OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pedosphere is 8. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate plant mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in iron ore tailings undergoing eco-engineered pedogenesis	204
Sustainable phytoremediation technologies for the efficient removal of toxic metals from coal mining contaminated soils with the potential approaches of circular bioeconomy	174
Effects of nanofertilizer and nano-plant hormone on soil chemical properties and microbial community in two different soil types	156
Complementary effect of zoo compost with mineral nitrogen fertilisation increases wheat yield and nutrition in a low-nutrient soil	152
Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the distribution of cadmium in black soil: Perspectives from soil aggregate turnover	126
Wheat morphological and biochemical responses to copper oxide nanoparticles in two soils	113
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from five contrasting rice production systems in the tropics	101
A conceptual framework and an empirical test of complementarity and facilitation with respect to phosphorus uptake by plant species mixtures	85
Change of pore water near the freezing front during soil freezing: Migration and mechanisms	67
Social insects behind the microgranular structure of Ferralsols: Consequences for their physical fertility when cultivated	66
Effect of lignite amendment on carbon and nitrogen mineralization from raw and composted manure during incubation with soil	65
Sustainable remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils: Capture by Fe3O4/polyaniline nanocomposites and removal by magnetic separation	63
Cropping leads to loss of soil organic matter: How can we prevent it?	61
Effects of sulfur fertilizers applied at agronomic rates on cadmium availability in agricultural soils: Insights from a batch experiment	60
Short-term biochar effect on soil physicochemical and microbiological properties of a degraded alpine grassland	58
Phosphorus cycling genes, enzyme activities and microbial communities shift based on green manure residues and soil environment	55
Effects of substituting chemical fertilizers with manure on rice yield and soil labile nitrogen in paddy fields of China: A meta-analysis	54
Reclamation of oil-induced soil hydrophobicity in the hyper-arid Evrona Nature Reserve, southern Israel	49
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for salinity stress: Anti-stress role and mechanisms	48
Impacts of land use and salinization on soil inorganic and organic carbon in the middle-lower Yellow River Delta	47
Brackish water irrigation-induced recruitment of specific consortium determines microbial resistance that facilitates crop yield in a field experiment	45
Research progress on synthetic pyrethroid biodegradation: Current status, pathways, mechanisms, and enzyme enhancement strategies	41
Integrated agronomic practice management decreases soil carbon emission and increases environmental ecological benefits of summer maize	39
Straw return strengthened straw C assimilating bacterial diversity and interaction, especially in soil small macroaggregates and microaggregates	37
Structure, variation and assembly processes of bacterial communities in different root-associated niches of tomato under periodic drought and nitrogen addition	36

Reclamation and vegetation effects on labile and stable soil organic carbon fractions in spoil heaps of coal mining waste	36
Effects of microtopographic modification on soil labile organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities in urban restored wetlands	36
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	35
Harnessing plant-rhizobacteria alliances for nutrient homeostasis in depleting soilscape: Shifting paradigms beyond chemical fertilizers	33
Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles on soil water retention curve and tensile strength	33
MilTilV: a vertically resolved microbial explicit soil organic carbon turnover model integrated the effect of tillage operation	32
Soils in extraterrestrial space: Need for studies under microgravity	30
Optimizing water retention and nutrient release in soil with diammonium phosphate loaded guar gum/diatomite composite hydrogel: Implications for agriculture	30
Exploring the characteristics of microbial community and enzyme activity in the aged refuse landfill environment of Taiyuan, China	28
Pedotransfer functions for predicting bulk density of coastal soils in East China	28
An evaluation approach integrating remedial duration for sustainable mega-site remediation in China	28
Plant- and microbe-assisted biochar amendment technology for petroleum hydrocarbon remediation in saline-sodic soils: A review	28
Microalgal bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture and their interactions with soil biotic and abiotic components: A review	27
Soil health for future generations: Ensuring sustainable agriculture and ecosystem resilience	26
Microplastics behavior and distribution in mulched agricultural soil under semi-arid climate: A case study from Morocco	26
Metagenomic insights into microbial diversity and carbon cycling-related genes along an elevational gradient in arid mountain ecosystems	24
Unveiling root exudates: composition, characterization, dynamics and collection strategies	24
Bacterial community characteristics in epigeic and anecic earthworm vermicompartments within soil-earthworm systems	24
Direct standardization transforms micro-NIR data for organic carbon and clay contents prediction in fresh soils	23
Unveiling the multifaceted role of clay minerals in the One Health framework: A comprehensive review	23
An empirical assessment of the impact of industrial contamination on Paddy production	22
Organo-mineral complexes in soil colloids: Implications for carbon storage in saline-alkaline paddy soils from an eight-year field experiment	22
An effective planting model to decrease cadmium accumulation in rice grains and plants: Intercropping rice with wetland plants	22
An overview on biochar production, its implications, and mechanisms of biochar-induced amelioration of soil and plant characteristics	22
Global patterns of soil phosphatase responses to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization	22
How the development of barren land into orchards affects soil ecosystem in Tibet, China	21
Plant growth and development responses to sulfur nutrition and disease attack under climate change: role of sulfur and management strategies for wheat and barley	21
Effect of Zn binding to phytate and humic substances on its uptake by wheat (Triticum durum L.) as affected by carbonates and Fe oxides	21
Assessing deep soil carbon stocks in California nut orchards: insights and opportunities for climate mitigation	21
Decomposition characteristics of woody peat and its mixtures with liable organic materials in a newly reclaimed saline-alkali soil: A one-year incubation experiment	21
Improving Cd and Zn enrichment in leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) on heavy metal-contaminated soil using metal-activating probiotics	20
Meta-analysis of microbial carbon use efficiency by enzyme-stoichiometry in China's agroecosystem	20
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic fungi differentially modulate polyamines or proline of peach in response to soil flooding	20
The effect of different application rates of Zeolite in digestate fertilizer on NH3 and N2O emissions and plant N uptake	20
Long-term effects of cropping regimes on soil organic carbon and aggregate stability in a Mollisol of Northeast China	19
Nitrogen fertilization degrades soil aggregation by increasing ammonium ions and decreasing biological binding agents on a Vertisol after 12 years	19
Biochar from eucalyptus waste improves the chemical and biological properties of an Inceptisol and sugarcane yield over time under tropical conditions	19
Size fractions of organic matter pools influence their stability: Application of the Rock-Eval® analysis to beech forest soils	18
Drying and rewetting affect chemical speciation and bioavailability of soil phosphorus in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem	18
Elevated CO2 enhances glomalin accumulation and cadmium (Cd) sequestration in soil of Funneliformis mosseae-inoculated black locust exposed to Cd contamination	18
Long-term manure application increased soil organic carbon and nitrogen mineralization through accumulation of unprotected and physically protected carbon fractions	17
Mutualistic fungus Piriformospora indica modulates cadmium phytoremediation properties of host plant via concerted action of enzymatic and non-enzymatic biochemicals	17
Information for Contributors to PEDOSPHERE	17
Complementing culture-dependent and -independent approaches is essential when assessing bacterial community potential functions in chronically polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soils	17
Effects of low molecular weight organic substances, biochars and temperature on the microbial carbon use efficiency	17
Soil protists: An untapped microbial resource of agriculture and environmental importance	17
Articulating beneficial rhizobacteria-mediated plant defenses through induced systemic resistance: A review	17
Insights into the biodiversity, mechanisms and plant growth promoting effects of Bradyrhizobium and their potential in sustainable agriculture	17
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings enriched with zinc or manganese: Their impacts on cadmium accumulation and expression of related genes	16
Aulacaspis yasumatsui infestations accelerate Cycas leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release	16

Soil microbial carbon consumption is affected by tree and mammal diversity	16
Soil compression influences the avoidance behavior of Allonychiurus kimi (Collembola) to cadmium and copper	16
Combining conservation tillage with nitrogen fertilization promotes maize straw decomposition by regulating soil microbial community and enzyme activities	15
Microplastics in soil: Impacts and microbial diversity and degradation	15
Synthesis of an eco-friendly nanocomposite fertilizer for common bean based on carbon nanoparticles from agricultural waste biochar	15
Alterations of soil aggregates and intra-aggregate organic carbon fractions after soil conversion from paddy soils to upland soils: Distribution, mineralization and driving mechanism	15
Adsorption/desorption characteristics of Cd, Cu and Pb on/from soil aggregate fractions from a calcareous soil profile in single and ternary systems	15
Synergistic response of the purple soil-ryegrass system to acidification and cadmium pollution	15
Influence of ambient temperature (5~35°C) and freeze–thaw cycle on the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to soil organic matter in unsaturated soil	15
Potential inhibition of humic acid against soil-borne pathogenic fungi: A review	15
Biochar amendment affected soil nitrogen transformation and nitrous oxide emissions: A 15N tracer study	15
Long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization modulates methane uptake and microbial community dynamics in subtropical forest soils	14
Preface: Special issue on soil ecology and sustainability for celebrating the 70th anniversary of ISSCAS	14
Organic-inorganic fertilization promotes paddy soil macroaggregate organic carbon accumulation associated with key bacterial populations in subtropical China	14
Spectral indices measured with proximal sensing using canopy reflectance sensor, chlorophyll meter and leaf color chart for in-season grain yield prediction of basmati rice	14
Agronomic strategies to reduce the arsenic (As) concentration in rice in environments susceptible to high As concentration in grains from Argentina	14
Impacts of silver nanoparticles on enzymatic activities, nitrifying bacteria, and nitrogen transformation in soil amended with ammonium and nitrate	13
Role of methylotrophic bacteria in managing abiotic stresses for enhancing agricultural production	13
Some advances in important research on soil in a changing world	13
Improving inherent soil productivity underpins agricultural sustainability	13
Bioaugmentation of a novel bacterial consortium in cotton-planted soil for lambda-cyhalothrin degradation	13
Partial organic fertilizer substitution promotes soil multifunctionality by increasing microbial community diversity and complexity	13
15N tracers and microbial analyses reveal in situ N2O sources in contrasting water regimes of a drained peatland forest	13
Effect of synergistic urea by nitrification inhibitor coated with resin on wheat growth and soil nitrogen supply	13
Silicon and plant nutrition—dynamics, mechanisms of transport and role of silicon solubilizer microbiomes in sustainable agriculture: A review	13
Medium and long-term liming of an acidified forest soil promotes the abundance and activity of the French endemic earthworm Aporrectodea velox	12
Snow removal promotes microbial-mediated organic carbon stabilization within soil aggregates in a peatland of Northeast China	12
Stochasticity dominates assembly processes of soil nematode metacommunities on three Asian mountains	12
Biochar and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) application improves desert soil pH and water-holding characteristics and enhances Microcoleus vaginatus growth	12
Positive effects of biochar application and Rhizophagus irregularis inoculation on mycorrhizal colonization, rice seedlings and phosphorus cycling in paddy soils	11
Effect of biochar applied with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on soil microbial community composition and nitrogen utilization in tomato	11
Chemical oxidation of arsenic in the environment and its application in remediation: A mini review	11
Impacts of spatial scales and data distribution patterns on geographically weighted machine learning models for the spatial prediction of soil organic carbon	11
Straw management and fertilization improve soil aggregate stability by inducing biological binding agents and specific keystone genera	11
Effects of soil amendment and foliar selenium applications on cadmium immobilization in soil and accumulation in wheat	11
Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances microbial contribution to mineral-associated organic carbon persistence in the soil: Insights from soil microbial community and microbial necromass carbon	11
Climatic effects on soil organic nitrogen fractions and amino acid chirality in paddy soils	11
Root traits determine the effects of organic amendments on aggregate organic carbon by regulating microbial multitrophic networks	11
Unraveling the diversity and heterogeneity of cyanobacterial assemblages of biocrusts in the Horqin Sandland, Inner Mongolia	11
Lead stabilization in a polluted calcareous soil using cost-effective biochar and zeolite amendments after spinach cultivation	11
Methane production and oxidation–-A review on the pmoA and mcrA gene abundances for understanding the functional potentials of agricultural soils	10
Effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on the molecular responses of maize under drought and heat stresses: A review	10
Effects of the soil erosion rate and mollic epipedon thickness on soil nutrients in Northeast China	10
Earthworm regulation of nitrogen pools and dynamics and marker genes of nitrogen cycling: A meta-analysis	10
Remediation of trichloromethane-contaminated soil and groundwater using microorganisms and iron-based materials: A review	10
Soil bacterial communities under slash and burn in Mozambique as revealed by a metataxonomic approach	10
Remineralizer associated with inoculation modifies the microbiological attributes of an Oxisol	10
Functional genes abundance associated with cellulose and hemicellulose degradation reveals the difference of wheat straw decomposition with contrasting tillage histories	10
Effects of deficit winter irrigation with overwintering freezing on oasis soil salinization and alkalization	10
Time effects of rice straw and engineered bacteria on reduction of exogenous Cu mobility in three typical Chinese soils	10
The effect of mining pollution and climate change on microbial communities and human health	10
Rice-fish coculture without phosphorus addition improves phosphorus availability in paddy soil by regulating phosphorus fraction partitioning and alkaline phosphomonoesterase-encoding bacterial commun	9
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophyte inoculation improve growth and tolerance of Pinus tabulaeformis under cadmium stress	9
Stress combination: When two negatives may become antagonistic, synergistic or additive for plants?	9
A novel nanosized FePO4 fertilizer is as effective as triple superphosphate in sustaining the growth of cucumber plants	9
Exogenous application of artificial humic substance can improve black soil properties and rice yield	9
Potential contributors to the quality of degraded soils in a hilly red soil region of southern China	9
Cadmium stress shapes microbial communities in volcanic soils: Implications for ecosystem multifunctionality	9
Career opportunities in Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China	9
Optical properties of water-extractable organic matter from soil respond to changes in irrigation water quality	8
Soil mineral-associated and particulate organic matter differentially alleviate the toxic effects of 2,4,6-tribromophenol on arylsulfatase	8
Changes in particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon with land use in contrasting soils	8
Nematode-fungal interactions in agriculture: Elucidating the dynamics of pathogenic and biocontrol relationships and their prospects	8
Soil biota finds patchy habitat after prescribed burns	8
Revitalizing soils: biochar's battle against heavy metal menace in plants—A review	8
Performance and challenges of hydroxyapatite and its nanocomposite-based nanofertilizers: A review	8
Co-inoculation of protist and Bacillus enhances plant growth via reshaping rhizosphere bacterial community composition and function	8
A critical review of microbially induced carbonate precipitation for soil stabilization: The global experiences and future prospective	8
Priming effect and its regulating factors for fast and slow soil organic carbon pools: A meta-analysis	8
Soil Organic Matter Revisited: Why Humic Substances Still Matter	8