OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Soil Science is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial prediction and mapping of soil salinity using machine learning and remote sensing covariates	27
The influence of nitrogen source and stabilization in fertilizer formulations on Western Canadian spring wheat	27
Response to side-banded phosphorus and zinc fertilizer for corn grown after canola or soybean in southern Manitoba	25
Cropping history allows tracking of C4 cover crop residues by δ¹³C natural abundance	23
A self-adjusting parametric model for attenuation characteristics of WUSN signal	23
Note of appreciation	19
Effect of prescribed fire on microbial indicators of soil biogeochemistry in a mixed-grass prairie	19
Reduction of raindrop kinetic energy by moss crust on rare earth tailings and its potential impact on soil erosion	16
Improving drought tolerance of Opuntia ficus-indica under field using subsurface water retention technology: changes in physiological and biochemical parameters	16
Crop rotational diversity alters the composition of stabilized soil organic matter compounds in soil physical fractions	16
Soil organic carbon response to interannual precipitation and potential evapotranspiration variability	15
Variation of soil microbial communities in alpine meadows across different degradation degrees and related environmental drivers in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China	13
Influence of pulse–wheat crop rotations on aggregate size distribution dynamics in the brown soil zone in southern Alberta, Canada	12
Enzyme activity after applying alkaline biosolids to agricultural soil	12
Predicting soil organic matter and soil moisture content from digital camera images: comparison of regression and machine learning approaches	11
The exposure of prairie soils to millennia of climate variability and change	11
Improving agricultural productivity of podzolic soils in Schefferville using local amendments and fertilizers	10
Fertilizer and crop management practices to reduce phosphorus transport in snowmelt runoff from surface drained agricultural watersheds in the Prairie Pothole Region	10
miyo wîcêhtowin “good relations”: reckoning with the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and soil science in 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
Do cover crops on the Canadian prairies affect soil nitrogen cycling?	9
Early improvement of soil health under cropping systems including perennial forage crops and dairy cattle slurry in a cool humid climate	9
Proposed new soil order — Leptosolic order for Canadian System of Soil Classification	9
Degree of compaction, aeration, and soil water retention indices of a sugarcane field without soil disturbance after initial tillage	8
Changes of soil test phosphorus and phosphorus fractions with single and blended soil chemical amendments	8

Using an ensemble learning approach in digital soil mapping of soil pH for the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia	8
University farm benefits from a long-term student-generated soil data set	8
Soil phosphorus fractions of two contrasting temperate acidic soils receiving forest-derived liming by-products	7
Black plastic tarps as overwinter soil cover influence soil nitrogen and soil water content on farms in British Columbia	7
Soil fungal communities are primarily influenced by vegetation rather than fertilizers and fungicides in a lowbush blueberry production system	7
Response of soil nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification to milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) application in a paddy field	7
Predictive soil mapping in the Boreal Plains of Northern Alberta by using multi-temporal remote sensing data and terrain derivatives	7
Proposed revision to Canadian System of Soil Classification: broaden taxonomic criteria for applying LFH horizons to include nonforest soils	7
Growth and survival of native upland and wetland species in shallow capped thickened tailings: a meso-scale greenhouse study	7
Forage mixed planting can effectively improve soil enzyme activity and microbial community structure and diversity in agro-pastoral interlacing arid zone	7
Integrated agroforestry system affects the dynamics of inorganic phosphorus fractions in the savanna of Brazilian Northeast	7
The fate of dissolved sulfamethoxazole during spring-thaw snowmelt in a field with a history of manure application	7
Ratio of non-growing season to growing season N₂O emissions in Canadian croplands: an update to national inventory methodology	7
Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in southwestern Ontario	7
Ex situ soil respiration assessment using minimally disturbed microcosms and dried–sieved soils; comparison of methods to assess soil health	6
Comparison of conventional methods with Haney H3A version 4 for available phosphorus and potassium in southern Manitoba soils	6
No differences in soil structure under winter wheat grown in different crop rotational positions	6
Elevation gradient drives distribution of soil carbon in a semiarid grassland of British Columbia	6
Optimizing nitrogen management for sustainable peanut production on subtropical sloping red soils	6
Antagonistic effect of copper and zinc in fertilization of spring wheat under low soil phosphorus conditions	6
Determination of emamectin benzoate residues in topsoil and surface water of crop production areas in Thailand	6
Soil responses to inclusion of corn, soybean, and cover crops under rainfed conditions in the northern Great Plains	5
Evaluating the impact of organic amendments on soil erosion dynamics: a comprehensive examination of application methods and timing	5
Rationalizing mottling and gleying in the characterization and classification of Canadian soils	5
Crop yields under no-till in Canada: implications for soil organic carbon change	5
Can biochar change the effect of soil hydrophobicity on soil pores distribution and soil water characteristic curve?	5
Biochemical components of Sphagnum and persistence in peat soil	5
The impact of the investment period on soil and plant pollution by cadmium and nickel in Jableh city, in Lattakia Governorate	5
Spatial dependency and independency of nitrogen in lowbush blueberry commercial fields	5
Earthworm distribution around tile drainage in agricultural fields of southwest Quebec, Canada	5
Better recognition of limnic materials at the great group and subgroup levels of the Organic Order of the Canadian System of Soil Classification	5
Fluorescent properties of water-extractable organic matter in low-gradient, clay soils offer insight for management and restoration	5
Chinese pine and ectomycorrhizal symbionts show plasticity in phosphorous absorption and high calcium adaption under different extraradical hyphal growth space	5