TY - JOUR T1 - Towards exploring the hybrid soil erosion processes: Theoretical considerations JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 155A LP - 157A DO - 10.2489/jswc.67.6.155A VL - 67 IS - 6 AU - Liang-Jun Hu Y1 - 2012/11/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/67/6/155A.abstract N2 - The period between 1980 and 2000 saw rapid developments in soil erosion research, characterized by an extensive list of models created to elucidate, simulate, or predict a series of erosion processes at multiple scales and in many ways (e.g., conceptually, empirically, physically process-based, or in combination, by use of tools ranging from field plot experiment to remote sensing and computer systems) (De Roo et al. 1996; Ingram et al. 1996; Jetten et al. 1999; Fryear et al. 2000). However, more recently, soil erosion research, similar to its mother subject soil science (Myrold 2011), has been declining. This is evident not only from the impact metrics within the soil science journals, but particularly in comparison with related disciplines that have seen significant impact increases in recent years, including ecology, plant science, and environmental science. Many traditional soil erosion research topics have been appearing with significantly less frequency in the major journals of the discipline, such as Catena, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, European Journal of Soil Science, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, and Geomorphology. These established areas of research most often interpret on-site effects… ER -