Special Issue, “Applied Pedology: Practical Solutions Across a Variety of Disciplines and Issues” in Soil Use and Management
m.bronnikova
Dear members of paleopedology google group,
I am writing to you on behalf of the Guest Editors of the Special Issue, “Applied Pedology: Practical Solutions Across a Variety of Disciplines and Issues” in Soil Use and Management. The special Issue is framed within the IUSS initiatives of the Research Forum for the 2025-2034 Decade of Soil Sciences for Sustainable Development (DSSSD) (www.iuss.org/decade-of-soil-sciences-for-sustainable-development/). We’d like to extend an invitation for you to submit your work to our special issue before the 1 September 2026 deadline.
Topics of interest for this call for papers include but are not restricted to:
- Pedology based frameworks for defining applied sciences research;
- Pedology central to the development of testable hypotheses for applied soil sciences;
- Critical role of pedology for understanding landscape evolution;
- Understanding soil carbon dynamics through a pedological lens;
- Soil functions research informed by pedological concepts;
- Pedology for geoarchaeology — practical applications;
- Utility of soil classification in the interpretation of climate change impacts;
- Pedological tools to support agricultural research;
- Pedology, land use and conversion;
- Pedology underpinnings of effective large data-based soil research, in agriculture, forestry;
- Pedology for understanding soil degradation risks and remediation options;
- Pedology for understanding soil hydrology;
- Pedology informing the management of extreme and marginal lands (permafrost, saline, arid, acid, etc.);
- Pedology in urban environment;
- Pedology for soil carbon sequestration strategies;
- Pedology as a tool to enhance human health.
For more information on the scope of the special issue, please refer to the Call for Papers.
You can submit your manuscript through our journal submission system. Please follow the Author Guidelines and select the special issue title when asked: “Is this submission for a special issue?”.
We would be enormously grateful if you could let us know your decision via this form within 2 weeks of the receipt of this email invitation.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Best regards,
(he/him/his)
Content Acquisition Specialist, Strategic Content Acquisition
Maria Bronnikova
SI “Applied Pedology: Practical Solutions Across a Variety of Disciplines and Issues” guest editor