OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant and Soil is 39. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Patch establishment of the summer annual saltwort plant (Salsola inermis Forssk.) increases N cycling rates and soil nitrous oxide emissions in Israel’s Negev Desert	229
Shoot facilitation contributes more than root facilitation to plant size inequality under environmental stress: theoretical insights from a two-layer zone-of-influence model	161
Short Note: Special issue: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organization	138
Short note	110
Rhizosphere-induced shift in the composition of bacterial community favors mineralization of crop residue nitrogen	93
Layered manure enhances root development via soil hydrothermal optimization in ridge tillage	87
Pigeon pea biochar addition in tropical Arenosol under maize increases gross nitrification rate without an effect on nitrous oxide emission	87
Exploring options for increasing maize yields and grain Zn concentrations in sub-Saharan Africa	82
Correction to: Intraspecific variations in activities of four classes of fine root phosphatases in Quercus serrata, a dominant deciduous oak, occurring across a wide soil phosphorus gradient in Japan	80
Poly-γ-glutamic acid could enhance the salt resistance of maize by collectively increasing the osmotic, ion, and oxidative stresses resistance and enriching the salt-tolerant PGPBs in rhizosphere soil	72
Soil aggregate stability of forest islands and adjacent ecosystems in West Africa	67
Suppression of tomato bacterial wilt by anaerobic soil disinfestation and associations with production of antagonistic compounds	64
Evaluation of nitrous oxide emission by soybean inoculated with Bradyrhizobium strains commonly used as inoculants in South America	61
Correction to: Organic Matter DYnamic model (OMDY) predicts the wood debris decomposition of ten Mediterranean species	59
Direct and indirect impacts of fine root functional traits on decomposition and N loss	55
Conifer and broadleaf trees show a strong co-evolution with rhizosphere diazotrophic microbiome	55
Genetic resources for enhancing drought tolerance from National Genebank collection of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) in India	52
Tree species richness and arbuscular mycorrhizal tree fraction of leaf litter increase carbon and nitrogen retention in soil with macroaggregate and glomalin accrual	49
Differences in soil microbial communities with successional stage depend on vegetation coverage and soil substrates in alpine desert shrublands	49
Interplay between living or dead plant carbon input and soil organic matter – key drivers and agricultural management for soil carbon sequestration	49
Different tillage and stubble management practices affect root growth and wheat production in a semi-arid area	49
Effect of histone acetylation on plant resistance to salt stress	49
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect root morphology locally but not systemically through altering nutrient- and phytohormone-related gene expressions at low soil P level	48
Zinc localization and speciation in rice grain under variable soil zinc deficiency	48
Pseudomonas is a key player in conferring disease suppressiveness in organic farming	47

Intraspecific competition hinders drought recovery in a resident but not in its range-expanding congener plant independent of mycorrhizal symbiosis	46
Adaptive response of rare mountain sedge (Carex Ecostata C.B. Clarke) to hyper-cold environments	46
Effects of different cultivation patterns of grasses on plant community structure, soil physicochemical properties, microbial community structure, and functions	45
Intricate Russian dolls relationships between plants, fungi and bacteria	44
Eruca vesicaria leaf extracts and intercropping mitigate the Kiwifruit Vine Decline Syndrome and modulate the rhizosphere pathobiome	42
Effects of maize/soybean intercropping on nitrogen mineralization and fungal communities in soil	42
Organic Matter DYnamic model (OMDY) predicts the wood debris decomposition of ten Mediterranean species	42
Soil-atmosphere terpene exchanges in the tropical forest of French Guiana with nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application	41
Examining litter and soil characteristics impact on decomposer communities, detritivores and carbon accumulation in the Mediterranean area	41
The role of litter in enhancing water availability to Bromus tectorum L. (cheatgrass) changes according to soils	41
Effect of plastic film and hemp canvas mulching on soil properties, microbial diversity and lettuce yield	41
Biochar alters the morphology of plant roots to enable optimized and reduced nitrogen fertilizer applications	40
A quick and simple spectrophotometric method to determine total carbon concentrations in root exudate samples of grass species	40
Low Si combined with drought causes reduced transpiration in sorghum Lsi1 mutant	39
Synergistic biochar-silicon amendments: a mechanistic study to enhanced salt tolerance and soil health in turfgrass systems	39
Relationship between minerals and physicochemical parameters with fruit quality in ‘Rocha’ pear orchards	39