OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Stocks of organic carbon in German agricultural soils—Key results of the first comprehensive inventory	55
Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere—Laboratory and field scale	51
FTIR spectral band shifts explained by OM–cation interactions	46
Characterizing phosphorus availability in waste products by chemical extractions and plant uptake	22
Utilization of soil organic phosphorus as a strategic approach for sustainable agriculture	21
Soil phosphorus cycling is modified by carbon and nitrogen fertilization in a long‐term field experiment	20
Morphological and physiological responses and plasticity in Robinia pseudoacacia to the coupling of water, nitrogen and phosphorus	19
Comprehensive assessment of extraction methods for plant tissue samples for determining sodium and potassium via flame photometer and chloride via automated flow analysis^#	18
Microplastics in agroecosystems: A review of effects on soil biota and key soil functions	18
Soil health, soil genetic horizons and biodiversity^#	18
Biological soil crusts enhance moisture and nutrients in the upper rooting zone of sandy soil agroecosystems	17
Introduction of a guideline for measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes from soils using non‐steady‐state chambers	16
Benchmarking soil organic carbon to support agricultural carbon management: A German case study#	16
Review Article: The effect of humic substances on phosphate and iron acquisition by higher plants: Qualitative and quantitative aspects	16
Inventory and assessment of pH in cropland and grassland soils in Germany^#	15
A contribution of molecular modeling to supramolecular structures in soil organic matter^#	14
Iodine uptake and translocation in apple trees grown under protected cultivation	14
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil aggregation in a no‐tillage system with crop rotation	14
Biochemical responses of wheat to silicon application under salinity	14
Phosphorus speciation in cultivated organic soils revealed by P K‐edge XANES spectroscopy	14
Silicon spraying alleviates calcium deficiency in tomato plants, but Ca‐EDTA is toxic	14
Long‐term straw mulching in a no‐till field improves soil functionality and rice yield by increasing soil enzymatic activity and chemical properties in paddy soils	14
Growth and nutrient uptake of temperate perennial pastures are influenced by grass species and fertilisation with a microbial consortium inoculant	13
Perspectives from the Fritz‐Scheffer Awardee 2021: Soil organic matter storage and functions determined by patchy and piled‐up arrangements at the microscale	13
Changes in soil organic carbon fractions in response to wheat straw incorporation in a subtropical paddy field in China	13

Plot‐scale variability of organic carbon in temperate agricultural soils—Implications for soil monitoring#	13
World Reference Base for Soil Resources—Its fourth edition and its history	12
Phosphorus availability of sewage sludges and ashes in soils of contrasting pH	12
Fertilizing maize croppings with blends of slow/controlled‐release and conventional nitrogen fertilizers	12
Efficacy of four nitrification inhibitors for the mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions under different soil temperature and moisture^#	12
Spent mushroom compost enhances plant response and phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soil	12
A review of phosphate oxygen isotope values in global bedrocks: Characterising a critical endmember to the soil phosphorus system	11
Phosphate foliar application increases biomass and P concentration in P deficient maize	11
Phosphorus fertilizer form and application frequency affect soil P availability, chickpea yield, and P use efficiency under drip fertigation	10
Salt hydration and drop drying of two model calcium salts: Implications for foliar nutrient absorption and deposition	10
Flint maize root mycorrhization and organic acid exudates under phosphorus deficiency: Trends in breeding lines and doubled haploid lines from landraces	10
In soil measurement of radiation dose caused by X‐ray computed tomography	10
The Askov long‐term field experiment (1894–2021) represents a unique research platform^#	10
Nutrient uptake and assimilation under varying day and night root zone temperatures in lowland rice	10
Interspecific root interactions increase maize yields in intercropping with different companion crops	9
Cropping diversity with rice influences soil aggregate formation and nutrient storage under different tillage systems	9
The phosphorus status of German cropland—An inventory of top‐ and subsoils	9
Diagnosis of zinc and boron availability in emerging vegetable‐based crop rotations in Nepal	9
Improving nitrogen use efficiency using precision nitrogen management in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	9
Potassium is a potential toxicant for Arabidopsis thaliana under saline conditions	9
Utility of stabilized nitrogen fertilizers to reduce nitrate leaching under optimal management practices	9
Vertical distribution of phosphorus fractions and the environmental critical phosphorus level in acidic red soil under long‐term fertilizer and lime application in southern China	9
Biocrusts: Overlooked hotspots of managed soils in mesic environments	9
Effects of water deficit and nitrogen application on leaf gas exchange, phytohormone signaling, biomass and water use efficiency of oat plants	9
Soil microbial biomass and community composition as affected by cover crop diversity in a short‐term field experiment on a podzolized Stagnosol‐Cambisol	8
Nitrogen fertilization strategies to reduce the risk of nitrate leaching in open field cultivation of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)^#	8
Quantifying nitrogen loss and water use via regionalization and multiple‐year scenario simulations in the North China Plain	8
Biogeochemical limitations of carbon stabilization in forest subsoils^#	8
Molybdenum‐induced effects on nitrogen uptake efficiency and recovery in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using ¹⁵N‐labeled nitrogen with different N forms and rates	8
Boron and zinc fertilizer applications are essential in emerging vegetable‐based crop rotations in Nepal	8
Different responses of soil nitrogen to combined addition of labile carbon sources with fresh versus decomposed litter^#	8
Lime requirement for agricultural soils: A review of the current and potential methods for routine use	7
Nutrient uptake of catch crops under non‐limiting growth conditions	7
Soil water status shapes nutrient cycling in agroecosystems from micrometer to landscape scales	7
Microplastics persist in an arable soil but do not affect soil microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and crop yield	7
Integrated nutrient management improves soil organic matter and agronomic sustainability of semiarid rainfed Inceptisols of the Indo‐Gangetic Plains	7
Plants control soil gas exchanges possibly via mucilage	7
A LUCAS‐based mid‐infrared soil spectral library: Its usefulness for soil survey and precision agriculture#	7
Effects of slurry acidification on soil N₂O fluxes and denitrification	7
Co‐application of wood distillate and biochar improves soil quality and plant growth in basil (Ocimum basilicum)^#	7
Waste‐derived fertilizers can increase phosphorus uptake by sugarcane and availability in a tropical soil^#	7
New uses for old tools: Reviving Holdridge Life Zones in soil carbon persistence research	7
Potato root and leaf phosphatase activity in response to P deprivation	7
Perspectives from the Fritz‐Scheffer Awardee 2020—The mutual interactions between roots and soil structure and how these affect rhizosphere processes^#	7
The influence of plant residues on soil aggregation and carbon content: A meta‐analysis	6
Change of soil microorganism communities under saline‐sodic land degradation on the Songnen Plain in northeast China^#	6
Sulfur fertilization strategy affects grass yield, nitrogen uptake, and nitrate leaching: A field lysimeter study^#	6
Comparison of five methods to determine the cation exchange capacity of soil	6
Carbon accumulation in kernels of low‐nitrogen maize is not limited by carbon availability but by an imbalance of carbon and nitrogen assimilates	6
Organic material with balanced C‐nutrient stoichiometry and P addition could improve soil P availability with low C cost	6

Predicting grapevine canopy nitrogen status using proximal sensors and near‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy	6
Synergistic relationships between the age of soil organic matter, Fe speciation, and aggregate stability in an arable Luvisol	6
Placement depth and distribution of cattle slurry influence initial maize growth and phosphorus and nitrogen uptake	6
Effects of sodium hydrosulfide and rhizobia on the growth rate, nutrient stoichiometry, and nutrient resorption of soybean (Glycine max L.)^#	6
Higher ROS scavenging ability and plasma membrane H⁺‐ATPase activity are associated with potassium retention in drought tolerant tea plants	5
Nitrification inhibition by polyphenols from invasive Fallopia japonica under copper stress	5
Residual effects of B and Zn fertilizers applied to dry season crops on the performance of the follow‐up crop of maize in Nepal	5
Will accelerated soil development be a driver of Arctic Greening in the late 21st century?^#	5
Root and root‐derived biopore interactions in soils: A review	5
Microbial properties in tropical montane forest soils developed from contrasting parent material—An incubation experiment	5
Substrate quality of drained organic soils—Implications for carbon dioxide fluxes	5
Soil N₂O emissions following termination of grass pea and oat cover crop residues with different maturity levels	5
Elevated zinc concentrations did not induce thiols in spinach (Spinacia oleracea) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum)	5
Comparison of soil phosphorus index systems for grassland in the cross‐border region of Ireland^#	5
Application of a low‐cost NDIR sensor module for continuous measurements of in situ soil CO₂ concentration	5
Salt resistance of interspecific crosses of domesticated and wild rice species	5
Detection of calcium phosphate species in soil by confocal μ‐Raman spectroscopy^#	5
Soil methane (CH₄) fluxes in cropland with permanent pasture and riparian buffer strips with different vegetation^#	5
Assessing long term effects of compost fertilization on soil fertility and nitrogen mineralization rate	5
Auxin application to maize plants at flowering increases abundance and activity of plasma membrane H⁺‐ATPase in developing maize kernels	4
Potassium deficiency reduces sugar yield in sugar beet through decreased growth of young plants	4
Salinity resistance as a function of NH4+:NO3- ratio and its impact on yield and quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)	4
Soil is the best testifier of the diachronous dawn of the Anthropocene	4
Availability of phosphorus recovered from waste streams to plants cultivated in soilless growing media	4
New tools for dead roots: Radioisotope labelling and compound‐specific analysis reveal how subsoil hotspots work	4
Assessing soil organic carbon, N and P stocks and its relation to soil properties in artificial canopy gaps in a managed oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) forest^#	4
Phosphate sorption‐desorption properties in volcanic topsoils along a chronosequence and a climatic gradient on the Galápagos Islands	4
Viewpoint. Charcoal hearth soils should be better accounted for by the WRB and the Soil Taxonomy	4
Above‐ to belowground carbon allocation in peatlands shifts with plant functional type and temperature^#	4
Impact of bare fallow management on soil carbon storage and aggregates across a rock fragment gradient	4
N₂O emission and mineral N leaching from contrasting land‐use hillslopes as jointly affected by climate and rock fragment factors	4
Architecture of soil microaggregates: Advanced methodologies to explore properties and functions	4
Effect of C:N:P stoichiometry on soil nitrous oxide emission and nitrogen retention	4
3–4D soil model as challenge for future soil research: Quantitative soil modeling based on the solid phase	4
Differential physiological behavior of sugarcane genotypes in response to sparingly soluble phosphorus‐sources	4