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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Short-term impacts of winter bale grazing beef cows on forage production and soil nutrient status in the eastern Canadian Prairies	19
Analysis of persistent macroaggregates on the surface of agricultural soils	17
Short-term legacy effects of feedlot manure amendments on surface soil CO₂ efflux under irrigated silage barley in Southern Alberta	17
Predicting soil nitrogen availability to grain corn in Ontario, Canada	15
Combining perennial grass–legume forages and liquid dairy manure contributes to nitrogen accumulation in a clayey soil	14
Crop rotational diversity alters the composition of stabilized soil organic matter compounds in soil physical fractions	14
Bentonite effects on soil physical properties and millet yield components in a semi-arid region in China	13
Response to side-banded phosphorus and zinc fertilizer for corn grown after canola or soybean in southern Manitoba	13
Improving drought tolerance ofOpuntia ficus-indicaunder field using subsurface water retention technology: changes in physiological and biochemical parameters	13
Cropping history allows tracking of C4 cover crop residues by δ¹³C natural abundance	13
A self-adjusting parametric model for attenuation characteristics of WUSN signal	12
Predicting soil organic matter and soil moisture content from digital camera images: comparison of regression and machine learning approaches	11
Variation of Soil Microbial Communities in Alpine Meadows Across Different Degradation Degrees and Related Environmental Drivers in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China	11
Amalgamation and harmonization of soil survey reports into a multi-purpose database	11
Biochar mitigation of allelopathic effects in three invasive plants: evidence from seed germination trials	11
Enzyme activity after applying alkaline biosolids to agricultural soil	10
Influence of pulse–wheat crop rotations on aggregate size distribution dynamics in the brown soil zone in southern Alberta, Canada	10
miyo wîcêhtowin “good relations”: reckoning with the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and soil science in Canada	10
Proposed new soil order — Leptosolic order for Canadian System of Soil Classification	10
Do cover crops on the Canadian prairies affect soil nitrogen cycling?	9
Evaluation and modeling of factors influencing the depth of mixing layer in which soil solute releasing from soil to surface runoff	9
Softwood biochar and greenhouse gas emissions: a field study over three growing seasons on a temperate agricultural soil	9
Spatial variation of nitrous oxide fluxes during growing and non-growing seasons at a location subjected to seasonally frozen soils	9
Substituting vetch and chicory for rye in a cover crop mixture enhanced nutrient release	9
Pedological trends and implications for forest productivity in a Holocene soil chronosequence, Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada	9

Grazing and fertilizer, compost or manure application effects on a meadow bromegrass pasture on a thick black chernozem I. Productivity and sustainability	9
Influence of feedlot manure on reactive phosphorus in rainfall runoff during the transition from continuous to legacy phases	9
University farm benefits from a long-term student-generated soil data set	8
Degree of compaction, aeration, and soil water retention indices of a sugarcane field without soil disturbance after initial tillage	8
Influence of a one-time biosolids application on elemental and nutrient concentrations on mine tailings	8
Phosphorus saturation index and water-extractable phosphorus in high-legacy phosphorus soils in southern British Columbia, Canada	8
Using an ensemble learning approach in digital soil mapping of soil pH for the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia	8
Soil water dynamics over 12 seasons on irrigated dry bean–potato–wheat–sugar beet rotations	8
Nitrogen and phosphorus distribution in plant, soil, and leachate as affected by liquid hog manure and chemical fertilizers	7
Soil nitrogen dynamics in canola agroecosystems of eastern Canada	7
The fate of dissolved sulfamethoxazole during spring-thaw snowmelt in a field with a history of manure application	6
Integrated agroforestry system affects the dynamics of inorganic phosphorus fractions in the savanna of Brazilian Northeast	6
Biochar–manure changes soil carbon mineralization in a Gray Luvisol used for agricultural production	6
Co-application of wood biochar and paper mill biosolids affects yield and short-term nitrogen and phosphorus availability in temperate loamy soils	6
Proposed revision to Canadian System of Soil Classification: broaden taxonomic criteria for applying LFH horizons to include nonforest soils	6
Predictive soil mapping in the Boreal Plains of Northern Alberta by using multi-temporal remote sensing data and terrain derivatives	6
Irrigated crop rotation and phosphorus fertilizer-manure addition impacts on soil water repellency of a clay loam soil in southern Alberta	6
Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in southwestern Ontario	6
Soil conditions in the “donga” soils in subhumid zone in West Africa	6
Kinetics and thermodynamics of urea hydrolysis in the presence of urease and nitrification inhibitors	6
Ratio of non-growing season to growing season N₂O emissions in Canadian croplands: an update to national inventory methodology	6
Response of soil nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification to milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) application in a paddy field	6
Effects of ionized brackish water and polyacrylamide application on infiltration characteristics and improving water retention and reducing soil salinity	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	5
No differences in soil structure under winter wheat grown in different crop rotational positions	5
Determination of Emamectin Benzoate Residues in Topsoil and Surface Water of Crop Production Areas in Thailand	5
Wheat straw and biochar effect on soil carbon fractions, enzyme activities, and nutrients in a tobacco field	5
Complementary teaching approaches facilitating interdisciplinary soil science education	5
Growth and survival of native upland and wetland species in shallow capped thickened tailings: a meso-scale greenhouse study	5
Ex situ soil respiration assessment using minimally disturbed microcosms and dried–sieved soils; comparison of methods to assess soil health	5
Forage mixed planting can effectively improve soil enzyme activity and microbial community structure and diversity in agro-pastoral interlacing arid zone	5
Antagonistic effect of copper and zinc in fertilization of spring wheat under low soil phosphorus conditions	5
Elevation gradient drives distribution of soil carbon in a semiarid grassland of British Columbia	5
Comparison of conventional methods with Haney H3A version 4 for available phosphorus and potassium in southern Manitoba soils	5
Tillage effects on growing season nitrous oxide emissions in Canadian cropland soils	4
Soil responses to inclusion of corn, soybean, and cover crops under rainfed conditions in the northern Great Plains	4
Rationalizing mottling and gleying in the characterization and classification of Canadian soils	4
Spatial dependency and independency of nitrogen in lowbush blueberry commercial fields	4
Slow pyrolysis pine wood-derived biochar reduces nitrous oxide production from surface but not subsurface soil	4
Perennial grain Kernza^® fields have higher particulate organic carbon at depth than annual grain fields	4
Antibiotic use in commercial broiler chicken farming and its consequential resistance development in root colonizing bacteria of carrot grown in manure-applied soils in a middle-income country	4
Crop yields under no-till in Canada: implications for soil organic carbon change	4
Biochemical components ofSphagnumand persistence in peat soil	4
Evaluating the nitrification inhibition potential of selected botanicals and their non-target effects	4
Management Zone Delineation Strategies for Soil Phosphorus Recommendations Under a No Till Field in Eastern Canada	4
Soil Mehlich-3-extractable elements as affected by the addition of biochars to a clay soil co-amended with or without a compost	4
Adoption of beneficial management practices to improve soil health	4
Better recognition of limnic materials at the great group and subgroup levels of the Organic Order of the Canadian System of Soil Classification	4
Effects of ferulic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids on Fusarium community structure and abundance in cucumber seedling rhizosphere	4
Earthworm distribution around tile drainage in agricultural fields of southwest Quebec, Canada	4

Use of biochar for alleviating negative impact of salinity stress in corn grown in arid soil	4
The impact of the investment period on soil and plant pollution by cadmium and nickel in Jableh city, in Lattakia Governorate	4