OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soil & Tillage Research is 47. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of cover crop on soil fertility and bacterial diversity in a banana plantation in southwestern China	170
Physical properties of technosols at brown coal mine wastes in Eastern Siberia	133
Simulating water and nitrogen runoff with APSIM	130
Impact of saline soil improvement measures on salt content in the abandonment-reclamation process	118
Comparative effect of conventional and adaptive management approaches on watershed health	114
Soil profile carbon sequestration and nutrient responses varied with cover crops in irrigated forage rotations	107
Organic carbon distribution and soil aggregate stability in response to long-term phosphorus addition in different land-use types	103
Spatial variation and temporal decline (1985–2017) of soil organic carbon stocks (SOCS) in relation to land use types in Tombel area, South-West Cameroon	102
Nitrogen agronomic efficiency under nitrogen fertilization does not change over time in the long term: Evidence from 477 global studies	95
Temporal and spatial characteristics of paddy soil potassium in China and its response to organic amendments: A systematic analysis	91
Enhancing soil carbon and nitrogen through grassland conversion from degraded croplands in China: Assessing magnitudes and identifying key drivers of phosphorus reduction	83
A calculation model of the mean flow velocity of overland flow considering a variety of grass covers and raindrop’s characteristics	81
The short-term effects of an existing channel, a single pass of tillage and their interaction on the generation of runoff and sediment	81
Economics of alternative tillage systems in dryland crop rotations in U.S. Great Plains	80
Can legume species, crop residue management or no-till mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from a legume-wheat crop rotation in a semi-arid environment?	77
Evaluation of soil macro-aggregate characteristics in response to soil macropore characteristics investigated by X-ray computed tomography under freeze-thaw effects	77
Comparing the effect of different sample conditions and spectral libraries on the prediction accuracy of soil properties from near- and mid-infrared spectra at the field-scale	76
Effects of tillage microrelief units on splash erosion: A case study from the Loess Plateau, in China	76
Wear on steel tillage tools: A review of material, soil and dynamic conditions	74
Soil & Tillage Research Editorial	73
Minimizing sampling induced errors in Ks-measurements of stone bearing soils	73
Editorial Board	70
Carbon accumulation dynamics and development processes of peatland established after the Changbaishan Millennium eruption	68
Editorial Board	67
Spate irrigation slightly ameliorates an arid soil's quality, but tree planting enhances its characteristics	63

Effect of fertilization on farmland phosphorus loss via surface runoff in China: A meta-analysis	62
Crop diversification effects on soil organic carbon and nitrogen storage and stabilization is mediated by soil management practices in semiarid woody crops	61
Editorial Board	60
Editorial Board	60
Editorial Board	59
Editorial Board	59
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Editorial Board	57
No-till annual wheat increases plant productivity, soil microbial biomass, and soil carbon stabilization relative to intermediate wheatgrass in a Mediterranean climate	56
Fifteen-years of continuous application of organic materials improve the soil aggregation, organic carbon status and sustain the productivity of the basmati rice-wheat system	56
Consequences of elevated CO2 on soil acidification, cation depletion, and inorganic carbon: A column-based experimental investigation	53
Editorial Board	53
Evaluating soil water dynamics under a no-tillage system with residual plastic film mulching in an arid region of western China using HYDRUS-2D	53
From science to practice: The AGSUS protocol for monitoring and certification of sustainable soil management and carbon sequestration	51
Approximate analytical solution to equation for two-dimensional soil-water movement in ponding infiltration based on numerical simulation	50
Gully erosion susceptibility mapping considering seasonal variations of NDVI using a machine learning approach in the Mollisol region of China	50
Divergent effects of biological soil crusts on soil respiration between bare patches and shrub patches under simulated rainfall in a desert ecosystem in Northwest China	50
Structure dependent changes in pore water pressure due to stress application and consequences on the effective stress	50
Assessing the availability of potassium and its quantity-intensity relations under long term conservation agriculture based cereal systems in North-West India	50
Editorial Board	49
Response of soil microbial biomass C, N, and P and microbial quotient to agriculture and agricultural abandonment in a meadow steppe of northeast China	49
Predicting and mapping soil magnetic susceptibility in an agro-pastoral transitional zone: Influencing factors and implications	48
Cropping system partially offsets tillage-related degradation of soil organic carbon and aggregate properties in a 30-yr rainfed agroecosystem	47
Organic carbon sequestration by Fe oxides in aggregates in a Pinus massoniana conifer-broadleaf mixed forest	47
Mechanical and microscopic properties of soil according to the rate of increase in pore water pressure	47
Are the yield of sunflower and Paiaguas palisadegrass biomass influenced by soil physical quality?	47
Gully is the dominant sediment source of snowmelt erosion in the black soil region – A case study	47
High-molecular-weight dissolved organic matter enhanced phosphorus availability in paddy soils: Evidence from field and microcosm experiments	47