OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is 35. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
The Allelopathic Activity of Festuca arundinacea Shreb. Rhizospheric Soil Is Exacerbated Under Drought Stress	159
Mycorrhiza Reduces Phosphorus Uptake from Struvite in Rye (Secale cereale L.) Plants	113
Exogenous Foliar Application of Methyl Jasmonate Alleviates Water-Deficit Stress in Andrographis paniculata	110
Application of Species Diversity Theory to Quantitatively Assess the Degree of Preferential Flow in Forest Ecosystems	93
Both Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens and Selenite Fertilizer Application Improved Spring Tea Quality and Selenium Content	82
Changes in Soil Particulate Organic Carbon and Their Response to Changing Environments on the Tibetan Plateau, Mongolian Plateau, and Loess Plateau, China	81
Impact of Thirty-Four Years of Fertilization and Manuring on Soil Nutrients Availability, Yield and Quality of Crops in Indo-Gangetic Plains	72
The Application of Orychophragmus violaceus as a Green Manure Relieves Continuous Cropping Obstacles in Peanut Cultivation by Altering the Soil Microbial Community and Functional Gene Abundance	71
Morphophysiological Changes in Genipa americana Seedlings in Response to Root Deformation and Substrate Attributes	68
Natural δ13C and δ15N Abundance of Plants and Soils Under Long-term N Addition in a Temperate Secondary Forest	65
Superabsorbent Polymer Reduces β-ODAP Content in Grass Pea by Improving Soil Water Status and Plant Drought Tolerance	60
Development of Coriander Microgreens as a Function of the Ionic Strength of the Nutritional Solution and Seed Coating	56
Crop Diversification in Rice-Based Agroecosystem: Medium-Term Effects on Soil Properties, Carbon and Other Nutrients’ Stoichiometry, and System Productivity	55
Bioaccumulation of Potentially Toxic Elements in Lettuce and Soil Fertility Treated with Biosolid	54
Relative Effectiveness of Iron in Complex with Organic Ligands on Functional Iron Status of Maize Plants	54
Acidic Medium pH Mitigates the Effects of Long-Term Salinity on the Physiology, Biochemistry, and Productivity of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Plants	47
The Combined Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Compost Improves Growth and Soil Parameters and Decreases Cadmium Absorption in Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Plants	46
Effects of Quartz Sand Particle Size and Incorporation on the Moisture Dynamics and Desiccation Cracking Behaviors of Red Soil	46
Effects of Bio-organic Fertilizer on Soil Fertility, Yield, and Quality of Tea	44
Effects of Humic Acid on Antioxidant Defense System and Senescence-Related Gene Expression in Leaves of longiflorum × asiatic of Lilies (LA Lilium Hybrid)	43
The Effects of Sterilisation on Abiotic Soil Properties and the Challenge this Poses to Untangling the Influence of Abiotic and Biotic Soil Variables on Plant Growth	42
Paclobutrazol and Amino Acid-Based Biostimulant as Beneficial Compounds in Alleviating the Drought Stress Effects on Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)	41
Soil Carbon Fractions under Vetiver Grass in Australia and Ethiopia Relative to other Land Uses	41
Substituting Manure with Rice Husk to Improve Phosphorus Adsorption and Immobilization in High Phosphorus Accumulated Greenhouse Vegetable Soil	40
Effects of Simulated Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Active Carbon Fractions in a Wet Meadow in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	39

Reduced Nitrogen Loss and Sustained Seed Yield of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) by Optimizing the Use of NPK, Cow Manure, and Vermicompost	38
Thiourea Application Increases Seed and Oil Yields in Camelina Under Heat Stress by Modulating the Plant Water Relations and Antioxidant Defense System	37
Paclobutrazol Improves the Chlorophyll Content and Antioxidant Activities of Red Rice in Response to Alkaline Stress	37
Assessing and Predicting Soil Quality in Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils: Statistical and ANN-Based Techniques	37
Root–Soil Friction Mechanism of Typical Grasses on Purple Soil Bunds in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	36
Evaluating Soil Reclamation and Growth Enhancing Potential of Various Types of Biochar with Respect To Rice Crop Cultivated in Saline Sodic Soil	36
Evaluation of the Effect of Intercropping with Faba Bean on Wheat Performance Under Combined Stress of Water Deficit and P Limitation in the Greenhouse	36
Standardization of Organically Chickpea Cultivation in Red and Lateritic Soils Through Sole and Combined Uses of Bulky Organic Manures	35
Exploring the Potential of Struvite as a Partial Fertilization Component for Endive (Cichorium endivia L.) in Soilless Cultivation	35
Evaluation of the Potential of Rhizobacteria in Supplying Nutrients of Zea mays L. Plant with a Focus on Zinc	35