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29th May, 2019 Biennial meeting of the Soil Ecology Society, Toledo, Ohio
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 50th Anniversary of publication
1969 – 2019
Karl Ritz Editor-in-Chief
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Richard Burns
Former über-Chief Editor of SBB “Please pass on warm greetings from Australia and a big thank you from me to all present for their selfless contributions over the years”
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April 1969 1991 2008
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Professor John Waid
1927 - 2012
Founder, Soil Biology & Biochemistry
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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE [1969] Executive Editor • John Waid Editor-in-Chief • EW Russell (Reading University) Committee • CA Edwards (Rothamsted) • SD Garrett (Cambridge University) • FCW Jones (Rothamsted) • A. Macfadyen (Ulster University) • JE Satchell (Merlewood) • DM Webley (Macaulay Insitute)
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“I express the hope that all soil biologists and biochemists will consider this their journal, and will help make it a success by contributing research papers to it”.
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Some statistics
• 135 volumes • 10,106 research papers/reviews • 479,688 citations • 117 countries
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Papers per year
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Country of origin
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Most cited paper (n=6,204)
Soil Biology & Biochemistry (1987) 19, 703-707 Phil Brookes and his team, 2019
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Most prolific author
Davey Jones (Bangor University, UK) has published 104 papers in SBB “Whenever I read SBB I always know that the papers will be good. The editors of the journal are excellent and fair. Thank you SBB !”
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Most prolific female author
Ellen Kandeler (Universität Hohenheim) has published 63 papers in SBB “SBB is my absolute favourite journal! Congratulations and best wishes for the next years!”
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Most prolific reviewer
Vadakattu VSR Gupta has reviewed 193 papers for SBB “I consider that the journal Soil Biology Biochemistry truly epitomizes the spirit of functional soil biology as an integral part of soil as a whole”
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10,000th paper
Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2019) 131, 71-80
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New paper type Perspectives
• an insightful perspective on any subject covered by the aims and scope
• comments, views/opinions on topics, discussions, summaries of state-of-the-art
• any form that best suits the topic, conveys the key points effectively and encourages insightful and creative thinking
• any length but should be content-rich and concise.
• subject to peer-review
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SBB EDITORIAL ETHOS
• We serve the discipline and the scientific community
• We publish highly robust, insightful and novel research in the discipline, via a consummately professional and considered process of editorial handling and peer-review