I’ve handled the review of > 1000 papers at @nature. Over time, you notice aspects of presentation on which reviewers tend to comment. In the interests of minimizing hassles during review, I offer the following suggestions (a bit targeted to climate papers).

I know this paper is ready to be published because I hate it now and I never want to see it again.

As you read my papers, please remember that anything that you didn’t like was requested by reviewers and everything that you did like was my idea

Adapting to another set of analyzers to measure soil fluxes (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxides) using long-term chambers #LiCOR #GreenhouseGas #LongtermChambers 🌱 🌍

It's a joy to share our latest article! Enjoy 50 days of free access [authors.elsevier.com/c/1hyVK_L84rxV…]

This time we are driving from Clovis, NM to St Louis, MO for Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies annual meeting! See you there whoever are attending. #ACSMtg

Had a great time presenting our research findings in ⁦Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science Societies⁩ annual meeting, St Louis, MO. See you all in next year’s meeting in San Antonio, TX. #ACSmtg

Increasing soil organic matter is difficult. How difficult? Here are the numbers: To increase SOM 1%➡️1.1% (=11 tons in top 6"), with 1%/yr loss, requires ~6.7 tons/ac biomass = 223 corn or 239 bu/ac wheat crops. See my calculations, do your own...csanr.wsu.edu/putting-number…

Hot off the press: another article from my PhD research! This article shows how cover crops improve soil health and store organic C in irrigated cropping systems. Thank you, co-authors Rajan Ghimire Veronica Acosta Martinez. Here's the 50-day access link authors.elsevier.com/a/1i6mUcA-Inxyp

Rangelands make up nearly 760 million acres of contiguous U.S. land base and are currently being examined for their capacity to reduce climate change. 🌎🌱pubs.nmsu.edu/_b/B827/index.…

Happy world soil day! It feels great to learn the hidden world and mysteries beneath our feet! #WorldSoilDay #SoilScience

Recently, a paper on #covercrops & #soilcarbon made a lot of noise. We believe the analysis was flawed and biased, see our comment Christopher Poeplau @angers_da ROMENS damien beillouin Claire Chenu Julien DEMENOIS Daniel Plaza-Bonilla @EricJustes @ChiaraDeNotaris onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

PUBLICATION ALERT! Our recent article showed cover cropping potential to sequester carbon in semiarid irrigated forage systems. Four years of cover cropping resulted in 7–22% greater soil organic C storage at 0–80 cm profile than the control. authors.elsevier.com/c/1iX1Ic13yZGdP

"How did this get past the reviewers??" I am again asking that we stop blaming reviewers for bad papers. Reviewers spend time & effort with no compensation, and their suggestions are often overlooked. The people responsible are those who actually wrote the paper -- the authors

Expanding research scope beyond croplands: we started investigating soil greenhouse gas fluxes in rangeland environments! #SoilScience #ClimateResearch #Rangelands Photo by: Rajan Ghimire

New in Geoderma Regional: “Surface soil sampling underestimates soil carbon and nitrogen storage of long-term cover cropping” by Yajun Peng and Laura L. Van Eerd sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Ever wonder why soil test results can be so inconsistent? New research shared findings and ways to improve soil health monitoring for long-term success! ow.ly/gnS950Wq4Hl #SoilHealth #Agriculture #FarmLife #SustainableFarming #SoilScience #OrganicCarbon #SoilTesting

Soil health considerations after harvesting summer silage crops agproud.com/articles/61947… Progressive Forage

Wrapping up this year’s field activities with the final planting for our small grain forage trial. Excited to analyze performance and collect data next season! 🌾📊 #ForageResearch

Excited to share our new publication! Integrating alfalfa into bermudagrass maintained similar forage yields as monocultures. Mixtures improved forage nutritional quality, while soil carbon and nitrogen pools remained unaffected. doi.org/10.1002/agj2.7… #ForageScience #SoilHealth