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1-s2.0-S0048969718322538-mainSpatialdistributionofmetalpollutionofsoilsofChineseprovincialcapitalcities☆XiaoxiaZhang,TonggangZha⁎,XiaopingGuo,GuoxinMeng,JinxingZhouSchoolofSoilandWaterConservation,BeijingForestryUniversity,Beijing100083,ChinaHIGHLIGHTS•ThespatialdistributionofsoilmetalconcentrationsinChinesesoilsispre-sented.•Theoverallurbansoilpollutionwasevaluatedbasedon8metalsandthreemethods•9citieswereprioritycontrolcities,and5elementswereprioritycontrolele-ments.•Thesoutheast/northwestboundaryofurbansoilmetalpatternfitswiththeHu-lineGRAPHICALABSTRACTabstractarticleinfoArticlehistory:Received26March2018Receivedinrevisedform3June2018Accepted14June2018Availableonline4July2018Editor:XinbinFengThisworkdescribesthespatialdistributionofmetalconcentrations,resultingenvironmentalquality,andpoten-tialecologicalrisksusingArcGIS.Thedatawerebasedoncollectingthesoilbackgroundandbaselinevaluesofeightmetalelements(As,Cd,Cr,Cu,Hg,Ni,Pb,andZn)in31Chineseprovincialcapitalcities(PCCs)frompub-lishedli