To gain a better understanding of the global application of soil erosion prediction models, we comprehensively reviewed relevant peer-reviewed research literature on soil-erosion modelling published between 1994 and 2017. We aimed to identify (i) the processes and models most frequently addressed in the literature, (ii) the regions within which models are primarily applied, (iii) the regions which remain unaddressed and why, and (iv) how frequently studies are conducted to validate/evaluate model outcomes relative to measured data. To perform this task, we combined the collective knowledge of 67 soil-erosion scientists from 25 countries. The resulting database, named 'Global Applications of Soil Erosion Modelling Tracker (GASEMT)', includes 3030 individual modelling records from 126 countries, encompassing all continents (except Antarctica). Out of the 8471 articles identified as potentially relevant, we reviewed 1697 appropriate articles and systematically evaluated and transferred 42 relevant attributes into the database. This GASEMT database provides comprehensive insights into the state-of-the-art of soil- erosion models and model applications worldwide. This database intends to support the upcoming country-based United Nations global soil-erosion assessment in addition to helping to inform soil erosion research priorities by building a foundation for future targeted, in-depth analyses. GASEMT is an open-source database available to the entire user-community to develop research, rectify errors, and make future expansions.

Castilla La Mancha University School of Advanced Agricultural and Forestry Engineering Albacete 02071 Spain

Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies Dpt of Environment and Planning University of Aveiro Portugal

Department Agraria University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria Località Feo di Vito 89122 Reggio Calabria Italy

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences University of Milan Via Celoria 2 20133 Milan Italy

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture University of Nebraska Lincoln Lincoln NE United States

Department of Biological Environment Kangwon National University Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks AK USA

Department of Civil Engineering National Taipei University of Technology Taiwan

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Pavia Via Ferrata 1 27100 Pavia Italy

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Pavia Via Ferrata 1 27100 Pavia Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences Environmental Geosciences University of Basel Basel CH 4056 Switzerland; Department of Biological Environment Kangwon National University Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea

Department of Environmental Sciences Environmental Geosciences University of Basel Basel CH 4056 Switzerland

Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation São Carlos School of Engineering CxP 359 São Carlos SP 13566 590 Brazil; Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul CxP 549 Campo Grande MS 79070 900 Brazil

Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture University of Maryland College Park MD USA

Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 54124 Thessaloniki Greece

Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Faculty of Agriculture University of Ankara 06110 Diskapi Ankara Turkey

Department of Veterinary Sciences University of Pisa Pisa Italy

Department of Watershed Management Engineering Faculty of Natural Resources Yazd university Yazd Iran

Estación Experimental de Aula Dei Spanish National Research Council Avenida Montañana 1005 50059 Zaragoza Spain

European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Italy

Faculty of Agriculture University of Torbat Heydarieh Torbat Heydarieh Iran

Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Kamýcká 129 Praha Suchdol 165 00 Czech Republic

Faculty of Natural Resources University of Tehran Tehran Iran

Faculty of Science and Technology Free University of Bozen Bolzano Bolzano Italy

Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul CxP 549 Campo Grande MS 79070 900 Brazil

Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research Earth and Life Institute Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium

INRAE Unité InfoSol Orléans 45075 France

Institute of Geography and Geoecology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany; Faculty of Agricultural Sciences National University of Loja Ecuador

Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility Strada delle Cacce 73 10135 Torino Italy

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics Ethiopia

International Platform for Dryland Research and Education Tottori University Tottori 680 0001 Japan

ISRIC World Soil Information Wageningen the Netherlands

Julius Kühn Institute Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment Kleinmachnow Germany

Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research Muencheberg Germany

Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Department of Ecohydrology 12587 Berlin Germany

Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Germany

Met European Research Observatory International Affiliates Program of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Via Monte Pino snc 82100 Benevento Italy

Minas Gerais State University Campus Frutal Brazil

Normandie Univ Rouen UNIROUEN UNICAEN CNRS M2C FED SCALE Rouen France

Romanian Academy Iasi Branch Geography Group 8 Carol 1 700505 Iasi Romania

School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide Australia

School of Environmental and Rural Science University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Australia

School of Environmental Ecology and Biological Engineering Wuhan Institute of Technology Wuhan 430205 China

Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group Department of Geography University of Valencia Valencia Spain

Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group Department of Geography University of Valencia Valencia Spain; Department of Physical Geography University of Trier 54296 Trier Germany

Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen University Wageningen the Netherlands

Soil Research Institute Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Kwadaso Kumasi Ghana

Southwest Watershed Research Center USDA ARS 2000 E Allen Rd Tucson AZ 85719 United States

State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology Faculty of Geographical Science Beijing Normal University Beijing China

State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology Faculty of Geographical Science Beijing Normal University Beijing China; Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development Faculty of Geographical Science Beijing Normal University Beijing China

State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau Institute of Soil and Water Conservation Northwest A and F University Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China

Team Soil Water and Land Use Wageningen Environmental Research Wageningen 6708RC Netherlands

Unité de Recherche en Science du Sol INRAE Orléans 45075 France; Sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers Orléans University 45067 Orléans France

University Hassiba Benbouali of Chlef Laboratory of Chemistry Vegetable Water Energy Algeria

University of Bari Aldo Moro Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Bari Italy

University of Ljubljana Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering Ljubljana Slovenia

University of Turin Department of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences Largo Paolo Braccini 2 10095 Grugliasco Italy

University of Twente Faculty of Geo Information Science and Earth Observation PO Box 217 Enschede AE 7500 the Netherlands

Water and Soil Resources Research Group Institute of Geography Universität Augsburg Alter Postweg 118 86159 Augsburg Germany

Water Research Institute National Research Council Bari Italy

World Food Programme Roma 00148 Italy; University of Leicester Centre for Landscape and Climate Research Department of Geography University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK

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