OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Applied Soil Ecology is 42. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	157
Scientometric study of treatment technologies of soil pollution: Present and future challenges	135
Editorial Board	111
Hydrophobic- and fat-dissolved rice straw-C induced equivalent amount of CO2 emission and soil net C balance	106
Mutual feeding mechanism of carbon, nitrogen and enzyme activity in Northeast China black soil under snow cover change	94
Editorial Board	92
Components of N-fixation system response to glyphosate are un-coupled in agroecosystems	88
Editorial Board	80
Editorial Board	74
Exploration of microbial signature and carbon footprints of the Nilgiri Hill Region in the Western Ghats global biodiversity hotspot of India	73
Editorial Board	69
Organic matter inputs and earthworm inoculation enhance C storage in tropical soils following application of the FBO technology	65
High starch and hemicellulose labile C degradation functional genes increase soil CO2 emissions follow straw return	62
Editorial Board	61
Editorial Board	59
Editorial Board	58
Field-scale heterogeneity overrides management impacts following conversion to no-till within an arable system	58
Stable-isotope probing highlights the active microbes associated with carbon flow under different cultivation conditions: Rhizosphere soil versus bulk soil and upland soil versus paddy soil	57
Editorial Board	56
Suppressing soil-borne Fusarium pathogens of bananas by planting different cultivars of pineapples, with comparisons of the resulting bacterial and fungal communities	55
Composition and activity of soil microbial communities in native and non-native vegetation of southern California	55
Soil-borne disease suppressiveness after short and long term application of fermented, composted or fresh organic amendment treatments in arable soils	55
Editorial Board	53
Bacterial diversity and network modularity determine alfalfa yield in flood lands	50
Too much of a good thing: Evidence of sodium stress in an inland subtropical riparian detrital system	50

Differential shifts in microbiome and pathogen populations associated with suppressive soil in long-term continuous corn field compared to rotation corn field	50
Relationships of bacterial-feeding nematodes, phosphatase-producing bacteria, phosphatase activity and their effects on soil organic phosphorus mineralization under straw return	50
Root hydraulic redistribution underlies the insensitivity of soil respiration to combined heat and drought	50
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	48
Reduced growth of Pinus radiata in the presence of the Australian native Allocasuarina nana via direct allelopathy and inhibition of the pine-supporting mycorrhizal community	48
Editorial Board	48
Comammox Nitrospira and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are metabolically active in a subtropical estuarine wetland	47
Soil biota response to raised water levels and reduced nutrient inputs in agricultural peat meadows	46
The accumulation of soil microbial necromass and the changes in the depth-driven mechanisms along the altitude gradient	46
Soil age and soil phosphate content shape microarthropod communities of Dutch forest ecosystems	46
Tuber melanosporum Vittad. abundance and specific soil parameters predict soil enzymatic activity in wild and managed truffle producing systems	45
Development and evaluation approach of soil quality in agricultural soils: Integrated system for a more reliable delineation of homogeneous management zones	44
Tibetan sheep grazing and selenium addition promote soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in alpine meadow	44
Regulation of soil microbial nitrogen limitation by soybean rhizosphere diazotrophs under long-term no-till mulching	44
Nematodes are a dynamic and novel soil health indicator in a cover cropped tree system	42
Amorphous silica fertilization ameliorated soil properties and promoted putative soil beneficial microbial taxa in a wheat field under drought	42
Increased carbon sequestration of different straw return depths varies temporally	42
Belowground herbivory alter invasive plant-soil feedback and reduce aboveground herbivory	42
Biogeographical patterns and drivers of bacterial community in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	42