OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Soil Ecology is 48. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Soil microbiota resilience in a two-decade long-term experiment comparing an organic and a conventional cropping system	203
Soil sodicity affected the arbuscular mycorrhizal community and its interactions with bacteria in the Western Songnen Plain	187
Organic matter inputs and earthworm inoculation enhance C storage in tropical soils following application of the FBO technology	125
Too much of a good thing: Evidence of sodium stress in an inland subtropical riparian detrital system	123
Temperature mediates microbial multitrophic communities assembly and soil-borne fungal pathogens in coastal ecosystems	120
Editorial Board	109
Effects of controlled release potassium chloride application on rhizosphere bacterial community and metabolites under reduced irrigation volume	104
Editorial Board	102
Farm management and shade tree species influence coffee soil microbiomes in Central and South America	94
The effect of tillage and no-tillage system on culturable fungal communities in the rhizosphere and soil of two spelt cultivars	94
Niche-conserved bacterial consortia enhanced maize agro-physiological performance and soil biological P-related traits under low-P conditions	84
Influence of distillery sewage sludge application placement methods on microbial community functions in sorghum rhizosphere: Focus on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling	81
Effects of anthropogenic activities on soil microbial community structure and methane anaerobic oxidation rate in coastal wetlands of Yellow River Delta, China	80
Tree growth is linked to the diversity of belowground fungal functional guilds across nine Chinese fir plantations in subtropics	76
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reshape the stability and complexity of micro-food webs in the shrubland soils of a dryland ecosystem	72
Co-existence of Glomus versiforme and nitrile butadiene rubber has an antagonistic effect on soil greenhouse gas emissions	70
Earthworms increase soil carbon dioxide emissions through changing microbial community structure and activity under high nitrogen addition	69
Assessing the effects of microwave heat disturbance on soil microbial communities in Australian agricultural environments: A microcosm study	69
Unveiling changes in the rhizosphere bacteriome of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) inbred lines linked to their resistance to the soil borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae Kleb	68
Topographic patterns of soil traits and macro fauna in oriental beech forests in Iran	68
Vermicompost and Azotobacter chroococcum amendment of saline-alkali soil decreases nitrogen loss and increases nitrogen uptake confirmed by ZmNRT1.1B of maize	67
Editorial Board	66
Microbial community assembly elucidates differential biotic homogenization in soils caused by agricultural expansion in the Yangtze River estuary	65
Straw-mediated CH4 production via distinct methanogenic pathways in two paddy soils	63
Comparison of Lycium barbarum and Chenopodium glaucum litter decomposition reveals differential impacts on fusarium abundance and microbial community structure under field conditions	61

Elevated CO2 alters aggregate‑carbon and microbial community but does not affect total soil organic C in the semi-arid tropics	60
Relationships of bacterial-feeding nematodes, phosphatase-producing bacteria, phosphatase activity and their effects on soil organic phosphorus mineralization under straw return	59
Mitomycin C-induced prophage activation for exploring the Lysogeny-lysis functional dynamics in situ	58
Functional diversity and behavioral changes of microbial communities under salt affected soils	58
Cessation of manure application diminishes the dissemination potential of antibiotic resistance genes by altering bacterial interaction patterns in soil–lettuce systems	55
Biological soil conditioner with reduced rates of chemical fertilization improves soil functionality and enhances rice production in vegetable-rice rotation	55
Impact of organic amendments on carbon stability and carbon use efficiency in acidic and alkaline soils	55
Do neighbours matter? Soil mycobiome and mycorrhizal colonization of Ulmus laevis seedlings grown in the vicinity of arbuscular or ectomycorrhizal trees	54
Soil sulfur cycle bacteria and metabolites affected by soil depth and afforestation conditions in high-sulfur coal mining areas	54
Composition and activity of soil microbial communities in native and non-native vegetation of southern California	54
Niche differentiation shapes the community assembly of fungi associated with evergreen trees in the Horqin desert	53
Lure and starve: Host root exudates to suppress field populations of cyst nematodes	53
Cover crop by irrigation and fertilization improves soil health and maize yield: Establishing a soil health index	53
Temporal and spatial dynamics and functional metabolism of dark septate endophytes of Gymnocarpos przewalskii Maxim. in Northwest Desert, China	53
Fungal-based soil food webs, not local plant nor abiotic properties, are most affected by rhizome-derived secondary metabolites of Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)	52
Effects of nitrogen and water addition on N2O emissions in temperate grasslands, northern China	51
Impact of plant litter decomposition on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality	51
Comammox Nitrospira and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are metabolically active in a subtropical estuarine wetland	51
Ageing conditions of tire wear particles alter the effects of their leachates on soil	50
Deep-rooted winter wheat cover crop promotes subsoil organic carbon storage through improved microbial functional traits	50
Adding ligneous litter to cultivated organic soil changes the soil micro-food web and alters soil nitrogen availability	50
Winter cover crops alter nematode community composition and soil health dynamics in corn-soybean systems	49
Experimental warming in boreal peatlands alters oribatid mite community composition and body size through peat drying	49
Enhancing the immobilization efficiency of mercapto-palygorskite on soil Cd through earthworm addition: Cd fractions, soil aggregates, and bacterial community	48
Nitrogen deposition in the middle-aged and mature coniferous forest: Impacts on soil microbial community structure and function	48
Stochastic assembly of rhizosphere microbial communities drives super rice yield variation via enhanced nutrient metabolism	48