Yakov Kuzyakov
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| Yakov Kuzyakov | |
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| Born | 27 August 1963 Moscow, USSR |
| 🏫 Education | Russian State Agrarian University, University of Halle |
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Yakov Kuzyakov (born in 1963) is a soil scientist[1] who works at the University of Göttingen at the Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems department.[2][3] He is also affiliated with the RUDN University[4] Since September 2026, his work has been scrutinized. Four of his papers have been retracted due to serious ethical violations during the peer review and editorial process.[5][6][7][8]
Research and career
Kuzyakov graduated in 1986 from the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Halle, Germany. In 1990, he defended his PhD thesis at the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy under the supervision of Alexey Fokin. From 1990 to 1993, he headed the radioisotopic laboratory at the same institute. In 1993, Kuzyakov continued his research at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops in Germany. He completed his habilitation at the University of Hohenheim in 1997, under the supervision of Karl Stahr. In 2006, he took up a professorship at the department of Agroecosystem Research at the University of Bayreuth. Since 2011, he has headed the department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems and the department of Agricultural Soil Science at the University of Göttingen.[9][10]
Controversies
In 2026, his work came under scrutiny for unethical behavior. As an editor for the Elsevier European Journal of Soil Biology, he edited several of his own papers. As of September 2026, three of the papers in that journal that he authored and edited himself were retracted. All three papers had also been reviewed by at least 1 reviewer closely linked to him, compromising the editorial process.[5][6][7] A fourth paper he authored in a second Elsevier journal, Science of the Total Environment, was retracted due to suspicious changes in authors on the paper during the review process.[8]
Scientific achievements
Kuzyakov was a highly cited researcher in the field of Agricultural Sciences between 2015 and 2020,[11][12] and was included in the list of the most cited Russian scientists in 2017.[13] Currently, Yakov has published more than 1115 scientific papers,[14][15] giving him a H-index of 146. He is the author of 60+ scientific reviews and has several papers that are highly cited. Four of his papers published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry have been listed as the most cited over the last 50 years [16] In 2026, Kuzyakov was awarded the Agricultural & Biological Sciences Subject Award.[17]
Research interests
Kuzyakov specialises in soil ecology and soil biogeochemistry (lipids, low molecular organic substances), agriculture, land use, agroecology, C and N cycles, priming effects, soil-plant interactions (rhizosphere processes), in-depth study of rhizodeposition, partitioning of CO2 fluxes from soil and application of radioactive and stable isotope labelling approaches in soil science.[18] He has conducted research in all climatic zones, including cold deserts andtropical areas, and in various ecosystems, including agricultural lands, forests, mountains and pastures.[19][20][21]
References
- ↑ "Yakov Kuzyakov / Яков Кузяков". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Staff list of Institute of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems". uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ↑ "Staff list of Institute of Soil Science". uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ https://eng.rudn.ru/science/rudn-scientists/yakov-kuzyakov/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Maharjan, Menuka; Maranguit, Deejay; Kuzyakov, Yakov (May 2018). "RETRACTED: Phosphorus fractions in subtropical soils depending on land use". European Journal of Soil Biology. 87: 17–24. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.04.002.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Qiu, Husen; Zheng, Xiaodong; Ge, Tida; Dorodnikov, Maxim; Chen, Xiangbi; Hu, Yajun; Kuzyakov, Yakov; Wu, Jinshui; Su, Yirong; Zhang, Zhenhua (November 2017). "RETRACTED: Weaker priming and mineralisation of low molecular weight organic substances in paddy than in upland soil". European Journal of Soil Biology. 83: 9–17. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.09.008.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Qiu, Husen; Ge, Tida; Liu, Jieyun; Chen, Xiangbi; Hu, Yajun; Wu, Jinshui; Su, Yirong; Kuzyakov, Yakov (January 2018). "RETRACTED: Effects of biotic and abiotic factors on soil organic matter mineralization: Experiments and structural modeling analysis". European Journal of Soil Biology. 84: 27–34. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.12.003.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wu, Cuiyan; Huang, Wei; Liu, Yixian; Li, Han; Ding, Shuai; Zhu, Zhenke; Wang, Feng; Dijkstra, Feike A.; Zhang, Guangbin; Kuzyakov, Yakov; Cheng, Weiguo; Xiao, Mouliang; Ge, Tida (10 December 2024). "RETRACTED: Physicochemically protected organic carbon release is the rate-limiting step of rhizosphere priming in paddy soils". Science of The Total Environment. 955. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176859. Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ "Staff list of Institute of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems". uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ↑ "Staff list of Institute of Soil Science". uni-goettingen.de. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ↑ "Viel zitierte Göttinger Wissenschaftler". GT - Göttinger Tageblatt (in Deutsch). 19 February 2018. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ↑ "Highly Cited Researchers". publons.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ↑ Ирина Смазневич (2018-02-21). "Самые высокоцитируемые российские ученые 2017 года". 4science.
- ↑ "Yakov Kuzyakov's Publons profile". publons.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ↑ "Yakov Kuzyakov". wwwuser.gwdg.de. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ↑ "Fifty years of SBB: The most cited articles for each year - Article Selections: Virtual Special Issues - Soil Biology and Biochemistry - Journal - Elsevier".
- ↑ "Agricultural & Biological Sciences finalists | RCI Subject Awards 2026". www.globalresearchpartnerships.com.
- ↑ "Yakov Kuzyakov". Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
- ↑ Stock, S; Koester, M; Najera, F; Boy, J; Matus, F; Merino, C; Abdallah, K; Spielvogel, S; Gorbushina, A; Dippold, M; Kuzyakov, Y (2022). "Vegetation strategies for nitrogen and potassium acquisition along a climate and vegetation gradient: From semi-desert to temperate rainforest". Geoderma. 425. Bibcode:2022Geode.42516077S. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116077. Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Matus, F; Mendosa, D; Najera, F; Merino, C; Kuzyakov, Y; Wilhelm, K; Boy, J; Aburto, F; Jofré, I; Dippold, M (2023). "Freezing–thawing cycles affect organic matter decomposition in periglacial maritime Antarctic soils". Biogeochemistry. 163 (3): 311–325. Bibcode:2023Biogc.163..311M. doi:10.1007/s10533-023-01032-z.
- ↑ Kuzyakov, Y; Zamanian, K. (2019). "Reviews and syntheses: Agropedogenesis – Humankind as the sixth soil-forming factor and attractors of agricultural soil degradation". Biogeosciences. 16 (24): 4783–4803. Bibcode:2019BGeo...16.4783K. doi:10.5194/bg-16-4783-2019.
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