OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pedosphere is 31. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Reclamation of oil-induced soil hydrophobicity in the hyper-arid Evrona Nature Reserve, southern Israel	148
Sustainable remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils: capture by Fe3O4/polyaniline and removal by magnetic separation	124
Brackish water irrigation-induced recruitment of specific consortium determines microbial resistance that facilitates crop yield in a field experiment	119
Integrated agronomic practice management decreases soil carbon emission and increases environmental ecological benefits of summer maize	104
Complementary effect of zoo compost with mineral nitrogen fertilisation increases wheat yield and nutrition in a low-nutrient soil	104
Research progress on synthetic pyrethroid biodegradation: Current status, pathways, mechanisms, and enzyme enhancement strategies	98
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from five contrasting rice production systems in the tropics	91
Cropping leads to loss of soil organic matter: How can we prevent it?	85
Short-term biochar effect on soil physicochemical and microbiological properties of a degraded alpine grassland	79
A conceptual framework and an empirical test of complementarity and facilitation with respect to phosphorus uptake by plant species mixtures	64
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate plant mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in iron ore tailings undergoing eco-engineered pedogenesis	60
Effect of sulfur fertilizers applied at agronomic rates on cadmium availability in agricultural soils: insights from a batch experiment	55
Effects of nanofertilizer and nano-plant hormone on soil chemical properties and microbial community in two different soil types	53
Wheat morphological and biochemical responses to copper oxide nanoparticles in two soils	50
Impacts of land use and salinization on soil inorganic and organic carbon in the middle-lower Yellow River Delta	49
Effects of substituting chemical fertilizers with manure on rice yield and soil labile nitrogen in paddy fields of China: A meta-analysis	47
Change of pore water near the freezing front during soil freezing: Migration and mechanisms	44
Social insects behind the microgranular structure of Ferralsols: Consequences for their physical fertility when cultivated	42
Effect of lignite amendment on carbon and nitrogen mineralization from raw and composted manure during incubation with soil	42
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for salinity stress: Anti-stress role and mechanisms	42
Reclamation and vegetation effects on labile and stable soil organic carbon fractions in spoil heaps of coal mining waste	41
Structure, variation and assembly processes of bacterial communities in different root-associated niches of tomato under periodic drought and nitrogen addition	40
Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles on soil water retention curve and tensile strength	39
Effects of microtopographic modification on soil labile organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities in urban restored wetlands	39
Straw return strengthened straw C assimilating bacterial diversity and interaction, especially in soil small macroaggregates and microaggregates	34

Strategies to mitigate the adverse effect of drought stress on crop plants—influences of soil bacteria: A review	33
Variability in pattern and hydrogen isotope composition (δ2H) of long-chain n-alkanes of surface soils and its relations to climate and vegetation characteristics: A meta-analysis	33
Simulating soil erodibility in southeastern China using a sequential Gaussian algorithm	32
Optimizing water retention and nutrient release in soil with diammonium phosphate loaded guar gum/diatomite composite hydrogel: Implications for agriculture	31
Microplastics behavior and distribution in mulched agricultural soil under semi-arid climate: A case study from Morocco	31
Pedotransfer functions for predicting bulk density of coastal soils in East China	31