OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geoderma is 57. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Comment on “Characterizing detachment and transport processes of interrill soil erosion, Geoderma 376 (2020) 114549”	340
Editorial Board	322
Can application of liquid dairy manure onto no-tillage oxisols reduce runoff, sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen losses over 9 years of natural rainfall?	154
Fragmentation alters the soil water conservation capacity of hillside alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	149
Balanced fertilization management to protect soil inorganic carbon stocks and reduce soil CO2 emissions	137
Phosphorus solubility changes following additions of bioenergy wastes to an agricultural soil: Implications for crop availability and environmental mobility	137
25-years of stewardship programs enhance regenerative outcomes in river delta soils of southwestern British Columbia, Canada	132
Diverse regulations on the accumulation of fungal and bacterial necromass in cropland soils	129
Redox-driven changes in organic C stabilization and Fe mineral transformations in temperate hydromorphic soils	129
Evaluating the impact of using digital soil mapping products as input for spatializing a crop model: The case of drainage and maize yield simulated by STICS in the Berambadi catchment (India)	122
Soil quality improvement on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau induced by soil hydrothermal changes from 1980s to 2020s	105
Exploitation of the SoilPRO® (SP) apparatus to measure soil surface reflectance in the field: Five case studies	98
Using soil classification to improve interpretation of biological soil health indicators	94
Nitrification inhibitors reduce N2O emissions from Mollisols by potentially targeting Nitrosospira cluster 3a and denitrifiers	92
Variations and controlling factors of soil CO2 release at daytime and nighttime scales in the loess hilly regions of China	90
Driving factors of variation in fertilizer nitrogen recovery efficiency in maize cropping systems across China and its microbial mechanism	87
Global meta-analysis reveals differential effects of climate and litter quality on soil fauna-mediated litter decomposition across size classes	87
Rock fragment content alters spatiotemporal patterns of soil water content and temperature: Evidence from a field experiment	85
Heat pulse probe design optimization using numerical simulation	83
Sensitivity of soil dust emissions to driving factor variability in earth's main drylands	79
Estimating soil bacterial abundance and diversity in the Southeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	79
Influences of plant traits on the retention and redistribution of bioavailable nitrogen within the plant-soil system	78
High resolution soil moisture mapping in 3D space and time using machine learning and depth functions	76
Rediscovering the edaphic knowledge of smallholder farmers in southern Ecuador	75
Soil burrow characterization by 3D image analysis: Prediction of macroinvertebrate groups from biopore size distribution parameters	75

Phosphorus abundance and speciation in acid forest Podzols – Effect of postglacial weathering	74
Stronger link of nosZI than nosZII to the higher total N2O consumption in anoxic paddy surface soils	73
Applications and challenges of digital soil mapping in Africa	72
Do soil names matter in scientific publications?	72
Assessing digital elevation model resolution for soil organic carbon prediction	72
Arbuscular mycorrhizal traits are good indicators of soil multifunctionality in drylands	71
Faeces traits as unifying predictors of detritivore effects on organic matter turnover	70
Seasonal cryogenic processes control supra-permafrost pore water chemistry in two contrasting Cryosols	69
Equations for soil freezing characteristics curves based on the thermodynamics principles	68
The effectiveness of digital soil mapping with temporal variables in modeling soil organic carbon changes	68
Soil aminopeptidase activities under 145-year crop rotation and fertility practices in the North Central US	68
How will permafrost carbon respond to future climate change? A new assessment for future thaw trends of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau	66
Quantifying the influencing factors of the thermal state of permafrost in Northeast China	66
Digital soil mapping of peatland using airborne radiometric data and supervised machine learning – Implication for the assessment of carbon stock	65
Land use conversion and soil moisture affect the magnitude and pattern of soil-borne N2, NO, and N2O emissions	65
Soil erosion models verification in a small catchment for different time windows with changing cropland boundary	63
Allocation of foliar-P fractions of Alhagi sparsifolia and its relationship with soil-P fractions and soil properties in a hyperarid desert ecosystem	63
Long-term effects of biochar application on rhizobacteria community and winter wheat growth on the Loess Plateau in China	63
Applying biochar under topsoil facilitates soil carbon sequestration: A case study in a dryland agricultural system on the Loess Plateau	63
Contribution of root decay process on soil infiltration capacity and soil water replenishment of planted forestland in semi-arid regions	62
Changes in soil surface properties under simulated rainfall and the effect of surface roughness on runoff, infiltration and soil loss	62
Soil addition improves multifunctionality of degraded grasslands through increasing fungal richness and network complexity	62
Livestock trampling regulates the soil carbon exchange by mediating surface roughness and biocrust cover	61
Evaluating soil water and salt transport in response to varied rainfall events and hydrological years under brackish water irrigation in the North China Plain	61
Soil inorganic carbon distribution, stocks and environmental thresholds along a major climatic gradient	61
Impacts of groundwater storage variability on soil salinization in a semi-arid agricultural plain	61
Biocrusts: Engineers and architects of surface soil properties, functions, and processes in dryland ecosystems	60
Factors limiting microbial N2O and CO2 production in a cultivated peatland overlying an acid sulphate subsoil derived from black schist	60
Biochar-based urea increases soil methane uptake in a subtropical forest	60
Enhanced plant growth in the presence of earthworms correlates with changes in soil microbiota but not nutrient availability	59
Urban soil properties distinguished by parent material, land use, time since urbanization, and pre-urban geomorphology	58
Editorial Board	58
Highway to health: Microbial pathways of soil organic carbon accrual in conservation farming systems	57