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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Analysis of persistent macroaggregates on the surface of agricultural soils	26
Short-term legacy effects of feedlot manure amendments on surface soil CO₂ efflux under irrigated silage barley in Southern Alberta	26
The influence of nitrogen source and stabilization in fertilizer formulations on Western Canadian spring wheat	24
Spatial prediction and mapping of soil salinity using machine learning and remote sensing covariates	23
Response to side-banded phosphorus and zinc fertilizer for corn grown after canola or soybean in southern Manitoba	21
Cropping history allows tracking of C4 cover crop residues by δ¹³C natural abundance	20
A self-adjusting parametric model for attenuation characteristics of WUSN signal	19
Improving drought tolerance of Opuntia ficus-indica under field using subsurface water retention technology: changes in physiological and biochemical parameters	18
Crop rotational diversity alters the composition of stabilized soil organic matter compounds in soil physical fractions	18
Effect of prescribed fire on microbial indicators of soil biogeochemistry in a mixed-grass prairie	18
Note of appreciation	16
Reduction of raindrop kinetic energy by moss crust on rare earth tailings and its potential impact on soil erosion	16
Enzyme activity after applying alkaline biosolids to agricultural soil	13
Fertilizer and crop management practices to reduce phosphorus transport in snowmelt runoff from surface drained agricultural watersheds in the Prairie Pothole Region	12
Variation of soil microbial communities in alpine meadows across different degradation degrees and related environmental drivers in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China	12
Influence of pulse–wheat crop rotations on aggregate size distribution dynamics in the brown soil zone in southern Alberta, Canada	12
The exposure of prairie soils to millennia of climate variability and change	12
Predicting soil organic matter and soil moisture content from digital camera images: comparison of regression and machine learning approaches	11
Improving agricultural productivity of podzolic soils in Schefferville using local amendments and fertilizers	11
Early improvement of soil health under cropping systems including perennial forage crops and dairy cattle slurry in a cool humid climate	10
miyo wîcêhtowin “good relations”: reckoning with the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and soil science in Canada	10
Grazing and fertilizer, compost or manure application effects on a meadow bromegrass pasture on a thick black chernozem I. Productivity and sustainability	10
Changes of soil test phosphorus and phosphorus fractions with single and blended soil chemical amendments	9
Proposed new soil order — Leptosolic order for Canadian System of Soil Classification	9
University farm benefits from a long-term student-generated soil data set	9

Do cover crops on the Canadian prairies affect soil nitrogen cycling?	9
Predictive soil mapping in the Boreal Plains of Northern Alberta by using multi-temporal remote sensing data and terrain derivatives	8
Using an ensemble learning approach in digital soil mapping of soil pH for the Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia	8
Soil nitrogen dynamics in canola agroecosystems of eastern Canada	8
Integrated agroforestry system affects the dynamics of inorganic phosphorus fractions in the savanna of Brazilian Northeast	8
Degree of compaction, aeration, and soil water retention indices of a sugarcane field without soil disturbance after initial tillage	8
Soil phosphorus fractions of two contrasting temperate acidic soils receiving forest-derived liming by-products	7
The fate of dissolved sulfamethoxazole during spring-thaw snowmelt in a field with a history of manure application	7
Response of soil nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification to milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) application in a paddy field	7
Ratio of non-growing season to growing season N₂O emissions in Canadian croplands: an update to national inventory methodology	7
Soil fungal communities are primarily influenced by vegetation rather than fertilizers and fungicides in a lowbush blueberry production system	7
Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in southwestern Ontario	7
Proposed revision to Canadian System of Soil Classification: broaden taxonomic criteria for applying LFH horizons to include nonforest soils	7
Black plastic tarps as overwinter soil cover influence soil nitrogen and soil water content on farms in British Columbia	7
Elevation gradient drives distribution of soil carbon in a semiarid grassland of British Columbia	6
Ex situ soil respiration assessment using minimally disturbed microcosms and dried–sieved soils; comparison of methods to assess soil health	6
Forage mixed planting can effectively improve soil enzyme activity and microbial community structure and diversity in agro-pastoral interlacing arid zone	6
Evaluating the impact of organic amendments on soil erosion dynamics: a comprehensive examination of application methods and timing	6
Optimizing nitrogen management for sustainable peanut production on subtropical sloping red soils	6
Irrigated crop rotation and phosphorus fertilizer-manure addition impacts on soil water repellency of a clay loam soil in southern Alberta	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
Complementary teaching approaches facilitating interdisciplinary soil science education	5
Evaluating the nitrification inhibition potential of selected botanicals and their non-target effects	5
Fluorescent properties of water-extractable organic matter in low-gradient, clay soils offer insight for management and restoration	5
Growth and survival of native upland and wetland species in shallow capped thickened tailings: a meso-scale greenhouse study	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
Can biochar change the effect of soil hydrophobicity on soil pores distribution and soil water characteristic curve?	5
No differences in soil structure under winter wheat grown in different crop rotational positions	5
Comparison of conventional methods with Haney H3A version 4 for available phosphorus and potassium in southern Manitoba soils	5
Rationalizing mottling and gleying in the characterization and classification of Canadian soils	5
Soil responses to inclusion of corn, soybean, and cover crops under rainfed conditions in the northern Great Plains	5
Management zone delineation strategies for phosphorus fertilizer recommendations under a no-till field in Eastern Canada	4
Nitrogen mineralization in Canadian agricultural soils: a review of methods for quantifying soil nitrogen mineralization potential and estimating growing season nitrogen mineralization	4
Loss of potentially toxic elements to snowmelt runoff from soils amended with alum, gypsum, and Epsom salt	4
Chinese pine and ectomycorrhizal symbionts show plasticity in phosphorous absorption and high calcium adaption under different extraradical hyphal growth space	4
Biochemical components of Sphagnum and persistence in peat soil	4
Spatial dependency and independency of nitrogen in lowbush blueberry commercial fields	4
Tillage effects on growing season nitrous oxide emissions in Canadian cropland soils	4
Note of appreciation	4
Perennial grain Kernza^® fields have higher particulate organic carbon at depth than annual grain fields	4
Crop yields under no-till in Canada: implications for soil organic carbon change	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
The impact of the investment period on soil and plant pollution by cadmium and nickel in Jableh city, in Lattakia Governorate	4
Adoption of beneficial management practices to improve soil health	4
Soil carbon fractions and carbon management index after 26 years of continuous organic and mineral fertilization	4
Earthworm distribution around tile drainage in agricultural fields of southwest Quebec, Canada	4
Effects of ferulic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids on Fusarium community structure and abundance in cucumber seedling rhizosphere	4