OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geoderma is 53. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Stronger link of nosZI than nosZII to the higher total N2O consumption in anoxic paddy surface soils	307
Comment on “Characterizing detachment and transport processes of interrill soil erosion, Geoderma 376 (2020) 114549”	297
Editorial Board	135
Can application of liquid dairy manure onto no-tillage oxisols reduce runoff, sediment, phosphorus, and nitrogen losses over 9 years of natural rainfall?	133
Estimating soil bacterial abundance and diversity in the Southeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	125
Equations for soil freezing characteristics curves based on the thermodynamics principles	119
Phosphorus solubility changes following additions of bioenergy wastes to an agricultural soil: Implications for crop availability and environmental mobility	118
Soil aminopeptidase activities under 145-year crop rotation and fertility practices in the North Central US	115
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)	111
Soil quality improvement on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau induced by soil hydrothermal changes from 1980s to 2020s	110
Nitrification inhibitors reduce N2O emissions from Mollisols by potentially targeting Nitrosospira cluster 3a and denitrifiers	101
Faeces traits as unifying predictors of detritivore effects on organic matter turnover	94
Assessing digital elevation model resolution for soil organic carbon prediction	94
Exploitation of the SoilPRO® (SP) apparatus to measure soil surface reflectance in the field: Five case studies	90
Soil erosion models verification in a small catchment for different time windows with changing cropland boundary	86
Seasonal cryogenic processes control supra-permafrost pore water chemistry in two contrasting Cryosols	85
25-years of stewardship programs enhance regenerative outcomes in river delta soils of southwestern British Columbia, Canada	83
Soil burrow characterization by 3D image analysis: Prediction of macroinvertebrate groups from biopore size distribution parameters	81
Variations and controlling factors of soil CO2 release at daytime and nighttime scales in the loess hilly regions of China	74
Fragmentation alters the soil water conservation capacity of hillside alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	73
Digital soil mapping of peatland using airborne radiometric data and supervised machine learning – Implication for the assessment of carbon stock	72
Long-term effects of biochar application on rhizobacteria community and winter wheat growth on the Loess Plateau in China	71
The effectiveness of digital soil mapping with temporal variables in modeling soil organic carbon changes	70
Global meta-analysis reveals differential effects of climate and litter quality on soil fauna-mediated litter decomposition across size classes	69
How will permafrost carbon respond to future climate change? A new assessment for future thaw trends of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau	68

Soil inorganic carbon distribution, stocks and environmental thresholds along a major climatic gradient	67
Urban soil properties distinguished by parent material, land use, time since urbanization, and pre-urban geomorphology	67
Diverse regulations on the accumulation of fungal and bacterial necromass in cropland soils	67
Simulation of soil water content through the combination of meteorological and satellite data	65
Influences of plant traits on the retention and redistribution of bioavailable nitrogen within the plant-soil system	64
Impact of burning on soil organic carbon of maize-upland rice system in Mae Chaem Basin of Northern Thailand	64
Chemical and hydrological controls on salt accumulation in irrigated soils of southwestern U.S	63
Applying biochar under topsoil facilitates soil carbon sequestration: A case study in a dryland agricultural system on the Loess Plateau	63
Applications and challenges of digital soil mapping in Africa	62
Sensitivity of soil dust emissions to driving factor variability in earth's main drylands	62
Rock fragment content alters spatiotemporal patterns of soil water content and temperature: Evidence from a field experiment	61
Using soil classification to improve interpretation of biological soil health indicators	60
Arbuscular mycorrhizal traits are good indicators of soil multifunctionality in drylands	60
Driving factors of variation in fertilizer nitrogen recovery efficiency in maize cropping systems across China and its microbial mechanism	60
Land use conversion and soil moisture affect the magnitude and pattern of soil-borne N2, NO, and N2O emissions	59
Changes in soil surface properties under simulated rainfall and the effect of surface roughness on runoff, infiltration and soil loss	59
Redox-driven changes in organic C stabilization and Fe mineral transformations in temperate hydromorphic soils	58
Allocation of foliar-P fractions of Alhagi sparsifolia and its relationship with soil-P fractions and soil properties in a hyperarid desert ecosystem	58
Spatial distribution of urea induced ammonia loss potentials of German cropland soils	57
Factors limiting microbial N2O and CO2 production in a cultivated peatland overlying an acid sulphate subsoil derived from black schist	57
Soil addition improves multifunctionality of degraded grasslands through increasing fungal richness and network complexity	57
Biochar-based urea increases soil methane uptake in a subtropical forest	56
Impacts of groundwater storage variability on soil salinization in a semi-arid agricultural plain	55
Quantifying the influencing factors of the thermal state of permafrost in Northeast China	55
Heat pulse probe design optimization using numerical simulation	55
Do soil names matter in scientific publications?	54
High resolution soil moisture mapping in 3D space and time using machine learning and depth functions	54
Enhanced plant growth in the presence of earthworms correlates with changes in soil microbiota but not nutrient availability	54
Contribution of root decay process on soil infiltration capacity and soil water replenishment of planted forestland in semi-arid regions	53
Phosphorus abundance and speciation in acid forest Podzols – Effect of postglacial weathering	53