The Canadian Journal of Soil Science: Glances through the last half-century and into the next
The Canadian Journal of Soil Science (CJSS) is fifty years old! Here we look back and unearth trends and topics in soil science that have enticed us over those 50 years. Some study areas have stayed prominent throughout (e.g., nitrogen); others flourished then waned (e.g., salinity); and still others are now just ascending (e.g., climate change). And the way the papers look too has changed: they have become longer and with more authors, for example. Having looked briefly at the past half-century, we peer ahead into the one coming, mulling some changes, not necessarily to advocate them, but merely as possible seeds for collective pondering. Key words: History, soil science research, scientific writing
Abstract : The guidelines and major emphases of the research conducted during the nearly nine year period of support by the Office of Naval Research are summarized. The substantive results were presented at intervals as 22 Technical Reports and 25 publications, plus 4 publications from closely related work branching from this project. A bibliography is included. (Author)