OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant and Soil is 40. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

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	239
Shoot facilitation contributes more than root facilitation to plant size inequality under environmental stress: theoretical insights from a two-layer zone-of-influence model	166
Short Note: Special issue: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organization	143
Short note	121
Layered manure enhances root development via soil hydrothermal optimization in ridge tillage	94
Exploring options for increasing maize yields and grain Zn concentrations in sub-Saharan Africa	92
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	90
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	84
Correction to: Organic Matter DYnamic model (OMDY) predicts the wood debris decomposition of ten Mediterranean species	83
Effect of histone acetylation on plant resistance to salt stress	75
Conifer and broadleaf trees show a strong co-evolution with rhizosphere diazotrophic microbiome	75
Interplay between living or dead plant carbon input and soil organic matter – key drivers and agricultural management for soil carbon sequestration	68
Different tillage and stubble management practices affect root growth and wheat production in a semi-arid area	65
Biochar dose-dependent modulation of soil phosphorus availability and microbial community assembly: decoding synergistic mechanisms of biochar-npk interactions in a decade-long fertilization regime	62
Long-term fertilization effects on soil biotic communities are mediated by plant diversity in a Tibetan alpine meadow	61
Editorial: Belowground adaptation of plants to climate change	59
Intraspecific competition hinders drought recovery in a resident but not in its range-expanding congener plant independent of mycorrhizal symbiosis	57
Adaptive response of rare mountain sedge (Carex Ecostata C.B. Clarke) to hyper-cold environments	57
Intricate Russian dolls relationships between plants, fungi and bacteria	54
Organic Matter DYnamic model (OMDY) predicts the wood debris decomposition of ten Mediterranean species	52
Eruca vesicaria leaf extracts and intercropping mitigate the Kiwifruit Vine Decline Syndrome and modulate the rhizosphere pathobiome	52
Soil-atmosphere terpene exchanges in the tropical forest of French Guiana with nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application	50
Relationship between minerals and physicochemical parameters with fruit quality in ‘Rocha’ pear orchards	50
The role of litter in enhancing water availability to Bromus tectorum L. (cheatgrass) changes according to soils	50
Pasture productivity benefits from strategic urease and nitrification inhibitor use are limited in rainfed temperate dairy pastures of southern Australia	49

Synergistic biochar-silicon amendments: a mechanistic study to enhanced salt tolerance and soil health in turfgrass systems	49
Effect of different digestates derived from anaerobic co-digestion of olive mill solid waste (omsw) and various microalgae as fertilizers for the cultivation of ryegrass	48
From plant to soil: Quantitative changes in pine and juniper extractive compounds at different transformation stages	48
Root characteristics explain greater water use efficiency and drought tolerance in invasive Compositae plants	47
Soil aggregate stability of forest islands and adjacent ecosystems in West Africa	46
Nanoscale zero-valent iron mitigates arsenic mobilization and accumulation in Sinapis alba grown on a metal(loid)-polluted soil treated with a dunite mining waste-compost amendment	44
Different effects of six saponins on the rhizosphere soil microorganisms of Panax notoginseng	44
Genetic resources for enhancing drought tolerance from National Genebank collection of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) in India	43
First report of ectomycorrhizae in Prunus serotina in the exotic range	43
Short-term thinning effects on saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal soil fungal communities in a Pinus halepensis common garden	43
Host genotype-specific rhizosphere protists associate soil-borne viral disease resistance in wheat	42
Development and evaluation of barley mini-core collection for salinity tolerance and identification of novel haplotypic variants for HvRAF	42
Intercropped alfalfa and spring wheat reduces soil alkali-salinity in the arid area of northwestern China	41
Long-term bare fallow soil reveals the temperature sensitivity of priming effect of the relatively stabilized soil organic matter	40
Commentary on the use of nutrient-coated quantum dots as a means of tracking nutrient uptake by and movement within plants	40
Biochar alters the morphology of plant roots to enable optimized and reduced nitrogen fertilizer applications	40
Zinc localization and speciation in rice grain under variable soil zinc deficiency	40
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect root morphology locally but not systemically through altering nutrient- and phytohormone-related gene expressions at low soil P level	40