Pete Smith

114.3k citations
800 papers · 66.9k · 53 hit papers · h-index 135

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Papers in

    • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 289
    • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact 131
    • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 115

Pete Smith

774 papers receiving 64.3k citations

Pete Smith's Hit Papers

Unprotected carbon dominates decadal soil carbon increase 2025 · 17 citations
170+2+4Years since publication200400600

Peers

Pete Smith
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  • Soil Science 25.3k
  • Environmental Chemistry 8.5k
  • Ecology 21.2k
  • Agronomy and Crop Science 7.8k
  • Global and Planetary Change 15.7k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Pete Smith, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture
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20071788
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The technological and economic prospects for CO2 utilization and removal
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20191680
3
Climate extremes and the carbon cycle
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20131443
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Climate-smart soils
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20161435
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Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies
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20131162
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The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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20161109
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Negative emissions—Part 2: Costs, potentials and side effects
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20181008
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A comparison of the performance of nine soil organic matter models using datasets from seven long-term experiments
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1997892
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Betting on negative emissions
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2014792
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Global agriculture and nitrous oxide emissions
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2012774
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Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options
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2010755
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The Impacts of Dietary Change on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Land Use, Water Use, and Health: A Systematic Review
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2016697
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Carbon sequestration in the agricultural soils of Europe
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2004682
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Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector
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2016672
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Agricultural soils as a sink to mitigate CO 2 emissions
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1997670
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Soil carbon sequestration and biochar as negative emission technologies
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2016638
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The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions
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2020632
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Similar response of labile and resistant soil organic matter pools to changes in temperature
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2005618
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Negative emissions—Part 1: Research landscape and synthesis
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2018598
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Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks
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2008595

About Pete Smith

Pete Smith is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Agronomy and Crop Science and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 800 papers that have together received 66.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (289 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (131 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (115 papers), Bioenergy crop production and management (114 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (97 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (71 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (58 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (51 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (25.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (8.5k citations), Ecology (21.2k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (7.8k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (15.7k citations). Pete Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Jo Smith, David Reay, D. S. Powlson, Astley Hastings, M. Wattenbach, Pete Falloon, Genxing Pan, Stephen M. Ogle, Keith Paustian and Sabine Fuss. Their work appears in journals such as Global Change Biology, GCB Bioenergy, Soil Use and Management, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and The Science of The Total Environment.

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