OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems is 3. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Nitrogen supply by cut-and-carry biomass for vegetable crops and subsequent cereals	57
Towards net zero emissions without compromising agricultural sustainability: What is achievable?	24
Recycled nutrients supply phosphorus for organically-managed wheat and forage crops	24
Exploring nitrogen-flow networks and energy performance of contrasting organic farms	21
Decision-making environment of low-protein animal feeding in dairy and poultry farms in China	20
Large nitrous oxide emissions from arable soils after crop harvests prior to sowing	19
Nitrous oxide emissions after application of cattle-manure-based pellet of different pH levels to an Andosol upland field	19
Field based 15 N study: an investigation of cereal rye N fate and utilization by the subsequent corn and soybean	16
Impacts of slurry acidification and injection on fertilizer nitrogen fates in grassland	15
Fertilizer price hikes, farmers’ willingness to pay and crop switching decision in Ghana	15
A decision support tool for the selection of 15 N analysis methods of ammonium and nitrate	15
Improving nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated cotton production	15
Quantifying the prevalence of (non)-response to fertilizers in sub-Saharan Africa using on-farm trial data	14
Nitrogen management trade-offs in hybrid rice for agronomy, carbon, and energy efficiency	14
Simulating long-term soil carbon storage, greenhouse gas balance, and crop yields in semi-arid cropping systems using DayCent model	13
Split N application and DMP based nitrification inhibitors mitigate N2O losses in a soil cropped with winter wheat	13
Gained net ecosystem economic benefit in machine-transplanted double-cropped rice strategies	13
Greenlandic glacial rock flour improves crop yield in organic agricultural production	13
Developing climate-resilient agri-environmental production systems	12
15Nitrogen urea fertilizer fate in soil–water–plant pools for corn–soybean rotation with grass and legume cover crops	12
Soil organic phosphorus mineralisation rate in cropped fields receiving various P sources	12
Establishing optimal one-time root-zone nitrogen management for winter wheat in a loamy soil	11
Cell signalling compound improves pasture and livestock productivity and the environment	11
Soil phosphorus pools and cycling as affected by changing land-uses in a semi-steppe ecosystem	11
Emissions of N2O and NH3 from cattle excreta in grass pastures fertilized with N or mixed with a forage legume	11

Soy and mustard effectively mobilize phosphorus from inorganic and organic sources	11
Marginal increase in nitrate leaching under grass–clover leys by slurry and mineral fertilizer	11
Nitrogen dynamics during the seed-filling period in safflower under dryland Mediterranean conditions	11
Do tropical climatic conditions reduce the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors? A meta-analysis of studies carried out in Brazil	10
Fertilization strategies to reduce yield-scaled N2O emissions based on the use of biochar and biochar-based fertilizers	10
Diffusive gradients in thin films predicts crop response better than calcium-acetate-lactate extraction	10
Limited benefits of summer cover crops on nitrogen cycling in organic vegetable production	10
Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake	10
Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under intensified pasture and sugarcane expansion	10
Assessing policy impacts on nutrient circularity: a comprehensive review	9
Increases in nitrogen use efficiency decrease nitrous oxide emissions but can penalize yield in sugarcane	9
Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought	9
Spatial distribution and environmental risk of soil phosphorus under a long-term fertilizer strategy in a rice–wheat rotation system	9
Magnesium fertilization has a greater impact on soil and leaf nutrient concentrations than nitrogen or calcium fertilization in Florida orange production	9
New generation urease inhibitor Duromide reduces ammonia losses and increases irrigated rice yield	9
Structural equation modelling to analyze the sustainability of the fertilizer sector in India	9
Urease inhibitor reduces ammonia volatilization and increases rice grain yield under irrigation delay	9
Summer soil management regulates greenhouse gas emissions in dryland wheat cropping	9
Unraveling the role of ruzigrass in soil K cycling in tropical cropping systems	8
Biochar amendments make the harvesting of crop residue for bioenergy production sustainable	8
Mitigate N2O emissions while maintaining sugarcane yield using enhanced efficiency fertilisers and reduced nitrogen rates	8
Reversing negative nitrogen balances in intensive rice-based cropping with Conservation Agriculture	8
Quantifying the fate of nitrogen from cereal rye root and shoot biomass using 15N	8
Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions in grazing systems through nitrification inhibitors: a meta-analysis	8
Regenerating productivity after soil fertility depletion in a 20-year cotton–maize rotation in Benin	8
Rice husk ash and water management affect the GHG emission and water productivity in rice	8
Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in nitrogen-fertilized grass and legume-grass forage systems	8
Adding inhibitors to manure injections can mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from barley croplands	8
Ruzigrass as cover crop improves the potassium partial balance and use by subsequent cotton	8
Soil fertility, maize productivity, and nutrient use efficiency following different cattle corralling duration and mineral fertilizer application on a Lixisol in Benin	8
Slurry acidification outperformed injection as an ammonia emission-reducing technique in boreal grass cultivation	8
Phosphorus drawdown rate following cessation of repeated manure application to annual crops	7
Nutrient circularity of an anaerobic digestion project in a typical intensive rice cultivation village in the Vietnamese Mekong delta region: a regional material flow analysis and discussion of modeli	7
Correction: Cover crop quality and quantity influences organic corn performance more than soil context	7
Polymer coated urea does not improve nitrogen use efficiency above urea in ratoon sugarcane crops in the wet subtropics	7
Beyond circularity! Integration of circularity, efficiency, and sufficiency for nutrient management in agri-food systems	7
Elevated CO2 results in modified N2O emissions from paddy rice fields	7
Optimizing nutrient requirement in space and time for increased crop yield and income	7
Enduring increases in maize yield are a co-benefit of enhanced weathering of Greenlandic glacial rock flour in Ghana	7
In recognition of Mike Hedley: fate of fertiliser in soil and mobilisation of recalcitrant nutrients	7
Canola productivity and carbon footprint under different cropping systems in eastern Canada	7
Assessing crop nitrogen status under organic amendments to reduce nitrogen fertilizer inputs and improve sustainability	7
Integrating organic fertilizers in maize-mung bean intercropping: implications for soil carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas reduction	7
End-of-life stage of renewable growing media with biochar versus spent peat or mineral wool	6
Identifying the circularization opportunities for organic wastes generated in a Mediterranean region	6
Biomass partitioning and nutrient fluxes in Silphium perfoliatum and silage maize cropping systems	6
Temporal changes in the nutrient content of cattle dung in the Nebraska Sandhills ecosystem	6
Integrated nutrient management enhances leaf litter, mango yield, quality and carbon stock	6
A new circular fertiliser framework for greenhouse hydroponic systems using phosphorus as a case study	6
Are soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at steady state despite introducing grass and legumes to soybean and maize production system?	6

Effects of urea micronized sulfur combined with urease and nitrification inhibitors on nitrogen transformation, losses, and crop response	6
Leaching and volatilization of nitrogen in paddy rice under different nitrogen management	6
Soil greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical vegetable farms, using forest as a reference	5
Book review «Improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop production»	5
Interrelationships between soil phosphorus compounds and their dependence on soil chemical and physical attributes	5
Nitrogen loss partitioning and emissions in intensive subtropical hybrid dairy systems	5
Correction: Nitrogen fertilization with pig slurry in a barley-sorghum double-annual forage cropping system	5
Differential nutrient dynamics in cowpea and sunn hemp under organic orange peel powder fertilization	5
Alfalfa green manure amendment improved P use efficiency and reduced P losses from paddy fields	5
Nitrogen fertilizer replacement values of organic amendments: determination and prediction	5
Potential to improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) by use of perennial mobile green manures	5
Why is nutrient cycling in food systems so limited? A case study from the North-Netherlands region	5
Fertilisation strategies and their influence on nutrient flows in organic apple orchards	5
System-based management of phosphorus in a non-flooded rice-lentil system on alkaline soil	5
Optimizing nitrogen input in orchard systems to balance agronomic productivity and environmental protection	5
How can urea-N one-time management achieve high yield and high NUE for rainfed and irrigated maize?	5
Agroecological practices improve soil biological properties in an organic vegetable system	5
Indigenous nutrient supply, weeding and fertilisation strategies influence on-farm N, P and K use efficiency in lowland rice	5
Sub-surface drip-fertigation and legume residue improved maize yield and nitrogen use	5
Long-term K fertilization effects on soil available K, grain yield, and plant K critical value in winter wheat	5
Challenges and opportunities for nutrient circularity: an innovation platform approach	4
High fertilizing value but potentially high volatilization of urine based fertilizers	4
Linear relationship between CH4 fluxes and atmospheric CO2 concentration levels controlled by rice biomass and soil methanogenic communities	4
Can 15N leaf-labelling reliably quantify rhizodeposited nitrogen remaining after a nodulated legume crop?	4
Can periodic phosphorus fertilizer applications reduce the risk of P loss ?	4
Agroecological practices affect agronomic performance and resilience in fennel cultivation	4
Foliar zinc fertilization improves yield, biofortification and nutrient-use efficiency of upland rice	4
Inoculation of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria improves soil phosphorus mobilization and maize productivity	4
Modelling long-term yield and soil organic matter dynamics in a maize cropping system	4
Phosphorus effects on four lentil cultivars grown on alkaline Mediterranean soil	4
A modular approach for quantification of nitrogen flows and losses along dairy manure management chains of different complexity	4
Using spatially variable nitrogen application and crop responses to evaluate crop nitrogen use efficiency	4
Productivity and nutritive value of no-input minimum tillage organic forage systems	4
Stable isotope techniques for quantifying N fertiliser recovery in maize grown in soils with different management histories	4
Strategies for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from weathered soils fertilized with urea	4
Liming improves wheat nutrient use efficiency, yield, and quality on acid soils in Ethiopia	4
Rapid determination of site-specific N, P, and K management for rice in a tidal swampland	3
Plant and soil N of different winter cover crops as green manure for subsequent organic white cabbage	3
Soil nitrogen dynamics and sorghum productivity as affected by biochar in the dry tropics	3
Shallow plough tillage with straw return increases rice yield by improving nutrient availability and physical properties of compacted subsurface soils	3
Performance of LINTUL-2 in simulating water-limited yields of maize using different sets of weather data in Ghana	3
Global-scale meta-analysis reveals enhanced cereal yields through sulfur and zinc fertilization	3
Dynamics of potassium concentration in paddy field water, soil and plant affected by potassium fertilizer levels	3
Understory vegetation management regulates soil carbon and nitrogen storage in rubber plantations	3
Tiered maize and wheat nutrient removal coefficients estimated from available data	3
Alternate wetting and drying: a water-saving technology for sustainable rice production in Burkina Faso?	3
Interseeded alfalfa N2 fixation and transfer to maize are reduced by N fertilizer	3
New field technique to determine in-situ gross nitrification rates on an intact 4 m2 scale on arable land	3
Agri-environmental implications of N- and P-based manure application to perennial and annual cropping systems	3
Potassium-enriched biochar-based fertilizers for improved uptake in radish plants	3
Fate and cost effectiveness of soil carbon sequestered using supplementary nutrients applied to crop residues under field conditions	3
On-farm greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon stocks of a soybean‒maize system	3
Editorial on special issues: “regional nutrient management in the circular economy” & “nitrogen and carbon recycling: benefits from the stakeholders’ perspective”	3
Soil respiration under different N fertilization and irrigation regimes in Bengaluru, S-India	3
Straw incorporation facilitates utilization of straw-derived N in Black Soils	3
Restoring nutrient circularity in a nutrient-saturated area in Germany requires systemic change	3
Nitrate leaching from silage maize is more related to biomass N concentration at harvest time than inclusion of undersown cover crops	3
Carbon and nutrient cycling in cocoa agroforests under organic and conventional management	3
Enabling the circular nitrogen economy with organic and organo-mineral fertilisers	3
Site-specific recommendations of cattle manure nitrogen and urea for silage maize	3
Inhibitors application time and pasture canopy capture regulate gaseous losses of urine-N	3
Split-nitrogen application increases nitrogen-use efficiency and yield of cotton	3
Regulation of winter soil mineral nitrogen and N2O emissions by cover crop termination timing	3