OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soil & Tillage Research 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Control of landscape position on organic matter decomposition via soil moisture during a wet summer	355
Editorial Board	226
Dynamic soil hydraulic properties in regenerative agriculture: Effects of crop and forest integration in livestock systems	184
Soil carbon restoration practices offset increases in nitrous oxide emissions in the semiarid Pampa, Argentina	171
Responses of soil reactive nitrogen losses and nitrogen pools to straw mulching	112
Loss and conservation of soil organic carbon and nutrients in arid and semiarid China during aeolian dust emissions	100
Plow layer management during the fallow season can enhance the wheat productivity and resource utilization in a semi-arid region	99
Future warming-induced phosphorus loss mitigated by land conversion and degradation	96
A 44-year balanced fertilizer application affected rill erosion resistance by changing humus, aggregates, and polyvalent cation	96
Zero-valent iron addition stimulated straw-derived carbon accumulation in submerged soil	94
Estimating soil hydraulic conductivity by Inverse Laplace Transform	90
Spectra-based predictive mapping of soil erodibility and analysis of its influence mechanism: A typical case study for Northeast China	84
Carbon accumulation dynamics and development processes of peatland established after the Changbaishan Millennium eruption	80
A high-resolution physical modelling approach to assess runoff and soil erosion in vineyards under different soil managements	75
Effects of long-term fertiliser application on cropland soil carbon dynamics mediated by potential shifts in microbial carbon use efficiency	73
Combined impact of no-tillage and cover crops on soil carbon stocks and fluxes in maize crops	72
Soil structural transformation under multiple freeze–thaw cycles with comprehensive morphological and topological analysis: The hypothesis of periodicity	71
Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter and inorganic solutes in soil profiles of tropical pasturelands	70
Effect of construction activities-altered soil bulk density on spoil heap rill erosion and morphological characteristics	68
Effect of different underlying surfaces on hydraulic parameters of overland flow	67
Soil aggregate carbon stocks and sequestration efficiency under long-term fertilization across China’s croplands	67
Response of soil microbial biomass C, N, and P and microbial quotient to agriculture and agricultural abandonment in a meadow steppe of northeast China	66
Development of pedotransfer functions for predicting hydraulic parameters of van Genuchten model by incorporating environmental variables on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	65
Changes in micronutrient concentrations under minimum tillage and cotton-based crop rotations in irrigated Vertisols	65
Improving soil organic carbon mapping in intensively cultivated Mollisols: A geographically adjusted Gaussian mixture model incorporating tillage practices and spectral indicators	65

Hydraulic and pore functions of differently textured soils modified by biochar from different parts of the mango plant	64
Early-stage effects of carbon-rich soil amendments stimulate retention-related nitrogen genes while maintaining nitrogen and yield levels	62
Long-term straw return increases fungal residual contribution to soil microaggregate nitrogen pool: An eco-enzymatic stoichiometric study	62
Macro-micro changes of clayey loess subjected to wetting-drying cycles and the effect on mechanical behavior deterioration	62
Micro/nanobubble-aerated drip irrigation affects saline soil microenvironments and tomato growth by altering bacterial communities	62
Does spontaneous cover crop increase the stocks of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in commercial olive orchard?	61
A comparison of preferential flow characteristics and influencing factors between two soils developed in the karst region of Southwest China	61
Deep tilling and localized liming improve soil chemical fertility and sugarcane yield in clayey soils	60
Spatio-temporal evolution of water erosion in the western Songnen Plain: Analysis of its response to land use dynamics and climate change	60
Enhance soil phosphorus availability via the growth and decomposition of green manure crops in drylands	60
Driving mechanisms of the soil aggregate breakdown-formation on soil organic carbon mineralization under splash erosion	59
Short-term no-tillage improves soil water retention and maintains soil aeration at high moisture conditions despite reduced macroporosity	59
Depth-dependent patterns in the C:N:P stoichiometry of different soil components with reclamation time in coastal poplar plantations	58
Soil salt crusts greatly reduce wind erosion and PM10 emission on sandy loam	58
Legume-based crop diversification reinforces soil health and carbon storage driven by microbial biomass and aggregates	58
Corrigendum to “The optimal DEM resolution for determining sediment connectivity at runoff plot scale” [Soil Tillage Res. 254 (2025) 106700]	58
The impact of paleoclimatic on the structural strength of loess paleosol sequences and its implications for tillage on the Loess Plateau: A case study from Luochuan profile	57
Yield, soil Nitrogen content and weed control in six years of conservation agriculture on-farm field trials in Southwest Germany	57
Ammonia volatilization measured with the IHF method in a rainfed arable crop: Evaluation of tillage intensity and the number of experimental replicates	57
Temporal trajectory and determinants of permanent gully erosion in the grassland: A long-term analysis spanning 1973–2020	56
Morphology-based mechanism of desiccation cracking in soil and montmorillonite	56
How extraction method, sample thickness and aggregate break-up technique influence the Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure (VESS)	55
Editorial Board	55
Biosolids and conservation tillage for rainfed wheat farming in dry Mediterranean climates	55
Root processes counteract the suppression of nitrogen-induced priming effects by enhancing microbial activity and catabolism in greenhouse vegetable production systems	54
Analysis of phosphorus forms on different soil types using heterogeneous isotope exchange reaction	54
Forest residue removal undermines soil health and micronutrient transfer to trees, compromising sustainable productivity of Eucalyptus plantations	53
A chemotaxis-haptotaxis coupled mechanism reducing bacterial mobility in disturbed and intact soils	53