OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Biogeochemistry is 7. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Rapid denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in a low-gradient blackwater stream valley	145
Decomposing the novel decomposer-sphere concept: decomposition byproducts can shape surrounding communities through space and time	63
Freezing–thawing cycles affect organic matter decomposition in periglacial maritime Antarctic soils	46
Organic matter cycling in a model restored wetland receiving complex effluent	39
Isoetid mediated radial oxygen loss prevents iron reduction and the related mobilisation of ammonium and methane: an experimental approach	34
Extreme drought conditions increase variability of nitrate through a stream network, with limited influence on the spatial patterns of stream phosphate	34
In-situ N2:Ar ratios describe the balance between nitrogen fixation and denitrification in shallow eutrophic experimental lakes	32
Decoupling of silica, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in a meromictic subalpine lake (Lake Iseo, Italy)	32
DOM in the long arc of environmental science: looking back and thinking ahead	31
The need for knowledge transfer and communication among stakeholders in the voluntary carbon market	31
High initial soil organic matter level combined with aboveground plant residues increased microbial carbon use efficiency but accelerated soil priming effect	30
Landscape controls on total mercury and methylmercury export from small boreal forest catchments	22
Effects of tree pollen on throughfall element fluxes in European forests	22
The use of stable carbon isotopes to decipher global change effects on soil organic carbon: present status, limitations, and future prospects	21
Nitrogen fixation facilitates stream microbial mat biomass across the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica	20
Recent increases of rainfall and flooding from tropical cyclones (TCs) in North Carolina (USA): implications for organic matter and nutrient cycling in coastal watersheds	20
Changes in organic matter properties and carbon chemical stability in surface soils associated with changing vegetation communities in permafrost peatlands	20
Patterns in riverine carbon, nutrient and suspended solids export to the Eastern James Bay: links to climate, hydrology and landscape	19
Quantifying erosion rates and weathering pathways that maximize soil organic carbon storage	19
Optical properties of dissolved organic matter in throughfall and stemflow vary across tree species and season in a temperate headwater forest	19
Coarse woody debris accelerates the decomposition of deadwood inputs across temperate forest	19
Predicting high resolution total phosphorus concentrations for soils of the Upper Mississippi River Basin using machine learning	18
Storms and pH of dam releases affect downstream phosphorus cycling in an arid regulated river	18
Element stoichiometry and nutrient limitation in bog plant and lichen species	18
Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic nutrient cycling define the extensive role of internal loading in an agriculturally influenced oxbow lake	18

Nitrogen fixation associated with epiphytes on the seagrass Zostera marina in a temperate lagoon with moderate to high nitrogen loads	17
Impacts of storm disturbance and the role of the Feammox process in high nutrient riparian sediments	17
Correction to: Rapid denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in a low-gradient blackwater stream valley	17
Iron overload consequences for submerged plants stoichiometry, homeostasis and performance	17
Surprising relationships between soil pH and microbial biomass and activity in a northern hardwood forest	16
Layered structure significantly inhibits CO2 transfer through the depositional profile: as simulated by well-mixed vs. interlaid soil columns	16
Mycorrhizal type affects forest nitrogen availability, independent of organic matter quality	16
Long-term nitrogen fertilization impacts plant-microbial interactions differently in arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees	16
Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forests	15
Nitrogen fixation across the aquascape: current perspectives, future priorities	15
Biogeochemical constraints on climate change mitigation through regenerative farming	15
Expanding the scope of biogeochemical research to accelerate atmospheric carbon capture	15
Acidification alters sediment nitrogen source-sink dynamics in eelgrass (Zostera marina (L.)) beds	15
Biological nitrogen fixation and nifH gene abundance in deadwood of 13 different tree species	15
Soil mineral fraction influences the bacterial abundance: evidence from a mineral and plant materials incubation study	15
Phosphorus availability and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi limit soil C cycling and influence plant responses to elevated CO2 conditions	14
Isotopic evidence for sources of dissolved carbon and the role of organic matter respiration in the Fraser River basin, Canada	13
Integrated isotope and microbiome analysis indicates dominance of denitrification in N2O production after rewetting of drained fen peat	13
Soil science in the time of climate mitigation	13
Dynamic and allocation of recently assimilated carbon in Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) and birch (Betula platyphylla) in a temperate forest	12
Using fixed-potential electrodes to quantify iron and manganese redox cycling in upland soils	12
Microbial responses to soil cooling might explain increases in microbial biomass in winter	12
Soil nitrogen availability in a temperate forest exhibits large variability at sub-tree spatial scales	12
Nitrogen-bedrock interactions regulate multi-element nutrient limitation and sustainability in forests	12
Biosignatures of in situ carbon cycling driven by physical isolation and sedimentary methanogenesis within the anoxic basin of perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica	12
Inorganic carbon removal from alkaline soils: an underappreciated influence on soil organic carbon measurements in an elevated CO2 experiment	11
The biogeochemical redox paradox: how can we make a foundational concept more predictive of biogeochemical state changes?	11
Foliar chemical composition and respiration rates of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia) trees across a gradient of soil acidification	11
Diameter-associated dynamics of multiple metallic elements during the root decomposition of two dominant subalpine trees in southwestern China	11
Benthic diatoms modify riverine silicon export to a marine zone in a hypertidal estuarine environment	11
Temperature affects the ratio of ethylene produced to N2-fixed more than immediate release of fixed N in streams	10
Correction to: Seasonal measurements of the nitrogenous osmolyte glycine betaine in marine temperate coastal waters	10
Effects of geological conditions and atmospheric deposition on soil biogeochemical properties in Japanese forested ecosystems revealed by Sr isotope analysis	10
Atmospheric deposition and precipitation are important predictors of inorganic nitrogen export to streams from forest and grassland watersheds: a large-scale data synthesis	10
Soil type modifies the impacts of warming and snow exclusion on leachate carbon and nutrient losses	10
Publisher Correction	10
Experimental flooding shifts carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus pool distribution and microbial activity	10
Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) exchange flux from soil-vegetation to atmosphere at a meadow steppe	9
Contributions of Fe(III) to UV–Vis absorbance in river water: a case study on the Connecticut River and argument for the systematic tandem measurement of Fe(III) and CDOM	9
Herbivores influence biogeochemical processes by altering litter quality and quantity in a subarctic wetland	9
Correction to: Extracellular enzyme ratios reveal locality and horizon-specific carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus limitations in Arctic permafrost soils	9
Nitrogen wet deposition stoichiometry: the role of organic nitrogen, seasonality, and snow	9
Transitions in nitrogen and organic matter form and concentration correspond to bacterial population dynamics in a hypoxic urban estuary	9
Sensitivity of river catchments to discharge-controlled dissolved carbon export: a study of eight catchments in southern Patagonia	9
Incorporation of fine root detritus into forest soil organic matter	9
Extracellular enzyme ratios reveal locality and horizon-specific carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus limitations in Arctic permafrost soils	9
Factors controlling the net ecosystem production of cryoconite on Western Himalayan glaciers	8
Past anthropogenic activities offset dissolved inorganic phosphorus retention in the Mississippi River basin	8
Geochemical, sedimentological and microbial diversity in two thermokarst lakes of far Eastern Siberia	8
A soil matrix capacity index to predict mineral-associated but not particulate organic carbon across a range of climate and soil pH	8

Temperature and carbon availability interact to enhance nitrous oxide production via denitrification in alluvial plain river sediments	8
Influence of contrasting redox conditions on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation and associated phosphate sorption	8
Experimentally simulated sea level rise destabilizes carbon-mineral associations in temperate tidal marsh soil	8
Grassland management regimes regulate soil phosphorus fractions and conversion between phosphorus pools in semiarid steppe ecosystems	8
Microscale heterogeneity controls macroscopic soil heterotrophic respiration by regulating resource availability and environmental stress	7
Post-fire soil emissions of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) across global ecosystems: a review	7
Association between soil organic carbon and calcium in acidic grassland soils from Point Reyes National Seashore, CA	7
Seasonal fluctuations of extracellular enzyme activities are related to the biogeochemical cycling of C, N and P in a tropical terra-firme forest	7
Molecular tracers for characterization and distribution of organic matter in a freshwater lake system from the Lesser Himalaya	7
Seasonal measurements of the nitrogenous osmolyte glycine betaine in marine temperate coastal waters	7
Greenhouse gas dynamics in tropical montane streams of Puerto Rico and the role of watershed lithology	7
Removing 10 cm of degraded peat mitigates unwanted effects of peatland rewetting: a mesocosm study	7
Combination of factors rather than single disturbance drives perturbation of the nitrogen cycle in a temperate forest	7
Insight in molecular degradation patterns and co-metabolism during rose waste co-composting	7