OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soil Use and Management 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
Development and use of a mass‐balance model to calculate the likely effects of agrichemicals on trace element accumulation in soils supporting palm oil production	398
Responses of water‐stable aggregates, their associated organic carbon and crop yield to the application of biogas slurry in a fluvo‐aquic soil of the North China plain	93
Fertilizer addition effect of novel recycling fertilizers from human excreta in a pot experiment with maize ( Zea mays L.)	71
A global systematic literature review on sustainable soil management practices (1994–2022)	55
Assessing the effect of Lake Erie dredged sediment on soil properties and specialty crops development	55
Monitoring of sustainable land management using remotely sensed vegetation cover and variable tolerable soil erosion targets across New South Wales, Australia	42
Physical, chemical and microbiological soil attributes influence soil greenhouse gases fluxes in Atlantic Forest and pine ( Pinus taeda ) plantations in	41
Effects of ecological intensification of agriculture on soil fertility and carbon and nitrogen stocks: An 8‐year study in southern Brazil	38
The improvement of soil properties in rice cropping systems using an integrated fertilization method to increase rice yield	36
Effect of Organic Farming on Soil Carbon Reserves and Quality in Citrus Groves in the Brazilian Semi‐Arid Region	34
Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Coastal Wetlands Responding to Manganese Influenced by Soil Nitrogen and Microbial	33
Effects of composite soil conditioner on soil properties and corn yield in a saline–alkali soil	33
Monitoring the effects of pesticide pellets to address farmers' concerns on soil fauna, specifically earthworms	31
Conceptual and practical challenges of assessing soil quality	30
Effects of Rapeseed Returning on Soil Phosphorus Fractions and Microorganisms in Winter Wheat–Summer Rapeseed Rotation System in Calcareous Soil	28
Effects of plant residue amendments on the bacterial traits of petroleum‐contaminated soil: A co‐occurrence networks analysis	26
Partial replacement of chemical fertilizer by manure affects maize root traits in North China Plain	25
Phosphorus speciation under long‐term crop rotation management in a tropical soil	25
Modelling the event‐based hydrological response of olive groves on steep slopes and clayey soils under mulching and tillage management using the SCS‐CN	24
Biochar modification methods and mechanisms for salt‐affected soil and saline‐alkali soil improvement: A review	24
Influence of corn stalk and corn stalk biochar application on the strategy of phosphorus sorption and release in brown earth	24
Differential responses of photosynthesis, yield and soil properties 4 years after a single application of zeolites and biochar in a rainfed olive orchard	24
Exact Variances Associated With Unbiased Estimation for the Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon Storage in the Coffee‐Growing Region of Taiwan	22
Inter‐row soil management affecting soil moisture in non‐irrigated vineyard ecosystems: A meta‐analysis	21
A split herbicide application strategy reduces surface runoff	21

Long‐term changes in soil phosphorus in response to fertilizer application and negative phosphorus balance under grass rotation in mineral soils in Nordic conditions	20
Soil health and carbon storage in community gardens in the Perth metropolitan area, Australia	20
Potential gains in soil carbon and nitrogen as a result of systems perenniality: Insights from on‐farm experiments and soil organic matter fractions	20
Effects of unbalanced fertilizer use on system productivity and profitability under rice‐based cropping systems: Evidence from Eastern Gangetic Plain	20
Advancing apple orchard management through soil organic carbon: A systems‐based review	19
Different organic farming systems under greenhouse do not improve soil C storage but affect microbial functions across soil aggregates	19
Carbon and nutrient budgets of the Chagga home garden system in the Kilimanjaro highlands, Tanzania	18
Advancing nature‐based solutions through enhanced soil health monitoring in the United Kingdom	18
Suitability of microbial and organic matter indicators for on‐farm soil health monitoring	18
Simulating the soil phosphorus dynamics of four long‐term field experiments with a novel phosphorus model	17
Combining ground penetrating radar methodologies enables large‐scale mapping of soil horizon thickness and bulk density in boreal forests	17
Evaluation of the potential for nine established and emerging interventions to reduce soil carbon losses and increase stocks in grazing systems: A case study for Aotearoa New Zealand	16
Effects of biochar addition on greenhouse gas emissions during freeze–thaw cycles in a black soil region, Northeast China	16
Issue Information	16
Influence of soil properties and land use on organic carbon storage in agricultural soils near hedges	16
A three‐year field experiment of faba bean var. minor effects on soil health and production of pepper grown under conventional farming system	16
The effect of tire inflation pressure and tillage systems on soil properties, growth and yield of maize and soybean in a silty clay loam soil	15
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Phosphorus Release Dynamics From Cover Crop Residues: A Comparison Between Single Species and Mixtures	15
Benefits of a Preceding Legume Crop for Soil Organic Matter and Microbial Dynamics During Wheat Residue Decomposition	14
How does straw returning combined with nitrogen fertilizer drive N ₂ O	14
Microplastics pollution modulating soil biological health – A review	14
Perennial soil characteristics are the main factor driving in vitro inhibition of the wheat fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum in a French case study	14
Converting Abandoned Agricultural Lands to Intensive Hybrid Poplar Plantations: Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks	13
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy for Soil Testing Under Different Soil Nutrient Management in Cocoa Production Systems	13
Soil biological indicators associated with nitrogen mineralization patterns in rice soils under long‐term integrated nutrient management	13
Organic farming improves soil carbon pools and aggregation of sandy soils in the Brazilian semi‐arid region	13
Nitrogen fixation‐driven carbon sequestration: Brief communication	13
Prevention of drought damage through zeolite treatments on Vitis vinifera : A promising sustainable solution for soil	13
Application of electric fields to improve cementation homogeneity of biogrouted sands	13
Factors affecting soil organic carbon sequestration in rice fields: A meta‐analysis	12
Determining soil quality indicators for alluvial plains in the semi‐arid tropics	12
Three‐Year Assessment of Nitrogen Losses, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Footprints in Film Mulching Maize Fields: Impacts of Fertiliser Management	12
Effect of optimal nitrogen application and mid‐season drainage on rice root activity and reductive substances in straw‐incorporated paddy	12
Model‐centric optimisation of biochemical remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil	12
Effect of straw biochar application on soil carbon, greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen leaching: A vegetable crop rotation field experiment	12
Short‐term effects of mineral and combined mineral‐organic fertilization in soil microbial communities	12
Soil health assessment of an acidic red soil agricultural area and its restoration with biochar soil conditioners	12
Biosolids' legacy benefits persist even 7 years after the application in a dryland wheat‐fallow cropping system	12
Resource conundrum in Mongolia: Soil contamination from coal and copper–molybdenum mining	11
Cover crops and soil loosening are key components for managing P and C stocks in agricultural soils	11
Legacy of Land Use: Deep Soil Nitrogen Accumulation Driven by Deforestation and Agriculture in the Southeastern Amazon	11
Assessment of Different Nutrient Management and Organic Farming Practices via Soil Quality Index Under Maize–Wheat Sequence in Acid Alfisol of North‐Western Himalayas	11
Silvoarable Agroforestry Systems as Promising Practices for Improving Soil Biological Health: Recent Advances and Future Challenges in Western European Region	11
Microplastic accumulation in soils around open dumping and scrapyard sites in Türkiye	11
The Influence of Hedgerow Planting on the Hydrological Functioning of Two Agricultural Soil Reference Groups	11
Assessment of magnesium deficiency in greenhouse tomato crops grown on calcareous soil	11
Long‐term soil organic carbon changes after cropland conversion to grazed grassland in Southern Sweden	11
Unearthing the impact of land use on deep soil carbon−an example from the southwestern Australian wheatbelt	10
Soil function assessment in high‐mountain environments: Testing the SEPP tool in a ski resort in the Italian Alps	10

40@40: Soil Use & Management, A Fortieth Anniversary Retrospective	10
Evidence of non‐site‐specific agricultural management effects on the score of visual soil quality indicators	10
Is the estimation of soil organic carbon using the colour space model, based on visible spectroscopy range, a reliable approach?	10
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Effect of calcareous and siliceous amendments on N ₂ O	10
Microgranular biochar improves soil fertility and mycorrhization in crop systems	10
Influence of Organic and Inorganic Amendments on Aggregate Development in a Sodic Dispersive Soil	10
Amount and speciation of N leached from a sandy soil fertilized with urea, liquid digestate, struvite and NH ₄	10
Rehabilitation of a degraded acid Mediterranean soil after 11 years of by‐product calcium amendments and pasture improvement	10
Impact of Soil Salinity Changes on the Evolution of Evapotranspiration Driving Mechanisms	10
Strategic placement of mineral and biobased fertilizers for optimizing phosphorus use efficiency: A comprehensive review	10
Mechanism of Cd Passivation by Biochar in Contaminated Soil Is Influenced by Nitrogen Fertiliser Application	10
Effects of Tillage Practices on Soil Macropore Characteristics and Water Use Strategies of Ratoon Sugarcane: A Stable Isotope Tracing Study in Guangxi, China	9
Issue Information	9
The effect of soil physical structure in soil carbon and nitrogen distribution under different land use types in typical forest grassland transition zone on Loess Plateau, China	9
Earthworm communities and their relation to above‐ground organic residues and water infiltration in perennial cup plant ( Silphium perfoliatum ) and annu	9
Effect of Longterm Tillage Management on Soil Organic Carbon Fractions and Enzyme Activities in Bulk and Rhizosphere Soils	9
Comparative Study of Different Fertilisation Strategies on Lettuce Crop Production Including Remote Sensing Precision Agriculture Techniques: Effects on Soil Properties, Crop Yield and Greenhouse Gas	9
Natural farming needs manure augmentation to optimize soil quality and crop productivity	9
Role of vermicompost and biochar in soil quality improvement by promoting Bupleurum falcatum L. nutrient absorption	9
Transdisciplinary Research May Be Hindering Rather Than Fostering Progress and Policy‐Making: Discussion With Examples in Soil Research	9
Synthesis of biochar‐embedded slow‐release nitrogen fertilizers: Mesocosm and field scale evaluation for nitrogen use efficiency, growth and rice yield	9
The effect of plant mycotrophy and soil disturbance on soil microbial activity	9
Quality of bio‐based fertilizers is decisive for improving soil quality in Europe—A meta‐analysis	9
Assessing the effects of different tillage systems on selected physical and chemical properties of a silty clay loam soil under different field conditions in the Czech Republic	9
Long‐term no‐tillage increases soil organic matter and cation exchange capacity, but reduces P and K, in irrigated rice	9
Biochar combined with magnesium fertilizer improves cabbage ( Brassica oleraceae L.) yield by modulating physicochemical characteristics and the bacteria	9
Alterations of bacterial community related C cycle by affecting soil carbon fractions under aged biochar application	9
Transfer of carbon incubation parameters to model the SOC and SON dynamics of a field trial with e	9
Long‐term nutrient management effects on organic carbon fractions and carbon sequestration in Typic Haplusterts soils of Central India	9
Yield prediction in spring barley from spectral reflectance and weather data using machine learning	9
Conservation Tillage Practices on GHG Emissions, Soil Health and Overall Agricultural Sustainability	9
Integration of machine learning and process‐based model outputs via ensemble Kalman filter enhanced space–time modelling of soil organic carbon in a highly human impacted area	9
Hedges Increase Carbon Storage Differently Between the Particulate Organic Matter and Mineral Associated Organic Matter Fractions Along the Soil Profile	8
Soil organic carbon content and soil structure quality of clayey cropland soils: A large‐scale study in the Swiss Jura region	8
Oxygenated subsurface drip irrigation and organic fertilizer increase the yield and quality of P. notoginseng by improving soil microenvironment	8
Patè olive cake and its solid extract as amendments for ryegrass ( Lolium perenne L.): Effects on soil chemical, microbiological and enzymatic characteri	8
Optimum planting density of Amorpha fruticosa promotes the recovery of understory vegetation and the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in plantatio	8
Differential soil acidification caused by parent materials and land‐use changes in the Pearl River Delta region	8
Long‐term straw mulching alleviates microbial nutrient limitations and increases carbon‐use efficiency within aggregates	8
Subsoiling Combined With Winter Active Italian Ryegrass Can Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions Without Increasing Nitrate Leaching: Evidence From Lysimeter and Field Plot Trials	8
Clay fraction properties and grassland management imprint on soil organic matter composition and stability at molecular level	8
Alternatives to Equivalent Soil Mass in Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Changes in Soil Carbon	8
Muddy flooding from soil erosion associated with maize cultivation: A case study from East Devon, UK	8
Phytotoxicity Evaluation of Olive Mill Solid Wastes and Their Feasibility as Biofertiliser	8
Irrigation‐induced evaporative water loss in a glacially derived soil site	8
The use of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant extracts for the removal of copper from contaminated soils: A sustainable soil washing alternative	8
Response Characterisation of Soil Quality and Surface Subsidence in Mining With Grouting Into Overburden Bed‐Separation Based on Similar Material Simulation	8
Modelling of Soil Multifunctionality Across Europe	8
Stability of soil structure in response to cations‐carbon‐microbial linkages with manure application in the coastal saline‐alkaline soil, China	8
Nitrogen release from different polymer‐coated urea fertilizers in soil is affected by soil properties	8
Ramifications of crop residue loading for soil microbial community composition, activity and nutrient supply	8
Real‐Time Measurement of Soil Organic Carbon and Related Properties Across Agricultural Land Types Using Mobile Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy	8
Construction and analysis of knowledge graphs for multi‐source heterogeneous data of soil pollution	8
Root:shoot ratio of field crops under conventional and conservation tillage: A meta analysis	8
Comparing structural soil properties of boreal clay fields under contrasting soil management	8
Soil microbial variability in contrasting grown flue‐cured tobacco under long‐term continuous cropping	7
Impact of fertilization and crop type on horticultural soil quality: A 3‐year, open‐field experiment	7
Impact of Forest Land Conversion on Soil Organic Carbon and Enzyme Activity Across Different Land‐Use Systems in the Indo‐Gangetic Plains, India: Assessment Through Machine Learning	7
Changes in tillage characteristics of albic soil with various soil amendment materials	7
Manure application followed by biochar application increases plant production regardless of soil dehydrogenase activity	7
Mapping soil corrosivity potential to exclusion fencing using pedotransfer functions and open‐source soil data	7
Effectiveness of Long‐Term Enclosure on Restoration of Leymus chinensis Grassland in Inner Mongolia: Focus on Soil Carbon Storage and Fractions	7
Interpretable artificial intelligence for advancing slope stability assessment techniques with Technosols	7
The legacy effects of mycorrhizal fungal inoculation alleviate soil nitrogen limitations by modulating the homeostasis of extracellular enzymes and fungal function in arid mining regions	7
Predicting Soil Health Indicators in Florida Sandy Soils Using Diffuse Reflectance Mid‐Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy	7
Structural Quality of an Ultisol Under Long‐Term Different Tillage Systems and Cover Crops With Corn in Northeast Brazil	7
How much do conservation cropping practices mitigate runoff and soil erosion under Western European conditions: A focus on conservation tillage, tied ridging and winter cover crops	7
Fifteen years of tillage and straw returning promotes soil structure and carbon sequestration under rice–rice–oilseed rape rotation in Central China	7
Impacts of the tillage systems on the production of green corn ( Zea mays L.) in long‐term plots	7
The Effect of Long‐Term Underlying Management on Soil Faunal Communities of a Newly Established Herbal Ley	7
Effects of Different Straw Management on Subsoil Nutrient Availability and Water Content	7
Unravelling the effects of straw return on rice production in central China: Evidence for future policy‐making	7
A Critical Review of Regenerative Soil Management: A Novel Scoring System for SOC and GHG Emission	7
Comparison of ammonia‐N volatilization losses from untreated granular urea and granular urea treated with NutriSphere‐N	7
Optimization of irrigation management and environmental assessment using the water cycle algorithm	7
Effect of Nigella sativa Residue and Its Biochar on Soil Microbial Activity, Carbon Sequestration	7