OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Biochar is 26. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Unravelling how biochar and dung amendments determine the functional structure and community assembly related to methane metabolisms in grassland soils	484
Use of sewage sludge biochar as a catalyst in production of biodiesel through thermally induced transesterification	417
Life cycle assessment of urban uses of biochar and case study in Uppsala, Sweden	274
Effects of different C/N ratios on the maturity and microbial quantity of composting with sesame meal and rice straw biochar	218
Biochar mitigates the biotoxicity of heavy metals in livestock manure during composting	188
A nanoscale observation to explain the discrepancy of electron exchange capacities between biochar containing comparable surface redox-active moieties	178
Predicting the effect of dissolved humic acid on sorption of benzotriazole to biochar	171
Carbon-negative cement-bonded biochar particleboards	140
Poultry litter biochar application in combination with chemical fertilizer and Azolla green manure improves rice grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency in paddy soil	135
Simultaneous dissipation of trichloroethene and arsenic from co-contaminated groundwater by coupling biodechlorination and biodetoxification with assistance of biochar	99
Biochar and soil properties limit the phytoavailability of lead and cadmium by Brassica chinensis L. in contaminated soils	96
Characterization of biochars from woody agricultural wastes and sorption behavior comparison of cadmium and atrazine	94
Insights into thallium adsorption onto the soil, bamboo-derived biochar, and biochar amended soil in Pomelo orchard	90
Visualizing the development trend and research frontiers of biochar in 2020: a scientometric perspective	88
Pyrolytic synthesis of graphene-encapsulated zero-valent iron nanoparticles supported on biochar for heavy metal removal	83
A quantitative evaluation of the biochar’s influence on plant disease suppress: a global meta-analysis	76
Biochar as construction materials for achieving carbon neutrality	66
Seven years of biochar amendment has a negligible effect on soil available P and a progressive effect on organic C in paddy soils	64
Insights into simultaneous adsorption and oxidation of antimonite [Sb(III)] by crawfish shell-derived biochar: spectroscopic investigation and theoretical calculations	59
Silicate minerals control the potential uses of phosphorus-laden mineral-engineered biochar as phosphorus fertilizers	58
Towards predicting biochar impacts on plant-available soil nitrogen content	55
Functional biochar for efficient residue treatment of sulfonylurea herbicides by weak molecular interaction	51
Analysis of the simultaneous adsorption mechanism of ammonium and phosphate on magnesium-modified biochar and the slow release effect of fertiliser	50
Effect of invasive weed biochar amendment on soil enzymatic activity and respiration of coal mine spoil: a laboratory experiment study	49
Ball-milled bismuth oxychloride/biochar nanocomposites with rich oxygen vacancies for reactive red-120 adsorption in aqueous solution	47

Physicochemical disintegration of biochar: a potentially important process for long-term cadmium and lead sorption	46
Biochar addition to vineyard soils: effects on soil functions, grape yield and wine quality	46
Insights on mechanisms of aluminum phytotoxicity mitigation by canola straw biochars from different regions	45
Investigation of the mechanism of phytate-modified biochar-catalyzed persulfate degradation of Ponceau 2R	42
The stability of carbon from a maize-derived hydrochar as a function of fractionation and hydrothermal carbonization temperature in a Podzol	40
Long-term biochar addition significantly decreases rice rhizosphere available phosphorus and its release risk to the environment	39
The influencing mechanism of O2, H2O, and CO2 on the H2S removal of food waste digestate-derived biochar with abundant minerals	39
Wood waste biochar promoted anaerobic digestion of food waste: focusing on the characteristics of biochar and microbial community analysis	39
Photoactivation of peroxymonosulfate by wood pulp cellulose biochar/g-C3N4 composite for diclofenac degradation: the radical and nonradical pathways	38
Bamboo charcoal fused with polyurethane foam for efficiently removing organic solvents from wastewater: experimental and simulation	37
Wood-derived biochar as thick electrodes for high-rate performance supercapacitors	35
Effects of low molecular weight organic acids on aggregation behavior of biochar colloids at acid and neutral conditions	35
Preparation and characterization of MgO hybrid biochar and its mechanism for high efficient recovery of phosphorus from aqueous media	35
Unraveling natural aging-induced properties change of sludge-derived hydrochar and enhanced cadmium sorption site heterogeneity	33
Removal performance, mechanisms, and influencing factors of biochar for air pollutants: a critical review	33
Review of organic and inorganic pollutants removal by biochar and biochar-based composites	32
Challenges of organic pollutant photocatalysis by biochar-based catalysts	32
Nitrogen-doped biochars as adsorbents for mitigation of heavy metals and organics from water: a review	31
Papiliotrema flavescens colonized in biochars inhibits wheat crown rot and Fusarium head blight	30
An investigation of the effects of hydrochar application rate on soil amelioration and plant growth in three diverse soils	30
p-Arsanilic acid decontamination over a wide pH range using biochar-supported manganese ferrite material as an effective persulfate catalyst: Performances and mechanisms	30
Transformation and immobilization of hexavalent chromium in the co-presence of biochar and organic acids: effects of biochar dose and reaction time	29
Microbial response to designer biochar and compost treatments for mining impacted soils	28
A critical review of biochar-based nitrogen fertilizers and their effects on crop production and the environment	28
Three dimensional BC/rGA aerogel: preparation, characterization, and adsorption of Cr(VI)	28
Anisotropic hemp-stem-derived biochar supported phase change materials with efficient solar-thermal energy conversion and storage	28
Effect of pyrolysis temperature on Si release of alkali-enhanced Si-rich biochar and plant response	27
Association of biochar properties with changes in soil bacterial, fungal and fauna communities and nutrient cycling processes	26
Biochar amendment alters the partitioning of nitrate reduction by significantly enhancing DNRA in a paddy field	26
Application of biochar-based photocatalysts for adsorption-(photo)degradation/reduction of environmental contaminants: mechanism, challenges and perspective	26