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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of salinity on soil structure and soil hydraulic characteristics	31
Lability of dissolved organic carbon from boreal peatlands: interactions between permafrost thaw, wildfire, and season	18
Nitrogen and phosphorus control carbon sequestration in agricultural ecosystems: modelling carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus balances at the Breton Plots with ecosys under historical and future	16
Biochar in temperate soils: opportunities and challenges	15
Using an ensemble learning approach in digital soil mapping of soil pH for the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia	14
Profiles of wheat rhizobacterial communities in response to repeated glyphosate applications, crop rotation, and tillage	13
Wheat straw and biochar effect on soil carbon fractions, enzyme activities, and nutrients in a tobacco field	13
Influence of cropping system and soil type on soil health	13
Spatial variation of soil quality indicators as a function of land use and topography	12
Comparisons of the prediction results of soil properties based on fuzzy c-means clustering and expert knowledge from laboratory Visible – Near-Infrared reflectance spectroscopy data	12
Soil texture influences on soil health scoring functions in Ontario agricultural soils: a possible framework towards a provincial soil health test	11
An optimized HNO₃ and HBF₄ digestion method for multielemental soil and sediment analysis using inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry	11
Effects of ionized brackish water and polyacrylamide application on infiltration characteristics and improving water retention and reducing soil salinity	11
Mapping the maximum peat thickness of cultivated organic soils in the southwest plain of Montreal	11
Linking hydrocarbon biodegradation to greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands tailings and its impact on tailings management	11
Phosphorus saturation index and water-extractable phosphorus in high-legacy phosphorus soils in southern British Columbia, Canada	10
Biochar mitigation of allelopathic effects in three invasive plants: evidence from seed germination trials	10
Size-resolved analysis of trace elements in the dissolved fraction (<0.45 μm) of soil solutions using a novel lysimeter and asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation coupled to ultraviolet absorba	10
A soil health scoring framework for arable cropping systems in Saskatchewan, Canada	10
Use of biochar for alleviating negative impact of salinity stress in corn grown in arid soil	9
Cover crop effects on soil temperature in a clay loam soil in southwestern Ontario	9
Using cultivated organic soil depth to form soil conservation management zones	9
Changes in soil pH and nutrient extractability after co-applying biochar and paper mill biosolids	9
Reducing peat in growing media: impact on nitrogen content, microbial activity, and CO₂ and N₂O emissions	9
Chemical and molecular scale speciation of copper, zinc, and boron in agricultural soils of the Canadian prairies	8

Nitrogen turnover and N₂O production in incubated soils after receiving field applications of liquid manure and nitrification inhibitors	8
Understanding soil fertility status in Newfoundland from standard farm soil tests	8
Kinetics and thermodynamics of urea hydrolysis in the presence of urease and nitrification inhibitors	8
Long-term effects of tillage and nitrogen fertilization on soil C and N fractions in a corn–soybean rotation	8
Perennial grain Kernza^® fields have higher particulate organic carbon at depth than annual grain fields	8
Relationship of soil water retention characteristics and soil properties: a case study from the Colombian Andes	8
The utility of biochar for increasing the fertility of new agricultural lands converted from boreal forests	7
Ammonia volatilization from manure mixed with biochar	7
Pore size distribution and pore functional characteristics of soils as affected by rock fragments in the hilly regions of the Sichuan Basin, China	7
Improvement of plant microbiome using inoculants for agricultural production: a sustainable approach for reducing fertilizer application	7
Compost and biosolids increase long-term soil organic carbon stocks	7
Recycled nutrients as a phosphorus source for Canadian organic agriculture: a perspective	7
Long-term rotation impacts soil total macronutrient levels and wheat response to applied nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur in a Luvisolic soil	7
Effects of increasing soil pH to near-neutral using lime on phosphorus saturation index and water-extractable phosphorus	6
Accumulation of straw-derived carbon and changes in soil humic acid structural characteristics during corn straw decomposition	6
Soil temperature and water contents among vertical tillage, strip tillage, and chisel plowing in the Upper Great Plains	6
Combining perennial grass–legume forages and liquid dairy manure contributes to nitrogen accumulation in a clayey soil	6
Supplement of biochar and vermicompost amendments in coir and peat growing media improves N management and yields of leafy vegetables	6
Predictive soil mapping in the Boreal Plains of Northern Alberta by using multi-temporal remote sensing data and terrain derivatives	6
Functional differentiation of nitrate-reducing isolates regulated by long-term fertilization in a rice paddy soil	6
An adapted Weibull function for agricultural applications	6
Natural and anthropogenic sources of copper to organic soils: a global, geochemical perspective	6
Soil organic carbon content: decreases partly attributed to dilution by increased depth of cultivation in southern Ontario	6
Characterization of soil magnetic susceptibility: a review of fundamental concepts, instrumentation, and applications	6
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	6
Improving drought tolerance ofOpuntia ficus-indicaunder field using subsurface water retention technology: changes in physiological and biochemical parameters	6
Sampling, handling, and preparation of peat cores from bogs: review of recent progress and perspectives for trace element research	5
Softwood biochar and greenhouse gas emissions: a field study over three growing seasons on a temperate agricultural soil	5
Modeling of total and active organic carbon dynamics in agricultural soil using digital soil mapping: a case study from Central Nova Scotia	5
Capping dewatered oil sands fluid fine tailings with salvaged reclamation soils at varying depths to grow woody plants	5
A validation of eddy covariance technique for measuring crop evapotranspiration on different time scales in the North China Plain	5
Pedological trends and implications for forest productivity in a Holocene soil chronosequence, Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada	5
Spatial variation of nitrous oxide fluxes during growing and non-growing seasons at a location subjected to seasonally frozen soils	5
Soil quality index under different land-use types: the case of Choke Mountain agroecosystems, upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia	5
Revised proposed classification for human modified soils in Canada: Anthroposolic order	5
Ratio of non-growing season to growing season N₂O emissions in Canadian croplands: an update to national inventory methodology	5
Enhancing phosphorus release from struvite with biostimulants	5
Biochemical components ofSphagnumand persistence in peat soil	5
Soil phosphorus fractionation after co-applying biochar and paper mill biosolids	5
Biochar–manure changes soil carbon mineralization in a Gray Luvisol used for agricultural production	5
Gray Luvisols are polygenetic	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
Effects of induced water deficit and biofertilization on growth dynamics and bulb yield of onion (Allium cepaL.) in a neotropical semi-arid environment	4
Cattle manure loadings and legacy effects on copper and zinc availability under rainfed and irrigated conditions	4
No differences in soil structure under winter wheat grown in different crop rotational positions	4
Soybean and soil responses to biochar amendment in controlled environments with elevated temperature and carbon dioxide	4
Influence of a one-time biosolids application on elemental and nutrient concentrations on mine tailings	4
Comparing direct and indirect approaches to predicting soil texture class	4
Carbon availability limits the denitrification potential of sandy loam soil from corn agroecosystems with long-term tillage and residue management	4
Species-specific responses to targeted fertilizer application on reconstructed soils in a reclaimed upland area	4

Simulating maize yield at county scale in southern Ontario using the decision support system for agrotechnology transfer model	4
Research on drag reduction mechanism of pneumatic subsoiler and establishment of resistance mathematical model	4
Provincial-scale digital soil mapping using a random forest approach for British Columbia	4
Predicting soil organic matter and soil moisture content from digital camera images: comparison of regression and machine learning approaches	4
Nitrous oxide production and nitrogen transformations in a soil amended with biosolids	4
Wood-based biochar for small fruit production in southern Quebec, Canada	4