OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biogeochemistry is 12. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Freezing–thawing cycles affect organic matter decomposition in periglacial maritime Antarctic soils	89
Estimating phytoplankton stoichiometry from routinely collected monitoring data	84
Biogeochemical evolution of soil organic matter composition after a decade of warming and nitrogen addition	53
Decomposing the novel decomposer-sphere concept: decomposition byproducts can shape surrounding communities through space and time	47
Rapid denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in a low-gradient blackwater stream valley	39
Organic matter cycling in a model restored wetland receiving complex effluent	37
Extreme drought conditions increase variability of nitrate through a stream network, with limited influence on the spatial patterns of stream phosphate	37
Fingerprinting the elemental composition and chemodiversity of vegetation leachates: consequences for dissolved organic matter dynamics in Arctic environments	27
Decoupling of silica, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in a meromictic subalpine lake (Lake Iseo, Italy)	27
Isoetid mediated radial oxygen loss prevents iron reduction and the related mobilisation of ammonium and methane: an experimental approach	25
Plant community effects on soil moisture and nitrogen cycling in a semi-arid ecosystem	25
DOM in the long arc of environmental science: looking back and thinking ahead	24
In-situ N2:Ar ratios describe the balance between nitrogen fixation and denitrification in shallow eutrophic experimental lakes	24
High initial soil organic matter level combined with aboveground plant residues increased microbial carbon use efficiency but accelerated soil priming effect	23
Landscape controls on total mercury and methylmercury export from small boreal forest catchments	22
The need for knowledge transfer and communication among stakeholders in the voluntary carbon market	22
The use of stable carbon isotopes to decipher global change effects on soil organic carbon: present status, limitations, and future prospects	21
Optical properties of dissolved organic matter in throughfall and stemflow vary across tree species and season in a temperate headwater forest	21
C:N:P stoichiometry in six distinct habitats of a glacier terminus in the source area of the Yangtze River	21
Effects of tree pollen on throughfall element fluxes in European forests	21
Vegetation and hydrology stratification as proxies to estimate methane emission from tidal marshes	20
Impact of ecosystem water balance and soil parent material on silicon dynamics: insights from three long-term chronosequences	20
Patterns in riverine carbon, nutrient and suspended solids export to the Eastern James Bay: links to climate, hydrology and landscape	20
Element stoichiometry and nutrient limitation in bog plant and lichen species	19
Recent increases of rainfall and flooding from tropical cyclones (TCs) in North Carolina (USA): implications for organic matter and nutrient cycling in coastal watersheds	19

Coarse woody debris accelerates the decomposition of deadwood inputs across temperate forest	19
Quantifying erosion rates and weathering pathways that maximize soil organic carbon storage	18
Soil organic matter turnover rates increase to match increased inputs in grazed grasslands	18
Nitrogen fixation facilitates stream microbial mat biomass across the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica	18
Spatial and temporal patterns of urea content in a eutrophic stream continuum on the Northern Great Plains	17
Changes in soil iron biogeochemistry in response to mangrove dieback	17
Characterisation of riverine dissolved organic matter using a complementary suite of chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods	17
Soil age and soil organic carbon content shape biochemical responses to multiple freeze–thaw events in soils along a postmining agricultural chronosequence	17
Predicting high resolution total phosphorus concentrations for soils of the Upper Mississippi River Basin using machine learning	17
Changes in organic matter properties and carbon chemical stability in surface soils associated with changing vegetation communities in permafrost peatlands	17
Artificial ponds as hotspots of nitrogen removal in agricultural watershed	16
Microbial functions and soil nitrogen mineralisation processes in the soil of a cool temperate forest in northern Japan	16
Temporal patterns in sediment, carbon, and nutrient burial in ponds associated with changing agricultural tillage	16
Storms and pH of dam releases affect downstream phosphorus cycling in an arid regulated river	16
Impacts of storm disturbance and the role of the Feammox process in high nutrient riparian sediments	15
Nitrogen fixation associated with epiphytes on the seagrass Zostera marina in a temperate lagoon with moderate to high nitrogen loads	15
Quantitative relationship between organic carbon and geochemical properties in tropical surface and subsurface soils	15
Soil microorganisms regulate extracellular enzyme production to maximize their growth rate	15
Further investigations into the use of tree rings as archives of atmospheric mercury concentrations	15
Divergent controls of soil organic carbon between observations and process-based models	15
Correction to: Rapid denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in a low-gradient blackwater stream valley	15
Effectiveness of phosphorus control under extreme heatwaves: implications for sediment nutrient releases and greenhouse gas emissions	15
Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic nutrient cycling define the extensive role of internal loading in an agriculturally influenced oxbow lake	15
Biogeochemical constraints on climate change mitigation through regenerative farming	14
Iron overload consequences for submerged plants stoichiometry, homeostasis and performance	14
Increased interactions between iron oxides and organic carbon under acid deposition drive large increases in soil organic carbon in a tropical forest in southern China	14
Ice cover and thaw events influence nitrogen partitioning and concentration in two shallow eutrophic lakes	14
Rock weathering controls the potential for soil carbon storage at a continental scale	14
Mycorrhizal type affects forest nitrogen availability, independent of organic matter quality	14
Layered structure significantly inhibits CO2 transfer through the depositional profile: as simulated by well-mixed vs. interlaid soil columns	14
Surprising relationships between soil pH and microbial biomass and activity in a northern hardwood forest	14
The role of clay content and mineral surface area for soil organic carbon storage in an arable toposequence	14
Phosphorus availability and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi limit soil C cycling and influence plant responses to elevated CO2 conditions	13
Correction to: Ecosystem sulfur accumulation following woody encroachment drives a more open S-cycle in a Subtropical Savanna	13
Long-term nitrogen fertilization impacts plant-microbial interactions differently in arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees	13
Soil mineral fraction influences the bacterial abundance: evidence from a mineral and plant materials incubation study	13
Land use drives the spatial variability of soil phosphorus in the Hexi Corridor, China	13
Role of eddies and N2 fixation in regulating C:N:P proportions in the Bay of Bengal	13
Acidification alters sediment nitrogen source-sink dynamics in eelgrass (Zostera marina (L.)) beds	13
Integrated isotope and microbiome analysis indicates dominance of denitrification in N2O production after rewetting of drained fen peat	13
Biological nitrogen fixation and nifH gene abundance in deadwood of 13 different tree species	12
Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forests	12
Isotopic evidence for sources of dissolved carbon and the role of organic matter respiration in the Fraser River basin, Canada	12
Microbial responses to soil cooling might explain increases in microbial biomass in winter	12
Soil science in the time of climate mitigation	12
Supplemental precipitation accelerates decay but only in photodegraded litter and implications that sunlight promotes leaching loss	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
Dynamic and allocation of recently assimilated carbon in Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) and birch (Betula platyphylla) in a temperate forest	12
Active methane processing microbes and the disproportionate role of NC10 phylum in methane mitigation in Amazonian floodplains	12
Importance of internal dissolved organic nitrogen loading and cycling in a small and heavily modified coastal lagoon	12

Nitrogen fixation across the aquascape: current perspectives, future priorities	12
Expanding the scope of biogeochemical research to accelerate atmospheric carbon capture	12
Mycorrhizal type determines root–microbial responses to nitrogen fertilization and recovery	12
Using fixed-potential electrodes to quantify iron and manganese redox cycling in upland soils	12
Response of biomass, hydrology and biogeochemistry to alternative approaches of cutting a northern forest: model comparisons	12