OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Soil is 19. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Mineral dust and pedogenesis in the alpine critical zone	56
Optimized fertilization using online soil nitrate data	37
Moderate N fertilizer reduction with straw return modulates cropland functions and microbial traits in a meadow soil	36
The effect of natural infrastructure on water erosion mitigation in the Andes	35
Investigating the synergistic potential of Si and biochar to immobilize Ni in a Ni-contaminated calcareous soil after Zea mays L. cultivation	33
Soil contamination in arid environments and assessment of remediation applying surface evaporation capacitor model: a case study from the Judean Desert, Israel	29
Comprehensive increase in CO₂ release by drying–rewetting cycles among Japanese forests and pastureland soils and exploring predictors of increasing magnitude	28
The effect of different biopreparations on soil physical properties and CO₂ emissions when growing winter wheat and oilseed rape	27
The central African soil spectral library: a new soil infrared repository and a geographical prediction analysis	23
Are agricultural plastic covers a source of plastic debris in soil? A first screening study	23
Luminescence dating approaches to reconstruct the formation of plaggic anthrosols	23
Tolerance of soil bacterial community to tetracycline antibiotics induced by As, Cd, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, and Pb pollution	23
The impact of agriculture on tropical mountain soils in the western Peruvian Andes: a pedo-geoarchaeological study of terrace agricultural systems in the Laramate region (14.5° S)	22
Impacts of soil storage on microbial parameters	22
Portable X-ray fluorescence as a tool for urban soil contamination analysis: accuracy, precision, and practicality	21
Soil organic matter interactions along the elevation gradient of the James Ross Island (Antarctica)	21
Effects of a warmer climate and forest composition on soil carbon cycling, soil organic matter stability and stocks in a humid boreal region	21
Combining colour parameters and geochemical tracers to improve sediment source discrimination in a mining catchment (New Caledonia, South Pacific Islands)	20
Synergy between compost and cover crops in a Mediterranean row crop system leads to increased subsoil carbon storage	20