Editor`s pick: selected articles from 2017

1. The impact of hydrogen emission on the structure of soil microbial biomass
   L.M. Polyanskaya, A.L. Stepanov, and K.V. Chakmazyan, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 57–63
2. Soil-like bodies on Mars
   V.O. Targulian, N.S. Mergelov, and S.V. Goryachkin, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp 185–197
3. Ecological evaluation of oil-contaminated soils (Sakhalin) using enchytraeidae
   E.I. Kovaleva, A.S. Yakovlev, M.G. Nikolaenko (Kegiyan), A.O. Makarov, and A.A. Makarov, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 3, pp 350–358
4. Anthropogenic sediments and soils of tells of the Balkans and Anatolia: Composition, genesis, and relationships with the history of landscape and human occupation
   S.N. Sedov, A.L. Aleksandrovskii, M. Benz, V.I. Balabina, T.N. Mishina, V.A. Shishkov, F. Şahin, and V. Özkaya, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 4, pp 373–386
5. Synthesis of organo-montmorillonite and its effect on soil urease and L-glutaminase activites
   M.Z. Abolhasani, A. Lakzian, A. Fotovat, and R. Khorasani, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 5, pp 613–619
6. The role of large arthropods in the development of halomorphic soils in the south of Siberia
   V.G. Mordkovich and I.I. Lyubechanskii, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 6, pp 688–700
7. Soil catenas on denudation plains in the forest-tundra and northern taiga zones of the Kola Peninsula
   I.S. Urusevskaya, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 7, pp 765–779
8. The emission of carbon dioxide from soils of the Pasvik nature reserve in the Kola Subarctic
   M.S. Kadulin, I.E. Smirnova, and G.N. Koptsyk, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 9, pp 1055–1068
9. Laboratory analytical methods for the determination of the hydrocarbon status of soils (a review)
   Yu.I. Pikovskii, L.A. Korotkov, M.A. Smirnova, and R.G. Kovach, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 10, pp 1125–1137
10. Effect of humic acids on the metabolism of Chlorella vulgaris in a model experiment
    M.A. Toropkina, A.G. Ryumin, I.O. Kechaikina, and S.N. Chukov, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 11, pp 1294–1300
11. Temperature regime of solonetzic meadow-chernozemic permafrost-affected soil in a long-term cycle
    R.V. Desyatkin and A.R. Desyatkin, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 11, pp 1301–1310
12. Thermal Desorption Analysis of Effective Specific Soil Surface Area
    A.V. Smagin, A.S. Bashina, V.V. Klyueva, and A.V. Kubareva, Eurasian Soil Science, 2017, Volume 50, Issue 12, pp 1428–1434