OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Short-term legacy effects of feedlot manure amendments on surface soil CO₂ efflux under irrigated silage barley in Southern Alberta	16
In situ passivation effect of fertilizer passivation solutions with various pH on Pb-F contaminated soil	16
Reducing peat in growing media: impact on nitrogen content, microbial activity, and CO₂ and N₂O emissions	15
Short-term impacts of winter bale grazing beef cows on forage production and soil nutrient status in the eastern Canadian Prairies	14
Fungal community composition varies spatially in a commercial potato field in response to soil properties and topographic features	14
Nitrous oxide emissions from productive and degraded potato fields in the Fraser Valley delta of British Columbia	13
Response of soil nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification to milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) application in a paddy field	13
Supplement of biochar and vermicompost amendments in coir and peat growing media improves N management and yields of leafy vegetables	12
Influence of crested wheatgrass on soil water repellency in comparison to native grass mix and annual spring wheat cropping	11
Identifying rotation and tillage practices that maintain or enhance soil carbon and its relation to soil health	11
Irrigated crop rotation and phosphorus fertilizer-manure addition impacts on soil water repellency of a clay loam soil in southern Alberta	11
Beware of scaling artefacts and implicit model characteristics when fitting soil water release and moisture capacity data	11
Analysis of persistent macroaggregates on the surface of agricultural soils	10
Magnetic phases of soils developed from igneous rocks in a climate gradient transept, Brazilian northern Amazonia	10
Predicting soil nitrogen availability to grain corn in Ontario, Canada	9
Note of appreciation	9
Effect of saline–alkaline stresses on the interspecific competition between Aegilops tauschii and Triticum aestivum	9
Parameter calibration of discrete element simulation for the interaction between heavy soil and soil-engaging components in shellfish culture	9
Effects of mulching with crushed wheat straw padding and plastic film on sunflower emergence, yield, and yield components under different irrigation intensity in the northwest arid regions, China	9
Using cultivated organic soil depth to form soil conservation management zones	8
Carbon loss in tile drainage and surface runoff from a clay loam soil after a half century of continuous and rotational cropping	8
Evaluating performance of miniaturized spectrometers in predicting soil properties using multivariate statistical analysis	8
An economic review of conservation tillage practices: select case studies from the eastern Prairies of Canada	8
Forage mixed planting can effectively improve soil enzyme activity and microbial community structure and diversity in agro-pastoral interlacing arid zone	8
Effects of ionized brackish water and polyacrylamide application on infiltration characteristics and improving water retention and reducing soil salinity	8

Biochar–manure changes soil carbon mineralization in a Gray Luvisol used for agricultural production	8
Evaluation of a sprayable elemental sulfur fertilizer under field conditions in Alberta	8
Wheat straw and biochar effect on soil carbon fractions, enzyme activities, and nutrients in a tobacco field	8
Soil organic carbon pools as influenced by 21 years of conservation agriculture management practices in Saskatchewan	8
Soil thermal properties: influence of no-till cover crops	7
The effect of four tillage systems on agronomic properties and soil health indicators in southern Manitoba	7
Impacts of conservation agriculture on soil C and N stocks and organic matter fractions: comparing commercial producer fields with a long-term small-plot experiment in Brown Chernozems of Saskatchewan	6
Soil nematode communities differ across long-term land-use intensities in relation to soil physical, chemical, and biological parameters	6
Establishment and experiment of a pressure-bearing subsidence model of layered soil in forest region	6
Spatial dependency of soil chemicals in production systems in the anthropogenic dark earth	6
Compost and biosolids increase long-term soil organic carbon stocks	6
Indicators of soil degradation on a pipeline footprint, Alberta, Canada	6
Soil C, N and P bioavailability and cycling following amendment with shrub willow chips	6
Biochar applications to boreal podzol improve soil hydraulic properties and control nitrogen dynamics	6
Spatiotemporal variability of soil physical properties and water, salt, nitrogen, and phosphorus contents for farm level	6
Multifrequency electromagnetic induction soil moisture characterization under different land uses in western Newfoundland	6
Elevation gradient drives distribution of soil carbon in a semiarid grassland of British Columbia	6
Correction: Soil organic carbon content: decreases partly attributed to dilution by increased depth of cultivation in southern Ontario	5
Understanding soil fertility status in Newfoundland from standard farm soil tests	5
Impacts of coarse-resolution soil maps and high-resolution digital-elevation-model-generated attributes on modelling forest soil zinc and copper	5
Nitrous oxide production and nitrogen transformations in a soil amended with biosolids	5
Antagonistic effect of copper and zinc in fertilization of spring wheat under low soil phosphorus conditions	5
Modelling dissolved phosphorus losses from accumulated soil phosphorus and applied fertilizer and manure for a national risk indicator	5
Bentonite effects on soil physical properties and millet yield components in a semi-arid region in China	5
Ammonia volatilization from manure mixed with biochar	5
Impact of manure and biochar additions on annual crop growth, nutrient uptake, and fate of ¹⁵N-labelled fertilizer in two contrasting temperate prairie soils after four years	4
No differences in soil structure under winter wheat grown in different crop rotational positions	4
Complementary teaching approaches facilitating interdisciplinary soil science education	4
Biochar mitigation of allelopathic effects in three invasive plants: evidence from seed germination trials	4
A self-adjusting parametric model for attenuation characteristics of WUSN signal	4
Ex situ soil respiration assessment using minimally disturbed microcosms and dried–sieved soils; comparison of methods to assess soil health	4
Combining perennial grass–legume forages and liquid dairy manure contributes to nitrogen accumulation in a clayey soil	4
Wood-based biochar for small fruit production in southern Quebec, Canada	4
Cropping history allows tracking of C4 cover crop residues by δ¹³C natural abundance	4
Soil organic matter is responsive to short-term climate cycles	4
Leaching of base and metal cations from litter and soils vary in two forest stands with different tree species	4
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on organic carbon allocation, sequestration, and decomposition in black soils	4
Revised proposed classification for human modified soils in Canada: Anthroposolic order	4
Soil texture influences on soil health scoring functions in Ontario agricultural soils: a possible framework towards a provincial soil health test	4
Crop rotational diversity alters the composition of stabilized soil organic matter compounds in soil physical fractions	4