OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Efficient substrates based on anaerobic sewage sludge biochar for tobacco seedlings in floating systems	96
Fast selection opportunity of salt tolerant guar bean genotypes with GGE biplot method	30
Biochar addition to organo-mineral fertilisers delays nutrient leaching and enhances barley nutrient content	28
Agrochemical impacts on arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity and activity in smallholder farming: a systematic review	28
Soil health in temperate agroforestry: influence of tree species and position in the field	27
Effects of cultivars and habitats on rhizospheric arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Gannan navel oranges	23
Pullout properties of Hippophae rhamnoides L. roots in the loess area	23
Impact of straw return and decomposition agent on Tibetan barley yield and soil microbial community in Xizang, China	23
Effect of vanadium on Nicotiana tabacum L. grown in vanadium-loaded soil	19
The Bouyoucos method in Peruvian soil laboratories: establishing a correction factor to standardize for international methods	15
Integrated nutrient management in spring-maize improves yield, nutrient use efficiency and minimizes greenhouse gas intensity	15
Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on nitrogen transformation and functional biological properties in the rice rhizosphere	15
Nitrogen uptake and utilization of two maize hybrids with contrasting nitrogen use efficiencies depending on fertilization amount	15
Alleviation of soil acidification using livestock manure increases nitrogen supply while stimulating N ₂ O emission in a tea plantation	14
Water footprint in wheat production under conservation tillage	14
Effect of soybean–wheat rotation on soil aggregation, organic nitrogen and net nitrogen mineralization characteristics: a four-year field study	13
Optimizing essential oil, fatty acid profiles, and phenolic compounds of dragon’s head (Lallemantia iberica) intercropped with chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with biofertilizer inoculatio	12
Effects of poultry manure on structure and some indicators of fertility in tropical soils	12
Effects of agricultural waste returning on soil nematode community composition	11
Profile distribution of trace elements under different land-use systems in North East India	11
Comparative study on changes in biochemical constituents, yield and quality of lemongrass ( Cymbopogon flexuosus ) grown under different soil types	10
Soil chemical characteristics, yield and technological quality of sugarcane under subsurface drip irrigation with treated sewage effluent	10
Effect of calcined/non-calcined phosphate rock application on crop yield and phosphorus availability to replace commercial fertilizer on a lixisol in Burkina Faso	10
Relationship between soil fertility and pasture composition on milk quality in Simmental-Fleckvieh production systems in the Peruvian Amazon	10
Crop residue interactions with fertilizer rate enhances volatilization loss and reduces nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated maize and potato	9

Nitrification inhibitor application at stem elongation stage increases soil nitrogen availability and wheat nitrogen use efficiency under drought stress	9
Elemental sulphur with sulphur oxidizing bacteria enhances phosphorus availability and improves growth and yield of wheat in calcareous soil	9
Effect of soil compaction and cover crop management on soil physical quality, biomass production and corn and soybean yield	9
Potential of novel Rhizobium strains as biofertilizer for improved groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) cultiv	9
Myco-ecological warfare with Meloidogyne species	9
Soil quality assessment of different land use systems of peri-urban - rural landscape of Deccan plateau, hot semi-arid agro-ecosystem	9
Behavior of coffee plants under different cropping systems with a focus on mitigating water scarcity	9
Application of soil amendments to enhance soil carbon and biological properties in a paddy field under elevated CO₂ conditions	9
Efficacy of exopolysaccharide-producing, mineral-solubilizing biofertilizers to enhance cotton productivity in nutrient-deficient soils	9
Comparative effects of different kinds of biochar on ammonia volatilization and chemical properties of saline soil	9
Economic, water saving and energy efficient crop establishment and inter-culture practices for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Indian humid subtropics	9
Assessment of sludge application in maize ( Zea mays L.): influence on crop biomass and heavy metals bioavailability	8
Elevations change fungal communities of the bulk soil, rhizosphere and root ofRhododendron delavayiFranch (Ericaceae) by affecting soil properties in a karst area, southwest China	8
Sugarcane straw management by inoculation of microbial consortia and its impact on short-term N source and amelioration of ratoon sugarcane yield	8
Soil Diseases Suppressiveness Conferred by Organic Farming, Practices and Microbial Metabolites	8
Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhances the wheat yield, water use efficiency and soil physicochemical properties of the arid area in the Northwest China	8
Soil quality assessment based on machine learning approach for cultivated lands in semi-humid environmental condition part of Black Sea region	8
Soil aggregate variation in two contrasting rice straw recycling systems for paddy soil amendment over two years	7
Pyrolytic synthesis and performance efficacy comparison of biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron on soil polluted with toxic metals	7
Effects of integrated rice-animals co-culture on paddy soil and water properties and rice yield: a meta-analysis	7
Twenty—eight years long chemical fertilization effects on soil potassium status under rice-wheat-green gram cropping sequence	7
Synthesis, characterization and application of silicon and titanium nanoparticles to enhance the early development of maize ( Zea mays L.)	7
Polyhalite improves lettuce yield, nutrient uptake and reduces Ca leaching in acidic soils	7
The summer sprays of iodine with calcium chloride are successful in biofortifying apples with iodine and improving their storability	7
Evaluation of soil quality and land suitability in different management systems	7
The application of N-butyl Phosphorothioate Triamine and Dicyandiamide changes the soil N₂O production path	7
Influence of nitrogen sources on grain yield of wheat and net global warming potential	7
Bioethanol potential of switchgrass cultivars for rainfed and irrigated conditions in marginal lands	7
Techniques for sustainable coffee crop management: impacts on growth and yield	7
Optimizing nitrogen fertilization for forage maize production to maximize profit and minimize environmental costs in a rainfed region in China	7
Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer and straw management promote root extension and nitrogen uptake to improve grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of winter wheat ( Triticum aest	7
Biodegradable film mulching promotes better soil quality and increases summer maize grain yield in North China Plain	7
Response of soil micro-food webs to the addition of maize straw and animal manure in a mollisol	7
Positive influences of the compost made from distillers’ grains waste on maize agronomic performances and greenhouse gas emissions	7
The role of management practices on soil seed bank agrobiodiversity and agronomic sustainability in a horticultural cropping system	6
Influence of the application of charred and uncharred spent coffee grounds on soil Carbon and Nitrogen cycles	6
Salinity drives bacterial community shift in paddy soils applied with perishable waste compost	6
Reductive soil disinfestation to improve soil properties in long-term tobacco cultivation	6
Straw, biochar, and nanocarbon altered the enzymatic reaction kinetics and thermodynamic process of catalase in the black soil under continuous warming	6
Subsoiling reduces CO2 concentrations in soil profile of winter wheat – summer maize rotation ecosystem in the North China Plain: a strategy to achieve carbon neutrality in farmland	6
Invasive and native plants differ in their effects on the soil microbial community and plant-soil phosphorus cycle	6
Effect of organic amendments on soil structure, microbial community and water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, North-Eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	6
Modelling soil, plant and fertilizer relationship to optimize nutrient management for chilli ( Capsicum annuum L) under Alfisols of Southe	6
Soilborne nematodes as bioindicators of soil health in cropping systems: a systematic review	6
Using a single base addition for lime requirement of Acrisols: a case study in Southeastern Vietnam	6
Exogenous application of Atonik (sodium nitrophenolate) under skip irrigation regimes modulated the physiology, growth and productivity of Zea mays L	6
Effect of controlled traffic on maintaining physical soil quality in sugarcane fields under different crop management systems	6
Effect of herbicides on weed dynamics, soil fertility, energetics and productivity of upland rice in an acidic subtropical soil of the Eastern Himalayas, India	6
Effect of different methods of inoculation and co-inoculation of Bradyrhizobium spp. and Azospirillum brasilense on soybean agronomic perf	6
Evaluation of intra-row spacing on growth, yield, grain quality and economic performance of quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes under semi-arid	6

Silicon and arbuscular mycorrhizal species complement in improving soil characteristics, sulfur metabolism and antioxidant defense responses in arsenic stressed Cajanus cajan