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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Sustainable remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils: Capture by Fe3O4/polyaniline nanocomposites and removal by magnetic separation	223
Phosphorus cycling genes, enzyme activities and microbial communities shift based on green manure residues and soil environment	154
Short-term biochar effect on soil physicochemical and microbiological properties of a degraded alpine grassland	112
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for salinity stress: Anti-stress role and mechanisms	108
Wheat morphological and biochemical responses to copper oxide nanoparticles in two soils	76
Social insects behind the microgranular structure of Ferralsols: Consequences for their physical fertility when cultivated	74
Change of pore water near the freezing front during soil freezing: Migration and mechanisms	70
Effect of lignite amendment on carbon and nitrogen mineralization from raw and composted manure during incubation with soil	58
Integrated agronomic practice management decreases soil carbon emission and increases environmental ecological benefits of summer maize	57
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate plant mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in iron ore tailings undergoing eco-engineered pedogenesis	56
Effects of sulfur fertilizers applied at agronomic rates on cadmium availability in agricultural soils: Insights from a batch experiment	53
Cropping leads to loss of soil organic matter: How can we prevent it?	46
Biochar application affects respiration and concomitant biological activities in agricultural soils: A global meta-analysis	45
Brackish water irrigation-induced recruitment of specific consortium determines microbial resistance that facilitates crop yield in a field experiment	43
Effects of nanofertilizer and nano-plant hormone on soil chemical properties and microbial community in two different soil types	42
Research progress on synthetic pyrethroid biodegradation: Current status, pathways, mechanisms and enzyme enhancement strategies	41
Effects of substituting chemical fertilizers with manure on rice yield and soil labile nitrogen in paddy fields of China: A meta-analysis	40
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from five contrasting rice production systems in the tropics	38
Sustainable phytoremediation technologies for the efficient removal of toxic metals from coal mining-contaminated soils with the potential approaches of circular bioeconomy	37
Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the distribution of cadmium in black soil: Perspectives from soil aggregate turnover	37
Effects of microtopographic modification on soil labile organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities in urban restored wetlands	35
Structure, variation and assembly processes of bacterial communities in different root-associated niches of tomato under periodic drought and nitrogen addition	31
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	31
Straw return strengthened straw C assimilating bacterial diversity and interaction, especially in soil small macroaggregates and microaggregates	30
Effect of aggregate size composition and matric potential on microstructural resistance and viscoelasticity of black soil in Northeast China	30

Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles on soil water retention curve and tensile strength	29
Reclamation and vegetation effects on labile and stable soil organic carbon fractions in spoil heaps of coal mining waste	29
Harnessing plant-rhizobacteria alliances for nutrient homeostasis in depleting soil landscape: Shifting paradigms beyond chemical fertilizers	29
Optimizing water retention and nutrient release in soil with diammonium phosphate loaded guar gum/diatomite composite hydrogel: Implications for agriculture	28
Microplastics behavior and distribution in mulched agricultural soil under semi-arid climate: A case study from Morocco	28
An evaluation approach integrating remedial duration for sustainable mega-site remediation in China	28
MilTilV: a vertically resolved microbial explicit soil organic carbon turnover model integrated the effect of tillage operation	27
Microalgal bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture and their interactions with soil biotic and abiotic components: A review	27
Exploring the characteristics of microbial community and enzyme activity in the aged refuse landfill environment of Taiyuan, China	27
Soils in extraterrestrial space: Need for studies under microgravity	26
Dual effects of repeated phytoextraction on cadmium removal from highly polluted soils and organic carbon stability	25
Soil health for future generations: Ensuring sustainable agriculture and ecosystem resilience	25
Pedotransfer functions for predicting bulk density of coastal soils in East China	25
Metagenomic insights into microbial diversity and carbon cycling-related genes along an elevational gradient in arid mountain ecosystems	24
Organic material amendments shape the bacterial community and enhance carbon sequestration in an agricultural black soil	24
Global patterns of soil phosphatase responses to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization	24
An effective planting model to decrease cadmium accumulation in rice grains and plants: Intercropping rice with wetland plants	23
Unveiling the multifaceted role of clay minerals in the One Health framework: A comprehensive review	23
Deep organic amendments in vineyard subsoils reduce temperature sensitivity of respiration without increasing N2O or CH4 emissions	23
Synthetic soil aggregate analogues: multi-functional montmorillonite-organic-microbial composites for mitigating soil acidification	23
Direct standardization transforms micro-NIR data for organic carbon and clay contents prediction in fresh soils	23
Impacts of industrial contamination on rice cultivation: A review	23
Bacterial community characteristics in epigeic and anecic earthworm vermicompartments within soil-earthworm systems	23
Organo-mineral complexes in soil colloids: Implications for carbon storage in saline-alkaline paddy soils from an eight-year field experiment	22
Unveiling root exudates: Composition, characterization, dynamics and collection strategies	22
How the development of barren land into orchards affects soil ecosystem in Tibet, China	22
A multi-channel laboratory system for continuous measurements of microbial respiration under controlled aerobic conditions	21
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic fungi differentially modulate polyamines or proline of peach in response to soil flooding	21
Soil pH controls oxidative and hydrolytic enzyme activities regulating organic matter accumulation in rice cultivation systems	21
Elevated CO2 enhances glomalin accumulation and cadmium (Cd) sequestration in soil of Funneliformis mosseae-inoculated black locust exposed to Cd contamination	21
The effect of different application rates of Zeolite in digestate fertilizer on NH3 and N2O emissions and plant N uptake	20
Biochar from eucalyptus waste improves the chemical and biological properties of an Inceptisol and sugarcane yield over time under tropical conditions	20
Improving Cd and Zn enrichment in leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) on heavy metal-contaminated soil using metal-activating probiotics	20
Assessing deep soil carbon stocks in California nut orchards: insights and opportunities for climate mitigation	19
Size fractions of organic matter pools influence their stability: Application of the Rock-Eval® analysis to beech forest soils	19
Nitrogen fertilization degrades soil aggregation by increasing ammonium ions and decreasing biological binding agents on a Vertisol after 12 years	18
Plant responses to sulfur nutrition and disease attack under climate change: Roles of sulfur and management strategies for wheat and barley	18
Drying and rewetting affect chemical speciation and bioavailability of soil phosphorus in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem	18
Assessment of microbial carbon use efficiency in China's agroecosystem based on enzyme stoichiometry: A meta-analysis	18
Long-term effects of cropping regimes on soil organic carbon and aggregate stability in a Mollisol of Northeast China	17
Effect of Zn binding to phytate and humic substances on its uptake by wheat (Triticum durum L.) as affected by carbonates and Fe oxides	17
Insights into the biodiversity, mechanisms and plant growth-promoting effects of Bradyrhizobium and its potential in sustainable agriculture: A review	17
Decomposition characteristics of woody peat and its mixtures with liable organic materials in a newly reclaimed saline-alkali soil: A one-year incubation experiment	17
Long-term manure application increased soil organic carbon and nitrogen mineralization through accumulation of unprotected and physically protected carbon fractions	16
Complementing culture-dependent and -independent approaches is essential when assessing bacterial community potential functions in chronically polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soils	16
Articulating beneficial rhizobacteria-mediated plant defenses through induced systemic resistance: A review	15
Effects of low molecular weight organic substances, biochars and temperature on the microbial carbon use efficiency	15
Aulacaspis yasumatsui infestations accelerate Cycas leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release	14
Soil microbial carbon consumption is affected by tree and mammal diversity	14
Discrepant factors drive the diversity and composition of soil bacterial and fungal communities underlying cyanobacterial crust along a precipitation gradient	14

Alterations of soil aggregates and intra-aggregate organic carbon fractions after soil conversion from paddy soils to upland soils: Distribution, mineralization and driving mechanism	14
Soil compression influences the avoidance behavior of Allonychiurus kimi (Collembola) to cadmium and copper	14
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	14
Thermotolerant plant growth-promoting microorganisms mitigate the negative effects of heat stress on plants for sustainable agriculture—A comprehensive review	13
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	13
Combining conservation tillage with nitrogen fertilization promotes maize straw decomposition by regulating soil microbial community and enzyme activities	13
Bioaugmentation of a novel bacterial consortium in cotton-planted soil for lambda-cyhalothrin degradation	13
Silicon and plant nutrition—dynamics, mechanisms of transport and role of silicon solubilizer microbiomes in sustainable agriculture: A review	13
Potential inhibition of humic acid against soil-borne pathogenic fungi: A review	13
Agronomic strategies to reduce the arsenic (As) concentration in rice in environments susceptible to high As concentration in grains from Argentina	13
Preface: Special issue on soil ecology and sustainability for celebrating the 70th anniversary of ISSCAS	13
Long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization modulates methane uptake and microbial community dynamics in subtropical forest soils	12
Biochar amendment affects soil nitrogen transformation and nitrous oxide emission: A 15N tracer study	12
Synergistic response of the purple soil-ryegrass system to acidification and cadmium pollution	12
Adsorption/desorption characteristics of Cd, Cu and Pb on/from soil aggregate fractions from a calcareous soil profile in single and ternary systems	12
Medium and long-term liming of an acidified forest soil promotes the abundance and activity of the French endemic earthworm Aporrectodea velox	11
Partial organic fertilizer substitution promotes soil multifunctionality by increasing microbial community diversity and complexity	11
15N tracers and microbial analyses reveal in situ N2O sources in contrasting water regimes of a drained peatland forest	11
Impacts of spatial scales and data distribution patterns on geographically weighted machine learning models for the spatial prediction of soil organic carbon	11
Organic-inorganic fertilization promotes paddy soil macroaggregate organic carbon accumulation associated with key bacterial populations in subtropical China	11
Role of methylotrophic bacteria in managing abiotic stresses for enhancing agricultural production	11
Improving inherent soil productivity underpins agricultural sustainability	11
Effect of synergistic urea by nitrification inhibitor coated with resin on wheat growth and soil nitrogen supply	11
Chemical oxidation of arsenic in the environment and its application in remediation: A mini review	11
Biochar and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) application improves desert soil pH and water-holding characteristics and enhances Microcoleus vaginatus growth	10
Climatic effects on soil organic nitrogen fractions and amino acid chirality in paddy soils	10
Effects of deficit winter irrigation with overwintering freezing on oasis soil salinization and alkalization	10
Unraveling the impact of diverse inhibitors on soil nitrogen emissions: the role of microbial community assembly across different soil types	10
Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances microbial contribution to mineral-associated organic carbon persistence in soil: Insights from soil microbial community and microbial necromass carbon	10
Lead stabilization in a polluted calcareous soil using cost-effective biochar and zeolite amendments after spinach cultivation	10
Stochasticity dominates assembly processes of soil nematode metacommunities on three Asian mountains	10
Functional genes abundance associated with cellulose and hemicellulose degradation reveals the difference of wheat straw decomposition with contrasting tillage histories	10
Soil bacterial communities under slash and burn in Mozambique as revealed by a metataxonomic approach	10
Time effects of rice straw and engineered bacteria on reduction of exogenous Cu mobility in three typical Chinese soils	10
Snow removal promotes microbial-mediated organic carbon stabilization within soil aggregates in a peatland of Northeast China	10
Positive effects of biochar application and Rhizophagus irregularis inoculation on mycorrhizal colonization, rice seedlings and phosphorus cycling in paddy soils	10
Straw management and fertilization improve soil aggregate stability by inducing biological binding agents and specific keystone genera	10
Effects of soil amendment and foliar selenium applications on cadmium immobilization in soil and accumulation in wheat	10
Unraveling the diversity and heterogeneity of cyanobacterial assemblages of biocrusts in the Horqin Sandland, Inner Mongolia	10
Remediation of trichloromethane-contaminated soil and groundwater using microorganisms and iron-based materials: A review	10
Analyzing and assessing maize root water uptake and yield responses to various salt compositions through macroscopic reduction functions	10
Root traits determine the effects of organic amendments on soil aggregate organic carbon by regulating soil microbial multitrophic networks	9
Biodegradable and aged microplastics: Their effects on soil biogeochemical cycles and ecological risks	9
Career opportunities in Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China	9
Methane production and oxidation–-A review on the pmoA and mcrA gene abundances for understanding the functional potentials of agricultural soils	9
Cadmium stress shapes microbial communities in volcanic soils: Implications for ecosystem multifunctionality	9
Typical mineral additions promote soil mineral-associated organic carbon sequestration: Interactions between Fe oxides and microbial-derived peptides	9
Remineralizer associated with inoculation modifies the microbiological attributes of an Oxisol	9
Potential contributors to the quality of degraded soils in a hilly red soil region of southern China	9
Rice-fish coculture without phosphorus addition improves phosphorus availability in paddy soil by regulating phosphorus fraction partitioning and alkaline phosphomonoesterase-encoding bacterial commun	9
Effects of soil erosion-deposition rate and mollic epipedon thickness on sloping farmland soil nutrients in the Mollisol region of Northeast China	8
Thermally activated serpentine: A dual-function adsorbent for simultaneous heavy metal immobilization and soil pH regulation in acidified agricultural systems	8
Shortened co-growth durations enhance wheat phosphorus uptake and rhizosphere available phosphorus depletion under phosphorus limitation, but not in faba bean	8
Optical properties of soil water-extractable organic matter respond to changes in irrigation water quality	8
Agronomic performances of biodegradable and non-biodegradable plastic film mulching on a maize cropping system in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China	8
Geochemical transformation of ferrihydrite: A review on mechanisms, effects of coexisting molecules and environmental implications	8
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophyte inoculation improve growth and tolerance of Pinus tabulaeformis under cadmium stress	8
Exogenous application of artificial humic substance can improve black soil properties and rice yield	8
A novel nanosized FePO4 fertilizer is as effective as triple superphosphate in sustaining the growth of cucumber plants	8
Effects of mining pollution and climate change on microbial communities and human health	8
A hybrid approach for optimizing soil greenhouse gas flux predictions: integrating machine learning outputs into hyperparameter-tuned regression trees	8
Performance and challenges of hydroxyapatite and its nanocomposite-based nanofertilizers: A review	8
Changes in particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon with land use in contrasting soils	8
Enzyme-specific responses of the tomato rhizosphere in salt-affected soil under different agronomic treatments	8
Soil class mapping with severely limited sample data: an explicit rule of soil-landscape relationships in complex terrain	8
Optimizing soil health and maize yield in continuous cropping: synergistic effects of long-term straw return and winter land-use	8
Co-inoculation of protist and Bacillus enhances plant growth via reshaping rhizosphere bacterial community composition and function	8
Soil organic matter revisited: Why humic substances still matter?	8
Revitalizing soil–-biochar's battle against heavy metal menace in plants: A review	8
Biochar pyrolysis temperature determines the efficacy of 3, 4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) in reducing N2O emissions from low cadmium-contaminated paddy soil	8
Viscoelasticity and shear resistance at the aggregate scale of structured and organic carbon-free Chernozems	8
Nematode-fungus interactions in agriculture: Elucidating the dynamics of pathogenic and biocontrol relationships and their prospects	8
Stress combination: When two negatives may become antagonistic, synergistic or additive for plants?	8
Soil biota finds patchy habitat after prescribed burns	8