Soil Nitrogen Cycling—a Keystone in Ecological Sustainability, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Nitrogen (ISSN 2504-3129).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1051
Editors
Interests: soil nitrogen cycling; soil microbial ecology; greenhouse gas emissions; agricultural sustainability
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Interests: carbon cycles; nutrient use efficiency; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The first edition of the Special Issue Soil Nitrogen Cycling—a Keystone in Ecological Sustainability was closed in 2025: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nitrogen/special_issues/J3E1J1R9JK.
It was a successful collection, with four excellent papers, and this success has encouraged us to launch a second edition on the same topic. As a continuation of the first Special Issue, this second edition will gather insights and findings from diverse perspectives, offering a platform for sharing innovative research in the Soil Nitrogen Cycling field.
We are looking for submissions covering a range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Biogeochemical processes of soil nitrogen cycling;
- The role of nitrogen cycling in agricultural ecosystems;
- Impacts of nitrogen management strategies on ecosystems and crop yields;
- Interactions between nitrogen cycling and global changes such as climate change and land use change;
- Innovative methodologies and technologies in the study of nitrogen cycling.
We await your contributions, which will enrich our understanding of the significance of soil nitrogen cycling in ecological sustainability
Dr. Cong Wang
Dr. Ji Liu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nitrogen is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- biogeochemical processes
- ecosystems
- crop yields
- global changes
- agricultural sustainability
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