OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geoderma is 50. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The contribution of microbial activity to soil–water interactions and soil microstructural stability of a silty loam soil under moisture dynamics	282
Modelling of soil mechanical stability and hydraulic permeability of the interface between coated biopore and matrix pore regions	271
Thermogravimetric data suggest synergy between different organic fractions and clay in soil structure formation	124
Preferential flow in soils is key to the development of nebkhas in water limited regions	118
Variations and controlling factors of soil CO2 release at daytime and nighttime scales in the loess hilly regions of China	116
Creating soil districts for Australia based on pedogenon mapping	113
Impacts of groundwater storage variability on soil salinization in a semi-arid agricultural plain	107
How will permafrost carbon respond to future climate change? A new assessment for future thaw trends of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau	105
Soil physicochemical properties explain land use/cover histories in the last sixty years in China	101
Soil dissolved organic matter quality and bacterial community composition regulate the substrate-binding affinity of hydrolytic enzymes under short-term nitrogen addition	97
Chemical and hydrological controls on salt accumulation in irrigated soils of southwestern U.S	97
Stronger link of nosZI than nosZII to the higher total N2O consumption in anoxic paddy surface soils	90
Timber plantations do not homogenize soil arthropod diversity but do alter species composition	85
Can application of liquid dairy manure onto no-tillage oxisols reduce runoff, sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen losses over 9 years of natural rainfall?	81
Nematodes require space: The relationship between nematode community assemblage and soil carbon across varying aggregate fractions	80
Biochar amendment benefits 15N fertilizer retention and rhizosphere N enrichment in a maize-soil system	79
Plant responses to nitrate and ammonium availability in Australian soils as measured by diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) and KCl extraction	76
Diverse regulations on the accumulation of fungal and bacterial necromass in cropland soils	75
Factors limiting microbial N2O and CO2 production in a cultivated peatland overlying an acid sulphate subsoil derived from black schist	70
Litterfall quality modulates soil ammonium and nitrate supply through altering microbial function in bamboo encroachment of broadleaf forests	67
Non-typical degraded and regraded humus forms in metal-contaminated areas, or there and back again	66
Spatial distribution of urea induced ammonia loss potentials of German cropland soils	65
Interaction of fulvic acid with soil organo-mineral nano-aggregates and corresponding phosphate release	64
National-scale mapping of soil-thickness probability in hilly and mountainous areas of Japan using legacy and modern soil survey	64
Effect of smart phone cameras on color-based prediction of soil organic matter content	63

Soil organic carbon stocks maintained despite intensification of shifting cultivation	63
Lithology-driven soil properties control of N2O production by ammonia oxidizers in subtropical forest soils	61
Land-use- and climate-mediated variations in soil bacterial and fungal biomass across Europe and their driving factors	61
Geochemical evidence of illuvial processes in clay-rich soils on limestones in a humid temperate climate	61
Deep soil moisture limits the sustainable vegetation restoration in arid and semi-arid Loess Plateau	60
Crop rotational diversity enhances soil microbiome network complexity and multifunctionality	59
Soil carbon change in intensive agriculture after 25 years of conservation management	59
Geochemical factors controlling the mobilization of geogenic cadmium in soils developed on carbonate bedrocks in Southwest China	59
Molecular diversity and the fate of biochemical fractions of eucalypt tissues in soil	58
Nitrogen immobilization caused by chemical formation of black- and amide-N in soil	57
Field-ready methods for casting soil biopores	56
Visual assessment of soil structural quality across soil textures and compaction levels – Part II: Examination of profile walls vs Intact soil cores	56
Deforestation alters protease regulation by amino acids	55
Editorial Board	54
Editorial Board	54
Linkages between soil organic matter and magnetic mineral formation in agricultural fields in southeastern Minnesota, USA	53
Editorial Board	52
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Soil organic matter changes under experimental pedoclimatic modifications in mountain grasslands of the French Alps	52
Editorial Board	52
Dual effects of carbon in Red Ferralitic soils in the San José de Las Lajas Polje, Cuba	51
Microbial mechanisms for methane source-to-sink transition after wetland conversion to cropland	51
Influences of plant traits on the retention and redistribution of bioavailable nitrogen within the plant-soil system	51
Soil burrow characterization by 3D image analysis: Prediction of macroinvertebrate groups from biopore size distribution parameters	50
Weathering of Viamão granodiorite, South Brazil: Part 1 – Clay minerals formation and increase in total porosity	50
Spectral soil analysis for fertilizer recommendations by coupling with QUEFTS for maize in East Africa: A sensitivity analysis	50
Editorial Board	50
Comment on “Characterizing detachment and transport processes of interrill soil erosion, Geoderma 376 (2020) 114549”	50