemistry - Nicholas Dickinson
Lincoln University, New Zealand - Mark Farrell
Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO, Australia
Dr Mark Farrell leads the Biogeochemical Cycles Team within CSIRO's Agriculture and Food Research Unit. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia, and a Fellow of the British Society of Soil Science.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4562-2738
Keywords: soil organic matter, organic carbon, nitrogen cycling, carbon sequestration, organic geochemistry - Tandra Fraser
Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Tandra Fraser, PhD, is a soil microbiologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Charlottetown Research and Development Centre.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6272-5387 - Johannes Friedl
University of Natural Resources and Live Sciences, Austria - Monika Gorzelak
Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Canada - Peter Grace
Queensland University of Technology, Australia - Willis Gwenzi
University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe - Richard Harper
Professor and Associate Dean, Murdoch University, Australia
Richard Harper is a Professor in the Food Futures Institute, and Associate Dean of Research in Agriculture at Murdoch University in Western Australia. He has a BSc Agriculture (Hons) and PhD (Agriculture) (University of Western Australia).
ORCID: 0000-0003-0268-2917
Keywords: carbon farming, water repellency, forest soils - Ji-Zheng He
Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia
Ji-Zheng He, PhD, is Professor of Soil Ecology at School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9169-8058
Keywords: soil microbial ecology, nitrogen cycling, nutrient management, antibiotic resistance gene, soil fauna, biodiversity - Xinhua He
Sichuan Agricultural University, China; University of Western Australia, Australia; University of California, USA
Xinhua He is Professor of Plant Ecophysiology, Sichuan Agricultural University, China and University of Western Australia, Australia, and Professor of Soil Biology at University of California at Davis, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5570-3454
Keywords: C3 and C4 plants, carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, mycorrhizal symbiosis, nitrogen movement between plants, nutrient use efficiency - Somasundaram Jayaraman
Head and Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, India
Somasundaram Jayaraman is Head of the Regional Centre for ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, and Principal Scientist of Soil Science-Soil Physics and Soil Water Conservation.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3486-4109
Keywords: no-till farming, conservation agriculture, soil health, sustainable soil management, soil physical and chemical properties, carbon and nitrogen dynamics - Melanie Kah
Associate Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Melanie Kah is Associated Professor at the Univerity of Auckland in New Zealand since 2019.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8705-9229
Keywords: soil chemistry, pesticides, metals, contamination, risk assessment - M.B. Kirkham
Professor, Kansas State University, USA
M.B. Kirkham, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University and was named top 1% of highly cited researchers in 2023. Kirkham is an international authority on the plant–water relations of winter wheat and the uptake of heavy metals by crops grown on polluted soils. Kirkham has been named fellow of five societies and elected Honorary Member of the International Union of Soil Sciences.
ORCID: 0000-0001-9518-3548
Keywords: soil–plant–water relations, heavy metals, microplastics - Rai Kookana
CSIRO, Australia - Senani Karunaratne
CSIRO, Australia - Patrick Lavelle
Pierre and Marie Curie University, France - Zhaojun Li
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, China - Brendan Malone
CSIRO, Australia - Gavan McGrath
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia; School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia
Gavan McGrath is a Senior Research Hydrologist at Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions and an Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5020-3813
Keywords: hydrology, pesticides, ecohydrology, soil physics - Leônidas Melo
Associate Professor, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil
Leônidas Melo, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Soil Fertility at the Federal University of Lavras, Brazil, and a supervisor at the Graduate Program in Soil Science at the same institution.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4034-4209
Keywords: biochar, soil fertility, soil quality, phosphorus, fertilisers - Abdul Mounem Mouazen
Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
Abdul M. Mouazen, PhD, is Head of Precision Soil and Crop Engineering Group, and Senior Full Professor in Soil and Crop Management in the Department of Environment at Ghent University.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0354-0067
Keywords: soil dynamics, precision agriculture, proximal soil sensing, chemometrics, numerical modelling - Etelvino Henrique Novotny
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil - Rosa Poch
University of Lleida, Spain - Siobhan Staunton
INRA Montpellier, France - Tales Tiecher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Mohammad Valipour
Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA
Mohammad Valipour, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering and Engineering Technology at the Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Keywords: sustainable development, soil moisture dynamics, artificial intelligence, satellite remote sensing, climate change - Iris Vogeler
Senior Scientist, Aarhus University, Denmark
Iris Vogeler, PhD, is a senior scientist at the Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2512-7668
Keywords: biophysical modelling, soil physics, crops, nitrogen - Mick Whelan
University of Leicester, UK - Brian Wilson
Professor, University of New England, Australia
Professor Brian Wilson leads the Terrestrial Carbon Research Group at the University of New England, Australia. His research interests focus on plant–soil interactions with a particular focus on soil carbon dynamics associated with land management change. His work recently has focused particularly on less disturbed ecosystems in the landscape.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7983-0909
Keywords: soil carbon management and change - Stewart Wilson
Cal Poly, USA
